What CBAM figure applies to hot-rolled coil from the Dung Quat blast furnace complex?
A blast furnace route figure built from the complex's own coke, sinter, pig iron and steelmaking data, often close to 2 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of coil. EU importers need the plant's specific figure per product; Vietnam's pilot carbon market gives no deduction while allowances are free.
What goes in
- Coke making, sintering and blast furnace emissions carried as precursors.
- Converter and rolling mill direct emissions.
- Not electricity, which is outside the charged figure for steel.
Ask for the right number
The mill should give specific embedded emissions per tonne of coil for a stated period. A company-wide average that mixes long products and coil hides the real figure for your product.
Vietnam's carbon market
Vietnam has started a pilot carbon market covering steel, cement and thermal power with free allowances. A deduction needs a price effectively paid, so the pilot alone usually gives none.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads fuel, electricity and production documents into dated, fingerprinted installation records, the starting point for the actual emissions an EU importer asks for.
Sources: CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956, consolidated, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1773, monitoring rules, worldsteel
Last reviewed 2026-10-22.