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CBAM Cost Calculator
for EU Importers

Enter your commodity sector, country of origin, and tonnage to get the real EU CBAM certificate cost — live emission factors from EU Commission data, the official Q1 2026 certificate price (€75.36/tCO₂), and the SEFA free-allocation phase-in formula. Not a guess. The actual EU number.

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Indicative estimate based on EU Commission default emission factors. Actual CBAM liability depends on verified embedded-emissions data from your supplier (per Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1782), the applicable SEFA benchmark, and the current CBAM certificate price. Default emission factors result in higher CBAM costs than verified data — incentivising supplier emissions verification. Always verify with your customs broker or CBAM declarant before making financial decisions.
Need the full landed cost (duty + VAT + freight + CBAM)? Use the Landed-Cost Estimator

What CBAM is and how this calculator works

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) entered its definitive period on 1 January 2026 under Regulation (EU) 2023/956. It places a carbon price on imports of six industrial sectors — iron and steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen, and electricity — to prevent carbon leakage and ensure EU producers and importers pay equivalent carbon costs.

How the cost is calculated: The CBAM certificate cost uses the SEFA (Specific Embedded carbon Free Allocation) formula: Chargeable emissions = max(0, embedded emissions − benchmark × (1 − CBAM_factor) × weight). The chargeable amount is multiplied by the official EU CBAM quarterly certificate price (€75.36/tCO₂ for Q1 2026, per EU Commission Implementing Regulation). This is the price you pay per tonne of CO₂ equivalent above the free-allocation threshold.

Default vs verified emission factors: This calculator uses EU Commission default emission factors (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1782). Importers who can provide verified embedded-emission data from their suppliers will typically pay less — default factors are set conservatively to incentivise verification. Verified data requires an accredited verifier and CBAM declarant submission.

Which 5 sectors this tool covers: Iron & steel (including downstream steel products under HS Chapter 72/73), aluminium and aluminium articles, cement clinker and hydraulite lime, fertilisers (urea, ammonium nitrate, and mixed fertiliser solutions), and hydrogen. Electricity is excluded from this tool (kWh-based calculation, not tonne-based). For a full list of CN codes in scope, see the CBAM Regulation Annex I.

Read the full CBAM guide for EU importers → or open TradeShield for commodity-specific, multi-origin CBAM and landed-cost comparisons verified against live EU TARIC data.

← Read: The EU Importer's Guide to CBAM 2026 →