Talks are in progress with the EU on the bloc’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and Indian coffee exporters are preparing for the upcoming rules, an official said Thursday.
India is working on a grower-registration model and collecting geo-location data for exporters to comply with the EUDR even though the country is categorised as a low-risk country.
“We are preparing the exporters. We are engaging with them so that there are no challenges,” said M Kurma Rao, CEO, Coffee Board.
The Coffee Board has been doing polygon mapping which is mandatory for plots larger than four hectares wherein companies provide the geolocation points of the plots of land where the coffee comes in their due diligence statements.
The EUDR requires firms to ensure that products exported to the EU have been grown on land which has not been deforested after December 31, 2020.
The regulation has implications for India’s coffee, cocoa, soya, wood products, rubber and its products and leather goods exports. It prescribes fines up to 4% of a firm’s annual turnover in the EU and confiscation of products and revenues gained from a transaction for non-compliance.
Exports push
Led by value-added goods especially instant coffee, India’s coffee exports rose 40.2% on-year in FY25 to $1.8 billion.
India’s coffee exports grew at a CAGR of 22.52% in the last five years.
“We export 70% of our production,” Rao said, adding that India is exporting coffee to over 120 countries.
The share of value added coffee exports in the total coffee exports have increaoed to 38% during FY25 with Italy, Russia, the UAE, Germany and Turkey being the major coffee export destinations. Korea and members of the Gulf Cooperation Council are the new markets.
The Coffee Board has developed the India Colfee App, a one stop solution to avail all the products, services and information of its stakeholders on real time basis. Efforts are also on to increase the area under coffee cultivation, officials said.
India is working on a grower-registration model and collecting geo-location data for exporters to comply with the EUDR even though the country is categorised as a low-risk country.
“We are preparing the exporters. We are engaging with them so that there are no challenges,” said M Kurma Rao, CEO, Coffee Board.
The Coffee Board has been doing polygon mapping which is mandatory for plots larger than four hectares wherein companies provide the geolocation points of the plots of land where the coffee comes in their due diligence statements.
The EUDR requires firms to ensure that products exported to the EU have been grown on land which has not been deforested after December 31, 2020.
The regulation has implications for India’s coffee, cocoa, soya, wood products, rubber and its products and leather goods exports. It prescribes fines up to 4% of a firm’s annual turnover in the EU and confiscation of products and revenues gained from a transaction for non-compliance.
Exports push
Led by value-added goods especially instant coffee, India’s coffee exports rose 40.2% on-year in FY25 to $1.8 billion.
India’s coffee exports grew at a CAGR of 22.52% in the last five years.
“We export 70% of our production,” Rao said, adding that India is exporting coffee to over 120 countries.
The share of value added coffee exports in the total coffee exports have increaoed to 38% during FY25 with Italy, Russia, the UAE, Germany and Turkey being the major coffee export destinations. Korea and members of the Gulf Cooperation Council are the new markets.
The Coffee Board has developed the India Colfee App, a one stop solution to avail all the products, services and information of its stakeholders on real time basis. Efforts are also on to increase the area under coffee cultivation, officials said.
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