Indirectly but strongly, if you produce in a covered sector (steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen, electricity). You do not pay CBAM on imports, but you gradually lose your free ETS allowances between 2026 and 2034, your European customers request your carbon data, and if you import covered inputs you also become a declarant. CBAM is therefore as much an issue for producers as for importers.
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