# Is silicon metal made in Minas Gerais covered by CBAM?

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No. Silicon metal, declared under CN 2804 69, is not in Annex I; the only chapter 28 element covered is hydrogen. Ferrosilicon (7202 21 and 7202 29) is not covered either: the only ferro-alloys in CBAM are ferro-manganese, ferro-chromium and ferro-nickel. Aluminium, chemical and solar buyers may still ask silicon makers for a product footprint.

## Covered and not covered

- Not covered: silicon metal and high purity silicon under 2804 61 and 2804 69.
- Not covered: ferrosilicon under 7202 21 and 7202 29, and silico-manganese under 7202 30.
- Covered: ferro-manganese (7202 1), ferro-chromium (7202 4) and ferro-nickel (7202 6).
- Covered: hydrogen under 2804 10 00.

## What buyers still ask

Aluminium alloy makers, silicone producers and solar wafer makers count purchased silicon in Scope 3. They want a figure per tonne that includes reductant carbon, electrodes and electricity, and evidence for any charcoal counted as biomass.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads coal, coke, gas and electricity invoices and production records into a dated, fingerprinted record per site, so the direct emissions behind each tonne can be traced to the documents. Emissions factors outside India are entered from the official source and labelled.

- [Biomass reductant in ferrosilicon](https://senseible.earth/answers/samalaju-ferrosilicon-woodchip-reductant-cbam)
- [Charcoal pig iron and CBAM](https://senseible.earth/answers/charcoal-pig-iron-minas-gerais-cbam-zero)
- [Is silico-manganese covered?](https://senseible.earth/answers/is-silico-manganese-covered-by-cbam)

Sources: [CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956, consolidated](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/956/2025-10-20), [European Commission, CBAM Guidance 5d: iron and steel](https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism/cbam-legislation-and-guidance_en), [Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1773, Annex II (ferro-alloys: 7202 1, 7202 4 and 7202 6 only)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/1773/oj/eng)

Last reviewed 2026-10-21.