Question

Why is cost price important in price determination?​

Answer 1

The most important factor affecting the price of a product is its cost. ADVERTISEMENTS: Product cost refers to the total of fixed costs, variable costs and semi variable costs incurred during the production, distribution and selling of the product. ... The price for a commodity is determined on the basis of the total cost.

Answer 2

The cost price is the price you buy a product for. You need to compare the cost price to the selling price to know whether you got a profit or loss (did you make money or did you not).

If you don't know the cost price, you don't know whether you have a profit or loss. Of course everyone wants a profit (make money) so to determine a selling price the cost price is important.