Commodity guides
Freight and duty, written per part rather than per industry
An industry page tells you whether a forwarder serves your sector. These do not. Each guide takes one commodity, lists the classification lines a real shipment actually spans, names the duty programs that stack on each, and identifies the physical constraint that decides how much fits in the box. Every rate is a live lookup, never a printed figure.
RENEWABLES
Solar Racking & Trackers
Ocean freight and landed cost for solar racking, torque tubes, piles, rails and tracker components. Section 232 metals, antidumping exposure on fasteners, and weight-limited container planning for steel structures.
SURFACES AND STONE
Engineered Quartz & Stone Slabs
Ocean freight and landed cost for engineered quartz and stone slabs. Safeguard tariff-rate quota, exporter-specific antidumping exposure, ISPM 15 on A-frames, and weight-limited container planning for slab imports.
ENERGY STORAGE
Battery Energy Storage & Lithium-Ion Cells
Ocean freight and US landed cost for battery energy storage systems and lithium-ion cells. Section 301 stacking across the full DC block, Class 9 IMDG carriage, and why the cells are the cheapest line in the container.
HOME FURNISHINGS
Furniture & Bedding
Ocean freight and US landed cost for furniture, cabinets, mattresses and bedding. The Section 232 timber action on upholstered furniture, why agreement origins no longer behave the way importers expect, and volume-limited container planning.