What are the UK CBAM default values for aluminium containers?
4.430 tCO2e per tonne is HMRC's UK CBAM default for aluminium containers made from foil 0.2 mm or thinner (7612 90 30). Collapsible tubes (7612 10 00) are 4.596, aerosol cans (7612 90 20) 4.288, and other casks, drums and cans up to 300 litres (7612 90 80) 4.887.
Defaults
- 7612 10 00: collapsible tubular containers: 4.596 tCO2e per tonne.
- 7612 90 20: containers for aerosols: 4.288.
- 7612 90 30: containers made from foil 0.2 mm or thinner: 4.430.
- 7612 90 80: other casks, drums, cans and boxes up to 300 litres: 4.887.
- 7611 00 00: tanks and vats above 300 litres: 5.054.
- 7613 00 00: containers for compressed or liquefied gas: 2.417.
Foil is your precursor
A foil container maker buys foil. Plain foil from 0.021 to 0.2 mm (7607 11 90) has a default of 4.107. If your foil supplier gives a verified figure, you can use it with your own forming data; if not, the foil goes in at its default.
Per piece, not per tonne
Buyers often ask per container. Divide the tonnes figure by pieces shipped, using the weighed mass of each size.
2 million takeaway containers
- 2,000,000 containers at 6 g each (example; weigh your own) = 12 t.
- 12 t x 4.430 = 53.160 tCO2e on the default for 7612 90 30.
- Per container: 26.6 g CO2e.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads foil and slug purchases with your annealing and lacquer curing fuel, so your container figure can be set against 4.430 or 4.596. We build the figure from your records and check every figure in-house; for the UK it must then be verified by a verifier accredited for UK CBAM. Have your own verifier? Send it to them.
Sources: HMRC, UK CBAM aluminium default values (published 16 October 2026), HMRC, Goods within the aluminium sector in scope of UK CBAM
Last reviewed 2026-11-03.