The local producer prices are the prices that are received by the farmers and do not include market and transportation costs.

Indicators of efficiency in terms of cost and time include a survey of transport costs (e.g. per 6m container export), an international comparison of rail and port costs, a list of the different costs, average transit times, an FOB CIF cost comparison, etc.

In recent years there has been a significant decrease in real estate and rental values and construction costs have stabilized.

Rising energy costs have directly affected prices for basic necessities and food.

The rise in raw material prices was exacerbated by increased transport costs.

In cases where the transaction value of the imported goods does not conform to the terms and conditions specified in paragraph 3 of article 18 of this set of regulations, or the transaction value is not able to be identified, the customs shall, after acquiring the relevant information and consulting with the taxpayer on the value, evaluate the customs value of the goods in line with the follow sequencing

The prices of tropical agricultural products had also fallen against those of temperate agricultural products, and the prices of generic manufactures from developing countries had declined against the prices of manufactures associated with strong intellectual property rights, which basically preserved technological monopolies.

We need to make the gas price better reflect the real cost of oil.

So in fact, the price of timber in the Beijing marketplace ought to have been three times what it was had it reflected the true pain and the costs to the society within China.

2. Price and price increases

The price of the book was 5.

The ratio between prices and marginal costs (mark up ratio) is an important indicator of deviations from optimal resource allocation and consumer welfare.

The price of gas in the US and Canada is only about half the current price in Mexico (and less than half the price in Europe and Asia). Mexican access to cheaper gas will boost Mexican petrochemical industries and lower energy costs for manufacturing.

They just care about three things and three things only price, price and price.

This has resulted in additional surcharges paid on freight, and for 2006, increases are expected in the cost of production as raw materials prices increase and energy costs are passed on to the products.

Benjamin Wallace on the price of happiness

You seem to forget that you are not in a position at all to insist upon anything. Now, come, gentlemen.

Large retailers may also engage in selling below cost and predatory pricing whereby prices are cut aggressively to force competitors to sell at a loss.

Levels of prices and mark ups,

He said that the spot price of soybeans near his farm was 7.10 per bushel without Chinese demands, while the price needed for covering costs was 8.50.

Price stability was equally important to consumers as they were assured that their manufacturing costs would not be undermined drastically by a violent upward swing in prices.

286. The evolution of the consumer prices of basic products is subject to specific monitoring.

(p) Recognizing the benefits of market prices that reflect the costs of sustainable forest management

As defined, the prohibition relates both to the price itself and the mark up.

Lack of proper pricing also encourages profligate use and wastage.

There was apparently no evidence of explicit agreement, but the antimonopoly agency found that the increases and identical prices could not be justified on the basis of the parties' costs and profitability.

It was noted that issues of diseconomies of scale are directly related to high unit costs of producing goods and services, which result in non competitive prices.

Traders seeking Fairtrade certification must pay producers a price that covers the costs of sustainable production and provides a living wage. For example, the minimum price for coffee is 1.26 per pound, no matter how low the market price may fall.

(f) Further recognizing the need to promote and apply comparable criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management as important tools for all members to assess, monitor and promote progress toward sustainable management of their forests

The latter type of obstacle occurs in the market for products and services itself (through dividing up of the market to deter new competitors, sharing out of customers or geographical areas of coverage, action to affect the free setting of prices or mark ups, joint setting of prices or mark ups or the exchange of information on them, as well as common price tariffs, etc.).

Devaluation leads to a change in the relative prices of imports, which become dearer in the national currency, and exports, which become cheaper in foreign currencies.

In cases where the transaction value of export goods cannot be identified, the customs, after acquiring the relevant information and consulting with the taxpayer on the value, shall evaluate the customs value of the goods in line with the following sequence

(h) The Organization's financial statements are presented in accordance with the ongoing recommendations of the Task Force on Accounting Standards to the Chief Executives Board for Coordination

Comparison of cost value and market value of investments . 96

Pressure on prices could be such that even efficient producers could be threatened by their inability to recover fixed costs as a result of being forced to price at short term marginal cost.

Competitiveness, being a relative concept, depends on the cost price of the technologies sources that are being substituted.

They do permit borrowers to apply domestic price preferences and, for several of the regional institutions, regional price preferences.

Japan has a system with similar effects, as tariffs for certain meat products, for example, are defined as the difference between the import price and a certain standard price or a multiple thereof.

With regard to commodity prices it was suggested that income, rather than price, fluctuations are the real problem.

(2) The transaction price or the price range

Proposals have been received and the technical and cost evaluations are ongoing.

In the case of public transport, substantial changes in bus fares were effected only after 1973 when operating costs escalated sharply with the increase in the price of petroleum products.

There is also the issue of the so called reserve price (the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for a good or service). The reserve price places a cap on how high commodity prices will go, as it is the price at which demand destruction occurs (consumers are no longer willing or able to purchase the good or service).

Costs and expenses of maintaining value of the encumbered asset

Oil prices, just like the prices any basic commodities, can be affected by many factors, including geographical and economic circumstances, as well as speculation, a component of Western stock markets and hedge funds.