EU CBAM Is Live: What Procurement Teams Must Do Before the Next Declaration Deadline
EU CBAM Is Live: What Procurement Teams Must Do Before the Next Declaration Deadline The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) stopped being a reporting exercise on January 1, 2026. Importers of steel, aluminum, cement, fertilizers, hydrogen, and electricity are now operating under a definitive regime where every tonne of covered product carries a real financial obligation. The first official CBAM certificate prices were published in April: €75.36 per tonne of CO2 for Q1 and €75.28 for Q2. Those numbers are not theoretical. They are the baseline for landed-cost calculations that procurement teams must start modeling today. If your organization imports covered goods into the EU, the decisions you make in the next 90 days will determine the size of your first CBAM bill. Supplier selection, emissions data quality, contract terms, and import classification are all being locked in during 2026, even though certificate purchases for this year do not open until February 2027. Waiting ...
