CN 7219Covered by CBAMIron & Steel

CN 7219 under CBAM — Stainless Flat Products

Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, width ≥ 600 mm

Stainless steel coils, sheets and plates 600 mm or wider — hot-rolled and cold-rolled. India is a top-tier stainless producer, with Jindal Stainless (Hisar, Jajpur) and the Salem complex exporting flat stainless to EU service centres and fabricators. Premium product, premium scrutiny: EU stainless buyers were among the first to demand CBAM data from suppliers.

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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 7219 come from

Stainless carries emissions on two fronts: the melting route (electric-arc or induction, heavily grid-dependent in India) and the ferro-alloys — ferrochrome above all — which are emission-intensive precursors that must be counted. Defaults take a conservative view of both. The EU default value for this heading is deliberately conservative; a mill with real scrap ratios and documented alloy sourcing usually has a better story to tell, but only verified actuals tell it.

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 7219? Three moves, in order.

01
Identify your production route and precursors
Map melt-shop route and alloy inputs: scrap share, ferrochrome and ferronickel sources — each ferro-alloy is a precursor with its own embedded emissions that flow into your coil.
02
Collect the data you already have
Melt-shop electricity bills, ferro-alloy purchase records and supplier emission data, annealing and pickling line fuel records, 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 7219 and CBAM, in plain English

Is CN 7219 covered by CBAM?

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Yes. CN 7219 — flat-rolled stainless steel 600 mm or wider — 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. Both hot-rolled and cold-rolled stainless flat products fall under this heading’s scope.

How much CBAM cost does CN 7219 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.

Why do ferro-alloys matter so much for stainless CBAM numbers?

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Because ferrochrome and other ferro-alloys are among the most emission-intensive inputs in the steel family, and CBAM counts them as precursors inside your stainless product. A stainless coil’s embedded emissions can be moved substantially by where its chrome units come from and how that production is powered. If your alloy suppliers provide installation-level data, your filing reflects reality; if not, conservative precursor defaults are applied to that portion.

Our stainless melt is largely scrap-based. Does CBAM recognise that?

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Only through verified actuals. A high scrap ratio genuinely lowers the melting emissions versus ore-based routes, but the EU applies its conservative default until an accredited verification puts your real number on record. For scrap-heavy Indian stainless mills, this is precisely the case where filing actuals pays back hardest — verified actuals typically cut CBAM cost by up to ~40%.

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