Covered by CBAM
7210 69 00: covered by UK CBAM
Imports under commodity code 7210 69 00 are covered by the UK carbon border tax (CBAM), in the iron and steel sector. From 1 January 2027 they count towards the £50,000 threshold, and once you're over it you pay tax on the carbon in them.
- HMRC's description
- Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled “cold-reduced”, plated or coated with aluminium (excluding products plated or coated with aluminium-zinc alloys)
- Heading
- 7210: Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated
- Sector
- Iron and steel
- HMRC's default value
- 2.392 tCO2e per tonne. Of HMRC's 478 iron and steel codes, 5% have a lower one
- Tax per tonne
- About £23.18, with the default value at HMRC's illustrative rate of £9.69 per tCO2e
- For example
- 10 tonnes: about £231.78. 100 tonnes: about £2,317.85
- Exclusions
- None apply to this code
- Your 10-digit code
- Import entries use 10-digit commodity codes. Every code that starts 7210 69 00 is covered
What it means for you
- You only register and pay once your CBAM imports reach £50,000 in 12 months. All covered goods count together, not just this code.
- The tax uses HMRC's default value unless the supplier gives you verified actual emissions for the installation that made the goods, which can be lower. The checker writes the email asking for them.
- If a carbon price was paid where the goods were made, Carbon Price Relief can reduce the tax.
- HMRC sets the rate every quarter from January 2027. Until it does, these figures use its illustrative rate, published 16 October 2026.
Other covered codes under 7210
| Code | Description | Default value (tCO2e per tonne) | Tax per tonne |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7210 11 00 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled “cold-reduced”, tinned, of a thickness of greater than or equal to 0.5mm | 2.636 | £25.54 |
| 7210 12 20 | Tinplate of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm and of a thickness of less than 0.5mm, tinned [coated with a layer of metal containing, by weight, greater than or equal to 97% of tin], not further worked than surface-treated | 3.379 | £32.74 |
| 7210 12 80 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled “cold-reduced”, plated or coated with tin, of a thickness of less than 0.5mm (excluding tinplate) | 3.526 | £34.17 |
| 7210 20 00 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled “cold-reduced”, plated or coated with lead, including terne-plate | 3.043 | £29.49 |
| 7210 30 00 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled “cold-reduced”, electrolytically plated or coated with zinc | 2.458 | £23.82 |
| 7210 41 00 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled “cold-reduced”, corrugated, plated or coated with zinc (excluding electrolytically plated or coated with zinc) | 3.055 | £29.60 |
| 7210 49 00 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled “cold-reduced”, not corrugated, plated or coated with zinc (excluding electrolytically plated or coated with zinc) | 3.049 | £29.54 |
| 7210 50 00 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled “cold-reduced”, plated or coated with chromium oxides or with chromium and chromium oxides | 2.464 | £23.88 |
| 7210 61 00 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled “cold-reduced”, plated or coated with aluminium-zinc alloys | 2.622 | £25.41 |
| 7210 70 10 | Tinplate of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm and of a thickness of less than 0.5mm, tinned [coated with a layer of metal containing, by weight, greater than or equal to 97% of tin], not further worked than varnished, and flat products plated or coated with chromium oxides or with chromium and chromium oxides, of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled “cold-reduced”, varnished | 3.537 | £34.27 |
| 7210 70 80 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled “cold-reduced”, painted, varnished or plastic coated (excluding tinplate and products electrolytically plated or coated with chrome, varnished) | 2.443 | £23.67 |
| 7210 90 30 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled “cold-reduced”, clad | 3.526 | £34.17 |
| 7210 90 40 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, tinned and printed, of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled “cold-reduced” | 3.509 | £34.00 |
| 7210 90 80 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled “cold-reduced”, of a width of greater than or equal to 600mm, plated or coated (excluding plated or coated with thin, lead “including terne-plate”, zinc, aluminium, chromium, chromium oxides, plastics, platinum, painted or varnished, clad and tinned and printed) | 2.708 | £26.24 |
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