The American Hardwood Export Council is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. All of the data inputted in the system is securely protected and the only specific information visible to AHEC is company name. AHEC are provided with general usage data to monitor uptake but cannot access any information that would be commercially sensitive. For more information, please refer to the privacy policy.

The AHA Platform was built with funding for U.S. hardwood market development and currently, the system is only set up for hardwoods. If your company is trading in hardwoods, you are welcome to sign up to the AHA.

The system has been developed for American hardwood exporters using U.S. government funding. It is exclusively for the use of U.S. based companies that have U.S. EIN number.

The AHA system, as it stands today, relies on the integrity of the companies that use its data to identify deforestation risk and to provide a view on illegality risk. The program has been built at pace and will continue to evolve. By mid-2026, AHA plans to have in place a Proof of Provenance system utilising blockchain technology. This will ensure that the data on geolocation cannot be tampered with. In tandem with this, AHA are also considering plant-based chemistry technologies that will allow surveillance of products passing through the system to ensure their integrity and to ensure that actual origins match those claimed. By late 2026, AHA will be in a position to verify claims to a U.S. national and state-level. In this way, verification is built into a self declaration system providing the confidence that all stakeholders require from a verification system.

The short answer is yes, based on AHA’s reading of the EUDR legal text and the legal advice that AHA has received. In the context of U.S. hardwood products, the provision of risk information at a jurisdictional level is necessary both to preserve the effectiveness of EUDR and to avoid conflict with the EU's own laws on proportionality, privacy and the right to carry out a business, and with the EU's international trade obligations. Read more on this subject here.