Covered by CBAM
7215 50 19: covered by UK CBAM
Imports under commodity code 7215 50 19 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
- Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of square or other than rectangular cross-section (excluding those of free-cutting steel)
- Heading
- 7215: Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel
- Sector
- Iron and steel
- HMRC's default value
- 2.864 tCO2e per tonne. Of HMRC's 478 iron and steel codes, 22% have a lower one
- Tax per tonne
- About £27.75, with the default value at HMRC's illustrative rate of £9.69 per tCO2e
- For example
- 10 tonnes: about £277.52. 100 tonnes: about £2,775.22
- Exclusions
- None apply to this code
- Your 10-digit code
- Import entries use 10-digit commodity codes. Every code that starts 7215 50 19 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 7215
| Code | Description | Default value (tCO2e per tonne) | Tax per tonne |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7215 10 00 | Bars and rods, of non-alloy free-cutting steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished | 2.826 | £27.38 |
| 7215 50 11 | Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon of rectangular “other than square” cross-section (excluding those of free-cutting steel) | 3.443 | £33.36 |
| 7215 50 80 | Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished, containing by weight greater than or equal to 0.25% of carbon (excluding those of free-cutting steel) | 2.694 | £26.10 |
| 7215 90 00 | Bars or rods, of iron or non-alloy steel, cold-formed or cold-finished and further worked or hot-formed and further worked, not elsewhere specified | 4.211 | £40.80 |
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