In times of crisis, certain factors of production may be disrupted and significantly impact production costs.

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the disruptions experienced by certain road hauliers mainly affect the following factors of production:

• The load cycle rate
• Service time per driver
• The redeployment of fixed costs

To illustrate the impact of each of these factors on the TRM cost price, the CNR recalculates the average cost prices from its statistical surveys by varying these factors for the activities:

• Long-distance articulated combination (44 tonnes)
• 40-tonne long-distance refrigerated lorry
• Regional articulated unit (44 tonnes)