What is the CBAM default value for stainless steel from India?
Between 6.480 and 6.530 t CO2e per tonne for Indian stainless steel, depending on the product. Flat-rolled stainless under CN 7219 and 7220 is 6.490 or 6.500, bars and wire 6.480, and ingots 6.530. Direct emissions only, plus the 10% mark-up in 2026.
India default values, t CO2e per tonne
- CN 7218 10 00 stainless ingots: 6.530
- CN 7218 91 semi-finished, rectangular: 6.490
- CN 7219 flat-rolled, 600 mm and wider: 6.490 hot-rolled, 6.500 cold-rolled
- CN 7220 flat-rolled, under 600 mm: 6.490 to 6.500
- CN 7221 and 7222 bars and rods: 6.480, cold-formed 6.530
- CN 7223 stainless wire: 6.480
Mark-up on top
The listed values are increased by a mark-up: 10% for 2026, 20% for 2027 and 30% from 2028. Goods imported in 2026 always take the 2026 mark-up.
Ferro-alloys drive the number
Stainless needs ferro-chrome and ferro-nickel, and those carry their own embedded emissions as precursors. If your alloy suppliers can give you their figures, your actual value can fall well below the default.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads coal, coke, gas, electricity and freight invoices into a dated, fingerprinted record per site, so an actual figure you send an EU buyer can be traced back to the documents behind it. It does not file CBAM declarations.
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 2026-10-23.