Coffee Glossary · Trade
EUDR (EU Deforestation Regulation)
The EU regulation requiring that coffee (among seven commodities) placed on the European market be deforestation-free after 31 December 2020 and legally produced — proven by plot-level geolocation for every contributing farm and a due-diligence statement filed by the EU importer before customs release. Point coordinates suffice under four hectares; polygons above. The rule made exporter data capability a purchasing criterion: an excellent coffee without coordinates is unsellable into the EU. Long-established smallholder landscapes like the Bolaven Plateau document cleanly; Volcana supplies GeoJSON plot packages with every EU shipment.
Related terms
Traceability
The documented chain linking a coffee lot back through export, milling, and processing to the farms —…
ICO Certificate of Origin
The International Coffee Organization's origin certificate, carrying a unique code (origin country / port /…
Organic Certification
Third-party verification that coffee was grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, under standards…
Bill of Lading (B/L)
The ocean shipment's master document, issued by the carrier: simultaneously a receipt for the cargo, evidence…
Cash Against Documents (CAD)
A documentary collection payment method lighter than a letter of credit: the exporter ships, then routes the…
Crop Year / Fresh Crop / Past Crop
Coffee's vintage system: each origin's harvest defines its crop year (Laos: roughly October–September), and…
Reading up before buying? Volcana Coffee exports SGS-inspected specialty Arabica and Fine Robusta from the Bolaven Plateau, Laos — and we're happy to walk new importers through every term on a real offer sheet.
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