Impact of Freight Forwarders Cost on the Total Transport Costs

Špediter se iskljuĉivo bavi organiziranjem otpreme i dopreme robe svog komitenta. Uz osnovni zadatak, špediter se susreće s raznovrsnim, kompleksnim i brojnim osnovnim i specijalnim poslovima. Koristeći usluge koje nudi špediter, komitentu je u interesu po najnižoj cijeni na tržištu i uz zadovoljavajuću kvalitetu i pouzdanost usluge otpremiti ili dopremiti robu. Prilikom izvršenja usluga javljaju se špediterski troškovi koji utjeĉu na visinu cijene prijevoza robe. Kako bi pokrili svoje troškove i ostvarili zaradu špediteri naplaćuju svoje usluge prema cjeniku troškova. Što su veći špediterski troškovi to će biti i skuplji prijevoz. Analizirane su cijene meĊunarodnog i domaćeg prijevoza dvije tvrtke i meĊusobno su usporeĊene. Konaĉna cijena za komitenta uvećava se povećanjem udaljenosti i mase pošiljke, uslugom carinskog posredovanja, skladištenja i ostalih ugovorenih usluga, dodatkom za gorivo te na kraju i porezom na dodanu vrijednost (PDV).The freight forwarder exclusively deals with the organization of shipment and delivery of the goods of his clients. Along with the basic task, the forwarder is confronted with a variety of complex and numerous basic and special tasks. Using the services offered by the freight forwarder, the customer is in the interest of the lowest price on the market and with the satisfying quality and reliability of the service. Shipping costs are incurred during the execution of the services, which affect the transportation costs. In order to cover their costs and make a profit, forwarding agents charge their services according to the price list. The higher the shipping costs it will be the more expensive transportation. The prices of two companies of international and domestic transport are analyzed and mutually compared. The final price for the customer is increased by increasing the distance and weight of the shipment, the service of customs brokerage, warehousing and other contracted services, the addition of fuel and finally the value added tax (VAT)