Am I in scope of CBAM?
CBAM covers six families of goods (Regulation (EU) 2023/956, Annex I). If you export any of these to the EU, you are in scope:
- Cement — clinker, Portland and other hydraulic cements, calcined clays.
- Iron & steel — from pig iron and ferro-alloys to sheets, bars, tubes, structures, screws and most downstream steel articles.
- Aluminium — unwrought metal, profiles, sheets, foil, structures and most aluminium articles.
- Fertilisers — nitric acid, ammonia, urea, ammonium nitrate and mixed N/P/K fertilisers.
- Hydrogen.
- Electricity exported to the EU grid.
How to self-check in two minutes
- Find your product’s 8-digit CN code — here is how.
- Type it into the CBAM Suite search. It covers every code in the official registry list (~569 goods) and gives a clear covered / not-covered verdict — including when your exact code is absent but its heading is covered.
The 50-tonne de-minimis
Importers bringing in less than 50 tonnes of CBAM goods per year are exempt (Regulation (EU) 2025/2083; does not apply to electricity and hydrogen). If your EU customers each import small volumes, they may be out of scope — but they will still ask for data to prove it.
Not covered? Then you likely have no CBAM obligation for that product. Covered? Continue to deadlines & what to hand your importer.