CN 7228 under CBAM — Alloy Steel Bars & Sections
Other bars and rods of other alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections of other alloy steel
Alloy steel bars and sections — the forging-grade, spring, bearing and chrome-moly bars that feed Europe’s automotive and engineering supply chains. The Durgapur–Jamshedpur alloy belt and Pune–Ludhiana component ecosystems export heavily under this heading, often as certified grades on long-term OEM programmes where a missing CBAM data trail now threatens the programme itself.
Where the emissions in CN 7228 come from
Alloy long products in India come off electric melting (EAF or induction, grid-dependent) as well as BF-BOF at integrated plants, with ferro-alloys as emission-relevant precursors. Defaults compress that spread into one conservative number. The EU default value for this heading is deliberately conservative; an OEM-audited plant with clean energy records usually beats it — on verified actuals.
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.
Exporting under CN 7228? Three moves, in order.
- 01
Identify your production route and precursors
Identify the melt route and the alloying inputs — ferro-alloys are precursors — and whether feedstock billet is produced in-house or purchased.
- 02
Collect the data you already have
Furnace electricity and fuel records, ferro-alloy purchase data, billet sourcing documents, heat-treatment logs, production records — largely the same evidence your OEM quality audits already demand.
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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.
Free this quarter: We cover your first report (April–June 2026) so an inflated EU default never costs you an order. Continue only if you choose to. Free for the April–June 2026 quarter — start your report by 30 September 2026.
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