Hawaiian Cost of Production of Tea

For assistance, contact Dr. Sabry Shehata, PhD, Professor of Agribusiness:
University of Hawaii at Hilo
College of Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Resource Management
200 W. Kawili Street
Hilo, HI 96720-4091
Phone: 808-933-0856
Fax: 808-974-7674
Email: sabry@hawaii.edu

Business Name
Address
Address 2
City, State, ZIP

Please enter average monthly bill including electricity, phone, internet, cell, and other utilities.
Enter the monthly administration expenses, including management, secretary, and office help.
Other overhead includes all office costs: office supplies, computer, etc. per month.
Enter hourly wages in dollars.
Enter the cost of benefits as a percentage of the hourly wages, 0–100.
Enter the interest rate you pay on financing equipment.
For each item in the fixed cost, enter quantities and price for each item.
After typing a value into a text box, pressing the Enter key will update the results.

Utilities Per Month
Land Preparation per acre
Lease Cost, annually
Pounds per Acre
Price per Pound
Administration Per Month
Other Overhead Costs Per Month
Hourly Wages
Frings Benefits		%
Number of Plants
Interest Rate		%
Years of Amortization
Other Material Cost

Fixed Costs	Quantity	Price	Total
Land, acres
Office Building, square feet
Processing Building, square feet
Tractor
Bobcat
Trucks
Front Loader
Trailer
Sprayer
Processsing Equipment
Irrigation System
Growing Plants
Subtotal

	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4
Fertilizer
Herbicide
Insecticide
Water Cost
Growing Labor Cost
Total Cost of Production
Utilities
Administration
Other Overhead
Total Overhead
Total Investment
Interest on Operating Capital
Interest on Noncurrent Capital
Total
Running Total

	Year 5	Year 6	Year 7
Total Revenue (Sales)
Fertilizer
Herbicide
Insecticide
Water Cost
Growing Labor Cost
Harvesting Labor Cost
Interest on Operating Capital
Direct Cost
Utilities
Administration
Other Overhead
Capitalization Cost
Indirect Cost (Overhead Cost)
Total