Revenue Tonnes per hectare Price per ton Total revenue
0 0 0
50 200 10000
50 200 10000
50 200 10000
3000 1300 1700 1200 0 7200
3000 1300 0 0 1000 5300
3000 1300 0 0 1000 5300
3000 1300 0 0 1000 5300
Costs Labour Fertilizer Seeds Land prep Crane Total cost
in 1000 Dongs per hectare Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Cost 7200 4300 4300 4300 Revenue 10000 10000 10000 Returns -7200 5700 5700 5700 Average return 2475 Alternative method Crop life cycle Years to revenue Cost in plantation Cost in typical year Revenue in typical year Total Return Average return
Revenue assumptions: Average travel distance Cost to deliver (Dong/ton) Tons per load Average trips per day No. of days Total tons hauled by each trucker No. of truckers Revenue by each trucker Total revenue by all truckers Cost assumptions Gasoline Lory: Kilometres per gallon Fuel: USD per gallon Labour Average wage per day Maintennce per season Lorry cost Average cost per lorry Annual interest rate Depreciation per kilometre Gasoline cost per trip Gasoline cost per day per trucker No. of days No. of truckers