Custom tonnage monitor for CBAM goods
Appfront builds tonnage monitors for businesses importing iron and steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers or other CBAM goods. Since the simplification of CBAM, there is an annual threshold per importer: if you stay below it, you fall outside the scheme; if you exceed it, you must be an authorised CBAM declarant. The monitor totals your CBAM goods from your customs declarations per year and gives you a signal well before the threshold.
What is a tonnage monitor for CBAM goods?
CBAM, the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, imposes a price on the emissions embedded in certain imported goods, such as iron and steel, aluminium, cement and fertilisers. The definitive period began on 1 January 2026. Under the simplification introduced by the Omnibus package, there is an annual threshold of 50 tonnes of CBAM goods per importer. If you stay below it, you are outside the obligations; if you exceed it, you may only import the goods as an authorised CBAM declarant.
For many businesses that import CBAM goods occasionally, the question is therefore: will we stay below the threshold this year? In practice, nobody knows that precisely. Shipments appear in customs declarations made by the customs representative, spread across the year and sometimes across several entities. Whether a commodity code falls under CBAM is not checked for every shipment. And if it turns out in the autumn that the threshold is being exceeded, it is too late to arrange authorisation in time.
We build custom solutions because businesses differ: how many shipments, which goods, through which customs representative, and whether there are multiple entities. How the threshold is calculated precisely for your business and what you must do if you exceed it, you agree with your customs adviser; the monitor ensures you see it in time.
Totalled per year
CBAM goods from your customs declarations totalled per calendar year, per entity.
Well in time
A signal at a limit you choose, well below the threshold, with a forecast for the rest of the year.
Traceable
See by commodity code, supplier and country of origin where the tonnes come from.
How we build your tonnage monitor for CBAM goods
We start with your imports: which goods, how many shipments, who handles the customs declaration, and how close you are to the threshold. The data often sits with the customs representative. We look at how it reaches the monitor fastest and most completely, so the count does not depend on a monthly file.
Your goods, shipments, entities and customs representative.
Shipments from customs declarations, recognised by commodity code.
Tonnes per year and entity, forecast and signals.
Overview by code and supplier, and then management.
What a tonnage monitor for CBAM goods actually does
The components below feature in almost every tonnage monitor. Which ones you need depends on your imports.
Shipments
From customs declarations or from your representative.
Recognition
CBAM goods by commodity code.
Count
Tonnes per calendar year and entity.
Forecast
From open orders for the rest of the year.
Alerts
Well before the threshold.
Provenance
By code, supplier and country.
Who we build a tonnage monitor for CBAM goods for
The monitor is intended for businesses that import CBAM goods and want to keep watch on the threshold.
Importers
Occasional CBAM goods. The count is the core.
Metals trading
Steel and aluminium in batches. The forecast matters most.
Manufacturers
Raw materials from outside the EU. The signals are what is needed.
Representatives
Many clients. The overview per client is the core.
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This page is about monitoring the CBAM threshold. If you are above the threshold and need to declare, see our page on CBAM declaration software. For trade compliance in general, see our page on trade compliance software, and for emissions, our page on carbon accounting. You can read how we work at custom software development.
Why choose Appfront for your CBAM goods tonnage monitor?
If you only notice in the autumn that the threshold is being exceeded, it may be too late to arrange authorisation. That is where we come in: totals added up over the year, an early warning well in advance, and every shipment traceable.
On time
An alert well before the threshold.
Certain
No estimate, but a count.
Traceable
Every tonne traceable.
Security and privacy for a CBAM goods tonnage monitor
The monitor holds data on imports, suppliers and quantities. Access is set up by role, and a customs representative sees only their own clients.
The monitor runs in a European data centre or in your own environment, with encrypted storage, daily backups and sign-in with a second factor.
Frequently asked questions about a CBAM goods tonnage monitor
Questions importers ask before getting started.
It reads shipments from your customs declarations, identifies CBAM goods by commodity code, totals the weight per calendar year and per entity, produces a forecast for the rest of the year, and gives you an early warning ahead of the threshold.
Under the simplification introduced by the Omnibus package, there is an annual threshold of 50 tonnes of CBAM goods per importer. If you remain below it, you fall outside the obligations. Agree with your customs adviser exactly how the threshold is calculated for your business.
Then CBAM goods may only be imported by an authorised CBAM declarant, and the obligations for declarations and certificates apply. That is why it matters to spot it in time. For the declaration itself, separate software is available.
From your customs declarations, from your own customs software or from your customs representative, via an integration or a file. In the first step we look at which route is the fastest and most complete.
Based on the commodity code in the declaration and the list of codes covered by the CBAM. That list is maintained within the monitor, so a change is reflected in the totals straight away.
Yes. The monitor totals per entity and can also show how things look for the group as a whole. Agree with your adviser how the threshold applies to a group.
Businesses that import CBAM goods occasionally and could come close to the threshold, and customs representatives who want to keep an eye on this for their clients. If you are well above the threshold, you mainly need declaration software.
Want to know whether you will stay under the CBAM threshold this year?
Tell us which goods you import, how many shipments you have and who handles your customs declarations. We will show you what the totals and alerts look like.