CN 7605 under CBAM — Aluminium Wire
Aluminium wire
Aluminium wire — including the EC-grade wire and alloy wire drawn from wire rod for electrical, mechanical and cable applications. Indian producers, often integrated with the primary smelters’ wire-rod mills, export to EU cable makers and industrial users. (Insulated cable is classified elsewhere; bare wire sits here.)
Where the emissions in CN 7605 come from
Wire drawing adds little; the wire rod — cast at a smelter’s rod mill — is the precursor carrying the smelting emissions, which in India span coal-power metal at 14–18 tCO₂/t down to hydro at 4–7 tCO₂/t. The EU default value for this heading is deliberately conservative; wire from a hydro-powered or high-scrap chain has a dramatically better real number available through 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 7605? Three moves, in order.
- 01
Identify your production route and precursors
Trace the rod to its smelter and power source — the precursor decides the number. Integrated producers should carry their own smelter data through; independent drawers need supplier engagement.
- 02
Collect the data you already have
Rod purchase or internal transfer records, drawing-plant electricity bills, annealing energy data, production weights by product.
- 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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