Estudio de factibilidad para la creación de una empresa de producción y comercialización de teca como una alternativa de inversión en la provincia de Orellana

Abstract

This feasibility study for Teak wood production and marketing enterprise creation in Orellana Province has been developed in order to demonstrate the economic, financial and social viability that this enterprise will generate. After the market study application: the Production Technical Study was designed, the project costs, expenses and incomes were determined, the research finished with the Economic – Financial evaluation, data provided by publications of the Ecuadorian Association for Teak wood and Tropical Timber producers about production and plantation conditions was used, financial indicators were applied with the following results: NPV 2,070,810.51 USD and an internal rate of return (IRR) of 15.33% from a brief and financial point of view a very low rate of return is considered but it has to be considered that the first years negative cash flows are obtained since the total investment is recovered in the long term, however when analyzing the Benefit / Cost, an amount of 3.44 USD is gained, this data shows that the projects is very profitable because the greatest benefits are within 20 years, when the plantations total cut is made, in that moment the investment is 1,549,963, with an own contribution to capital (partners). This project application is recommended, since it proved to be feasible, and it will contribute positively to the productive, economic and social development of the Orellana Province.