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Typical gross margin analysis at year 5 for Christmas Bush
| Costs |
($/stem) |
| Sales & Freight |
0.71 |
| Packaging & processing |
0.19 |
| Harvesting & Growing |
0.17 |
| Plant Costs |
0.07 |
| Total Costs |
1.14 |
| Returns |
($/stem) |
| Sales Price ($/stem) |
1.39 * |
| Gross margin/stem ($) |
0.27 |
| No. of stems (50 stems/plant) |
100,000 |
| Gross margin/ha. ($) |
27,000 |
- ’97 & ’98 average price $1.50-$2.00. This is expected to fall with
increasing supply.
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export crop, 2000 plants/ha (mid north coast NSW)
From 'NSW Christmas
Bush' by Ross Worrall & Paul Dalley in 'The New Rural Industries - A Handbook for Farmers & Investors', RIRDC
1998.
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