transport costs

A Dictionary of Economics;      137 words ...transport costs The costs of moving goods from place...thus require rapid transport. Where transport costs are high, it is economic to produce...are relatively unimportant. Where transport costs are low, production tends to be footloose...

FED: High oil prices mean transport costs unlikely to fall

AAP General News (Australia);  April 15, 2000 ;     148 words ......15-2000 FED: High oil prices mean transport costs unlikely to fall Deputy Prime Minister...world crude oil prices will mean that transport costs are unlikely to fall after the introduction...government is doing all it can to cut transport costs with grants and diesel rebates. ...

Fed: Transport costs could rise with new fees: trucking industry

AAP General News (Australia);  October 10, 2005 ;     362 words ......General News (Australia) 10-10-2005 Fed: Transport costs could rise with new fees: trucking...10 AAP - The trucking industry says transport costs will rise by up to eight per cent...Australian Trucking Association (ATA) says transport costs will rise by between five and eight...

LOGISTICAL SURVEY: Transport costs to be scrutinised, NATION

The Nation (Thailand);  December 11, 2003 ;     382 words ......estimate they should be able to reduce transport costs by 15 per cent or US$2.5 billion...as the US and Japan, logistics - or transport - costs represent about 10 per cent of the...million next year if we can reduce transport costs by only 5 per cent," Suchart said...

Transport costs and smallholder cropping choices: an application to Siaya...

American Journal of Agricultural Economics;  February 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......focus on one type of marketing cost - transport costs.(2) Smallholder agriculture generally...Rosenzweig). Yet the potential effects of transport costs on the cropping choices of smallscale...agricultural household model in which transport costs are made explicit. Analytical ...

Transport costs push UK inflation to five-month high

Xinhua News Agency;  December 14, 2004 ;     145 words ...Transport costs push UK inflation to five-month high LONDON, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Britain...taking the annual inflation rate to 1.5 percent. Markedly higher transport costs in November, primarily high airfares -- which unusually failed to...

Zambian Gov't urged to cut transport costs

Xinhua News Agency;  December 14, 2006 ;     218 words ...Zambian Gov't urged to cut transport costs LUSAKA, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government has been urged to work out specific measures to reduce transport costs in order to achieve competitiveness at regional level and offset the disadvantages...

Fleet Controller drives improved customer serviceat Instarmac; Paragon...

M2 Presswire;  January 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......faster, more accurate reporting - 12 of transport costs saved - delivery lead times cut by...windows, at the same time keeping transport costs to a minimum. The use of Paragon had...an overall 12 saving in Instarmac's transport costs. The addition of Fleet Controller...

Support for plan on landfill transport costs

The Press;  September 8, 2004 ;     308 words ......further away from the landfill east of Waipara are not financially disadvantaged by the extra transport costs. It is based on total transport costs divided by the total expected tonnage, with a population formula thrown in to even out the...

Transport Costs Lowered in African Region

Xinhua English Newswire;  August 20, 1998 ;     241 words ......Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has lowered transport costs by liberalizing and harmonizing regimes and reducing bottlenecks...liberalized market. He said, this has helped to bring down transport costs and make headway towards a free trade area, expected to...

Consumers hit twice by petrol-price rise; Increase raps wallets, transport...

The Press;  September 29, 1999 ;     442 words ......Malcolm Corbett said because New Zealand was a small country, transport costs were "very important" to manufacturers. "The price rises...absorb some of the costs, but those who had significant transport costs would have to pass them on. Oil companies said rises in...

Export Cos. Struggling With High Won, Increasing Transport Costs.

Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  June 16, 1999 ;     325 words ......struggle with the appreciation of the Korean won and increasing transport costs even as imports rise by greater margins. In a meeting with...exchange rate is in the 1,100-won range. At the same time, transport costs for both North America and Europe has increased or will...

Pool distribution can reduce shipping and transport costs.(Brief Article)

KiplingerForecasts;  January 6, 2006 ;     43 words ...Pool distribution can reduce shipping and transport costs.A business arranges to have its products shipped from assembly lines to regional terminals operated by third parties. There, goods are sorted and reloaded on trucks for delivery, letting firms avoid warehousing costs.

Drought, fuel price bad news for consumers; Experts warn that food and...

The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  March 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ......an expected 70 cents a litre, bringing increased food and transport costs, according to experts. The Grain Information Service said...considers the economic factors, such as maize price and rising transport costs, it means all the tax relief offered by the minister would...

Parents may get help with transport costs

The Northern Echo;  December 7, 2006 ;     290 words ......of a village school should be given financial help with transport costs for their children's education, councillors say.The executive...county council should make payments towards car and taxi transport costs for two years to parents who had chosen alternative schools...