What carbon data should a Brazilian merchant pig iron exporter prepare for EU and US buyers?
For EU buyers, a verified CBAM figure per tonne under CN 7201, because pig iron is a covered good. For US and other mills, a cradle to gate product figure they can use in their own footprint and declarations. Both start from the same records: reductant, fuel, ore and production.
EU buyers
- Direct embedded emissions per tonne, by installation, for each year.
- The monitoring method and a verifier's report.
- Biomass evidence if charcoal carbon is rated zero.
US and other buyers
- A cradle to gate figure per tonne, including electricity, ore and charcoal making.
- The share of charcoal versus coke and the plantation evidence behind it.
- The method used, such as ISO 14067.
Why it pays
Electric arc furnace mills charge pig iron to lift metal quality, and its figure flows into their steel. A low, well documented number is a reason to buy from you.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads coal, coke, gas and electricity invoices and production records into a dated, fingerprinted record per site, so the direct emissions behind each tonne can be traced to the documents. Emissions factors outside India are entered from the official source and labelled.
Sources: CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956, consolidated, ISO 14067:2018, Carbon footprint of products (iso.org), GHG Protocol Product Standard
Last reviewed 2026-10-21.