Table 6.

Annual operating and production costs

	Conventional		Enzymatic
	Material flow	Annual cost	Material flow	Annual cost
	Metric ton/year	(US$x1000)/year	Metric ton/year	(US$x1000)/year
Operating costs
Raw materials
Corn – kg	839,520	111,018	839,520	111,018
Enzyme				1,440
Other raw materials		396		418
Depreciation		7,933		7,494
Facility related costs		3,467		3,275
Utilities		12,550		12,508
Operations labor		1,980		1,980
Total operating costs		137,344		138,134
Co-product credits
Corn gluten meal	48,090	19,255	49,788	19,696
Corn gluten feed	150,439	12,071	143,216	11,414
Corn germ	55,684	16,482	57,117	16,855
Total co-product credits		47,808		47,965
Annual starch production1	463,150	89,536	466,632	90,169
Unit starch production cost ($/kg)		$0.19332		$0.19323

¹ Dry basis