What is the CBAM default value for Indian alloy steel bars, rods and wire?

Indian alloy steel other than stainless carries 7.300 t CO2e per tonne for bars and rods under CN 7227 and most of 7228, and for wire under 7229. Forged bars, 7228 10 50 and 7228 40, carry 7.350. Direct emissions only, plus the 10% mark-up for 2026.

India default values, t CO2e per tonne

• 7227 hot-rolled alloy bars and rods in irregular coils: 7.300
• 7228 10 20 and 7228 10 90 high-speed steel bars: 7.300
• 7228 10 50 forged high-speed steel bars: 7.350
• 7228 20 silico-manganese steel bars: 7.300
• 7228 30, 50 and 60 hot-rolled, cold-finished and further worked bars: 7.300
• 7228 40 bars not further worked than forged: 7.350
• 7228 70 angles and sections, 7228 80 00 hollow drill bars: 7.300
• 7229 alloy wire in coils: 7.300

Mark-up on top

Default values are raised by a mark-up: 10% in 2026, 20% in 2027 and 30% from 2028. The same mark-up applies when a default is used for a precursor.

Higher than stainless

On the India sheet, alloy bars at 7.300 carry more than stainless bars at 6.480. EN 19, EN 24 or 20MnCr5 bar shipped on the default reports more embedded tonnes than stainless bar does.

Why forging units should care

A forging usually leaves Chapter 72 for another CN code, but the bar inside it is a precursor. If your bar mill gives you no figure, the bar's default plus mark-up goes into your forging's figure, scaled by how much bar each tonne of forgings uses.

Example: bar inside one tonne of forgings, 2026

• Bar used: 1.25 t per tonne of finished forgings
• Bar default with 10% mark-up: 7.300 x 1.10 = 8.03 t CO2e per tonne of bar
• Bar share of the forging figure: 1.25 x 8.03 = 10.04 t CO2e
• Your own furnace fuel is then added on top

Example yield. A verified figure from the bar mill replaces the default line.

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• CN 7224 to 7229 coverage
• Are steel forgings covered?
• Indian stainless defaults
• CBAM for Indian exporters

Sources: European Commission, Default values definitive period (Excel, version 2 of 6 August 2026), India sheet; legally binding values 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

Last reviewed 2026-11-01.