CBAM Compliance Support for Egyptian Producers
Your EU importers file the CBAM declaration, but only your installation holds the emissions data. We prepare that data and its report, ready for your accredited verifier.
Facing CBAM with vs. without prepared installation data
What changes for you and your EU customers once your installation data is ready.
From CN codes to a verifier-ready file
Five steps, run with your plant team on site and with your EU customers' needs in view.
Scope Check
We match your CN codes to Annex I of the CBAM Regulation and map which goods, installations and EU customers are concerned.
- CN codes checked against Annex I
- Production routes and installation boundaries
- EU customers who need your data
Data and Monitoring Plan
We collect installation data on site with your team and write the monitoring plan required by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2547, in English.
- Fuels, materials and production records
- Meters, measurement points and data gaps
- Record-keeping set up for the verifier
Embedded Emissions
We calculate the specific embedded emissions of each good, and the data for the free allocation adjustment, with the CBAM method and the factors it accepts, not life-cycle database averages.
- Direct emissions per production process
- Indirect emissions: cement, fertilizers, agglomerated iron ore
- Default-versus-actual comparison per good
Report for Your Importers
We prepare your emissions report in the Commission's Excel template (recommended, not mandatory) and, if you choose, help register your installations in the CBAM Registry, which the Commission encourages but does not require in 2027.
- Values per good in the communication template
- Free allocation adjustment data included
- Registry operator portal (O3CI), not required in 2027
Verifier Preparation
You appoint an accredited CBAM verifier. We prepare the document trail and the first site visit, which must be physical, and act as your Arabic and English interface.
- Evidence index for the verifier's sampling
- Site-visit logistics and plant access
- Corrections tracked until the verification report
Built for Egyptian installations that make CBAM goods
We work for the producing installation; its EU importers are the ones who use the result.
Fertilizer Producers
Plants making ammonia, urea, nitric acid, ammonium nitrate, DAP or MAP whose EU customers now ask for embedded emissions per product.
Iron and Steel Producers
Integrated, DRI and electric arc furnace plants, rolling mills and makers of listed steel articles that ship to the EU.
Aluminum and Cement Producers
Aluminum smelters, rolling and extrusion plants, and clinker and cement works with customers or cargoes bound for the EU.
EU Importers Buying from Egypt
Authorized CBAM declarants importing more than 50 tonnes of CBAM goods a year who want actual data instead of default values. We work for your Egyptian supplier, never on your declaration: introduce us, and the data reaches you from the plant that made the goods.
Why installation data now shapes your customers' CBAM bill
Actual Data Needs a Verifier
Since 1 January 2026, an EU importer can use your actual emissions only once an accredited verifier has checked them. Without that, it must use the EU's default values.
Your Figure Drives the Bill
From 1 February 2027, importers buy CBAM certificates, whose price follows EU ETS auctions, for the embedded emissions of what they import, after any free allocation adjustment and carbon price paid abroad. Your figure per tonne drives that cost.
The CBAM Share Grows Each Year
Free allocation for EU producers in CBAM sectors is phased out from 2026 to 2034, and the share covered by CBAM rises by the same steps. A Commission proposal of 17 July 2026 would slow this and stretch it to 2038; it is not law yet.
Verifier Capacity Is Still Building
Verifiers could register in the CBAM Registry from 1 September 2026 and issue first reports from January 2027. On 25 September 2026, only a handful of EU accreditation bodies accepted applications from verifiers based outside the EU, and the first site visit must be physical.
Goods and emission sources we cover
The four Annex I sectors we cover in Egypt, and what the CBAM method counts at your installation.
Fertilizers
Nitrogen fertilizers and the chemicals used to make them.
- Ammonia and nitric acid
- Urea and ammonium nitrate
- DAP, MAP and other nitrogen mixes
Iron and Steel
Iron ore pellets and sinter, primary iron and steel, finished products and listed articles.
- Pig iron, DRI and listed ferro-alloys (Mn, Cr, Ni)
- Bars, rods and flat-rolled products
- Listed articles such as screws and bolts
Aluminum
Primary metal, semi-finished products and listed articles.
- Unwrought aluminum
- Bars, profiles, wire, sheet and foil
- Listed articles in CN 7610 to 7614 and 7616
Cement
Clinker, cements and calcined clay.
- Grey and white clinker
- Portland and other hydraulic cements
- Calcined clay
Emission Sources
What the CBAM method counts for each good, direct and indirect.
- Fuel combustion and process emissions
- Electricity, where indirect emissions count
- Measurement points, meters and sampling
Precursors
Inputs whose embedded emissions flow into the values of your goods.
- Precursors made on your own site
- Precursors bought from other plants
- Data requests to your precursor suppliers
Your importer declares. Your plant holds the data.
We prepare it for the verifier.
CBAM Installation File
- Scope
- CN codes, goods, precursors and production routes in Annex I
- Monitoring plan
- Methods, measurement points and data flows, in English
- Embedded emissions
- Specific direct and, where they count, indirect emissions per good
- Emissions report
- Commission Excel template, with free allocation data and the Summary_Communication sheet
- Default vs actual
- Your calculated values set against the EU default values
- Verifier pack
- Evidence index, document trail and site-visit plan
- Registry
- Support to register your installation in the O3CI portal, recommended, not required in 2027
A CBAM file your verifier can check
One file per installation, written for the verifier who checks it and the importers who use it.
Written for the Verifier
Figures are linked to the meter readings, invoices, production records and supplier data the verifier can sample.
Readable by Every Importer
Each EU declarant finds the values it needs per good, in the Commission's own format.
Arabic on Site, English on Paper
Your plant team works with us in Arabic, and the monitoring plan is written in English, as the rules require.
CBAM and Egypt in four figures
Have your EU customers asked for installation data you cannot supply yet?
Discuss Your Installation →CBAM for Egyptian producers: your questions answered
What producers and their EU importers ask before preparing CBAM data.
Do Egyptian exporters have to comply with CBAM, or pay for it?
Not directly. Under the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM, Regulation (EU) 2023/956), the obligation sits with the EU importer: since 1 January 2026, the authorized CBAM declarant must declare the embedded emissions of imported cement, iron and steel, aluminum, fertilizers, hydrogen and electricity, and buy and surrender CBAM certificates for them, first by 30 September 2027. The Egyptian producer controls the data. If its installation-level emissions are verified by an accredited verifier, the importer can use them; otherwise it applies EU default values with a mark-up. FoodGate Audit helps Egyptian producers prepare that data, the monitoring plan and the emissions report for their verifier.
Does CBAM apply to fruit, vegetables or food from Egypt?
No. CBAM covers cement, iron and steel, aluminum, fertilizers, hydrogen and electricity, with some listed precursors and downstream products. Fresh fruit, vegetables and food products are not in its Annex I, so food exporters have no CBAM data to supply. Packaging falls under CBAM only when it is declared under its own CN code and that code is listed. Fertilizers are CBAM goods when imported into the EU, not when a farm uses them in Egypt. If your EU buyers ask for the carbon footprint of your produce, that is a product carbon footprint under ISO 14067, a separate service described on our carbon footprint page.
Can FoodGate Audit verify our CBAM emissions?
No. We are not an accredited CBAM verifier, and as the firm preparing your data we could not also verify it. Actual emissions can be used only after verification by a verifier accredited by an EU national accreditation body, and a verifier may not also consult for the operator it verifies. Our ISO/IEC 17020 accreditation covers inspection, not CBAM verification. We prepare the monitoring plan, calculations, emissions report and evidence, then work alongside the accredited verifier you appoint. Since only a handful of EU accreditation bodies were taking applications from non-EU verifiers on 25 September 2026, choose yours early.
What happens if our installation provides no actual emissions data?
Your EU importer uses the EU default value for your country and product. Before mark-up, Egypt's values are 1.390 tCO2e per tonne of urea under CN 3102 10 19, 1.270 for grey clinker, 1.290 for grey Portland cement and 1.870 for unwrought aluminum. Most steel has no Egypt value, so the Other countries table applies, built on the ten most emission-intensive exporting countries. Mark-ups add 10% in 2026, 20% in 2027 and 30% from 2028, or 1% for fertilizers. Your verified actual figure may come out above or below the default, so we compare both before you commit.
What data does our installation need to provide for CBAM?
Installation-level data for each calendar year of production: fuels and raw materials, process emissions, output per good, the embedded emissions of precursors and, for cement, fertilizers and agglomerated iron ore, the electricity consumed. The operator must also report the data for the free allocation adjustment and any carbon price effectively paid. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2547 requires a monitoring plan written in English and records kept for at least six years. Emission factors from life-cycle databases are not accepted. The Commission's Excel template, recommended but not mandatory, includes a Summary_Communication sheet with what your importers need. We collect most of this data with your team on site.
What are the CBAM deadlines for goods imported in 2026?
The definitive period began on 1 January 2026. Goods imported in 2026 are reported under the 2026 reporting period, even if they were produced earlier. First verification reports can be issued from January 2027. Certificate sales open on 1 February 2027, and importers must file the first annual declaration and surrender certificates by 30 September 2027. For a producer, the 2026 data, the monitoring plan and the verifier's site visit therefore have to be complete well before that date, or your customers declare default values.
Someone offered us a ready-made CBAM verification report. Is that legitimate?
Probably not. The Commission's CBAM Q&A says importers should receive verified emissions only from the operator that produced the goods, and that a third party offering them a verification report is likely a scam. The accredited verifier issues its report in the CBAM Registry. A registered operator shares it with declarants there; in 2027 an unregistered operator may instead send its full emissions report and a PDF of the verification report directly. We do not issue or sell CBAM verification reports: we prepare the producing installation for its own accredited verifier.
How is CBAM support priced, and how long does it take?
Both depend on your installations, the number of goods and production routes, and how much monitoring is already in place. A single urea line with good meters is a different job from a steel plant with several routes and purchased precursors. After a first call on your CN codes, installations and EU customers, we send a written proposal with scope, fee and timeline. The fixed points are regulatory: your 2026 data covers the full calendar year, your importers can use it only once it is verified, first verification reports can be issued from January 2027, and your importers declare by 30 September 2027.
Prepare Your Installation for CBAM
Send us your CN codes and EU customers: we reply with a scope, a plan and a quote that fits your verifier's timetable.
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