The Impact of Transport Pricing Practices in South Africa on Freight Transport Costs
by BOTES, F. , 2005HSRC report prepared for NEDLAC, Trade and Industry Chamber, NEDLAC, August 2007
Freight transport cost is one of the core factors that determine product prices, and it has a direct impact on the competitive advantage of South African goods in local and international markets. Inefficiencies in the transport sector, which lead to high freight transport cost, can restrict economic growth and job creation. It is therefore important…
read more >>Prices, Investment and Efficiency on the Railways: A Sectoral Review of Efficiencies in Administered Pricing in South Africa
by TRUEN, S. et al., 2007HSRC report prepared for NEDLAC, Trade and Industry Chamber, NEDLAC, August 2007
There has been little change to the operational structure of the South African rail industry over the past century. It remains a state-owned monopoly, run as a division of the same entity that houses the ports. Despite attempts to introduce greater commercial discipline in the 1980s, the industry is still only intermittently profitable and seems…
read more >>Administered Prices Study on Economic Inputs: Ports
by GOODE, R. et al, 2007HSRC report prepared for NEDLAC, Trade and Industry Chamber, NEDLAC, August 2007
Improvements to the competitiveness of commercial transport systems in South Africa will significantly boost economic and employment growth, given the high concentration of economic activity on the inland plateau, the sensitivity of foreign trade to freight cost, and the distance to market of South Africa’s major trading partners. Transport is largely shaped by government, through…
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