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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSAs indicated in Table A2.5, feed accounted for nearly three-quarters of average total cost in early2004. Given that the degree of automation varies greatly among producers, capital and labour costsvary widely too. To some extent, these disparities appear to be due to the use of older equipmentthat has been fully depreciated and to the use of family labour on some of the smaller operations.Table A2.5: Estimated commercial production cost (dozen white eggs), January 2004Variable Costs US$/dozen %Feed .285 74.0Vaccines .005 1.3Medicines .003 0.8Total variable cost .293 76.1Fixed Costs US$/dozen %Labour (including taxes) .020 5.2Buildings & equipment .009 2.3Miscellaneous .014 3.6Bird depreciation .049 12.7Total fixed cost .083 23.8Total Cost .385 100.0Source: Sonia Martins, Ph.D. thesis.A2.1.3. TradeBrazil is not a large exporter of eggs or egg products. Exports of shell eggs in 2003 were equivalentto less than 0.2% of total egg production. Exports of processed egg products in 2003 are estimatedto have been less than 0.1% of production in shell egg equivalents.Detailed trade data are not available for most egg categories prior to 1996. The volume of exportsfell sharply in 1997 and in the period since has gradually regained the lost ground.336

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