Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
TABLE 8.5
Costs and returns on the export of rice and the effect of variable purchase prices, Mekong River Delta provinces
Low price
Medium price
High price
Best price
Worst price
Dong
US$
Dong
US$
Dong
US$
Dong
US$
Dong
US$
per
per
per
per
per
per
per
per
per
per
kilogram
kilogram
kilogram
kilogram
kilogram
kilogram
kilogram
kilogram
kilogram
kilogram
Brown rice (millgate)
2,100
0.137
2,150
0.141
2,200
0.144
2,100
0.137
2,200
0.144
Milling conversion
0.88
0.88
0.88
0.88
0.88
0.88
0.88
0.88
0.88
0.88
Polished rice equivalent
2,386
0.156
2,443
0.160
2,500
0.163
2,386
0.156
2,500
0.163
Processing
75
0.005
75
0.005
75
0.005
75
0.005
80
0.005
Milling margin
39
0.003
32
0.002
25
0.002
39
0.003
0
0.000
Polished rice (ex-mill)
2,500
0.163
2,550
0.167
2,600
0.170
2,500
0.163
2,580
0.169
Bagging
35
0.002
35
0.002
35
0.002
35
0.002
35
0.002
Transport from Mekong River
Delta to Ho Chi Minh City
50
0.003
50
0.003
50
0.003
50
0.003
50
0.003
Unloading and port charges
35
0.002
35
0.002
35
0.002
35
0.002
35
0.002
Salaries
20
0.001
20
0.001
20
0.001
20
0.001
20
0.001
Interest charges
20
0.001
20
0.001
20
0.001
20
0.001
20
0.001
Polished rice (free-on-board
Saigon)
2,660
0.174
2710
0.177
2760
0.180
2,660
0.174
2740
0.179
VINAFOOD margin
13.158
0.001
13.27275
0.001
13.3875
0.001
13.3875
0.001
13.158
0.001
Sale price
2,631.6
0.172
2,654.55
0.174
2,677.5
0.175
2,677.5
0.175
2,631.6
0.172
Sale margin
-41.558
-0.003
-68.7228
-0.004
-95.8875
-0.006
4.1125
0.000
-121.558
-0.008
SOURCE
: Rice Value Chain Study in Vietnam, 2002, carried out by Agrifood Consulting for the World Bank.
