CN 7213Covered by CBAMIron & Steel

CN 7213 under CBAM — Wire Rod

Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron or non-alloy steel

Wire rod in coils — the feedstock for wire drawing, fastener making, welding electrodes and springs. A major product of the Raipur–Durg–Bhilai belt and eastern secondary steelmakers, exported to EU wire drawers and fastener plants. If your mill ships coiled rod rather than straight bars, CN 7213 is your heading.

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Covered

CBAM status of this heading

1 Jan 2026

Definitive phase — certificates due

€70–80

per tCO₂ — certificate price tracks EU ETS

up to ~40%

typical cost cut with verified actuals

Emission profile

Where the emissions in CN 7213 come from

Indian wire rod comes off a mix of routes: integrated BF-BOF at the large mills, and the DRI/sponge-iron + induction-furnace route across the secondary sector. Route determines the emission number — and defaults ignore your route entirely, assuming a conservative figure. The EU default value for this heading is deliberately conservative; verified actuals are how a leaner route becomes a lower bill.

Why we don’t print a default value here

The EU publishes and updates specific default values per goods category separately — quoting a stale number would mislead you. What never changes: defaults are set deliberately high, and the markup escalates from 10% in 2026 to 30% by 2028 for steel and aluminium (free-allowance phase-out runs to 2034). Use the CBAM calculator for a current, product-specific estimate.

What to do

Exporting under CN 7213? Three moves, in order.

01
Identify your production route and precursors
Pin down the route behind your rod: BF-BOF billet, purchased billet (a precursor), or DRI + induction furnace. Each has a very different real emission intensity.
02
Collect the data you already have
Furnace fuel and power records, billet purchase documents, sponge-iron sourcing (a precursor with its own emissions), rolling-mill energy bills and production logs.
03
File verified actuals, not defaults
Have the numbers computed to the EU CBAM methodology and verified, then hand your EU buyer’s Authorised Declarant a filing they can use. Verified actuals typically cut the CBAM cost by up to ~40% versus default values — and the default markup only gets worse, escalating from 10% in 2026 to 30% by 2028 for steel and aluminium.

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Frequently asked

CN 7213 and CBAM, in plain English

Is CN 7213 covered by CBAM?

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Yes. CN 7213 — hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils (wire rod) — is a covered good under the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Any consignment under this heading imported into the EU has carried reporting obligations since the transitional phase (1 October 2023 – 31 December 2025), and since the definitive phase began on 1 January 2026 the EU importer must buy CBAM certificates against its embedded emissions. Downstream drawn wire and fasteners made from it are covered under their own headings too, with the rod counted as a precursor.

How much CBAM cost does CN 7213 face in 2026?

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CBAM certificates track the EU ETS carbon price — roughly €70–80 per tonne of CO₂ in 2026 — so the bill is your embedded emissions multiplied by that price. For Indian BF-route steel products the difference between bases is dramatic: default-basis costs run roughly €250–270 per tonne of product, versus roughly €65–170 per tonne on verified actuals — about €80,000–€180,000 on a single 1,000-tonne consignment. The exact figure depends on your route and product mix, which is why the first step is a proper calculation, not a guess.

Our rod is rolled from purchased sponge iron via induction furnace. Does that help or hurt under CBAM?

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It depends entirely on whether you file actuals. The DRI + induction route has a real, measurable emission profile that differs from the BF-BOF assumption behind conservative defaults — and coal-based sponge iron is itself a precursor whose emissions must be included. With verified actuals your true number is on the record; on defaults, the EU’s conservative figure applies regardless of your actual route.

Is wire drawn from our rod also covered by CBAM?

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Yes — drawn wire falls under its own CN headings within the covered scope, and articles like fasteners (CN 7318) and stranded wire and ropes (CN 7312) are covered as well. In each case the wire rod is a precursor, so emission data you establish once for CN 7213 keeps paying off down the product chain.

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