Coco Coir/Fiber Production

Coco Coir Uses & Market Demand

• Coco coir, a durable fiber extracted from discarded coconut husks, is now widely used as basic material in making nets, rolls, and mats as protective covers for soils and slopes.

• It is becoming popular in USA and countries in Southeast Asia.

• Coco coir is preferred over concrete bricks and peat moss because it is cheaper, renewable, and completely organic.

Coco Coir Market Demand

• Coco coir is extensively used to rehabilitate deserts, enhance greens in golf courses and prevent soil erosion in riverbanks and highways.

• It is also an excellent growing medium for landscape plants and grasses since the fiber has natural rooting hormones and good water-holding capacity.

Steps in Coco Coir Fiber Decortication and Processing (daily operation), LMPCI, Sariaya, Quezon

Source: Dela Cruz, Pobre & Gabrido, 2002Manual on Machinery and Equipment

For Coconut By-product

Husks (13,000 pcs)

Storage

Soaking Decorticating (First Pass)

DustFirst Pass

Second Pass Fiber (Refined

Fiber 1.3 metric tons (20%) Dust (includes

dust from first pass 80%)

Decorticating (Second Pass)

Drying

Baling/Weighing 50-65 bales

Utilization of coir nets in Unisan, Quezon

Cost of MachineCost of Machine

KARI, Ben Treprovince, Vietnam

Manufacturer

$273.00Cost of Motor , 20HP (Second hand)

$517.00Pick-up Price

Perspective view of Perspective view of

Decorticating MachineDecorticating Machine

The Vietnam Model of The Vietnam Model of

Decorticating MachineDecorticating Machine

Source: Dela Cruz, Pobre & Gabrido, 2002Manual on Machinery and Equipment

For Coconut By-product

Discounted Cash Flow of Coco Coir Discounted Cash Flow of Coco Coir

Production, LMPCI, Production, LMPCI, SariayaSariaya, Quezon, 1995., Quezon, 1995.

Source: Medina, S.M.; Matienzo, E.L.A; Medina C.M.; Manalo, D.D. & Aguilar, E.A. 1997. Documentation & Assessment of Successful Coconut Production, Processing, & Marketing Enterprises in Luzon.

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BENEFITS

Sales from fibers - 1,064,700 1,064,700 1,064,700 1,064,700 1,064,700 1,064,700 1,064,700 1,064,700 1,064,700

COSTS

Operating Cost -Labor - 227,500 227,500 227,500 227,500 227,500 227,500 227,500 227,500 227,500Fuel - 90,581 90,581 90,581 90,581 90,581 90,581 90,581 90,581 90,581Husk - 283,920 283,920 283,920 283,920 283,920 283,920 283,920 283,920 283,920Misc. - 36,400 36,400 36,400 36,400 36,400 36,400 36,400 36,400 36,400Maintenance 776,000 2,400 32,200 24,728 30,760 23,000 33,928 21,560 32,200 24,728

Investment Cost - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL COST 776,000 640,801 670,601 663,129 669,161 661,401 672,329 659,961 670,601 663,129

NET BENEFITS (BF) -776,000 423,899 394,099 401,571 395,539 403,299 392,371 404,739 394,099 401,571

FINANCING

Loan receipt 600,000 - - - - - - - - -Debt Servicing - 197,434 197,434 197,434 130,093 130,093 - - - -

NET BENEFITS

-176.000 226,465 196,665 204,137 265,446 273,206 392,371 404,739 394,099 401,571

Discount Factor 0.87 0.756 0.658 0.572 0.497 0.432 0.376 0.327 0.284 0.247

(15%) NPV 1,081,205

BCR 1.30

IRR (BF) 23.16%

ITEM

(AF)

Perspective view of singlePerspective view of single--ply ply

twining machinetwining machine

Cost of Machine (Vietnam-made)

US$ 45.00Single ply rope making equipment (wooden model) with ½ hp motor

Source: Dela Cruz, Pobre & Gabrido, 2002, Manual on Machinery and EquipmentFor Coconut By-product

VillageVillage--Level Double Level Double

Ply Twining Ply Twining

Technology Technology

Drying of Coconut Fiber Drying of Coconut Fiber

Doormat Making EquipmentDoormat Making Equipment

Source: Dela Cruz, Pobre & Gabrido, 2002Manual on Machinery and Equipment

For Coconut By-product

Cost of Equipment (Vietnam-made)

US$ 13.00Doormat-making equipment

Inlaying of rope using Inlaying of rope using

pusher and hammerpusher and hammer

Source: Dela Cruz, Pobre & Gabrido, 2002Manual on Machinery and EquipmentFor Coconut By-product

Knitting the product Knitting the product

Pumping and Pumping and

pushing the pushing the

finished doormat finished doormat

Process Flow of Making DoormatsProcess Flow of Making Doormats

Doormat frame used in Doormat frame used in

CCOGENT Site of Site of MaitumMaitum, , SaranganiSarangani

Doormats produced by FEIMCO Cooperative in COGENT site of Maitum,

Sarangani