Transport Costs And Their Implications For Price Competiveness In Canadian Goods Producing Industries PDF Download

This report estimates and examines the importance of transportation costs in the production and distribution of commodities by Canadian industries. The emphasis is on freight transportation costs by industry and commodity, but business travel is also included. The importance of the transportation sector is demonstrated using three indicators: its contribution to total gross domestic product; transportation as an intermediate input to goods- producing industries; and transportation margins as a percentage of industrial output and of commodity value. Statistics Canada input-output models are used to estimate transportation costs in the production costs or prices by industry and commodity groups.