Rubber, from the smallholding to the filed statement
Most natural rubber comes from smallholders farming a few hectares, through dealers and processing factories. Whether you import the rubber, or the tyres and gloves made from it, every plot behind it needs its geolocation and its evidence.
What is in scope
What is covered
Natural rubber from the rubber tree, and the goods made from it that Annex I lists: tyres, inner tubes, and gloves and other clothing of rubber among them. Synthetic rubber is not covered.
Since 18 September 2026, conveyor and transmission belts and other articles of vulcanised rubber are out of scope, and of a retreaded tyre only the new tread is in it. Used and second-hand goods are out.
Who files
The company that first places the goods on the EU market files the due diligence statement: a tyre maker importing natural rubber, or an importer of tyres or gloves made outside the EU. The companies after it in the chain keep records of their suppliers and customers.
From when
From 30 December 2026, or from 30 June 2027 for companies that were micro or small on 31 December 2024.
The plots you will get
Plots of a few hectares, held by smallholders who sell through dealers to a processing factory. The factory or the exporter is usually the supplier who can gather them.
Ask them for their farmers' plots from the app. They get an email in their language, French, Indonesian or Vietnamese among them, with reminders, and send the plots from their own list, which serves every buyer who asks.
A plot up to 4 hectares may be given as a point, but an outline gives a fairer result: a point is read as a circle, which can take in a neighbour's clearing, or miss one on the plot itself.
Where it comes from
Most natural rubber the EU imports comes from South-East Asia and West Africa: Côte d'Ivoire, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam among them. Each country's risk level changes what your due diligence must cover.
- Côte d’Ivoirestandard risk
- Indonesiastandard risk
- Malaysiastandard risk
- Thailandlow risk
- Vietnamlow risk
Importing rubber?
Tell us what you import and from where, and we will set up your account.
Other commodities
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Soy Large farms, Brazilian CAR properties, and land that greens again within a season. -
Cocoa From beans to chocolate, and plots under a canopy of shade trees. -
Coffee Green and roasted, smallholders' points, and shade-grown coffee. -
Palm oil Estates, smallholders, and replanting. -
Cattle Every establishment where the animals were kept.