CN 7215Covered by CBAMIron & Steel

CN 7215 under CBAM — Bright Bars & Cold-Finished Bars

Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel (cold-formed, cold-finished or further worked)

Cold-drawn, cold-finished and bright bars — the precision bar stock that EU machine shops, auto-component makers and hydraulic manufacturers buy for tight tolerance and surface finish. Ludhiana, Rajkot and Pune-belt bright-bar producers export steadily to the EU under this heading, usually drawing purchased hot-rolled bar or wire rod.

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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 7215 come from

Cold drawing and finishing add modest energy — the embedded emissions of a bright bar are dominated by the hot-rolled bar or rod it started as, which counts as a precursor. Defaults ignore that split and apply a conservative all-in figure. The EU default value for this heading is deliberately conservative; a cold-finisher’s best lever is precursor data from the rolling mill plus verified actuals for its own stage.

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 7215? Three moves, in order.

01
Identify your production route and precursors
Document your feedstock chain: which mill supplies your hot-rolled bar or rod, and off which route (BF-BOF or DRI + induction) it comes — that precursor is most of your number.
02
Collect the data you already have
Drawing-line and heat-treatment electricity records, feedstock purchase invoices with mill traceability, production logs, plus supplier emission data for the hot-rolled precursor.
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 7215 and CBAM, in plain English

Is CN 7215 covered by CBAM?

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Yes. CN 7215 — cold-formed and cold-finished bars and rods of non-alloy steel, including bright bar — 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. Further working like grinding, peeling or straightening keeps the product in scope under this heading.

How much CBAM cost does CN 7215 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.

As a bright-bar drawer, our own energy use is tiny. Can our CBAM number still be competitive?

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Yes — if the precursor data is real. Your drawn stage adds little, so your product’s number is essentially the rolling mill’s number plus a small increment. When the mill’s verified actuals are attached, your bright bar inherits that real figure; when they aren’t, the conservative default swallows the whole chain. Getting the mill’s cooperation is the single highest-value task, and it is one we handle.

Which heading applies — 7215 or 7228 — for alloy bright bars?

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CN 7215 covers non-alloy steel. Cold-finished bars of other alloy steel — the chrome-moly and forging grades common in auto components — fall under CN 7228, which is equally CBAM-covered. Check the mill test certificate: the grade’s chemistry decides the chapter heading, and both routes lead to the same obligation to file emissions data.

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