For maritime trade between Latin American and Caribbean countries, the following statistical relationships between transport and insurance costs and different potential determinants were estimated. What is analysed is the difference between imports c.i.f.  and f.o.b. per tonne of cargo of maritime trade in commodities which are likely to be transported containerized (2001):
Source: Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Amérique latine et les Caraïbes, «The cost of international transport, and integration and competitiveness in Latin America and the Caribbean», Bulletin du FAL no 191, juillet 2002, www.eclac.cl/transporte/noticias/bolfall/2/11072/FAL191e.htm.