Which chemical imports into German chemical parks such as Rhine-Neckar or Leuna count for CBAM?
Only a few: hydrogen, ammonia, nitric acid, potassium nitrate and nitrogen or mixed fertilisers are CBAM goods. Most organic chemicals, polymers, solvents and specialty chemicals are not in Annex I. Hydrogen imports need a declarant from the first tonne, because the 50 tonne exemption does not apply to it.
Covered chemical goods
- 2804 10 00: hydrogen.
- 2814: ammonia.
- 2808: nitric acid and sulphonitric acids.
- 2834 21 00: potassium nitrate.
- 3102 and 3105: nitrogenous and mixed fertilisers, except 3105 60 00.
Not covered
Organic chemicals in chapter 29, polymers in chapter 39, industrial gases other than hydrogen, and inorganic chemicals not listed in Annex I.
What counts per good
For hydrogen, only direct emissions count. For ammonia, nitric acid and fertilisers, direct and indirect emissions count, and ammonia's embedded emissions flow into nitric acid and fertilisers made from it.
What Senseible does here
Senseible's CBAM cost calculator estimates certificate cost from 2026 to 2034 for covered goods, and non-EU suppliers can use Senseible to keep document-backed fuel and electricity records to share with you. Senseible does not file CBAM declarations or verify emissions.
Sources: Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (CBAM Regulation), consolidated, Regulation (EU) 2025/2083, CBAM simplification, European Commission, CBAM definitive regime
Last reviewed 2026-10-21.