This is a simple calculator to give you an idea of some of the
economic viability of your business.
The economics of DME generally improves the further away
you are from the town. Close to town the nut prices are higher and good mature
nuts are hard to get. Also labour costs are much higher nearer town. The
advantage of being near a town is that you have a bigger market. For further information
contact us, see our
Frequently Asked Questions and check
out Site Considerations. Remember secondary or downstream processing of your
product such as bottling the oil, making soap or coconut meal into chicken
pellets and making coconut shell into charcoal briquettes can greatly increase your profits.
The figures shown are average, put your own figures in after reading the
notes and click the 'Calculate' button. (The $ sign shows we are dealing
with currency - your local currency). Profit/Loss is based on figures you
enter. Loss is shown in RED.
Then keep entering new figures until you get satisfactory results pressing
the Calculate button each time.
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Questions
Notes
Answers
Cost of one nut
The cheapest you can get your nuts for, buying from a plantation or
put in the cost of growing your own nuts
Cost to produce 1 Litre of oil
No of workers
5 people for
learning, 4 average, 3 expert
Cost to run factory for 1 hour
$/hour salary for each worker
The local farm wage rate per hour or what you would pay
Profit or Loss
per litre
How many Nuts to the Litre?
6 - 8 for 200mm dia
12 - 15 for 100mm dia
16 - 20 for 80mm dia
Profit or Loss per
hour
Oil Selling price per litre?
What price can you
sell a litre of oil for? Try to sell a bit cheaper than the local cooking
oil price.
Profit or Loss per 8 hour day
What price can you sell a Kg of meal for?
This is normally $0.50 to $1.00/Kg sold as cooking ingredients, animal food, chicken pellets etc
Profit or Loss per 40 hour week
Overhead costs $/Litre
You have to cover the
costs of transport, electricity etc and other incidental regular
costs of production, Include loan repayments. Average $0.25 - $0.50 per
litre
No of coconuts used per 8 hour day
Litres per hour produced on one standard 5 Meter Drier
2 - 3 Learning
4 - 5 Average
6 - 7 Expert
No of
coconuts used per month (21 x 8 hour working days)
Optional
Your tree resource
Resource Available
How many trees per hectare?
1 hectare = 2.47 acres Normally about 100 = 10 meter spacing
Nuts per day
How many nuts per bunch? This is your monthly crop.