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Estimate your exposure under the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. CBAM covers six groups of goods — cement, iron & steel, aluminium, fertilisers, hydrogen and electricity — and its definitive regime applies to imports into the EU from 1 January 2026. Every number below is one you supply; the arithmetic is shown in full.
Indicative CBAM cost ≈ chargeable emissions × max(0, EU ETS price − carbon price paid at origin).
The per-sector intensity defaults are illustrative ballparks only — replace them with your installation’s verified figures or the EU’s official default values, which carry a mark-up when actual data isn’t reported.
Honest caveats — verify before you rely on this
The CBAM definitive regime started 1 January 2026; the 2023–2025 transitional phase was reporting-only. The first surrender of CBAM certificates covers 2026 imports and happens in 2027 — verify timings and mechanics on the European Commission CBAM page.
The charge phases in as free EU ETS allocation phases out, reaching full effect by 2034. With the adjustment left at 0 this tool shows an upper-bound full exposure; early-year liability is a fraction of that.
A de minimis threshold — around 50 tonnes of covered goods per importer per year, electricity excluded — can take small importers out of scope. Check the current rules.
Certificate prices track EU ETS auctions. Enter today’s EUA price from a live market source; do not reuse an old number, and note that nothing on this page fetches one for you.
Deducting a carbon price paid at origin requires evidence and follows EU implementing rules; scope is defined by CN code, and fertiliser, steel and aluminium precursors have special treatment.
CBAM’s rules and scope are still moving. Thresholds, covered goods, reporting duties and the free-allocation path have all been amended since the mechanism was legislated, and may be again. The European Commission’s own pages govern; this is an indicative planning tool, not a compliance calculation, and not advice.
Sources
Authoritative source for scope, timing and method: the European Commission’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism pages. Where this page and the Commission differ, the Commission is right. No emissions data, ETS price or exchange rate is fetched — the intensity defaults are labelled illustrative and every other figure is yours.