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CBAM Declaration Software for SME Importers
Supplier emissions data collection and annual CBAM declaration prep for small importers of steel, aluminium, cement, and fertilisers, priced for an SME, not an enterprise carbon team.
- Category
- SaaS
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Revenue potential
- High
- Startup cost
- €5k
CBAM is already in its final phase, and the paperwork won't do itself. Importers above the threshold have to get emissions data from suppliers, avoid the default values, and put together their declarations.
Executive summary
You can sell a focused CBAM prep tool to smaller importers on the money it saves them, not on green branding.
The clock is running. CBAM went into its final phase on 1 January 2026, and the first yearly declaration is due by 30 September 2027.
The best entry point is a product under €500 a month for mid-sized importers. It should request data from their suppliers, do the emissions math with a default fallback, estimate certificate costs, and produce declarations ready to file.
The strongest pitch is direct savings. Depending on how much they import and how far actual emissions sit below the defaults, real supplier data could plausibly save a mid-sized importer an assumed €10,000-€100,000 per year compared with using the deliberately high default values.
The gap isn't that people don't know about the regulation. It's that no one is building the workflow smaller importers need. Existing CBAM vendors are built for big corporate carbon teams or broad enterprise compliance.
- This is a real problem right now, not something that might happen later.
- The buyer is whoever runs customs, imports, or trade compliance at a mid-sized importer.
- The most believable first channel is customs brokers reselling it.
- AI helps most with taking in supplier data across languages, reading documents, and automating the workflow.
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Questions, answered
How many certificates will my 2026 imports actually cost me?
Enter your CN codes and volumes and Declarly estimates your certificate quantity two ways: with your suppliers' real emissions data, and with the default values you'd pay without it. The gap is your savings, in euros, before you buy a single certificate.
What if my overseas suppliers never send emissions data?
The calculator falls back to the published default values automatically, so you can still file on time. The portal keeps chasing in each supplier's own language, and every response that comes back lowers your certificate estimate.
Why not just wait until closer to September 2027?
Because collecting supplier data is the slow part, and defaults cost you real money in the meantime. Starting with a data-collection pilot now delivers savings immediately instead of a scramble at the deadline.