Challenges & Material Risks
Exporters
Babassu’s EUDR carve-out is live; Amazon drought is the more material supply risk
No babassu-specific enforcement action or compliance failure was verified for 26 September–10 October 2026; the latest binding scope clarification took effect on 18 September. For Asia-facing buyers, the pressing exposure is climate stress on community supply—and the need to distinguish Attalea babassu from regulated oil-palm inputs where tariff descriptions overlap.