Know your CBAM exposure
in 60 seconds.
The EU carbon border tax is live and escalating annually. Estimate your certificate costs from the Commission's published default values, with the source of every input shown.
Every year of inaction multiplies your exposure
Share of the EU free-allocation benchmark that is phased out each year. The certificate obligation grows as it rises.
The CBAM calculator built on published data.
Built on EU Regulation 2023/956 and the official EU CBAM certificate price. Select your CN code, enter quantity, choose origin and import quarter — an estimate in under a minute. Free.
Estimated CBAM Cost
€ 16,335
100 t hot-rolled steel, China →CBAM Executive Risk Audit
A one-case exposure summary: the certificate cost, the method and evidence used, and what the result does not establish. Print-ready.
Certificates and cost
Computed from published defaults
Provenance
Every input traced to its source
Limits
What the estimate does not cover
Six product sectors under CBAM
Carbon-intensive goods imported into the EU now carry a certificate obligation.
Iron & Steel
HS codes 7206–7229
Aluminium
HS codes 7601–7616
Cement
HS code 2523
Fertilizers
HS codes 3102–3105
Electricity
HS code 2716
Hydrogen
HS code 2804 10 00
Are you registered as an Authorised CBAM Declarant?
Mandatory since Jan 1, 2026 under Reg. (EU) 2023/956, Art. 5. Importers with 50+ tonnes/year must apply or face penalties.
See your number. See its sources.
A minute with the calculator gives your finance team an estimate and the published values behind it. Free, no account.