What is the CBAM default value for steel pipes and tubes from India?
Most Indian carbon steel pipes and tubes under CN 7304, 7305 and 7306 carry 4.320 t CO2e per tonne. Stainless line pipe, casing and tubing carry 6.490 or 6.500. Cast iron pipes under CN 7303 carry 2.840. Direct emissions only, plus the 2026 mark-up of 10%.
India default values, t CO2e per tonne
- CN 7303 cast iron tubes and pipes: 2.840
- CN 7304 non-welded, carbon steel (such as 7304 19, 7304 31, 7304 39): 4.320
- CN 7304 non-welded, stainless (such as 7304 11 00, 7304 41 00): 6.490
- CN 7305 large welded pipes over 406.4 mm: 4.320
- CN 7306 welded, carbon steel (such as 7306 30 and 7306 61 92): 4.320
- CN 7306 welded, stainless (such as 7306 40 20, 7306 61 10): 6.500
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.
Pipe makers buying coil
A welded pipe mill buying HR coil can use the coil maker's verified figure as its precursor value instead of a default, then add its own forming and welding energy. Ask for the coil figure in the purchase contract.
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.