CountryCôte d’Ivoire
Current EUDR benchmarkStandard risk
Common relevant commoditiesCocoa, rubber
Scope testAnnex I CN code
Cocoa sourcing from Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire is one of the most important cocoa origins for EU supply chains. Cocoa sourcing often aggregates beans from many farms, which makes complete farm-level geolocation and lot traceability especially important.
Common evidence gaps
- Missing farm coordinates.
- Cooperative or warehouse location used instead of farm production location.
- Mixed lots without a complete plot list.
- Supplier declarations that cannot be tied back to underlying farm data.
Operators should design the batch-to-plot evidence chain before shipment rather than trying to reconstruct it only during declaration preparation.
Key point: Country risk affects the due-diligence pathway. It does not decide whether a product is in scope. Product scope still depends on the current Annex I CN code.
Recommended workflow
- Confirm the exact product and CN/HS code.
- Identify the relevant commodity and actual country of production.
- Collect production-location and supplier evidence.
- Validate geolocation and batch linkage.
- Apply the appropriate due-diligence pathway for the current country benchmark.
- Keep records aligned for the applicable declaration workflow.