logistic costs

Logistic costs account for 20% of a product's price in China, compared to 10% in the United States, and 5% in other developed countries.

Unless it is strictly controlled, 'medical tourism' could cause a surplus of services or unnecessary logistic costs, particularly for new EU Member States like Lithuania.

Beside a set of other factors, higher oil prices have led to increasing agricultural market prices within the European Union; both through higher agricultural input and also logistic costs.

In such a milieu, acquiring the Arjun in huge numbers is simply unnecessary for the Indian Army, given the additional logistic costs of standardising on an entirely new type.