Cost Factors of Export-Import Goods

 
   
 
 

 

COST FACTORS OF EXPORT-IMPORT GOODS



 
    1    
  • Materials, labor and overhead
  • Custom packagings
  • Inspection fees
  • Licensing fees
  • Royalties



 
2
  • Buying agent's commissions
  • Trader's markups



 
3
  • Bank charges and commissions
  • Overseas agent's commissions
  • Freight forwarder's charges
  • Documentation charges
  • Insurance premiums
  • Export license fees
  • Certification fees
  • Consular fees
  • Advertising



 
4
  • Road freight (cartage, drayage) and/or rail freight
  • Routing costs (canal and inland waterway links)
  • Uninsured damages
  • Theft and pilferages
  • Handling charges
  • Demurrage



 
5
  • Brokerage fees
  • Export levies



 
6
  • Insurance premiums
  • Air freight



 
7
  • Theft and pilferages
  • Overtime charges
  • Handling charges
  • Warehousing
  • Loading fees
  • Demurrage
  • Wharfage



 
8
  • Insurance premiums
  • Ocean freight
  • Lighterage



 
9
  • Uninsured damages (e.g. war and acts of God)
  • Pilferages



 
10
  • Lighterage



 
11
  • Theft and pilferages
  • Quarantine charges
  • Overtime charges
  • Handling charges
  • Unloading fees
  • Warehousing
  • Demurrage
  • Wharfage



 
12
  • Import duties and taxes
  • Bank charges and commissions
  • Import license fees
  • Brokerage fees



 
13
  • Road freight (cartage, drayage) and/or rail freight
  • Routing costs (canal and inland waterway links)
  • Theft and pilferages
  • Uninsured damages
  • Handling charges
  • Demurrage



 
14
  • Warehousing
  • Interest charges
  • Advertising