Cost index for road goods transport

Vehicle group: is a division of the truck fleet into different groups according to the type of transport the vehicle is used for.

The cost index for road goods transport consists of 8 such vehicle groups:

1. Short distance transport, transport around 50 kilometers

2. Regional transport, transport around 100 kilometers

3. Long distance transport, transport around 500 kilometers

4. Tank and bulk transport

5. Transport of timber

6. Construction transport, short stretches

7. Refuse collectors, household waste

8. Transport by van

Price is the actual selling price of goods and services that are bought by the owners in the goods and trucking industry.

Cost components are the most important expenses that owners of vans and trucks have

The cost groups are the starting point for the sub-indices. The cost index for goods and lorry transport consists of five such sub-indices:

Cost components are the most important expenses that owners of vans and trucks have

The cost groups are the starting point for the sub-indices. The cost index for goods and lorry transport consists of five such sub-indices:

1. Labour costs

2. Fuel costs

3. Ferry costs and road tolls

4. Capital costs

5. Other costs

Weight: shows the cost share for a cost component, cost group or industry included in an index. The weight share is used as a measure of how important a cost component is and determines how much it should count in an index

Labor costs

• includes paid agreed wages and indirect costs (social costs, employer's tax and the like) in agreed working hours for full-time and part-time employees.

Fuel costs

• is based on indicative truck diesel prices from a selection of dealers across the country for truck transport and the consumer price index for auto diesel for van transport.

Ferry costs and road tolls

• is based on prices for toll companies and ferry companies taken from the Internet.

Capital costs

• consists of depreciation costs and interest costs. The price development for chassis and superstructures is obtained from market-dominant price suppliers. The interest rate trend is based on the 3-month NIBOR interest rate from Norske Finansielle Referanser AS (NoRe) plus loan margin.

Other costs are based on

• The price development for different types of tires from the biggest brand retailers
• Administration costs include rent, postage, telecommunications, paper supplies
• Insurance costs are based on reporting from the insurance company that has the largest market shares within the industry
• Annual fees are updated when there are changes in the fee level
• Repair/service follows the development in the price index for maintenance and repair at workshops which is included in the Consumer Price Index. This index captures the general price development of workshop services (parts and hourly price) at car workshops

Standard classifications

The current Standard for industry grouping (SN2007) in Statistics Norway is based on the EU's standard NACE Rev. 2.