A guide to marketing costs
and how to calculate them

Prepared by
Andrew W. Shepherd

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Table of contents

Part I   [416Kb]

Foreword
Contents

Part II   [512Kb]

Introduction

Part III   [448Kb]

1 What are marketing costs and why do they vary?
2 Produce preparation and packaging costs

Part IV   [672Kb]

3 Handling costs
4 Transport costs
5 Product losses

Part V   [480Kb]

6 Storage costs
7 Processing costs
8 Capital costs
9 A marketing cost calculation

Part VI   [576Kb]

10 Marketing margins
End notes