 Methodology: Definition and Selection of Variable to Measure Logistic CostJose Luis Guasch () Chapter Chapter 3 in Interventions to Reduce Logistic Costs for Trade Competitiveness and Poverty, 2022, pp 9-14 from Springer Abstract: Abstract For the purposes of this report, the term “Logistics Costs” refers to all the costs involved in moving the product from the origin of production to the destination (point of exit from a country or local markets). And those costs are linked/associated with a number of things such as the infrastructure (extent and quality), transport, services, time/duration, the value of product, permits, certifications, and procedures required to physically move a product from place of origin to destination-border crossing, port or airport-FOB, with all the proper and needed certifications to access the destination market. Those costs include transport costs, license, permits and procedures, custom process, port-/airport-related costs, inventories, spoilage or losses in transit, thefts, insurance, port and airport or cross-border processes, warehousing, financial costs, and time-related and administrative costs. An average structure, by the most common blocks of themes, of the weight of those elements is presented below. Clearly, that distribution is product specific and there are slight variations according to the typology of products (see Guasch, 2004, 2018). Date: 2022 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:conchp:978-3-030-94968-6_3 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-94968-6_3 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Contributions to Economics from Springer |
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