But embarrassingly, after the oil price collapse, it was set to begin operating at a loss if old tax and oil transportation tariff policies were left in place, and capital costs taken into consideration.
Under the heading "BP's dangerous game", the cable reported: "Aliyev said it was inappropriate for BP to link all of its issues such as PSA extension, ACG deep gas, transportation tariff agreements and others into one bundle; it also was inappropriate for BP to link the solution of those issues to Azerbaijan's 'temporary troubles'.
ATC is computed by multiplying annual purchasing quantity, and transportation tariff, for ith supplier, thus: {text{ATC}} = sumlimits_{i = 1}^{n} {X_{i} C_{ti} D} quad i = 1,2, ldots,n.
Factor in higher transportation expenses and tariffs, and don't forget the cost of training foreign workers.
A special surcharge coefficient1 is used as a coefficient on cost of gas excluding transportation and distribution tariffs and VAT.
Large-scale import of vehicles adds high import tariffs, transportation and assembly costs for automakers, who raise their product prices in order to protect profitability.
where Q g is total consumption of gas (in 1000 m3), P im (in UAH per 1000 m3) is the price of gas at the border, C s (in UAH per 1000 m3)—cost of selling gas incurred by Naftogaz, S s —special surcharge coefficient; T tg and T dg transportation and distribution tariffs (in UAH per 1000 m3), respectively.
Our bureaucracies -- even senior cabinet secretaries -- lead delegation after delegation to Brasilia, São Paulo and Rio -- talking about the ins and outs of double taxation treaties, energy, trade, subsidies, tariffs, transportation, race, education, visas -- the building blocks of a solid "strategic partnership".
Any change in world market conditions, transportation costs, trade policies (tariff and non-tariff trade barriers), exchange rates or even armed conflicts can affect this market.
Europe is fraying around the edges; low tariffs and transportation costs cannot get much lower.
