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obtained by researching the current market for a similar product. The way in which the
end-use product price was attained for each respective firm is noted in the Economic
Analysis section.
As mentioned in the Beneficial-Use Product section, determining the processing costs
and market price of the product is difficult because most of the firms that participated in
the pilot-study do not know which product they will manufacture. Different products can
be sold on the market for different prices. Even for a single product, the product price,
marketability, and even production costs can vary greatly. As a result of these
uncertainties, the precise production costs and market price for the product cannot be
determined. The market price and the processing cost, which are used in the economic
analysis portion, are estimated values, the sources of which are explained in the end-use
product section. The purpose of the figures is not to give an exact amount of profit a firm
will make, but rather to give the reader an idea of how cost-intensive a process is.
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