As a percentage of Gross Domestic Product, logistics costs remained static at about 7.9 percent, and they have stayed (CSCMPwithin a narrow range between 7.5 percent and 8 percent since 2010, after dropping in 2009 because of the recession.
The authors of the report’s 27th edition project that freight distribution costs will rise moderately in 2017 due to expectations for a slight improvement in economic growth, a tightening of transportation capacity, driver shortages, inventory changes and possible interest rate increases.