Are aluminium ingots, billets and slabs under CN 7601 covered by CBAM?

Yes. Unwrought aluminium, CN 7601, covers primary and alloyed ingots, billets, slabs and sows, and is listed in Annex I. Direct emissions only, but the gases are CO2 and PFCs. A smelter reports anode and anode-effect emissions; a remelter reports its furnace fuel.

Is it covered?

Yes. Annex I lists CN 7601 under aluminium, with CO2 and perfluorocarbons as the gases. Aluminium scrap under 7602 is not covered. Indirect emissions from power are not counted for aluminium.

Precursors to report

• Primary route: no covered precursor before unwrought aluminium. Alumina is not a CBAM good.
• Secondary or alloying route: any unwrought aluminium bought in, with its maker's embedded emissions. Scrap brings no precursor emissions.

Default value

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 We do not quote the figure here.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.

What to send your EU importer

• Direct embedded emissions per tonne of ingot or billet: CO2 from fuel and anodes, and PFCs from the smelter if you smelt.
• The installation's name, location and production route.
• Each precursor's embedded emissions per tonne and its supplier: unwrought aluminium, or alumina if you smelt.
• Whether a verifier accredited for CBAM has checked the figure.

The common mistake

Reporting electricity as if it counts. Smelting is power-heavy, but aluminium counts direct emissions only under Annex II. The figure is anode CO2, PFCs from anode effects and on-site fuel. Do not add grid or captive power emissions.

What Senseible does here

Senseible reads fuel, electricity and purchase invoices into dated, fingerprinted installation records, the starting point for the actual emissions an EU importer asks for. It does not file CBAM declarations or verify emissions.

• Check if a CN code is covered
• A smelter's CBAM figure, worked
• Extruder buying smelter billets
• Where official default values sit

Sources: Regulation (EU) 2023/956, Annex I (consolidated), Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1773, methods and precursors, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2621, default values, European Commission, CBAM definitive regime

Last reviewed 2026-10-23.