Covered by CBAM
7228 40 10: covered by UK CBAM
Imports under commodity code 7228 40 10 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
- Bars and rods of tool steel, only forged (excluding semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils)
- Heading
- 7228: Other bars and rods of other alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections, of other alloy steel; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel
- Sector
- Iron and steel
- HMRC's default value
- 5.530 tCO2e per tonne. Of HMRC's 478 iron and steel codes, 71% have a lower one
- Tax per tonne
- About £53.59, with the default value at HMRC's illustrative rate of £9.69 per tCO2e
- For example
- 10 tonnes: about £535.86. 100 tonnes: about £5,358.57
- Exclusions
- None apply to this code
- Your 10-digit code
- Import entries use 10-digit commodity codes. Every code that starts 7228 40 10 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 7228
| Code | Description | Default value (tCO2e per tonne) | Tax per tonne |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7228 10 20 | Bars and rods of high-speed steel, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, and hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, not further worked than clad (excluding semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 6.197 | £60.05 |
| 7228 10 50 | Bars and rods of high-speed steel, forged (excluding semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 7.090 | £68.70 |
| 7228 10 90 | Bars and rods of high-speed steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished, whether or not further worked, or hot-formed and further worked (excluding forged products, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 5.580 | £54.07 |
| 7228 20 10 | Bars and rods of silico-manganese steel, of rectangular “other than square” cross-section, hot-rolled on four faces (excluding semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 6.196 | £60.04 |
| 7228 20 91 | Bars and rods of silico-manganese steel, of square or other than rectangular cross-section, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, and hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, not further worked than clad (excluding semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 6.732 | £65.23 |
| 7228 20 99 | Bars and rods of silico-manganese steel, of square or other than rectangular cross-section, only cold-formed or cold-finished, including further worked, or hot-rolled and further worked (excluding hot-rolled, hot drawn or extruded, not further worked than clad, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 5.587 | £54.14 |
| 7228 30 20 | Bars and rods of tool steel, only hot-rolled, only hot-drawn or only extruded (excluding semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 6.391 | £61.93 |
| 7228 30 41 | Bars and rods of steel containing by weight 0.9 to 1.15% of carbon and 0.5 to 2% of chromium, and, if present, less than or equal to 0.5% of molybdenum, only hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, of a circular cross-section of a diameter of greater than or equal to 80mm (excluding semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 6.317 | £61.21 |
| 7228 30 49 | Bars and rods of steel containing by weight 0.9 to 1.15% of carbon and 0.5 to 2% of chromium, and, if present, less than or equal to 0.5% of molybdenum, only hot-rolled, only hot-drawn or hot-extruded (other than of circular cross-section, of a diameter of greater than or equal to 80mm and excluding semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 2.556 | £24.77 |
| 7228 30 61 | Bars and rods of alloy steel other than stainless steel, only hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, of circular cross-section, of a diameter of greater than or equal to 80mm (other than of high-speed steel, silico-manganese steel, tool steel, articles of subheading 7228.30.41 and excluding semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 6.461 | £62.61 |
| 7228 30 69 | Bars and rods or alloy steel other than stainless steel, only hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, of circular cross-section, of a diameter of less than 80mm (other than of high-speed steel, silico-manganese steel, tool steel and articles of subheading 7228.30.49 and excluding semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 6.527 | £63.25 |
| 7228 30 70 | Bars and rods of alloy steel other than stainless steel, of rectangular “other than square” cross-section, hot-rolled on four faces (other than of high-speed steel, silico-manganese steel, tool steel, articles of subheading 7228.30.41 and 7228.30.49 and excluding semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 6.346 | £61.49 |
| 7228 30 89 | Bars and rods of alloy steel other than stainless steel, only hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, of other than rectangular [other than square] cross-section, rolled on four faces, or of circular cross-section (other than of high-speed steel, silico-manganese steel, tool steel, articles of subheading 7228.30.49 and excluding semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 5.214 | £50.52 |
| 7228 40 90 | Bars and rods of alloy steel, other than stainless steel, only forged (excluding of high-speed steel, silico-manganese steel, tool steel, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 6.792 | £65.81 |
| 7228 50 20 | Bars and rods of tool steel, only cold-formed or cold-finished (excluding semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 6.291 | £60.96 |
| 7228 50 40 | Bars and rods of steel containing 0.9% to 1.15% of carbon, 0.5% to 2% of chromium and, if present less than or equal to 0.5% of molybdenum, only cold-formed or cold-finished (excluding semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 5.841 | £56.60 |
| 7228 50 61 | Bars and rods of alloy steel, other than stainless steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished, of circular cross-section, of a diameter of greater than or equal to 80mm (excluding of high-speed steel, silico-manganese steel, tool steel, articles of subheading 7228.50.40, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 5.059 | £49.02 |
| 7228 50 69 | Bars and rods of alloy steel, other than stainless steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished, of circular cross-section, of a diameter of less than 80mm (excluding of high-speed steel, silico-manganese steel, tool steel, articles of subheading 7228.50.40, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 6.782 | £65.72 |
| 7228 50 80 | Bars and rods of alloy steel, other than stainless steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished (excluding of circular cross-section and products of high-speed steel, silico-manganese steel, tool steel, articles of subheading 7228.50.40, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 4.689 | £45.44 |
| 7228 60 20 | Bars and rods of tool steel, cold-formed or cold-finished and further worked or hot-formed and further worked (excluding semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 5.246 | £50.83 |
| 7228 60 80 | Bars and rods of alloy steel, other than stainless steel, cold-formed or cold-finished and further worked or hot-formed and further worked (excluding bars and rods of high-speed steel, silico-manganese steel or tool steel, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils) | 5.144 | £49.85 |
| 7228 70 10 | Angles, shapes and sections of alloy steel other than stainless, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded | 6.867 | £66.54 |
| 7228 70 90 | Angles, shapes and sections of alloy steel other than stainless, not elsewhere specified (excluding products not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded) | 7.158 | £69.36 |
| 7228 80 00 | Hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel | 6.668 | £64.61 |
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