Tunisia

Tunisia shipped 1.4 Mt of CBAM goods to the EU in 2025 (1.2 % of all CBAM imports, up 16 % on 2024). Most of the exposure comes from iron and steel. At default values the 2026 CBAM bill would be about €93.8 m, ranking it 21th of 152 countries.

1.4 MtEU imports, 2025
€510 mcustoms value
€93.8 mCBAM exposure 2026
€68/taverage per tonne

What it exports

Steel 17 %Aluminium 0 %Fertilisers 14 %Cement 68 %
SectorTonnes 2025ValueExposure 20262034
Iron and steel233 kt€267 m€60.3 m€104 m
Cement948 kt€71.7 m€29.2 m€95.9 m
Fertilisers201 kt€121 m€3.6 m€9.1 m
Aluminium6 kt€50.0 m€726 k€1.3 m

Products with the largest exposure

Default value (2026, incl. mark-up) and CBAM benchmark in tCO₂e per tonne. For 17 % of the tonnage no country-specific default is published, so the higher “other countries and territories” value applies.

CN codeProductTonnesDefaultBenchmarkExposure
7210 49 00Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of ≥ 600 mm, hot-rolled or c… other countries162 kt4.5111.491€40.8 m
2523 29 00Portland cement (excl. white, whether or not artificially coloured) 711 kt1.0010.666€20.6 m
2523 21 00White portland cement, whether or not artificially coloured 80 kt1.5290.859€4.6 m
7213 91 49Bars and rods, hot-rolled, of iron or non-alloy steel, in irregularly wound coils, conta… other countries15 kt4.3951.364€3.8 m
7326 90 98Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. other countries12 kt4.5661.491€3.2 m
7308 40 00Equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or pit-propping (excl. composite sheetpi… other countries9 kt5.5701.491€3.1 m
3105 30 00Diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate "diammonium phosphate" (excl. that in tablets or simil… 145 kt0.5250.339€2.3 m
2523 90 00Cement, whether or not coloured (excl. portland cement and aluminous cement) 87 kt0.9680.666€2.3 m
7308 90 98Structures and parts of structures of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-se… other countries6 kt5.5701.491€2.0 m
2523 10 00Cement clinkers 70 kt0.9680.666€1.8 m
7213 91 10Bars and rods, hot-rolled, of the type used for concrete reinforcement, smooth, of iron … other countries6 kt4.3951.364€1.5 m
7213 20 00Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of non-alloy free-cutting steel (… other countries3 kt4.3951.364€757 k

Outlook

Same 2025 volumes, same certificate price (€82.32), default values throughout.

€93.8 m2026 · 10 % mark-up, 97.5 % free allocation
€165 m2030 · 30 % mark-up, 51.5 % free allocation
€210 m2034 · free allocation ends

Where it sits on the map

CBAM exposure 2026, at default values over €1 bn €100 m – 1 bn €10 – 100 m €1 – 10 m under €1 m EU

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Nearby in the ranking: Mozambique, Saudi Arabia, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan.

Sources: Eurostat Comext (DS-045409), annual 2025; Implementing Regulations (EU) 2025/2621 and 2025/2620. See methodology.