CBAM default values for Albania. Including the ones that are not Albanian.
Albania has its own table in Annex I, but it is short: cement, fertilisers, hydrogen and, since the August 2026 correction, high-carbon ferro-chromium. Albanian steel and aluminium have no rows of their own, so an importer without your data takes the higher “other countries” value.
Last updated: 4 November 2026 · Values checked on EUR-Lex
How the Albania table works.
What the Albania table covers
The Albania table gives values for grey clinker and grey cements (route (A)), the nitrogen fertilisers, hydrogen and one ferro-alloy: ferro-chromium with more than 4% carbon. White clinker, white cements, aluminous cement, calcined clay and anhydrous ammonia show “–”.
There are no rows for aluminium and none for iron and steel products. For those goods, and for every “–” field, Annex I directs the importer to the “Other countries and territories” table.
Ferro-chromium and the August 2026 correction
In the version of Annex I published on 31 December 2025, Albania had no value for CN 7202 41. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1740 recognised that the value had been omitted by a transcription mistake and added it, retroactively from 1 January 2026. Albanian high-carbon ferro-chromium therefore carries 2.350 tCO₂e/t from the Albania table. Low-carbon ferro-chromium (7202 49) still falls back to the other countries value of 2.870.
Why Albanian steel is expensive on defaults
Without an Albanian steel table, reinforcing bar from an Albanian plant takes 3.996 tCO₂e/t on route (C), the blast furnace route. With the mark-up that is 4.396 in 2026, 4.795 in 2027 and 5.195 from 2028. A plant that melts scrap in an electric arc furnace, or only rolls bought-in billets, works on a different route from the one the default assumes, and has every reason to give its buyer actual data instead. Steel is charged on direct emissions only, so the gap sits in the plant’s own fuel and process emissions.
Cement default values, Albania.
Cement is charged on direct plus indirect emissions. Route (A) is grey clinker and cement.
Cement (tCO₂e per tonne of good)
Albania table| CN / TARIC | Good | Direct | Indirect | Total | 2026 · +10% | 2027 · +20% | 2028+ · +30% | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2523 10 00 90 | Grey clinker (and other clinker) | 0.870 | 0.000 | 0.870 | 0.957 | 1.044 | 1.131 | (A) |
2523 29 00 | Grey Portland cement | 0.900 | 0.030 | 0.930 | 1.023 | 1.116 | 1.209 | — |
2523 90 00 90 | Grey hydraulic cements (and other) | 0.860 | 0.030 | 0.890 | 0.979 | 1.068 | 1.157 | (A) |
Ferro-chromium default value, Albania.
The only iron and steel row in the Albania table. Indirect emissions are N/A.
Ferro-alloys (tCO₂e per tonne of good)
Albania table| CN code | Good | Default (tCO₂e/t) | 2026 · +10% | 2027 · +20% | 2028+ · +30% | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7202 41 | Ferro-chromium, over 4% carbon | 2.350 | 2.585 | 2.820 | 3.055 | — |
Fertiliser default values, Albania.
A selection of the nitrogen fertilisers in the table. Fertilisers carry a flat 1% mark-up from 2026 onwards.
Fertilisers (tCO₂e per tonne of good)
Albania table| CN code | Good | Direct | Indirect | Total | 2026 onwards · +1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2808 00 00 | Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids | 2.730 | 0.040 | 2.760 | 2.788 |
2814 20 00 | Ammonia in aqueous solution | 0.650 | 0.030 | 0.680 | 0.687 |
3102 10 19 | Urea, over 45% nitrogen | 1.330 | 0.080 | 1.420 | 1.434 |
3102 21 00 | Ammonium sulphate | 0.600 | 0.060 | 0.670 | 0.677 |
3102 30 90 | Ammonium nitrate | 2.540 | 0.080 | 2.620 | 2.646 |
3102 40 10 | Ammonium nitrate–calcium carbonate mixtures (28% N or less) | 2.150 | 0.080 | 2.220 | 2.242 |
3102 80 00 | Urea–ammonium nitrate solution | 1.560 | 0.070 | 1.620 | 1.636 |
3105 20 90 | NPK fertilisers (10% N or less) | 0.710 | 0.060 | 0.770 | 0.778 |
3105 30 00 | Diammonium phosphate (DAP) | 0.500 | 0.050 | 0.550 | 0.556 |
Albanian steel uses the other countries table.
No Albanian rows exist for these goods, so these values apply. Direct emissions only.
Iron and steel (tCO₂e per tonne of good)
Other countries table| CN code | Good | Default (tCO₂e/t) | 2026 · +10% | 2027 · +20% | 2028+ · +30% | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7206 10 00 | Ingots of iron and non-alloy steel | 3.750 | 4.125 | 4.500 | 4.875 | (C) |
7213 | Wire rod, hot-rolled, in coils | 3.996 | 4.396 | 4.795 | 5.195 | (C) |
7214 20 00 | Reinforcing bar (ribbed, deformed in rolling) | 3.996 | 4.396 | 4.795 | 5.195 | (C) |
7216 | Angles, shapes and sections | 3.996 | 4.396 | 4.795 | 5.195 | (C) |
7217 10 | Wire, not plated or coated | 3.996 | 4.396 | 4.795 | 5.195 | (C) |
7308 | Structures and parts of structures | 5.064 | 5.570 | 6.077 | 6.583 | (C) |
7202 49 | Ferro-chromium, 4% carbon or less | 2.870 | 3.157 | 3.444 | 3.731 | — |
Albanian aluminium uses the other countries table.
No Albanian aluminium rows exist, so these values apply. Direct emissions only.
Aluminium (tCO₂e per tonne of good)
Other countries table| CN code | Good | Default (tCO₂e/t) | 2026 · +10% | 2027 · +20% | 2028+ · +30% | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7601 | Unwrought aluminium | 2.203 | 2.423 | 2.644 | 2.864 | (K) |
7604 10 90 | Profiles | 3.251 | 3.576 | 3.901 | 4.226 | (K) |
7608 | Tubes and pipes | 3.220 | 3.542 | 3.864 | 4.186 | (K) |
7610 10 00 | Doors, windows and their frames | 3.212 | 3.533 | 3.854 | 4.176 | (K) |
Your actual SEE, next to the default your buyer would use.
Karbon360 calculates specific embedded emissions per CN code from your installation’s records, under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2547, and shows the default that applies to your good beside it, whether that comes from the Albania table or the other countries table.
- Albania and other countries defaults built in
- Fallback rule applied per CN code
- Trace PDF for your buyer’s verifier
Frequently asked questions
Does Albania have CBAM default values for steel?
Only for high-carbon ferro-chromium (CN 7202 41, 2.350 tCO₂e per tonne). Other iron and steel goods have no Albanian rows, so the “Other countries and territories” values apply, for example 3.996 for reinforcing bar.
What changed for Albania in the August 2026 correction?
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1740 added the missing Albanian value for ferro-chromium over 4% carbon and replaced Annex I in full, applicable from 1 January 2026. It also removed the printed mark-up columns for all countries.
Why is the indirect value for Albanian clinker 0.000?
That is the figure printed in the Albania table for grey clinker. Cement goods are charged on direct plus indirect emissions, so the total for grey clinker equals its direct value of 0.870.
What is the default for Albanian aluminium profiles?
Albania has no aluminium rows, so profiles (CN 7604 10 90) take the other countries value of 3.251 tCO₂e per tonne, or 3.576 with the 2026 mark-up.
Do not let your goods be priced on someone else’s table.
Your installation’s records, the default your buyer would otherwise use and the mark-up for each year, side by side, with the trace attached.