Does the zinc on Vanderbijlpark galvanised sheet count in CBAM?
No. Zinc is not a CBAM good, so it carries no embedded emissions into the figure. Coated flat steel under CN 7210 is covered, though, so its figure is the substrate coil's embedded emissions plus the coating line's own direct emissions, such as gas for annealing and pot heating.
How the figure is built
- Embedded emissions of the cold or hot rolled coil used, from your own mill or the supplier.
- Direct emissions of the coating line: natural gas or other fuel for furnaces and the zinc pot.
- Divide by tonnes of coated product, including the coating weight.
Where zinc does matter
Zinc refining is energy intensive, so it belongs in a product carbon footprint and in your buyer's Scope 3. Keep the zinc consumption per tonne for that, separate from the CBAM figure.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads your fuel and electricity bills into dated, fingerprinted installation records, the starting point for the actual emissions your EU importer asks for, and its CBAM cost calculator estimates certificate cost from 2026 to 2034 for covered goods. Senseible does not verify emissions or file CBAM declarations.
Sources: CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956, consolidated, European Commission, CBAM legislation and guidance, worldsteel, CO2 data collection methodology
Last reviewed 2026-10-21.