# Is electricity exported to the EU covered by CBAM?

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Yes. Electricity, CN 2716 00 00, is one of the CBAM goods. It matters only where a grid connects to the EU's. Default values are used unless strict conditions for actual emissions, such as a direct contract with a named plant, are met. Indian exporters are not affected directly.

## Who it affects

- Generators and traders in countries whose grids connect to the EU.
- Not exporters of goods that only used electricity in production; that falls under the goods' own rules.

## Related rule for goods

For cement and fertilisers, the electricity used in production counts as indirect emissions. For iron, steel, aluminium and hydrogen, only direct emissions count.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads bills, fuel invoices and production records into dated, fingerprinted records, so the figure you send a buyer can be traced to its documents.

- [Clinker exporter and electricity](https://senseible.earth/answers/indonesia-clinker-exporter-cbam-electricity)
- [CBAM cost calculator](https://senseible.earth/cbam-calculator)

Sources: [CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956, consolidated](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/956/2025-10-20), [European Commission, CBAM legislation and guidance](https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism/cbam-legislation-and-guidance_en)

Last reviewed 2026-10-22.