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Maersk leads solar shipping as logistics costs complicate tariffs

China 3053 Corp - Shipping 1030 Energy - Renewables 207 Mode - Containerized 1525 Mode - Seaborne 1846 Tariffs 1870 U.S. 5404

The U.S. Court of International Trade has ruled that the Commerce Department erred in its choice of shipping cost calculations in setting tariffs on imports of solar panels from China. Commerce reportedly used a shipping rate linked to Maersk sourced from Xeneta on the assumption it included handling charges when they did not. The case, and others like it, can drive ongoing supply chain uncertainties for solar power project developers. Nonetheless, the impact of tariffs applied by the Trump administration has waned. U.S. seaborne imports of solar panels have climbed 52.0% year over ye...

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