UFAL - Unidade Fabril do Lavradio

UFAL - Unidade Fabril do Lavradio is a production of nitric acid installation in Portugal. In 2025 it reported 17,468 tonnes of verified emissions against 18,892 free allowances.

Key figures

Country

Portugal

Activity

Production of nitric acid

Installation ID

PT 205023

Verified emissions, 2025

17,468 tCO₂e

Free allocation, 2025

18,892 allowances

Allowance position, 2025

1,424 surplus

Compliance, 2024

A

Permit

292

Data as of

1 April 2026

Emissions and free allocation by year

Verified emissions Free allocation
Verified emissions and free allocation of UFAL - Unidade Fabril do LavradioVerified emissions and free allocation from 2013 to 2025.012.5k25k37.5k50k2013 verified emissions: 17,053 t2014 verified emissions: 32,521 t2015 verified emissions: 13,879 t2016 verified emissions: 9,189 t2017 verified emissions: 15,064 t2018 verified emissions: 22,857 t2019 verified emissions: 16,022 t2020 verified emissions: 16,211 t2021 verified emissions: 17,926 t2022 verified emissions: 12,325 t2023 verified emissions: 9,824 t2024 verified emissions: 15,802 t2025 verified emissions: 17,468 t2013 free allocation: 33,591 t2014 free allocation: 33,008 t2015 free allocation: 32,417 t2016 free allocation: 31,821 t2017 free allocation: 31,218 t2018 free allocation: 30,609 t2019 free allocation: 29,992 t2020 free allocation: 29,375 t2021 free allocation: 23,156 t2022 free allocation: 23,156 t2023 free allocation: 23,156 t2024 free allocation: 18,892 t2025 free allocation: 18,892 t2013201520172019202120232025
YearVerified emissions (t) Free allocationPosition
2025 17,468 18,892 1,424 surplus
2024 15,802 18,892 3,090 surplus
2023 9,824 23,156 13,332 surplus
2022 12,325 23,156 10,831 surplus
2021 17,926 23,156 5,230 surplus
2020 16,211 29,375 13,164 surplus
2019 16,022 29,992 13,970 surplus
2018 22,857 30,609 7,752 surplus
2017 15,064 31,218 16,154 surplus
2016 9,189 31,821 22,632 surplus
2015 13,879 32,417 18,538 surplus
2014 32,521 33,008 487 surplus
2013 17,053 33,591 16,538 surplus

Verified emissions changed by +2.4% from 2013 to 2025.

Source: European Commission, Union Registry ยท Data as of 1 April 2026

Allowance position

Free allocation exceeded verified emissions in 2025, by 1,424 allowances.

Compliance status for 2024: A. The number of allowances surrendered by 30 September 2025 was greater than or equal to verified emissions.

CBAM context

This activity falls in the fertilisers sector of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Free allocation for products covered by the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is being reduced each year under current EU law.

Free allocation remaining for CBAM-covered products, by year
202620272028202920302031203220332034
97.5%95%90%77.5%51.5%39%26.5%14%0%

Share of free allocation remaining for CBAM-covered products, under Directive (EU) 2023/959, Article 10a. It applies to the benchmarks for those products, not necessarily to an installation's whole allocation, so it is not applied to the figures on this page.

Proposed change

A European Commission proposal of 17 July 2026 would restore 15% of the phased-out free allocation for CBAM sectors from 2028 and extend the end of the phase-out from 2034 to 2038. This is a proposal and not yet law.

More on CBAM: the India CBAM Center and what CBAM is and how it works.

Questions about UFAL - Unidade Fabril do Lavradio

How much did UFAL - Unidade Fabril do Lavradio emit in 2025?

17,468 tonnes of verified emissions, per EU Union Registry compliance data.

How many free allowances did UFAL - Unidade Fabril do Lavradio receive?

18,892 in 2025.

Did UFAL - Unidade Fabril do Lavradio surrender enough allowances?

Its compliance status for 2024 is recorded as "A": The number of allowances surrendered by 30 September 2025 was greater than or equal to verified emissions.