Compliance Checker: Brazilian Timber to Europe

This is Part I of two reports on wood operations covered under the EU regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR).

It is part of a series of reports on key-commodities-producing, trading, and buying companies that will serve as input for AidEnvironment’s Compliance Checker, an interactive case studies dashboard.

This first report covers “non-EU companies exporting wood to the EU” (with a focus on Brazil), while the second report centers around “domestic companies placing wood on or exports from the Union market”. The key element of this report is the demonstration of six potentially noncompliant case studies on wood operations of various Brazilian companies, that might be noncompliant with the EUDR if the wood from these companies would enter the EU market from January 2026.

Case studies #1-5 from this report have been shared on 19 May and 2 June 2025 for further engagement with several EU wood operators buying Brazilian wood (Van den Berg Hardhout, GWW Houtimport, Vandecasteele Houtimport, Precious Woods, Peltier Bois, F. Jammes, and Maicaru Hardwoods), while wood case study #6 has been shared with JBS and Marfrig on 12 June 2025. The meatpackers use wood biomass as fuel, for instance for their industrial boilers. The companies’ responses (if provided) have been integrated into the report.