CBAM embedded emissions for Türkiye exporters: the data your EU importer needs
If you export cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers or hydrogen, your EU buyer needs embedded-emissions data for each good. Areka works it out per good from your installation's own monitoring data, sets it beside the EU's default value, and exports it to a file you can hand to your importer or verifier.
You see the total and the default-value comparison without signing in; sign in for the file.
What CBAM asks of you
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM; SKDM in Turkish) entered its definitive period on 1 January 2026. The obligation sits with your EU importer, but the data comes from you:
The importer declares. The EU's authorised CBAM declarant declares the embedded emissions of the goods it imports and surrenders CBAM certificates for them. Certificate sales start in February 2027.
It asks the producer for the data. As Türkiye's Ministry of Trade notes, importers request embedded-emissions data from the producer, which means you.
Without actual data, default values apply, with a mark-up. The EU's default values rise each year: for cement, iron and steel, aluminium and hydrogen, 10% in 2026, 20% in 2027, 30% from 2028; for fertilisers, 1%.
Actual values must be verified. Values based on your installation's actual data are verified by an accredited verifier.
A threshold for small importers. Imports below 50 tonnes of net mass per importer per year are exempt. That threshold belongs to the importer, not the installation.
What Areka's CBAM calculator does
Per good. You enter the CN code, the reporting year and the tonnes exported. Then you add, each with its evidence: your installation's monitored direct emissions; indirect emissions from electricity, for the goods where they count (cement, fertilisers, agglomerated iron ore); and precursors.
Precursors, actual or default. If a precursor has no actual value, its EU default value with that year's mark-up is used. The result says so.
Specific embedded emissions and the total. The result gives the good's specific embedded emissions (t CO₂e per tonne) and the total embedded emissions of the tonnes you exported.
Compared with the default value. Beside it, the result shows the same good's EU default value (from Türkiye's table or, where Türkiye's field shows “–”, the table of Other Countries and Territories), with the year's mark-up, times your tonnes. That is what your importer would declare without your data. The difference shows what your data changes. The comparison is for information and is not counted.
As a file (when signed in). The result downloads as CSV and Excel, one row per good, for your importer or verifier.
Sources stated. Every line names the EU regulation and value it used. The method is versioned (today
cbam@1.0.2), so the same input always gives the same result.
What it does not do
It does not calculate the cost of CBAM certificates. Their number and price depend on EU benchmarks and prices, and they are the importer's calculation. Areka does not compute money.
It does not file a declaration or send anything to the EU's CBAM system. Declaring is the importer's job.
It does not verify your data. The result is not a verified value; an accredited verifier does that.
Voluntary carbon credits do not reduce CBAM. CBAM only allows a deduction for a carbon price actually paid in the country of origin (a tax or a compulsory emissions trading system; Regulation (EU) 2023/956, Article 9), and only at the importer's request. Credits bought on the voluntary market do not count, and neither do Areka's climate contribution records.
It does not lower indirect emissions with renewable-energy certificates (YEK-G, I-REC, guarantees of origin).
It does not calculate a deduction for Türkiye's emissions trading system.
It covers goods produced in Türkiye only. Electricity as a good is not covered.
It is not a product footprint. EU law sets CBAM's boundary. A product's life-cycle footprint is a separate calculation, and neither one replaces the other.
FAQ
- Who calculates the embedded-emissions data?
- The installation that produces the good. The EU importer declares it and asks the installation for the data.
- What if I have no actual data?
- Your importer uses the EU's default value with that year's mark-up.
- Can I reduce my CBAM obligation by buying carbon credits?
- No. Voluntary credits don't count. Only a carbon price actually paid in the country of origin can be deducted, at the importer's request.
- Does Areka calculate my CBAM certificate cost?
- No. Areka calculates emissions, not money.
Let's look at one of your goods together. We'll show you how to enter your data, what the result looks like and the file that goes to your importer.
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