Now
UK CBAMLive 1 Jan 2027
EU CBAM Q1 certificate price€75.36/t · set 7 Apr 2026
EU ETS carbon price~€72/t (Dec 2026 contract)
UK quota cut–51% from 1 Jul 2026
UK out-of-quota tariff50%
Global steel surplus721m t by 2027 (OECD)
EU default values uplift+10% 2026 · +20% 2027
UK CBAMLive 1 Jan 2027
EU CBAM Q1 certificate price€75.36/t · set 7 Apr 2026
EU ETS carbon price~€72/t (Dec 2026 contract)
UK quota cut–51% from 1 Jul 2026
UK out-of-quota tariff50%
Global steel surplus721m t by 2027 (OECD)
EU default values uplift+10% 2026 · +20% 2027
Simplify compliance. Optimise sourcing.

The intelligence layer for steel trade.

Everything you need for a sourcing decision in one place: quota, duty, carbon and classification. Quote faster and commit with confidence instead of caveats.

Sourcing Optimisation and CBAM — now live
The platform

Four things that decide
whether an import makes money.

Quota, duty, carbon and classification. Get any one of them wrong and the margin goes. ChainMill puts all four in one place, live, with the source behind every number.

ChainMill Intelligence

Coming soon

Your trade assistant. Ask a question, get an answer.

  • "Which origins still have quota on rebar?"
  • "What's my CBAM exposure if I switch from India to Korea?"
  • "Cheapest route for this shipment into NI?"
  • Plain English in, live data out, with charts you can explore and evidence you can export

Sourcing Optimisation

Live

Source smarter, with quota and duty in the same view.

  • Every UK, EU and Northern Ireland quota, colour coded by status
  • Compare origins on tariff, quota headroom and landed cost
  • 460+ days of usage history and a trend line on every quota
  • Watchlist any quota or category and get a daily email
  • Export to CSV or PDF, or share a link

CBAM

Live

Manage every CBAM obligation, UK and EU, in one place.

  • Exposure by origin and product, before you commit to a price
  • Default embedded emissions values applied automatically
  • UK and EU regimes handled separately, with the right scope for each
  • See the January 2027 cost while you can still do something about it

Compliance

Coming soon

Get the classification right before it costs you.

  • Commodity code verification against UK and EU scope
  • Country of origin and the Windsor Framework position for NI
  • Every figure links back to the UK tariff and EU TARIC source
  • An evidence pack you can hand to a verifier or a customer
ChainMill showing live UK quota status across origin countries, colour coded by percentage remaining

Live quota status by origin, with trend line and percentage remaining

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"For anyone importing steel right now, ChainMill is a no-brainer. It takes the admin away and shows you exactly where you stand on your quotas in seconds." Margaret Hall CQP MCQI · Service and Systems Manager · The Keystone Group
⚡ The clock
1 Jul 2026UK quotas cut by 51% · 50% out-of-quota tariff
1 Jan 2027UK CBAM live - liability begins
1 Jan 2028EU CBAM scope extension proposed for downstream goods
31 May 2028First annual UK CBAM return due
Weekly Briefings

What moved this week,
and what it means
for your next order.

Every Friday, we synthesise the week's regulatory, market, and policy movements into structured intelligence for people who make sourcing and compliance decisions.

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