CN 7607Covered by CBAMAluminium

CN 7607 under CBAM — Aluminium Foil

Aluminium foil, thickness ≤ 0.2 mm

Aluminium foil — household, converter, pharma blister and packaging foil up to 0.2 mm. India’s foil mills export significant volumes to EU packaging and pharmaceutical converters, a trade where quality certification is already demanding and CBAM documentation is now part of the same supplier file.

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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 7607 come from

Foil rolling is energy-intensive per tonne relative to thicker gauges (multiple passes, annealing), but the metal precursor still dominates: coal-power primary at 14–18 tCO₂/t versus hydro at 4–7 versus scrap-based at 0.5–1.5. The EU default value for this heading is deliberately conservative — and because foil sells into cost-sensitive packaging chains, the defaults-vs-actuals gap is competitively decisive.

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 7607? Three moves, in order.

01
Identify your production route and precursors
Trace the foilstock: own cast/rolled feed (document the metal source and power) or purchased coil (a precursor). Note annealing and separating/slitting stages within your boundary.
02
Collect the data you already have
Foil-mill electricity records, annealing furnace data, foilstock sourcing documentation with supplier emission data, production weights by gauge and temper.
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 7607 and CBAM, in plain English

Is CN 7607 covered by CBAM?

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Yes. CN 7607 — aluminium foil up to 0.2 mm, including converter and pharma foil — 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. Plain and backed foil for EU packaging converters imports under this heading.

How much CBAM cost does CN 7607 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. Aluminium’s bill is dominated by electricity: coal-powered primary metal carries several times the embedded emissions of hydro-powered or scrap-based metal, so two identical consignments can face wildly different CBAM costs. Verified actuals typically cut the cost by up to ~40% versus defaults — use our calculator for a product-specific estimate.

Pharma-foil customers audit us constantly. Does that help with CBAM?

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It helps more than you might expect: the traceability and process documentation a pharma audit demands — batch records, input traceability, metered utilities — is much of the evidence base a CBAM calculation needs. The remaining work is applying the EU methodology and getting the result verified. Exporters with strong quality systems are typically fast engagements for us for exactly this reason.

Laminated or paper-backed foil — still CBAM-covered?

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Backed foil remains within heading 7607’s scope, and the aluminium content drives the embedded-emissions figure. The backing materials are not CBAM goods themselves; the methodology attributes emissions to the covered aluminium. Classification of heavily converted laminates can shift by construction, so confirm the CN code on your customs paperwork — something we review at the start of every engagement.

Related CN codes