Are iron and steel powders and granules under CN 7205 covered by CBAM?

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Yes. Granules and powders of pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron or steel, CN 7205, are covered under the Chapter 72 line. Direct emissions only. Atomisers pass on the melted steel or iron's figure; sponge iron powder makers report their DRI route. Yes. CN 7205 sits inside Chapter 72 and none of its exclusions apply. Steel shot and grit for blasting usually falls under 7205 too. Sintered parts made from powder are usually 7326 or a machinery code, so check the final product. Pig iron, sponge iron or steel scrap melted for atomising. Scrap brings no precursor emissions; pig iron and DRI do. Covered ferro-alloys, if added to the melt. The Commission sets default values by CN code and country of origin in the annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2621, with a mark-up that rises over the first years. We do not quote the figure here. Open the annex, find your code and India, and treat it as the number your buyer pays on if you send nothing usable. Direct embedded emissions per tonne of powder, in tonnes of CO2, for the period the importer asks about. The production route and the installation's name, location and, if registered, its CBAM registry ID. Each precursor's embedded emissions and quantity per tonne, and who made it if you bought it. Whether a verifier accredited for CBAM has checked the figure. The importer can only use actual values that are verified. Forgetting the atomising route's direct fuel. Water or gas atomising itself runs on power, but annealing and reduction furnaces often burn gas. Those are direct emissions and belong in the figure.

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