Proyecto de factibilidad para la implementación de una planta procesadora de licor de cacao en la Empresa “Agroexportadora Manobanda S.A”, en el cantón Quevedo, provincia de los Ríos, para el año 2013

Abstract

This is a feasibility Project for the Implementation of a cocoa Liquor Processing Plant in the Company “AGROEXPORTADORA MANOBANDA S.A.” in the city of Quevedo, Los Rios Province for the year 2013. The Company AGROEXPORTADORA MANOBANDA S.A. is located at 1 km on the way to Valencia in Quevedo, Los Ríos Province. It carries out international business with national cocoa beans. Because of its great production, AGROEXPORTADORA MANOBANDA S.A. offers an elaborated product made up these cocoa beans improving this way production prices. Currently, Ecuador does not have enterprises that totally dedicate their business to the industrialization of this liquor which will be a product of great quality with value added. This project´s main objective is to demonstrate its feasibility when implementing a Cocoa Liquor Processing Plant in the Company AGROEXPORTADORA MANOBANDA S.A. in the city of Quevedo, Los Ríos Province. The market study was done in order to indentify the target market which is the city of Quevedo. It is the city where supply and demand are compared as well as the technical study, and finally the financial indexes which show that the project is feasible. AGROEXPORTADORA MANOBANDA S.A. tries to meet the needs the unsatisfied demand of its customers. Finally, a detailed analysis has been done among NPV1 (Net Present Value), NPV2 (cost of opportunity), and IRR (Internal Rate of Return) which is equivalent to 59.94%; as a conclusion, it can be determined that the project is profitable from a financial point of view. The cost-benefit analysis measures the profit obtained per each capital unit invested; it means it measures the profit that the project generates per each dollar invested. The B/C result yields USD 1.46. This represents an important activity that is not only good economically, but it also contributes to unemployment decrease in the city.