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3. Markets

Suriname production costs & market pricing

This details the average production cost and pricing in the current market:
• Production costs are based primarily on data from De Molen, FAO studies and PAS
• Farm gate pricing is based on prices from farmers, information on middle-man payments at farm.

• Wholesale pricing is based on the average delivered price paid by vendors in markets
• Retail pricing is based on delivered prices paid by Supermarkets in Paramaribo

Roots & Tubers Fruits Vegetables
Production & Pricing Cassava flour Kokori
USD/KG industrial cassava flour Acai Eggplant Pepper String beans Okra
De Molen blocks
Production cost kg kg l kg kg kg kg
farm costs $ 0.05 $ 0.20 $ 1.12 $ 0.23 $ 0.46 $ 1.36 $ 0.76
Farm gate channel
cash margin $ 0.02 $ 0.05 $ 0.15 $ 0.32 $ 0.52 $ 0.24
% margin 31% 20% 39% 41% 28% 24%
farm gate price $ 0.07 $ 0.25 $ 0.38 $ 0.78 $ 1.88 $ 1.00
Wholesale channel
cash margin $ 0.85 $ 0.87 $ 0.54 $ 1.19 $ 1.96 $ 0.84
% margin 38% 39% 59% 60% 51% 46%
processing $ 1.11 $ 0.17 $ 0.06 $ 0.12 $ 0.34 $ 0.19
distribution $ 0.05 $ 0.05 $ 0.09 $ 0.20 $ 0.18 $ 0.05
wholesale price $ 2.21 $ 2.21 $ 0.92 $ 1.97 $ 3.84 $ 1.84
Retail channel
cash margin $ 4.80 $ 0.92
% margin 58% 30%
retail margin $ 2.05 $ 0.75
Retail price $ 8.21 $ 3.01

Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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