How does a steel fabricator near Jamshedpur pass its mill's emissions into CBAM figures for structures?

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Treat the plate, sections or coil you buy as a precursor. Multiply tonnes consumed, including offcuts, by the mill's specific embedded emissions, add your own direct emissions from cutting gas and furnaces, and divide by tonnes of structures shipped. Grid electricity for welding is not counted for steel. Structures and parts of structures of iron or steel under CN 7308, and most other chapter 72 and 73 goods in Annex I of the CBAM Regulation. If you export these to the EU, your buyer must declare their embedded emissions from 2026. Precursor: tonnes of steel consumed, not tonnes in the finished structure, times the mill's verified specific embedded emissions for that product. Own direct emissions: LPG, acetylene or propane for cutting, and any fuel for preheating, stress relieving or galvanising kettles. Divide the sum by tonnes of structures produced in the same calendar year. Ask your mill for the verified figure per CN code for the year, or for access through the CBAM Registry if it is registered. A figure on a mill test certificate is not enough on its own unless it states the CBAM basis and verification. Without the mill's data, the declarant uses the default value for the precursor, with its mark-up.

How does a steel fabricator near Jamshedpur pass its mill's emissions into CBAM figures for structures?

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Getting the mill's figure

Worked example: 100 t of structures in a year (illustrative inputs)

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