CN 7214Covered by CBAMIron & Steel

CN 7214 under CBAM — Bars & Rods (incl. TMT / Rebar)

Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded

Hot-rolled straight bars and rods — including TMT bars and rebar, the bread-and-butter of India’s secondary steel sector. Rolled across the Raipur–Durg–Bhilai belt, Ludhiana and dozens of re-rolling clusters, and exported to EU construction supply chains. One of the highest-volume Indian headings under CBAM.

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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 7214 come from

Most Indian rebar comes via the sponge-iron (DRI) + induction-furnace route, with the integrated mills serving the higher grades off BF-BOF. Coal-based DRI is emission-intensive and counts as a precursor; grid electricity feeds the induction furnaces. Defaults flatten all of this into one conservative assumption — the EU default value for this heading is deliberately conservative, and only verified actuals put your real route on the record.

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 7214? Three moves, in order.

01
Identify your production route and precursors
Identify the route: BF-BOF billet, DRI + induction furnace, or re-rolling purchased billet/ingot (a precursor). For DRI-based production, your sponge-iron source — own kilns or purchased — is part of the calculation.
02
Collect the data you already have
Induction-furnace electricity bills, DRI kiln coal records or sponge-iron purchase invoices, reheating-furnace fuel, rolling-mill logs and monthly production data.
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 7214 and CBAM, in plain English

Is CN 7214 covered by CBAM?

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Yes. CN 7214 — hot-rolled straight bars and rods of non-alloy steel, including TMT bars and rebar — 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. Construction rebar shipped to EU distributors and project supply chains falls squarely under this heading.

How much CBAM cost does CN 7214 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.

We re-roll purchased billets into TMT bars. Are we responsible for the billet-maker’s emissions?

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Under CBAM the embedded emissions of your bars include the billet as a precursor — so yes, the billet-maker’s emissions land in your product’s number. Your own re-rolling stage (reheating fuel, mill electricity) is the part you control directly. The practical fix is a two-track effort: verify your own stage, and obtain installation-level data from your billet supplier — we run both tracks for you.

Do small consignments of bars escape CBAM?

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Only genuinely negligible shipments fall under the EU’s de-minimis relief; commercial consignments of rebar do not escape. Since the definitive phase began on 1 January 2026, every commercial import under CN 7214 requires the EU importer to surrender CBAM certificates against embedded emissions — defaults if no actuals are filed, your verified numbers if they are.

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