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This study attempts to compare port tariff systems adopted in the ports of the ESCAP region in terms of tariff structure and actual tariff levels. It addresses the contextual issues relating to port pricing. The ESCAP/UNDP Model Port Tariff Structure is o

This report compares tariff structure and actual tariff levels of 21 ports in 17 countries across Asia and the Pacific against the ESCAP/United Nations Development Programme Model Port Tariff structure. The comparison is based on two hypothetical types of container ships, namely 3,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) and 1,100 TEU ships. A range of issues were identified from the study with regard to tariff setting models: costing approaches, the impact of exchange rates, capacity to adjust rates, the impact of privately operated ports and the price setting approach of ports and governments.