# If green hydrogen or ammonia is shipped from Duqm to the EU, what does CBAM count?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/duqm-green-hydrogen-export-cbam-figure

Hydrogen counts direct emissions only, close to zero for electrolysis. Ammonia is a fertiliser good, so indirect emissions from electricity count too; renewable power with proper evidence keeps that low. Projects at Duqm are still in development, so check each project's status.

## Hydrogen

Under CBAM, hydrogen carries direct emissions only. Electrolysis emits almost nothing directly; the electricity behind it is not counted for hydrogen.

## Ammonia

- Ammonia is listed with fertilisers.
- Direct emissions from synthesis and any fuel burnt.
- Indirect emissions from electricity consumed, which needs evidence of renewable supply to count as low.

## Other rules

EU renewable fuel rules for RFNBO status are separate from CBAM and have their own evidence requirements.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads fuel, electricity and production documents into dated, fingerprinted installation records, the starting point for the actual emissions an EU importer asks for.

- [Electrolytic hydrogen: direct only](https://senseible.earth/answers/cbam-electrolytic-hydrogen-direct-emissions-only)
- [UAE ammonia exporters](https://senseible.earth/answers/uae-ammonia-exporter-cbam-what-counts)
- [India and EU hydrogen thresholds](https://senseible.earth/answers/india-green-hydrogen-vs-eu-rfnbo-threshold)

Sources: [CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956, consolidated](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/956/2025-10-20), [Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1773, monitoring rules](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/1773/oj/eng), [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.