Coffee
What the EU requires if you export Mexican coffee: products, chain, data and dates.
Coffee is the commodity with the largest flow from Mexico to the EU: USD 193 M in 2025. It is grown in thousands of small plots and passes through several hands before reaching the port. Europe does not ask only for the lot. It asks for the plot of origin and proof that no deforestation took place after 31 December 2020.
Figures with sources
≈ USD 193 M
Coffee the EU imported from Mexico in 2025 (23,386 tons).
Source: UN Comtrade, EU imports from Mexico, heading 0901, 2025.
USD 181.2 M
Of that total, green coffee not decaffeinated (0901 11), 2025.
Source: UN Comtrade, 2025.
2024 destinations
EU imports from Mexico by member state: Germany USD 31.6 M · France USD 28.5 M · Italy USD 12.2 M · Belgium USD 10.3 M · Czechia USD 8.6 M · Spain USD 5.5 M.
Source: UN Comtrade, imports by member state, 2024.
19
Coffee exporters and organizations reviewed. None publicly says how it complies with the EUDR for its Mexican coffee.
Source: Geometría's own research, October 2026.
What's covered
Annex I covers all of heading 0901, with no exceptions:
- Coffee, roasted or decaffeinated, in all its forms (0901 11 green not decaffeinated, 0901 12 green decaffeinated, 0901 21 roasted not decaffeinated, 0901 22 roasted decaffeinated)
- Coffee husks and skins
- Coffee substitutes that contain coffee in any proportion
- Soluble coffee (2101 11 00). From 30 December 2027.
Chain from Mexico to the EU
There are two types of exporter in coffee:
- Exporting company. A subsidiary of an international group, or a company with Mexican capital.
- Producer organization with an export license, which sells directly to importers.
Coffee moves like this:
Producer. Sells cherry or parchment coffee. Grown mostly in Chiapas, Veracruz and Puebla.
Aggregation. An intermediary or collection center gathers coffee from many producers.
Wet milling. Cherry is turned into parchment.
Dry milling and export. Parchment becomes green coffee. It requires the certificate of origin (issued by AMECAFE through VUCEM), the phytosanitary certificate and the export customs declaration (pedimento).
Port. Veracruz or Manzanillo.
Operator in the EU. Submits the DDS Usually the importer. Submits the due diligence statement (DDS) before the coffee is placed on the EU market.
Roaster or brand in the EU. Does not submit the DDS, but keeps its reference number.
What they will ask you for
Your buyer needs this for each lot you export:
Location of each plot.
Coordinates. A polygon when the plot is larger than 4 hectares (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Article 2(28)).
The link between plot and lot.
Which plots went into each shipment.
Cut-off date.
No deforestation after 31 December 2020.
Legality.
The land and the production comply with Mexican law: land use, environment, tax and labor rights.
The DDS.
The importer submits it to the European Commission's central database. You provide the data.
Evidence.
The operator keeps it for 5 years and hands it over if there is an inspection.
How we help
Diagnosis.
We review which coffee you export (green, decaffeinated, roasted or soluble), to whom, and which date applies to you.
Consolidation.
We gather coordinates and documents for each plot, from your aggregation point, your suppliers and your cooperatives.
Verification.
We cross-check each plot against deforestation after 31 December 2020 and against Mexican legal requirements.
DDS ready.
Package for your buyer to submit the statement. The evidence is kept for 5 years.
Book your call with Geometría
We review your case: your commodity, the date that applies to you and the data you still need.
We don't ask for your name or contact details. The result is indicative: it is based on what you declare, not on verified documents.