How much CBAM tax will your EU buyer pay?
Estimate the CBAM cost on your steel, aluminium, cement, or fertiliser shipments — and see exactly how much you can save your buyer by using verified actual emissions instead of EU default values.
Estimate your buyer-side CBAM cost
India HRC default-value scenario. Actual is an editable factory-actual assumption (~2 tCO2e/t) until verified plant data is filed.
Default comparison uses 4.708 tCO2e/t. Final actuals require verified plant data.
This is an estimate, not a filing value. It applies the 2026 benchmark/free-allocation adjustment and the selected CBAM certificate price. Final savings require exact CN code, verified emissions and any carbon price paid in India.
How CBAM Tax Is Calculated
The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) puts a carbon price on imported steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen, and electricity. Your EU buyer's CBAM tax is calculated as a simple product of three numbers:
Embedded emissions = Scope 1 (direct fuel + process) + Scope 2 (electricity) per tonne of finished product.
Want an audit-defensible CBAM number for your factory?
This calculator gives a directional estimate. For an exact CBAM number that holds up under EU verification, a dedicated CBAM expert from CarbonSettle — backed by India's most advanced CBAM platform that tracks your manufacturing data and fills the buyer's report — runs a Scope 1 + Scope 2 calculation on your actual production data, captive power, and supplier precursor emissions, then delivers the EU XML directly to your buyer's declarant. Chat with the AI in your language, plug in your ERP, or let our team drive it.
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Buyer-trusted report, full audit trail
Up to 40% lower
Lowest legally defensible number, every shipment
Per consignment
CN code-level breakdown, India-specific factors
CBAM Calculator FAQs
How is CBAM tax calculated for Indian exporters?▾
CBAM tax = Embedded emissions × Volume × EU ETS price. The first variable — embedded emissions — is where Indian exporters can save 30–40%, because verified actuals are usually lower than the conservative EU defaults.
What is the current CBAM certificate price?▾
CBAM certificates are priced at the weekly average EU ETS price. In 2026 this fluctuates between €75 and €85 per tCO₂.
Does CBAM apply to my product?▾
CBAM currently covers steel (CN codes 72, 73), aluminium (CN code 76), cement (CN 2523), fertilisers (CN 28, 31), hydrogen (CN 2804.10) and imported electricity. If your product falls under these codes and ships to the EU, CBAM applies.
Who pays CBAM tax — the exporter or the importer?▾
Legally, the EU importer (your buyer) buys CBAM certificates. But in practice, importers pass the cost back to Indian exporters via lower prices or lost orders. That is why providing verified actual emission data — not defaults — protects your competitiveness.
How does CarbonSettle calculate exact CBAM emissions?▾
A dedicated CBAM expert collects your factory data (in any format — paper logs, photos, Excel, scanned PDFs), runs Scope 1 + Scope 2 calculations using India-specific grid emission factors and your captive power data, chases your raw material suppliers for precursor emissions in their language, and delivers an EU portal-ready XML to your importer's declarant. Powered by India's most advanced CBAM intelligence engine.