Sample: supplier due diligence report, green coffee

Sample built from public data. Not a client engagement. "Exemplo Café Exportadora" (fictional) is a company invented for this sample and does not exist. The registries, the checks, and the standard cited for the ICO certificate are real; the specific findings below are illustrative, not a real investigation.

What was checked

What the failed check means, and what it does not

Green coffee cannot be exported without a Certificado de Origem da OIC, the ICO certificate of origin, mandatory under Portaria MDIC 141/2003 and issued only by an authorised body: CECAFÉ or CNC for green beans, ABICS for soluble coffee, ABIC for roasted or ground. The report above flags that this fictional exporter's certificate was not confirmed directly with the issuing body at the time of the check. That is not, by itself, proof of fraud: a real check follows up with CECAFÉ or CNC directly to confirm the certificate before it is accepted. It is a real flag that has to be resolved, in writing, before a contract is signed, exactly the kind of gap a due diligence check exists to surface rather than assume away. See trade documents by commodity for what should travel with a green coffee shipment and who normally issues it.

What a clean set of registry checks does not prove

Even where every registry check passes, as three of the four did in this illustrative case, that confirms the company legally exists, is current on tax, and is accredited to trade. It does not confirm the coffee itself matches the grade and moisture the contract will specify, and it does not protect a payment sent to the wrong bank account. Those are separate steps: pre-shipment inspection for the cargo, and the payment terms pages for protecting the transfer itself.

What a real report adds beyond this sample

The actual CNPJ, registration date and accreditation status of the real exporter you are checking, a written confirmation of the ICO certificate directly with CECAFÉ, CNC or the relevant issuing body, and, where sugar or another high-fraud commodity is involved, a check of the offer's terms against the ICC's recorded scam pattern. See export scams and red flags for that pattern.

Sources

• ICO certificate of origin for green coffee, mandatory under Portaria MDIC 141/2003, issued by CECAFÉ or CNC (green beans), ABICS (soluble) or ABIC (roasted/ground): as discussed on verifying a Brazilian exporter and trade documents by commodity.
• CNPJ, federal tax clearance and Siscomex accreditation checks: verifying a Brazilian exporter and CNPJ and public registries.

Facts checked 24 September 2026.