EUDR requires geolocation coordinates for every plot of land where a commodity was produced. That single requirement turns a document process into a data problem, because coordinates must link to suppliers, suppliers to product lines, and product lines to HS codes in Annex I.
The three joins that matter
Your data model needs three reliable joins. First, product to HS code, since Annex I decides scope. Second, product to supplier, including intermediate processors who may sit between you and the farm. Third, supplier to plot coordinates, which is the join most systems have never held. Build the schema so one product can carry many plots and one plot can serve many products, because commodity chains rarely map one to one.
Where records break in practice
Coordinates arrive as scanned maps, screenshots, spreadsheets with inconsistent formats, or verbal descriptions. Suppliers rarely hold this information in a usable format at the first request, so plan for extraction and normalisation rather than clean imports. Validation should run at ingest, not at filing time, so gaps surface while there is still time to chase them. The requirement itself, and its place in the wider filing sequence, is set out in these EUDR geolocation data requirements.
Store the outputs, not just the inputs
Once a Due Diligence Statement is submitted to the EUDR Information System, it returns a reference number. Persist that reference against the shipment record, because it has to appear on the customs declaration and be verifiable by authorities.
FAQs
Is one coordinate per supplier enough? No. The requirement is per plot of land where the commodity was produced.
Should coordinates sit in the same store as customs data? They need to be joinable to it, since classification and declarations depend on the same product records.
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