Ritz Company sells fine collectible statues and has implemented activity-based costing. Costs in the shipping department have been divided into three cost pools. The first cost pool contains costs that are related to packaging and shipping and Rand has determined that the number of boxes shipped is an appropriate cost driver for these costs. The second cost pool is made up of costs related to the final inspection of each item before it is shipped and the cost driver for this pool is the number of individual items that are inspected and shipped. The final cost pool is used for general operations and supervision of the department and the cost driver is the number of shipments. Information about the department is summarized below:

During the period, the Far East sales office generated 684 orders for a total of 6,120 items. These orders were shipped in 1,474 boxes. What amount of shipping department costs should be allocated to these sales?

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Cost Driver Cost Pool Total Costs Annual Activity Number of boxes shipped Packaging and shipping 24,000 boxes $164,700 Number of individual items 98,900 items Final inspection $200,600 shipped Number of orders General operations and supervision 8,100 orders $84,300