Guidance
Products awarded ETS CPS compensation
Published 17 March 2026
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Products awarded compensation under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) and Carbon Price Support (CPS) scheme.
1. Products awarded ETS CPS compensation
| PRODCOM | Description |
|---|---|
| 13101000 | Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom, including lanolin |
| 13102200 | Wool, degreased or carbonised, not carded or combed |
| 13102400 | Wool or animal hair, carded or combed (including wool tops) |
| 13105010 | Yarn of carded wool or fine animal hair, n.p.r.s. |
| 13105050 | Yarn of wool or fine animal hair, p.r.s. |
| 13108110 | Multiple or cabled synthetic filament yarn, n.p.r.s. |
| 13108150 | Man-made filament yarn, p.r.s. (excluding sewing thread) |
| 131083Z0 | Yarn of synthetic staple fibres mixed with wool, n.p.r.s |
| 16211313 | Particle board, of wood |
| 16211316 | Oriented strand board (OSB), of wood |
| 16211423 | Medium density fibreboard (MDF), of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances, of a thickness not exceeding 5 mm |
| 16211426 | Medium density fibreboard (MDF), of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances, of a thickness exceeding 5 mm but not exceeding 9 mm |
| 16211429 | Medium density fibreboard (MDF), of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances, of a thickness exceeding 9 mm |
| 16211443 | Fibreboard (excluding medium density fibreboard [MDF]), of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances, of a density exceeding 0.8 g/cm³ |
| 17111400 | Mechanical wood pulp; semi-chemical wood pulp; pulps of fibrous cellulosic material other than wood |
| 17121100 | Newsprint in rolls or sheets |
| 17121410 | Graphic paper, paperboard : mechanical fibres ≤ 10%, weight < 40 g/m² |
| 17121435 | Graphic paper, paperboard : mechanical fibres ≤ 10%, weight ≥ 40 g/m² but ≤ 150 g/m², in rolls |
| 17121439 | Graphic paper, paperboard : mechanical fibres ≤ 10%, weight ≥ 40 g/m² but ≤ 150 g/m², sheets |
| 17121450 | Graphic paper, paperboard : mechanical fibres ≤ 10%, weight > 150 g/m² |
| 17122055 | Creped paper and webs of cellulose fibres for household/ sanitary purposes, in rolls, width > 36 cm, rectangular sheets min. one side > 36 cm in unfolded state, weight ≤ 25 g/m²/ply |
| 17122090 | Paper stock for household : others |
| 17123400 | Recycled fluting and other fluting |
| 17123520 | Uncoated testliner (recycled liner board), weight ≤ 150 g/m², in rolls or sheets |
| 17123540 | Uncoated testliner (recycled liner board), weight > 150 g/m², in rolls or sheets |
| 17124160 | Uncoated kraft paper and paperboard weighing ≤ 150 g/m² (excluding kraftliner, sack kraft paper, for writing, printing and other graphic purposes, etc.) |
| 17124240 | Other uncoated paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, weight ≤ 150 g/m² (excluding products of HS 4802, fluting paper, testliner, sulphite wrapping paper, filter or felt paper and paperboard) |
| 17124260 | Other uncoated paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, weight > 150 g/m² and < 225 g/m² (excluding products of HS 4802, fluting paper, testliner, sulphite wrapping paper, filter or felt paper and paperboard) |
| 17124280 | Other uncoated paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, weight ≥ 225 g/m² (excluding products of HS 4802, fluting paper, testliner, sulphite wrapping paper, filter or felt paper and paperboard) |
| 17124330 | Uncoated filter paper and paperboard in rolls or sheets |
| 17125910 | Other uncoated paperboard |
| 17126000 | Vegetable parchment, greaseproof papers, tracing papers and glassine and other glazed transparent or translucent papers |
| 17127200 | Paper and paperboard, creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated |
| 17127360 | Lightweight coated paper for writing, printing, graphic purposes, m.f. > 10% |
| 17127733 | Self-adhesive paper and paperboard in rolls or sheets |
| 17127735 | Gummed paper and paperboard in rolls or sheets (excluding self-adhesives) |
| 17127759 | Paper and paperboard in rolls or sheets, coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding adhesives, bleached and weighing > 150 g/m²) |
| 17127770 | Paper and paperboard in rolls or sheets, coated, impregnated or covered with wax, paraffin wax, stearin, oil or glycerol |
| 17127780 | Other paper, paperboard, coated…, n.e.c. |
| 20132111 | Chlorine |
| 20132237 | Halides and halide-oxides of non-metals (excluding chlorides and chloride oxides of phosphorus) |
| 20132413 | Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid) |
| 20132434 | Sulphuric acid; oleum |
| 20132455 | Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids |
| 20132473 | Hydrogen fluoride (hydrofluoric acid) |
| 20132475 | Silicon dioxide |
| 20132525 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), solid |
| 20132527 | Sodium hydroxide in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) |
| 20133130 | Chlorides (excluding ammonium chloride) |
| 20133150 | Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides of copper and other metals |
| 20133230 | Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites |
| 20134151 | Sulphates of barium or aluminium |
| 20134157 | Sulphates (excluding those of aluminium and barium) |
| 20134210 | Nitrates (excluding those of potassium) |
| 20134320 | Sodium hydrogencarbonate (sodium bicarbonate) |
| 20134340 | Calcium carbonate |
| 20134390 | Other carbonates |
| 20135290 | Other inorganic compounds n.e.c.; amalgams (excluding distilled and conductivity water and water of similar purity, liquid air and compressed air, those of precious metals) |
| 20136240 | Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates |
| 20141120 | Saturated acyclic hydrocarbons |
| 20141130 | Ethylene |
| 20141140 | Propene (propylene) |
| 20141150 | Butene (butylene) and isomers thereof |
| 20141160 | Buta-1,3-diene and isoprene |
| 20141190 | Unsaturated acyclic hydrocarbons (excluding ethylene, propene, butene, buta-1,3-diene and isoprene) |
| 20141223 | Benzene |
| 20141225 | Toluene |
| 20141260 | Ethylbenzene |
| 20141290 | Other cyclic hydrocarbons |
| 20142240 | Butanols (excluding butan-1-ol (n-butyl alcohol)) |
| 20142339 | Diols and polyhydric alcohols (excluding ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, D-glucitol) |
| 20142450 | Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols |
| 20143219 | Esters of acetic acid (excluding ethyl acetate) |
| 20143220 | Mono-, di- or tri-chloroacetic acids; propionic, butanoic and pentanoic acids; their salts and esters |
| 20143235 | Palmitic acid, stearic acid, their salts and esters |
| 20143250 | Formic acid, its salts and esters |
| 20143278 | Salts of acetic acid |
| 20143280 | Lauric acid and others; salts and esters |
| 20143350 | Oleic, linoleic or linolenic acids; their salts and esters |
| 20143363 | Benzoic acid; its salts and esters |
| 20143370 | Aromatic monocarboxylic acids, (anhydrides), halides, peroxides, peroxyacids, derivatives excluding benzoic acid, phenylacetic acids their salts/esters, benzoyl peroxide, benzoyl chloride |
| 20143383 | Oxalic, azelaic, malonic, other, cyclanic, cylenic or cycloterpenic polycarboxylic acids, salts |
| 20143473 | Citric acid and its salts and esters |
| 20143475 | Carboxylic acid with alcohol, phenol, aldehyde or ketone functions |
| 20144119 | Other acylic monoamines and their derivatives; salts thereof |
| 20144151 | Aniline and its salts (excluding derivatives) |
| 20144290 | Oxygen-function amino-compounds (excluding amino-alcohols, their esters and ethers and salts thereof, lysine and its salts and esters, glutamic acid its salts and esters) |
| 20144370 | Nitrile-function compounds (excluding acrylonitrile, 1-cyanoguanidine (dicyandiamide)) |
| 20144490 | Compounds with other nitrogen function (excluding isocyanates) |
| 20145139 | Other organo-sulphur compounds |
| 20145150 | Organo-inorganic compounds (excluding organo-sulphur compounds) |
| 20145225 | Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen only hetero-atom(s) (excluding other lactones) |
| 20145230 | Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen only hetero-atom(s); containing an unfused imidazole ring (excluding hydantoin and its derivatives) |
| 20145350 | Phosphoric esters; and their salts (including lactophosphates; their halogenated; sulphonated; nitrated or nitrosated derivatives) |
| 20146119 | Acyclic aldehydes, without other oxygen function (excluding methanal (formaldehyde), ethanal (acetaldehyde), butanal (butyraldehyde; normal isomer)) |
| 20146120 | Cyclic aldehydes; without other oxygen function |
| 20146213 | Butanone (methyl ethyl ketone) |
| 20146430 | Other organic compounds, n.e.c. |
| 20147320 | Benzol (benzene), toluol (toluene) and xylol (xylenes) |
| 20147360 | Phenols |
| 20147390 | Other oils and oil products, n.e.c. |
| 20147400 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume ≥ 80% (important: excluding alcohol duty) |
| 20151050 | Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids |
| 20151075 | Anhydrous ammonia |
| 20153300 | Ammonium nitrate (excluding in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a weight of ≤ 10 kg) |
| 20155100 | Potassium chloride (excluding in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a weight of ≤ 10 kg) |
| 20155200 | Potassium sulphate (excluding in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a weight of ≤ 10 kg) |
| 20157980 | Other fertilisers, n.e.c. |
| 20158000 | Animal or vegetable fertilisers |
| 23141110 | Glass fibre threads cut into lengths of at least 3 mm but ≤ 50 mm (chopped strands) |
| 23141130 | Glass fibre filaments (including rovings) |
| 23141150 | Slivers; yarns and chopped strands of filaments of glass fibres (excluding glass fibre threads cut into lengths of at least 3 mm but ≤ 50 mm) |
| 23141217 | Glass fibre mats made of glass wool |
| 23141297 | Glass fibres, including glass wool, and articles thereof (excluding staple fibres, rovings, yarn, chopped strands, woven fabrics, also narrow fabrics, thin sheets ““voiles””, webs, mats, mattresses and boards and similar nonwoven products, mineral wool and articles thereof, electrical insulators or parts thereof, optical fibres, fibre bundles or cable, brushes of glass fibres, and dolls’ wigs) |
| 24102210 | Flat semi-finished products (slabs) (of stainless steel) |
| 24102222 | Other ingots, primary forms and long semi-finished products (of stainless steel) |
| 24103110 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width ≥ 600 mm, simply hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, in coils |
| 24104110 | Uncoated cold-rolled sheet, plate and strip of a width ≥ 600 mm, of steel other than stainless steel |
| 24105110 | Tinplate, other tinned sheet and strip, including electrolytically chromium coated steel (ECCS) |
| 24105130 | Hot-dipped metal coated sheet and strip of a width ≥ 600 mm |
| 24105140 | Organic coated sheet of a width ≥ 600 mm |
| 24106250 | Forged bars of steel and hot-rolled bars (excluding hollow drill bars and rods) of non-alloy steel (of other than of free-cutting steel) |
| 24106410 | Hot-rolled round bars, of stainless steel |
| 24106620 | Hot-rolled bars of silico-manganese steel |
| 24106650 | Hot-rolled bars (excluding hollow drill bars and rods) of alloy steel (other than of stainless, tool, silico-manganese, bearing and high speed steel) |
| 24107140 | Other open sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of non-alloy steel |
| 24107300 | Open sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of other alloy steel |
| 2410T110 | Pig iron |
| 2410T121 | Crude steel: non-alloy steel produced in electric furnaces |
| 2410T122 | Crude steel: non-alloy steel produced by other processes than in electric furnaces |
| 2410T131 | Crude steel: alloy steel other than stainless steel produced in electric furnaces |
| 2410T231 | Hot-rolled wire rod |
| 2410T244 | Heavy sections |
| 24421130 | Unwrought non-alloy aluminium (excluding powders and flakes) |
| 24421154 | Unwrought aluminium alloys (excluding aluminium powders and flakes) |
| 24421200 | Aluminium oxide (excluding artificial corundum) |
| 24422100 | Aluminium powders and flakes (excluding prepared powders or flakes for use as colours, paints or the like) |
| 24422250 | Aluminium alloy bars, rods, profiles and hollow profiles (excluding rods and profiles prepared for use in structures) |
| 24422430 | Aluminium plates, sheets and strips > 0.2 mm thick |
| 24422450 | Aluminium alloy plates, sheets and strips > 0.2 mm thick |
| 24422500 | Aluminium foil of a thickness (excluding any backing) ≤ 0.2 mm |
| 24431130 | Refined unwrought lead (excluding lead powders or flakes) |
| 24432100 | Lead plates, sheets, strip and foil; lead powders and flakes (excluding lead powders or flakes prepared as colours; paints or the like, insulated electric strip) |
| 24441370 | Unwrought copper alloys (excluding rolled, extruded or forged sintered products); master alloys of copper (including alloys which are not usefully malleable) (excluding copper phosphide (phosphor copper) containing > 15% by weight of phosphorous) |
| 24442100 | Copper powders and flakes excluding cement copper, powders/flake powders used in the preparation of paints such as bronzes/golds, (chemical compounds), refined copper shot |
| 24442350 | Copper wire with cross-sectional dimension > 0.5 mm, ≤ 6 mm (excluding twine or cord reinforced with wire, stranded wire and cables) |
| 24442370 | Copper wire with cross-sectional dimension ≤ 0.5 mm (excluding twine or cord reinforced with wire, stranded wire and cables) |
| 24442400 | Copper and copper alloy plates, sheets and strip of a thickness > 0.15 mm (excluding expanded copper metal, insulated electric strip) |
| 27202200 | Lead-acid accumulators (excluding starter batteries) |
| 27202300 | Nickel-cadmium, nickel metal hydride, lithium-ion, lithium polymer, nickel-iron and other electric accumulators |
The product list uses the following abbreviations:
- n.e.c. - not elsewhere classified
- n.p.r.s - not put up for retail sale
- p.r.s - put up for retail sale
- m.f. - mechanical fibres