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Calculate your CBAM costs
We estimate your EU CBAM financial obligations for 2026–2034 and beyond
Starting from 2026 EU-importers subject to CBAM regulation need to buy CBAM certificates to cover their carbon fees.
Do you know how much will you be paying?
And how will your costs evolve as the CBAM definitive period unfolds?
Get in touch with us to find out now!
We model companies' CBAM fees based on their actual and expected imports
(CN codes, countries of origin, specific suppliers) and CBAM implementation scenarios (official and custom)
Soft introduction of payments
Full removal of preferential treatment of imported CO2
CBAM factor decreases overtime
Cost of CBAM certificates for Your Company
(illustrative)
(illustrative)
Rapid
decrease
to meet
2030 targets
decrease
to meet
2030 targets
Soft introduction of payments
Full removal of preferential treatment of imported CO2
CBAM factor decreases overtime
Rapid
decrease
to meet
2030 targets
decrease
to meet
2030 targets
Cost of CBAM certificates
for Company X (illustrative)
for Company X (illustrative)
Amount of CBAM certificates required
- Send us your importsYou can send us a list of your 2024 imports or your planned imports for 2025. Alternatively, you can use this template to structure your data.
- We fill in missing dataIf any required information is missing, we’ll work with you to make reasonable assumptions. For example, we can estimate the embedded emissions of your CBAM-covered goods based on their countries of origin.
- We project the evolution of key model parametersWe model how the embedded emissions of your goods may change over time, using data on decarbonization trends in the relevant production countries and industries. This includes projected reductions in both direct and indirect emissions.
- We deliver a working Excel-based modelYou’ll receive a dynamic Excel model containing your import portfolio, emissions benchmarks, calculation formulas for CBAM certificate quantities, and a final estimate of your annual CBAM certificate costs for your planned imports.
CBAM certificates FAQ
Financial obligations for importers of CBAM goods will begin in January 2026.
Importers of CBAM goods are obliged to buy and surrender CBAM certificates corresponding to the total embedded emissions in the imported CBAM goods after applicable discounts.
CBAM certificate - a certificate in electronic format corresponding to one tone of CO2e of embedded emissions in goods
Authorized CBAM declarants will buy CBAM certificates from the Member State where they are established. All purchases will take place on the common central platform which the Commission will establish following a joint procurement procedure between the Member States and the Commission.
The Commission will calculate the price of CBAM certificates on a weekly basis, as the average of the closing prices of EU ETS allowances on the auction platform. This price will be calculated in EUR and made publicly available.
If your supplier has paid carbon taxes in the country of origin for the emissions associated with imported goods, you may reduce the amount of CBAM certificates you have to surrender for this imports. See element three in the CBAM formula above.
The CBAM Regulation defines a ‘carbon price’ as the “monetary amount paid in a third country, under a carbon emissions reduction scheme, in the form of a tax, levy or fee or in the form of allowance under a greenhouse gas emissions trading system (…)”.
No. Should the authorized CBAM declarant benefit from any rebate or other form of compensation, the benefit will be taken into account to establish the carbon price effectively paid. This would for example be the case if free allowances under an ETS are granted.