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Agricultural Trade Compliance: EUDR, CBAM & Export Standards

This five-day programme prepares exporters, importers, and compliance teams to meet the rules governing agricultural trade with the EU, covering EUDR due diligence, CBAM carbon reporting, food safety standards, and export documentation. Participants develop skills in supply chain traceability, emissions calculation, and compliance verification.

Introduction

Agricultural Trade Compliance: EUDR, CBAM & Export Standards Training Course prepares exporters, importers, and compliance teams to meet the fast-moving rules that now govern agricultural trade with the European Union and other major markets. Participants work through sustainability due diligence, deforestation-free requirements, carbon border reporting, food safety and quality standards, and export documentation as one connected compliance system. The programme links regulatory obligations with the supply chain evidence that proves compliance. As a result, learners gain a practical roadmap for compliant agricultural trade. Furthermore, the course strengthens due diligence practice, data management, and audit readiness.

Agricultural Trade Compliance: EUDR, CBAM & Export Standards Course Objectives

  • Explain the EU Green Deal, Farm to Fork, and their trade implications.
  • Apply the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) due diligence framework.
  • Map supply chains to the plot level and collect geolocation data.
  • Prepare EUDR due diligence statements and risk assessments.
  • Apply the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) reporting rules.
  • Calculate embedded emissions and complete CBAM declarations.
  • Apply food safety standards: HACCP, GLOBALG.A.P., and ISO 22000.
  • Apply maximum residue level (MRL) and contaminant requirements.
  • Prepare export documentation, certificates, and customs declarations.
  • Apply compliance record keeping, verification, and audit readiness.

Course Methodology

  • Interactive sessions built on agricultural trade compliance cases.
  • Workshops on due diligence, geolocation data, and CBAM calculations.
  • Group exercises on supply chain mapping, risk assessment, and documentation.
  • Hands-on practice with due diligence templates and emissions worksheets.
  • Simulation of an EUDR due diligence statement and a customs inspection.
  • Facilitator coaching and peer review on personal compliance plans.

Who Should Take This Course

  • Export and import compliance managers and officers.
  • Quality assurance and food safety professionals.
  • Supply chain and procurement specialists in agri-food.
  • Sustainability and ESG reporting professionals.
  • Customs brokers and trade documentation staff.
  • Consultants advising on EU market access and trade compliance.

Agricultural Trade Compliance: EUDR, CBAM & Export Standards Course Outlines

Day 1

The EU Regulatory Landscape and Trade Rules

  • • The EU Green Deal and Farm to Fork strategy.
  • • Overview of the EUDR, CBAM, and related trade measures.
  • • Covered commodities and product scope.
  • • Operator, trader, and downstream obligations.
  • • EU market access requirements for agri-food exporters.
  • • Penalties, enforcement, and competent authorities.
  • • Case discussion: a shipment rejected for missing compliance evidence.
Day 2

EUDR Due Diligence and Supply Chain Traceability

  • • The EUDR due diligence framework and three-step process.
  • • Supply chain mapping from plot to product.
  • • Geolocation requirements and polygon and point data.
  • • Deforestation and forest degradation cut-off dates.
  • • Risk assessment and risk mitigation measures.
  • • Preparing and submitting due diligence statements.
  • • Workshop: building an EUDR due diligence statement.
Day 3

CBAM and Carbon Reporting for Agri-Food

  • • CBAM scope and covered goods and sectors.
  • • Embedded emissions concepts and calculation boundaries.
  • • Direct and indirect emissions and default values.
  • • Data requirements from suppliers and producers.
  • • CBAM declarations and reporting timelines.
  • • Carbon accounting tools and quality assurance.
  • • Exercise: calculating embedded emissions for a product.
Day 4

Food Safety, Quality, and Export Standards

  • • HACCP principles and food safety management systems.
  • • GLOBALG.A.P., ISO 22000, and BRCGS standards.
  • • Maximum residue levels (MRLs) and contaminant limits.
  • • Traceability, labelling, and packaging requirements.
  • • Phytosanitary certificates and plant health rules.
  • • Organic certification and equivalence requirements.
  • • Simulation: preparing a product for EU import inspection.
Day 5

Documentation, Verification, and Audit

  • • Export documentation: invoices, certificates of origin, and permits.
  • • Customs declarations and tariff classification (HS codes).
  • • Managing supplier declarations and evidence files.
  • • Record keeping periods and data retention duties.
  • • Internal audits and supplier verification programmes.
  • • Managing non-compliance, corrective actions, and appeals.
  • • Capstone: presenting an integrated trade compliance plan.

Conclusion

By successfully completing Agricultural Trade Compliance: EUDR, CBAM & Export Standards, participants will gain a practical command of EUDR due diligence, supply chain traceability, CBAM carbon reporting, food safety and quality standards, and export documentation. They will acquire skills in supply chain mapping, emissions calculation, compliance record keeping, and audit readiness that protect market access and reduce risk. Gentex Training Center designs the programme to help professionals trade agricultural products with confidence.

FAQs

Q1.

— What is the "Agricultural Trade Compliance: EUDR, CBAM & Export Standards" course about?

It prepares exporters, importers, and compliance teams to meet the fast-moving rules that govern agricultural trade with the EU and other major markets. The course spans the EU regulatory landscape, EUDR due diligence and traceability, CBAM carbon reporting, food safety and quality standards, and documentation, verification and audit.

Q2.

— What are the key benefits of the "Agricultural Trade Compliance: EUDR, CBAM & Export Standards" course?

You gain a practical roadmap for compliant agricultural trade. The course improves due diligence and supply chain traceability, strengthens emissions calculation and CBAM reporting, sharpens food safety documentation practice, and gives you verification and record keeping discipline that protects market access.

Q3.

— What skills will I gain from the "Agricultural Trade Compliance: EUDR, CBAM & Export Standards" course?

You will develop four core skills: EUDR due diligence with supply chain mapping and geolocation, CBAM embedded emissions calculation and declaration, food safety and quality standard application, and export documentation with verification and audit readiness.

Q4.

— What tools, methods, or standards are covered in the "Agricultural Trade Compliance: EUDR, CBAM & Export Standards" course?

The course covers the EU Green Deal and Farm to Fork strategy, the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) due diligence framework and three-step process, plot-to-product supply chain mapping, geolocation and polygon and point data requirements, deforestation and forest degradation cut-off dates, risk assessment and mitigation, due diligence statements, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) scope and covered goods, embedded emissions calculation boundaries, direct and indirect emissions and default values, CBAM declarations and reporting timelines, HACCP principles, GLOBALG.A.P., ISO 22000 and BRCGS standards, maximum residue levels (MRLs) and contaminant limits, traceability, labelling and packaging requirements, phytosanitary certificates and plant health rules, organic certification and equivalence, export documentation including invoices, certificates of origin and permits, customs declarations and tariff classification (HS codes), supplier declarations and evidence files, record keeping and data retention, internal audits and supplier verification programmes, and corrective actions and appeals.

Q5.

— How is the "Agricultural Trade Compliance: EUDR, CBAM & Export Standards" course applied in real-world practice?

Participants apply it to real work such as mapping a supply chain to the plot level, preparing and submitting an EUDR due diligence statement, calculating embedded emissions for a CBAM declaration, compiling a product dossier for EU import inspection, and building a supplier verification and evidence file. The same methods support customs clearance and responding to a non-compliance finding.

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