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Great Britain seeks views on deforestation checks for coffee, timber and other goods

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11 Nov 2026, 5:40 pm IST1 min read

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Painted forest canopy beside cocoa pods, coffee beans and a cross-section of timber.

Businesses in England, Scotland and Wales could face new checks on whether goods they use are linked to illegal deforestation. The UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs opened a consultation on November 11 covering coffee, cocoa, cattle, soy, oil palm, rubber, timber and products made from them.

The department is asking which products and businesses should be covered and what companies should do to identify, assess and reduce the risk of illegal forest clearance in their supply chains. It is also seeking evidence on what those checks would cost and what effect they might have.

The rules are at the proposal stage. The department is accepting responses until 11:59 p.m. local time on January 17, 2027.

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Credit: UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (GOV.UK, Crown copyright) · Summarised/translated by KROV · Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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