CBAM guides for exporters

Short, plain-language answers for steel and aluminium exporters selling to the EU.

• CBAM for Indian steel and aluminium exporters

  What the EU's carbon border charge means for you since January 2026: who pays, what counts, and why your buyer is asking for emissions data.

• Default values or actual emissions: which costs your buyer less

  How the EU default with its mark-up compares with your own verified figure, with a worked example, and when verifying is worth the cost.

• What your EU buyer will ask for under CBAM

  The emissions data, documents and verification EU importers request from non-EU suppliers, and how to prepare before the first declaration in 2027.

• CBAM timeline 2026 to 2034: deadlines, mark-ups and free allocation

  Every date that matters for exporters, and why the CBAM cost per tonne roughly doubles between 2026 and 2034 even if the carbon price stays the same.