For the same product, the same steel can carry a very different CBAM depending on who makes it and where. Compare producers and countries in one simulation and choose your supplier on the cost you will actually pay: goods plus CBAM.
| Origin | Emissions source | tCO₂e/t | CBAM €/t | Goods €/t | Goods + CBAM €/t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Producer AIndia | Country default | 4.75incl. +10% | 248 | 720 | 968 |
| Producer BTürkiye | Country default | 2.47incl. +10% | 76 | 820 | 896 |
| Producer CVietnamLowest CBAMBest cost incl. CBAM | Producer data | 1.90 | ≈ 34 | 760 | 794 |
The cheapest ex-works (A, €720/t) is the most expensive once CBAM is added (€968/t). Illustrative example: year 2026, CN 7306 30 77, certificate price €75.28/t CO₂; A and B at the country's EU default values, C with emissions supplied by the producer. Hypothetical goods prices.
PDF, Excel, Word, an image, the email with its attachments or pasted text. The AI reads the lines, infers the CN code and, for tubes and bars, the weight from the dimensions.
For the same product, choose what to compare it with: another producer, a country at EU default values, an EU purchase. Up to 8 origins in the same simulation.
For each origin: tCO₂e/t, CBAM €/t, goods + CBAM €/t and the totals per year. CBAMeter highlights the origin with the lowest CBAM and the one with the best goods + CBAM cost.
The supplier who sent you the offer, down to one of its plants, with the emissions they gave you.
When you know nothing about the producer yet: the country of origin's EU default values, with that year's mark-up.
The benchmark: the same goods bought from a European supplier, with no CBAM to pay at import.
Offers with several items: each line can have its own origin, and the comparison takes all of them into account.
EU default values are built never to understate, and from 2026 they carry a mark-up that rises every year. If the producer has emissions verified by an accredited verifier, you can use them already from 2026: CBAMeter handles them per producer and per plant, and in the comparison every origin states its source.
That's why the cheapest ex-works isn't always the best deal: at default values, CBAM weighs more every year. Actual emissions →
Mark-up on EU default values (1% for fertilisers). It does not apply to a producer's verified emissions.
per simulation: the offer you have and one alternative, for example the same product at another country's default.
origins per simulation: every supplier in the running on the same list of items, side by side on cost including CBAM.
Want to compare simulations you've already run? Offer comparison puts 2 to 5 side by side on goods + CBAM €/t. All limits on the Pricing page.
Origin comparison works inside a single simulation: the same product, with up to 8 different origins (Pro plan). Offer comparison puts 2 to 5 simulations you've already run side by side, for example offers that came in at different times, and ranks them on goods + CBAM €/t.
Yes: that origin then uses the EU default values of its country, with that year's mark-up, and the comparison says so. When the producer sends you verified emissions, you enter them and the cost is updated to their figure.
You choose the year, from 2026 to 2034, starting from the published certificate price. With the slider you try out different scenarios: the comparison is recalculated across all origins at once.
Yes: the simulation exports to PDF or Excel, in Italian or English, with the assumptions stated — emissions source, benchmark, net emissions, certificate price used.
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