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  • How much does soybean oil cost?
  • From 1980s to 2010s, based on the reference scale, the unit producing cost increased from $1.60 to $3.04 per 1 kg of soybean oil production due to the changing and increasing value of economic and market conditions.
  • Why is the soybean price a critical factor for hexane extraction?
  • Material cost takes up about 44% of total operating costs in a facility producing 4 million kg of soybean oil and increases to over 90% of total operating costs in 173.22 and 415.73 million kg of soybean oil production facilities. Therefore, the soybean price is concluded as a critical factor for the hexane extraction process. 3.2.2. Utility costs
  • When does soybean oil production make a positive profit?
  • For different scales based on 2010s market estimations, a positive net profit is observed when the capacity is larger than 34.64 million kg of soybean oil production. Positive profits can be obtained when the capacity is scaled up to 86.61 million kg of soybean oil production.
  • What is soybean oil hexane extraction process?
  • Crop preparation (handling), solvent extraction, degumming, desolvenization, and meal processing are main processes of the soybean oil hexane extraction process ( Fig. 1 ). Crop preparation includes oil seed cleaning, cracking, dehulling, conditioning, and flaking.
  • How much soybean oil production is a good return on investment?
  • From the ROI time, the 34.64 million kg of soybean oil production is close to 0%, which indicates this capacity is close to break-even point to earn profits for paying back the total investment. This also indicates when the capacity is larger than the scale, the producing stream starts to earn profits.
  • What is agrarian extractivism in Bolivia?
  • The extraction of the surplus value from the production process and appropriated by a few domestic and multinational companies (value-chain concentration) and the lack of forward and backward linkages in the domestic economy (sectoral disarticulation) represents a significant dimension of agrarian extractivism in Bolivia. (c).