Compliance, without complexity.
From the end of December 2026, every coffee entering the European Union needs a due-diligence statement proving it was not grown on land deforested after 2020. ECA carries that centrally, so a member proves it once rather than to every buyer separately.
Three things, for every shipment.
A due-diligence statement
Filed by the importer, naming the operator and the consignment, before the coffee is placed on the market.
Geolocation of every plot
Coordinates for the land the coffee was grown on — polygons above four hectares, points below.
Evidence it was deforestation-free
Verifiable proof that the land carried no forest loss after 31 December 2020.
More than the shipment.
Consignments are blocked at the EU border, fines run to at least 4% of annual EU turnover, and access can be lost permanently. ECA puts the EU coffee market at $15 billion — the single largest destination for Ethiopian coffee.
Carry it for you.
Plot mapping, risk assessment, documentation and certification, held once by the association rather than rebuilt by each exporter. We map the farm, hold the evidence and hand you the file the importer needs.
The same record satisfies the next rule too.
Plot, grade, custody and certification are one record. Once it exists it answers EUDR, it answers a certifier, and it answers the buyer who simply wants to know where the coffee came from — which is the question underneath all of them.