CarbonSettle Newsroom
CarbonSettle is an established end-to-end CBAM compliance service for Indian exporters of steel, aluminium, cement and fertilisers. It converts factory data into EU-audit-standard verified-actuals reports — the filings that replace expensive EU default values — and operates in ten Indian languages. This page holds everything a journalist needs to cite, quote and illustrate a story on CBAM and India–EU trade.
The India CBAM Cost Index
The quarterly reference on what the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism actually costs Indian exporters — default-basis vs verified-actual carbon costs across steel, aluminium, cement and fertiliser, with the escalation outlook to 2034, methodology and sources stated on the page.
Open the full indexCarbonSettle India CBAM Cost Index, Q3 2026, https://carbonsettle.com/india-cbam-cost-index
Figures from the index are free to republish with attribution to CarbonSettle and a link to the index page. For the production-route detail behind any figure, use the press contact below.
Available for comment
Available for quotes, background briefings and data walk-throughs on:
- CBAM costs for Indian exporters — what shipments actually pay in 2026
- Default values vs verified actuals — why the same steel can cost 2–4× more on paper
- CN-code scope questions — which products are in, which are out, and the surprises in between
- The definitive-phase transition — what changed in January 2026 and what escalates to 2034
- India–EU trade impact — how the carbon border price reshapes Indian metal, cement and fertiliser exports
Five angles the data supports
Each line below is a factual angle backed by a page on this site — the linked page carries the underlying figures, methodology and context.
“The default-value markup escalates from 10% to 30% by 2028 — the cost of not filing verified data triples in two years.”
Supporting data: India CBAM Cost Index“Indian blast-furnace steel pays roughly €250–270 per tonne on EU defaults — but roughly €65–170 on verified actuals. The gap is €80,000–€180,000 per 1,000-tonne consignment.”
Supporting data: India CBAM Cost Index“A finished car is not a CBAM good — but the crankshaft, casting and bolt kit inside it are, the moment they clear EU customs under CN 73 or 76.”
Supporting data: CBAM for automotive exporters“Hydro-powered Indian aluminium smelters carry ~5.5 tCO₂/t in verified actuals against a 20+ default — the widest default-vs-actual gap of any CBAM sector.”
Supporting data: CBAM for aluminium exporters“CBAM scope is decided by CN code, not by industry — the same factory can have one product line inside the regulation and another outside it.”
Supporting data: CBAM CN code directoryEverything you need to illustrate the story
For editorial use alongside coverage of CarbonSettle or the India CBAM Cost Index.
The quarterly data reference — default-basis vs verified-actual costs across all four sectors.
Which CN codes are in scope — the product-level answer to "does CBAM apply to this?"
Production-route emission intensities and costs for Indian iron & steel (CN 72 & 73).
Coal vs hydro smelting, secondary routes and the sector’s widest default gap (CN 76).
Blended cements vs clinker defaults (CN 2523).
Ammonia routes, urea and nitric acid — the sector where N₂O counts (CN 28 & 31).
Why finished vehicles are out but forged and cast components are in.
The full CBAM explainer in Hindi — सीबीएएम गाइड.
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