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CBAM guides: default values, certificate price and cost

How the EU carbon border adjustment works in 2026 and 2027, with numbers from the Commission's own data: default values, certificate prices, the 50 t threshold and the declaration.

  1. CBAM certificate price 2026: €75.36 in Q1, €75.28 in Q2, and what comes next The CBAM certificate price is set from EU ETS auctions and published quarterly in 2026, weekly from 2027. The published figures, the dates of the next ones, and which price applies to which import. 3 min read
  2. How to calculate CBAM cost: the formula, with 5 worked examples The CBAM cost formula step by step, from default value and mark-up to the Article 31 factor and the certificate price, worked on steel, aluminium, fertiliser and fastener imports. 4 min read
  3. CBAM declaration: authorised declarant status and the first filing in September 2027 Who must become an authorised CBAM declarant, how to apply, and what the annual CBAM declaration holds, from embedded emissions to the certificates surrendered for 2026 imports. 3 min read
  4. CBAM default values 2026, and what the 31 July correction changed The Commission replaced every CBAM default value on 31 July 2026 with no tracked changes. CBAM Data compared both versions row by row: 35 values changed, and most of the rest moved. 4 min read
  5. CBAM for exporters: what your EU buyer will ask you for, and what it is worth CBAM is paid by the EU importer, but priced on the producer's emissions. For steel, aluminium, cement and fertiliser exporters in India, China, Türkiye, Korea, Vietnam and Ukraine, the default value is the price of sending no data. 3 min read
  6. CBAM software in 2026: declaration tools, supplier data platforms and APIs compared 4 kinds of CBAM software do 4 different jobs. What Dubrink, CarbonChain, Climatiq, AEB and CBAM Data each do, what they publish on price, and what none of them does for you. 5 min read
  7. The CBAM 50-tonne threshold: who is exempt, and when the exemption ends Since 2026, an importer bringing in 50 tonnes or less of CBAM goods a year has no CBAM obligation. How the threshold is counted, which goods it excludes, and what happens on the day an importer passes it. 3 min read
  8. What is CBAM? The EU carbon border adjustment, with 2026 numbers CBAM puts a carbon price on imported cement, steel, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity and hydrogen. Who pays, how much, and by when, worked through on real import lines. 5 min read