How does the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) default value for aluminium plates, sheets and strip under Combined Nomenclature (CN) 7606 compare between India, the Gulf and other exporters?
India's default for aluminium plates, sheets and strip over 0.2 mm (CN 7606) is 4.126 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) per tonne, direct emissions only. Only Mozambique (4.986) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (4.532) are higher among 67 countries. China is 4.120, the United Arab Emirates 2.660, Oman 2.490.
Plates, sheets and strip over 0.2 mm, country by country
- Mozambique 4.986, equal to the Annex IV value
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.532
- India 4.126 and China 4.120
- Serbia 3.688, Egypt 3.624, Malaysia 3.289
- Russian Federation 2.950
- Canada 2.750, United States 2.730, Türkiye 2.714
- United Arab Emirates 2.660 and Bahrain 2.660
- Indonesia 2.510
- Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar 2.490 each; Viet Nam 2.480
- Taiwan, Chile, Bolivia, Jordan and Nicaragua 1.150, the lowest
- Other countries and territories 3.717
India and China are six thousandths apart
India's 4.126 and China's 4.120 differ by 0.006. Against the Gulf the gap is large: 4.126 against 2.660 for the United Arab Emirates is 1.466 tonnes of CO2e per tonne.
Primary and secondary routes
The last column names the route behind the free allocation benchmark. The Annex IV legend reads (K) primary aluminium and (L) secondary aluminium. India, China, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia show (K); Viet Nam and Taiwan show (L). Across the 67 countries, 30 show (K) and 37 show (L). India and the United Arab Emirates both show (K) yet sit 1.466 apart, so the route letter alone does not explain a country's number, and the file gives no other reason.
What counts
The file marks indirect emissions N/A (not applicable) on this code, so the values are direct emissions only. Mark-up for listed values: 10% in 2026, 20% in 2027, 30% from 2028 (Guidance No. 3).
50 tonnes of aluminium sheet imported in 2026 on default values
- India: 4.126 x 1.10 = 4.5386 per tonne; x 50 = 226.93 tonnes of CO2e
- China: 4.120 x 1.10 = 4.532 per tonne; x 50 = 226.6 tonnes
- United Arab Emirates: 2.660 x 1.10 = 2.926 per tonne; x 50 = 146.3 tonnes
- Oman: 2.490 x 1.10 = 2.739 per tonne; x 50 = 136.95 tonnes
- India against the United Arab Emirates: 226.93 minus 146.3 = 80.63 tonnes more
Our arithmetic from the Commission's listed values and the 10% mark-up for 2026. It shows embedded emissions before the free allocation adjustment and before any carbon price paid abroad. The Annex may show the per-tonne value rounded to three decimals, so a total read from it can differ slightly.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads fuel invoices and electricity bills into monthly records, which is the plant-side data behind an actual figure. It does not set default values, it is not a CBAM verifier and it does not file declarations.
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Sources: European Commission, CBAM default values for the definitive period (Excel, version 2 of 6 August 2026), country sheets, Other Countries and Territories and Annex IV; legally binding values are in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1740 correcting (EU) 2025/2621, European Commission, Guidance No. 3, CBAM methods for the calculation of emissions embedded in goods (14 August 2026), section 4.10 on default values and mark-up
Last reviewed 2026-11-06. Values are from version 2 of the Commission's file (6 August 2026). The Commission says the default values act will be revised in 2027 at the latest, so re-check each value before you quote it to a buyer.