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CocoFiber - Coir Business

The document discusses the coconut coir industry in the Philippines. It describes the various parts of the coconut that can be used including the husk, fiber, and water. It then outlines the primary and additional products that can be made from coconut coir including ropes, nets, mats, pots, insulation, and doormats. The document discusses the local and international markets for these products and necessary machinery. It also examines considerations for deciding whether there is money to be made in the coconut coir industry including scale of operations, investment requirements, risks, and examples of business plans.

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CocoFiber - Coir Business

The document discusses the coconut coir industry in the Philippines. It describes the various parts of the coconut that can be used including the husk, fiber, and water. It then outlines the primary and additional products that can be made from coconut coir including ropes, nets, mats, pots, insulation, and doormats. The document discusses the local and international markets for these products and necessary machinery. It also examines considerations for deciding whether there is money to be made in the coconut coir industry including scale of operations, investment requirements, risks, and examples of business plans.

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MAY PERA NGA BA SA

BUNOT?
Maitet Diokno, Pilipinas Ecofiber Corporation
Vinzons, Camarines Norte, ika-25 ng Setyembre 2014
Ang sa karamihan ay basura …
... ay MAHALAGA sa amin.
Raw Material: Bunot
Exocarp
Mesocarp
Endocarp
Testa
Meat
Water
Unang Produkto

Coco Coir (30%) at Coco Peat o Dust (70%)


Mga Karagdagang Produkto
 Coco ropes
 Coco nets, coco sacks
 Coco mats (dumaan sa “stitching machine”
 Coco pots and trays (hand molded at maari ring
gamitin ang hot press machine)
 Biologs o “fascines”
 Doormats
 Tufted coir
 Rubberized coir
 Insulation coir
Coir Peat
 Resists fungi & rot;  Absorbs water 8x its
mothproof volume
 Very tough / durable:  Also absorbs odors
breaking strength of and gases
11-16 kilos  Ideal growing medium
 Naturally resists  Especially when
damage by salt water; combined with
the ONLY FIBER that beneficial micro-
can resist sea water. organisms (BMOs)
Dahil dito,
 Kayang suportahan ang
 Livestock raising
 Hortikultura at agrikultura

 Gamitin sa geotechnical engineering at green


architecture
 Gamitin sa paggawa ng mga kama, sofa, sapatos at
iba pa
Mga Merkado
Lokal Ibang Bansa

 Coco peat – Babuyan,  Baled fiber – China


horticulture businesses, PCA
(coconut tree fertilization)
 Coco peat – Korea,
Japan, China, Australia
 Coco nets, biologs –
infra projects ng pamahalaan at  Plant liners – US, Japan
ng pribadong sektor, mining  Coir felt – Korea
company, coal power plants
 Coco trays – US, Korea
 Coco mats – bed/sofa
makers, shoemakers, other  Coco nets – Japan
specialized businesses
Mga Makina’t Teknolohiya

Decorticating Ibang mga Proseso

 Decorticating machine  Twining & Weaving


 Hand twining machines
 Husk crushing  Fiber cleaning
 Screening machines  Hand looms
 Baling press
 Fiber drying
 Stitching Machines
 Cocopeat drying  Stitching plant (needle
 High density baling loom, proportioner, etc.)
 Hot press machine
 Conveyor belts  Tufting machine
Decision Point: Bottom Lines

Pera lang ba?


Paano ang
mga tao?
Paano ang
planeta o
kalikasan?
Decision Point: Scale of Operation
 Supply of husks (50-km radius)
 Minimum level: 10,000 husks a day
 Main product(s), main market(s)
 Isit fiber alone? If it is, watch out for price volatility
and make sure of your break-even price
 Don’t forget to sell the peat

 Financial capacity and constraints


 Cash-intensivebusiness; but main buyer (China) is ready
to make down payment and pay balance upon receipt
of shipping documents
Investment Requirements
 Decorticating
 Machinery & equipment, about PhP1.8 million
 Infrastructure & logistical equipment, at least PhP2M
 Working Capital, from PhP60,000 to >PhP100,000
every week
 Twining and Weaving
 Machinery & Equipment, about PhP500,000
 Warehousing & delivery truck
 Working Capital, from PhP50,000 to PhP200,000
every week
Risks

 Fiber price crash (happened in 2012-2013)


 Demand for fiber and peat much more than you
alone can supply
 Fire (absolutely no smoking in plant)
 Environmental headache for neighbors if peat is not
sold or used & piles up
Risks

 Wet weather (above the norm, no window to dry


fiber or peat)
 Weather disturbance (like El Nino or disease)
affecting nut production, limiting husk supply
 You are sold a bad machine; you are not taught
how to maintain it
 Your buyer doesn’t pay you according to negotiated
terms
Coco Ropes and Nets
Di nangangailan ng malaking kapital; malakas
ang lokal na merkado; mas maraming
mabibigyan ng trabaho; mas mataas ang
halaga
Coco rope making is
mostly home-based work
undertaken through
Hand Twining
twining agents.

PEC
• Sells and distributes
fiber to agents
• After QC of ropes,
pays agents for
ropes

Agents Agents
• Buy ropes from HH • Allocate fiber
• Sell ropes to PEC to twining HH

Twining Households
• Produce ropes
• Sell ropes to agents
Weaving can be
centralized so as to Weaving
ensure quality.
PEC
• Receives P.O. from
buyer, issues P.O. to
Weavers
Association
• Sells ropes to WA
• Buys nets from WA
Associations
Associations
• Allocate weaving
• Sell nets to PEC jobs to members
• Sell unused ropes • Allocate ropes to
to PEC members

Members of WA
• Produce nets
• Meet delivery date
& quality standards
Share in Value Creation

Share in
Product Value 20 sqm
husks 37.80 4.4%
fiber 147.00 17.2%
ropes 366.80 42.8%
nets 780.00 91.0%
Business plan examples
 Export all fiber, use all peat
 Steady dollar income, but price is volatile
 Use of peat should significantly raise farm income
 Export all fiber and peat
 Big volume needed; or find an aggregator who will constantly
buy from you
 Export of peat requires additional investments
 Do value adding of fiber, sell locally
 Simplest value adding: coco ropes and nets
 Use and sell coco peat
 Buy whole nut, separate unit(s) process meat, shell,
water, husks
May pera nga ba sa bunot
 Meron, KUNG
 Alamin at pag-aralan ang negosyo
 Alagaan ang negosyo (pera, tao, planeta)

 Seryosohin ang negosyo

 Magplano nang maayos

 Makilahok ang lahat

 Makibahagi sa isang makatarungang pakikipag-ugnay


sa pamahalaan (all levels) at sa ibang kumpanya sa
industriya
Maraming salamat po

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