Costs climbing
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TRANSPORT COSTS have climbed by five per cent, according to the latest figures from the Freight Transport Association.
But its figures also show that the increase for the first quarter of 1984 is only half of one per cent, attributed entirely to rises in wages and fuel prices.
The figures, contained in the FTA's cost and rates service obtained from a cross-section of transport users in FTA membership, shows a wide range of fuel price changes, but an average of 2.5 per cent in the first quarter.
Haulage rates have risen by up to five per cent. The effect is patchy, and indeed hauliers report different effects in various parts of the country. In some parts of Scotland, rates increases can be maintained, but an East Anglian operator told CM that low rates still prevail there.