Describe the major types of expenditure which are likely to be incurred by a business in maintaining its stocks

Answer 1

Do you mean its inventory of products for sale, or of raw materials for production? or of manufacturing equipment, or the value of its stocks (market capitalization)?

Answer 2

The cost to a business maintaining its stocks, such as interest on capital "tied-up" insurance ect....

Answer 3

Thank you for clarifying. Have you considered considering a list of all business overhead expenses, and then separating out those that are for "maintaining stocks" ?

There is a useful list at
http://www.enotes.com/small-business-encyclopedia/overhead-expense

and also at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_cost