Open consultation on methodology for aluminium extrusion billet premiums ddp Italy, ddp North Germany, ddp Spain in relation to CBAM

This consultation, which is open until February 28, 2025, looks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market with respect to impending EU regulations.

You can find the current methodology for MB-Al-0300 Aluminium 6063 extrusion billet premium, ddp Italy (Brescia region), $/tonne; MB-AL-0380 Aluminium 6063 extrusion billet premium, ddp North Germany (Ruhr region), inferred low-carbon midpoint, $/tonne; and MB-AL-0299 Aluminium 6063 extrusion billet premium, ddp Spain, $/tonne, here.

Fastmarkets welcomes responses and feedback on the two proposals outlined below:

Proposal 1

• Additional CBAM costs will be incorporated into aluminium 6063 billet premiums ddp Italy, ddp North Germany and ddp Spain from January 2026.
• As a result, any additional CBAM costs will be included in aluminium 6063 billet premiums ddp Italy, ddp North Germany and ddp Spain.
• With this proposal, Fastmarkets would not price specific brands or publish a CBAM reference, but would instead provide consistent updates in pricing rationales and news coverage about the impact of CBAM on MB-AL-0300, MB-AL-0380 and MB-AL-0299.

Proposal 2

• Fastmarkets will launch additional aluminium 6063 billet premiums, reference in ddp Italy, ddp North Germany and ddp Spain that include the CBAM cost.
• This proposal would have no impact on MB-AL-0300, MB-AL-0380 and MB-AL-0299.
• There would be no change the existing data collection methodology associated with these three premiums.

Neither proposal will have any impact on historic data of MB-AL-0300, MB-AL-0380 and MB-AL-0299.

Please note that these proposals will be subject to change following industry feedback.

To provide feedback on this consultation, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter, please contact Sayaka Kurata by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Sayaka Kurata re: aluminium billet premiums and CBAM.”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets’ pricing methodology and specification documents, please go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.