Many of our customers want to know the feasibility of the polyester production line plan, so our senior Indian account manager has compiled this form, which is a reference to the 2018 Indian market and hopes to help our customers.

Cost CalculationProcess 1CostsCost
PSF Plant – GangyingUSD/ton   fiber
1Capacity 30  t/d30ton / day Melt9,900tons / year                7.32                 7.32
1.1On stream melt330day / year20 years
2Project Machine Cost       1,450,000USD
3Capital cost Resin11.6%23.1723.17
3.1Depreciation10years13.24
3.2Interest acc7.5%p. a.9.93
4Fixed operating cost9.8%19.5819.58
4.1Direct labour cost50employees10USD/a average/person/day16.67
4.1.1PSF Plant Operation40employeesinclude day and night   shift
4.1.2PSF Plant Maintenance1employees
4.1.3Raw materials Handling1employees
4.1.4Bagging & Storage1employees
4.1.5Management Overhead2employees
4.1.6Laboratory2employees
4.1.7Admin & Security3employeesfinancial,purchaser,marketing
4.2Marketing + admin. labour cost15%2.50
4.3Repairs and maintanance Materials2.0%0.33
4.4Insurance0.50%0.08
5Raw materials & Chemicalsyield20.3%40.5540.55
5.1.1PET Flakes1050kg/t30USD/t30.00
5.1.2Spin Finish Chemical3.5kg/t3,000USD/t10.50
5.1.3Masterbatch TiO23.0kg/t, 48% (5.1.1)10USD/t0.03
5.1.4Optical Brightner0.3kg/t,12%50USD/t0.015
5.2.3Duties & Taxes (Chemical)0%(5.2.1)USD/t0.00
5.2.4domestic transport (Chemicals)kmUSD/km0.00
6Energy Plant53.5%106.55106.55
6.1Electric energy main plant380kWh/t0.12USD/kWh45.60
6.2Electric energy utilities (see 8.)120kWh/t0.12USD/kWh14.40
6.3Heating Energy [GJ/t] for Oil/Gas  Boiler0.576GJ/tUSD/Kwh
6.4Heating Gas Energy for steam   Generator160.00m3/ton0.291USD/kWh46.55
7Utilities1.1%2.092.09
7.1Cooling Water Circulation1.00m3/t0.74USD/m30.74
7.1Chilled Water Circulation1.00m3/t0.74USD/m30.74
7.3Fresh Water1.00m3/t0.62USD/m30.62
7.5NitrogenNm3/t0.19USD/Nm30.00
7.6Compressed Air0.50Nm3/t0.02USD/Nm30.01
7.7Instrument AirNm3/t0.03USD/Nm30.00
7.8Demin. Watert/t1.54USD/t0.000
7.9Waste Waterm³/t0.31USD/m³0.00
10Resin Total production cost (3…7)96.3%199.3199.3
10.1Conversion costs (3, 4, 6, 7)$/USD79.7%158.7158.7
10.2Raw material cost (5)20.3%40.540.5