EUDR country risk levels
The EU gives every country a low, standard or high risk level. For an operator, that level decides how much assessment each sourcing country needs, not whether the regulation applies.
Updated 6 November 2026
How countries are classified
Article 29 sets three levels. The assessment rests primarily on the rate of deforestation and forest degradation, the expansion of agricultural land for the relevant commodities, and production trends. The current list is in Implementing Regulation 2025/1093. Countries it does not list are standard risk.
Examples
- Low risk: the EU Member States and countries such as Chile and Uruguay.
- Standard risk: countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Bolivia and Ecuador.
- High risk: Belarus, Myanmar, North Korea and Russia.
The Commission can review the list, so check the current version before you rely on it.
What each level means for you
- Standard risk: the full process of information, risk assessment and mitigation.
- Low risk: simplified due diligence under Article 13. You still collect the information and file the statement, but you do not assess or mitigate risk.
- High risk: the full process, with closer checks by the authorities.
When simplified due diligence applies
All the commodities in the product must come from low-risk countries or parts of them. You lose the simplified route if you learn of a risk that the product does not comply, so a blended batch with one standard-risk origin takes the full process.
What low risk does not change
The product still has to be deforestation-free and legal, and you still need the geolocation and the statement.
Small primary operators
Regulation 2025/2650 added a route for natural persons and micro or small undertakings established in a low-risk country that sell what they grow or raise themselves. They file one simplified declaration and receive an identifier, instead of a statement for each shipment. How this works for a producer outside the EU is worth confirming with the supplier before you rely on it.
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This guide is general information, not legal advice.