The Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TÜRKÇİMENTO) has issued a strategic statement that the current implementation of the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) poses a risk of effectively becoming a non-tariff trade barrier for Türkiye’s cement industry. Actual data declared by the members of the association who are exporting to the EU during the CBAM transition period in Türkiye show that emissions for grey cement clinker are at the level of 0.88 t CO₂/t cementitious product, while in contrast, the default value used for Türkiye under EU legislation is 1.551 t CO₂/t. Accordingly, the current EU CBAM default emission values may overstate actual emissions from Türkiye’s cement producers, potentially increasing carbon costs from around €20/t to €80/t of clinker.