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

 Burley leaf and strip (including threshing), 1966/67 and estimated 1968 1/ 



1966/67 cost 



Item 



Leaf 



Strip 



Estimated 1968 cost 2/ 



Leaf * Strip 



: Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars 

 Salaries: : 



Executive : 0.4178 0.6389 0.4484 0.6866 



Superintendent : .0904 .1199 .0974 .1289 



Foremen, engineers, mechanics .: .1829 .3440 .2034 .3855 



Clerical : .2405 .5258 .2625 .5762 



Quality control : .0084 .0964 .0095 .1112 



Wages: : 



Drayage and shipping : .1643 .2251 .1965 .2592 



Receiving : .2954 .4966 .3385 .5731 



Redrying- -bundle : 1.2345 --- 1.4488 



strip : -— 2.6524 — 3.0547 



Packing : .4140 .5103 .5069 .5825 



Coopering : .1210 .1438 .1442 .1523 



Maintenance : .1837 .3469 .2107 .3944 



Utilities ! .2460 .3794 .2517 .3882 



Office supplies : .0130 .0148 .0135 .0153 



Repairs and maintenance : .1470 .4782 .1529 .4972 







Hogshead material : .8472 .7646 .8902 .8034 



Other operating expenses : .2480 .2766 .2480 .2766 



Interest : .0884 .1452 .0984 .1606 



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Trucking cost : .1832 .2677 .1891 .2763 



Basket rent : .0121 .0146 .0121 .0146 



Total variable costs : 5.1378 8.4412 5.7227 9.3368 



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. 



