EU ETS · DE · Iron and steel

DE — Iron and steel

EU ETS verified emissions, free allocations, and compliance position for DE in the Iron and steel sector, 2005–2025.

Activity codes: 24, 25 · Source: EEA

Verified 2025

26.80M

tCO₂e

Allocated 2025

44.20M

total allowances

Compliance gap 2025

-17.39M

net seller

All metrics — 2025

Metric	Value	Unit
2. Verified emissions	26.80M	tonne of CO2 equ.
1. Total allocated allowances (EUA or EUAA)	44.20M	units
1.1 Freely allocated allowances	44.20M	units
4. Total surrendered units	2.25M	units
1.1.1 Free allocation to existing entities (Art. 10a(1))	44.20M	units
2.1 EU-ETS Verified Emission	26.80M	tonne of CO2 equ.
2.1b EU-ETS Verified Emissions (expected, gap-filled for latest year)	26.81M	tonne of CO2 equ.
2.1c Gap-fill increment (gap-filled minus reported, latest year)	3.1k	tonne of CO2 equ.
4.1 Surrendered EU allowances (EUAs and EUAAs)	2.25M	units

Year-on-year trend

Peak verified emissions: 33.91M tCO₂e in 2018

Year	Verified (tCO₂e)	Allocated	Gap
2025	26.80M	44.20M	-17.39M
2024	29.60M	44.38M	-14.78M
2023	28.96M	44.73M	-15.78M
2022	29.25M	44.82M	-15.57M
2021	31.49M	43.91M	-12.42M
2020	27.97M	43.53M	-15.57M
2019	31.69M	44.56M	-12.87M
2018	33.91M	45.52M	-11.61M
2017	33.73M	46.45M	-12.73M
2016	32.38M	47.25M	-14.87M
2015	33.29M	47.94M	-14.65M
2014	32.49M	48.66M	-16.17M
2013	32.06M	49.49M	-17.43M
2012	27.35M	58.73M	-31.38M
2011	28.13M	58.71M	-30.58M
2010	27.96M	57.83M	-29.88M
2009	22.08M	57.91M	-35.83M
2008	30.01M	57.83M	-27.82M
2007	29.56M	30.07M	-507.0k
2006	28.78M	30.05M	-1.27M
2005	27.57M	30.03M	-2.47M

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