The economic viability of the Eucalypitus production in Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

This study aims to analyse the economic viability of the Eucalypitus production in Rio Grande do Sul, under different commercialization channels. The study is based (benchmark) on the cost structure of Aracruz (2005). These data were compared with Emater/RS (2005), and complemented with the ones from Empoflor. After obtaining the results for costs we computed the Net Discounted Value and the Net General Discounted Value for the energy, cellulose, sawmill, and blader channels for a range of distance that goes from 50 to 400 Km between the producer and the consumer. In order to determine the general productivity we used the SisEucalipto software for the simulation of productivity under different densities, hews, and turnover (rotation) periods. The results indicate that production of Eucalyptus aiming at power generation is not economic feasible for all distances within the defined range. The production of Eucalyptus for application in cellulose is economically feasible only to distances up to 50 km from the mill. Finally, when aimed to sawmill and blader the economic viability of Eucalyptus production is achieved up to a distance of 350 Km.