CN 7604 under CBAM — Aluminium Extrusions & Profiles
Aluminium bars, rods and profiles
Extruded aluminium profiles, bars and rods — architectural sections, solar-frame profiles, industrial and automotive extrusions. India’s extrusion industry, spread across Gujarat, Maharashtra and the North, exports growing volumes to EU fabricators and solar installers, buying billet from the primary smelters or remelting scrap.
Where the emissions in CN 7604 come from
An extrusion press adds modest energy; the billet it consumes is the precursor that carries the smelting story — coal-power metal at 14–18 tCO₂/t versus hydro at 4–7 tCO₂/t versus scrap-based at 0.5–1.5 tCO₂/t. The EU default value for this heading is deliberately conservative; an extruder’s CBAM outcome is decided by whose billet it buys and whether that smelter’s verified data is on file.
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 7604? Three moves, in order.
- 01
Identify your production route and precursors
Trace your billet: which smelter or remelter, on what power — that precursor is the bulk of your number. Remelt operations should document their scrap share, which changes the story dramatically.
- 02
Collect the data you already have
Billet purchase invoices with supplier traceability, remelt-furnace fuel and power records, press and ageing-oven electricity bills, anodising line data where present, production weights.
- 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.
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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