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Record 1 1997-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Prices
OBS

... [the] Cement Case (1948) abolished the "basing-point" system of quoting prices at any place in a region at a differential reflecting transport costs, above the price at a given point - like the old "Pittsburgh-plus" pricing of the steel industry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prix (Commercialisation)

Spanish

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