An actor that trades in-scope products or commodities under the legal definition used by EUDR.
Trader matters in EUDR because the regulation distinguishes between different market roles rather than treating every commercial participant the same. That role distinction affects which due-diligence and information duties apply.
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products
any person in the supply chain other than the operator who, in the course of a commercial activity, makes relevant products available on the market;
Reference: Article 2, point 17
This term matters when a company buys, resells, or distributes in-scope goods and needs to know whether it is acting as a trader, operator, or another role. The answer can change the whole compliance workflow.
For Minespider, trader is a role-classification term. It helps turn messy commercial relationships into clearer legal categories that can be linked to evidence and obligation sets.