Table 6. --Variable costs per hundredweight for machine redrying and 

 packing dark air-cured and fire-cured tobaccos, 1966/67 and estimated 1968 1/ 



Item 



1966/67 



Cost 



Estimated 1968 2/ 



Salaries: 



Executive 



Superintendent 



Foremen, engineers, mechanics 



Clerical 



Quality control 



Wages: 



Drayage and shipping 



Receiving 



Redrying 



Packing 



Coopering 



Maintenance 



Utilities 



Office supplies , 



Repairs and maintenance , 



Hogshead material , 



Other operating expenses , 



Interest 



Trucking cost 



Total variable costs 



D< 



Dllars 







.3276 





.2517 





.2007 





.2634 



.1125 

 .3399 

 1.2510 

 .4155 

 .0850 

 .1750 



.2149 

 .0946 

 .1690 

 .5887 

 .2603 

 .0858 

 .1529 



Dollars 



0.3556 

 .2749 

 .2259 

 .2931 



.1369 

 .4152 

 1.5216 

 .4972 

 .0955 

 .2042 



.2199 



.0980 

 .1757 

 .6185 

 .2603 

 .0971 

 .1578 



4.9885 



5.6474 



1/ Costs given for redried weight. 



_2/ Wage costs were updated to reflect 1968 minimum wages. Salaries were 

 updated to reflect 2 years' change from survey period. Other costs were updated 

 to reflect price changes to January 1968. 



