# Do ferroalloys from Zestaponi face CBAM in the EU?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/zestaponi-ferroalloy-plant-cbam-check

It depends on the alloy. Ferro-manganese (CN 7202 1) is covered by CBAM; silico-manganese (7202 30) is not. Check the CN code on each shipment, and for covered alloys send direct emissions from coke, coal and electrodes per tonne.

## Covered or not

- Ferro-manganese: covered.
- Silico-manganese: not covered.
- Ferro-chromium and ferro-nickel: covered.
- Ferro-silicon and other 7202 alloys: not covered.

## For covered alloys

Direct emissions come from the carbon in coke, coal and electrode paste, worked out by mass balance, divided by tonnes of alloy. Electricity is reported, not charged.

## Even when not covered

EU steel mills still ask for a figure for their own Scope 3. Keep the same records either way.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible keeps each site's fuel, power and production records together, so the embedded emissions you send an EU importer trace back to dated documents.

- [Silico-manganese and CBAM](https://senseible.earth/answers/is-silico-manganese-covered-by-cbam)
- [Ferro alloy coke and coal records](https://senseible.earth/answers/ferro-alloy-plant-coke-and-coal-records)
- [Mills asking for alloy data](https://senseible.earth/answers/brescia-mill-ferro-alloy-supplier-carbon-data)

Sources: [Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (CBAM Regulation), consolidated](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/956/2025-10-20), [European Commission, CBAM definitive regime](https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism/cbam-definitive-regime_en), [2006 IPCC Guidelines, Volume 2: Energy](https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/vol2.html)

Last reviewed 2026-10-21.