# Does India's CCTS count as a qualifying carbon price under the UK CBAM?

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Yes, provisionally. HMRC's list of qualifying carbon pricing schemes, based on information as of 19 June 2026, includes India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme. A UK importer can then claim relief for the carbon price your goods actually bore, backed by a carbon pricing verification form from your plant.

## What the listing means

The UK CBAM charge can be reduced by carbon price relief where the embodied emissions were subject to a qualifying scheme. India's CCTS is one of 16 schemes on HMRC's provisional list, alongside the EU ETS, China's national ETS, Japan GX-ETS and Korea ETS.

## What the listing does not mean

- It does not cancel the UK CBAM for Indian goods.
- Relief depends on the effective carbon price the goods were actually subject to. Free allowances and rebates do not count.
- The importer must hold a completed carbon pricing verification form from the installation.
- The list is provisional and HMRC says a scheme that stops meeting the criteria drops off.

## What your plant would supply

- Total relevant emissions for one of the two calendar years before import.
- How those emissions split across scheme elements, such as certificates surrendered.
- Any compensation or rebates received for those emissions.
- All verified by an accredited verifier independent of your plant, the importer and the Indian scheme administrator.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible builds your plant emissions from fuel and power records and keeps your CCTS-related figures with the documents behind them. It does not complete carbon pricing verification forms. We build the figure from your records and check every figure in-house; for the UK it must then be verified by a verifier accredited for UK CBAM. Have your own verifier? Send it to them.

- [Carbon pricing in India](https://senseible.earth/answers/carbon-pricing-mechanisms-in-india)
- [India CCTS vs EU ETS](https://senseible.earth/answers/india-ccts-vs-eu-ets-difference)
- [CCTS targets](https://senseible.earth/climate-intelligence/india-carbon-credit-trading-scheme-targets)

Sources: [HMRC, UK CBAM: list of current qualifying carbon pricing schemes (information as of 19 June 2026)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-cbam-current-qualifying-carbon-pricing-schemes/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism-list-of-current-qualifying-carbon-pricing-schemes), [HMRC, Check if your goods have been subject to a qualifying carbon pricing scheme](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-if-your-goods-have-been-subject-to-a-qualifying-carbon-pricing-scheme)

Last reviewed 2026-11-02.