Estimate what an EU importer pays under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, using the Commission’s official default values and benchmarks. Pick a country, a product and a year; you can change every field.
Updated on 16 October 2026 with the corrected default values, which apply from 1 January 2026, and the third-quarter 2026 certificate price.
Inputs
t CO2 / t
t CO2 / t
%
t
€ / t
€ / t CO2
€ / t
Result
Free-allocation deduction (B × F)–
Chargeable emissions–
Carbon price paid abroad (E × C)–
CBAM cost per tonne–
Share of the goods’ value–
Total CBAM cost–
Chargeable emissions are zero: the benchmark deduction covers all embedded emissions, so no CBAM cost is due.
Value of verified emissions
If emissions are
E
Cost per tonne
Saving per tonne
Cost over time
Year
Free alloc. (F)
E
Cost per tonne
Total
Compare origins
Country of origin
E
Cost per tonne
Share of value
Worked examples
Import
Year
E
B × F
Chargeable
Cost per tonne
* The 2030 row keeps the 2026 price, so only the rules change: the mark-up rises to 30% and free allocation falls to 51.5%. From 2027 the price is set weekly, so costs for later years are illustrations.