# Are stainless steel bars, rods and wire under CN 7221 to 7223 covered by CBAM?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/cbam-cn-7221-7223-stainless-bars-wire

Yes. Stainless wire rod (7221), bars, rods, angles and sections (7222) and stainless wire (7223) are covered under the Chapter 72 line. Direct emissions only. Wire drawers pass on the rod maker's figure, including its ferro-chrome and ferro-nickel.

## Is it covered?

Yes. All three headings sit inside Chapter 72. Stainless wire products such as stranded rope or mesh move to Chapter 73 codes; 7312 and 7314 are not covered, so check the final product's code.

## Precursors to report

- The stainless wire rod or billet you bought, with its maker's embedded emissions per tonne.
- Ferro-chrome, ferro-nickel and ferro-manganese, if you melt yourself.

## Default value

The Commission sets default values by CN code and country of origin in the annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2621, with a mark-up that rises over the first years. We do not quote the figure here. Open the annex, find your code and India, and treat it as the number your buyer pays on if you send nothing usable.

## What to send your EU importer

- Direct embedded emissions per tonne of bar or wire, in tonnes of CO2, for the period the importer asks about.
- The production route and the installation's name, location and, if registered, its CBAM registry ID.
- Each precursor's embedded emissions and quantity per tonne, and who made it if you bought it.
- Whether a verifier accredited for CBAM has checked the figure. The importer can only use actual values that are verified.

## The common mistake

Assuming a wire drawer has nothing to report. You still sell a covered good. Your figure is the rod's embedded emissions per tonne, scaled for yield, plus any on-site fuel for annealing or pickling heat.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads fuel, electricity and purchase invoices into dated, fingerprinted installation records, the starting point for the actual emissions an EU importer asks for. It does not file CBAM declarations or verify emissions.

- [Check if a CN code is covered](https://senseible.earth/answers/check-if-product-cn-code-covered-by-cbam)
- [Nails, wire and springs under CBAM](https://senseible.earth/answers/are-steel-nails-wire-and-springs-covered-by-cbam)
- [Precursor data from a rod supplier](https://senseible.earth/answers/vizag-steel-wire-rod-buyer-precursor-data)
- [Where official default values sit](https://senseible.earth/answers/where-to-find-official-cbam-default-values)

Sources: [Regulation (EU) 2023/956, Annex I (consolidated)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/956/2025-10-20), [Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1773, methods and precursors](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/1773/oj/eng), [Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2621, default values](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2621/oj/eng), [European Commission, CBAM definitive regime](https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism/cbam-definitive-regime_en)

Last reviewed 2026-10-23.