TCO analysis of one of the chemical/Agrochemical intermediate.

1. SHOULD COST MODEL
THIAMETHOXAM
Pushpender Mishra
Pushpenderm7@gmail.com

2. REACTION INVOLVED
Patent Number: WO2015180585A1/en
Application filed by Rotam Agrochem International Company Limited

3. SHOULD COST MODEL- THIAMETHOXAM
Raw Materials / Feedstocks
Volume
(in Kg)
Mol Weight Moles
Normalized
Coefficient
Unit
price/Kg
Adjusted
Price/kg
3-methyl-N-nitro- 1,3,5,oxadiazinan-4-imine 47.5 160 0.297 0.55 $ 3.53 $ 1.95
Dimethyl sulfoxide 350 78 4.487 4.08 $ 1.23 $ 5.02
2-chloro-5-chloromethyl thiazole 50 168 0.298 0.58 $ 6.72 $ 3.92
Potassium Carbonate 82 138 0.594 0.96 $ 0.90 $ 0.86
32%hydrochloric acid 11 36.5 0.297 0.13 $ 0.10 $ 0.01
Triethyl benzyl ammonium chloride 68 228 0.297 0.79 $ 4.28 $ 3.38
Dichloromethane (DCM) 50 85 0.594 0.59 $ 0.84 $ 0.49
Thiamethoxam Raw Material Cost 86 289 0.297 1.00 $ 15.14
Financial Analysis of Bharat Rasayan
Ltd.
Actual
(in lakhs)
Percentage
conversion
Raw Materials
₹78,999.72
69%
Utilities
₹2,508.00
2%
Labour
₹6,908.69
6%
Depreciation
₹2,194.06
2%
Margins
₹15,764.19
14%
Other Overheads
₹7,767.61
7%
Total ₹1,14,142 100%

4. FINAL COST ANALYSIS
Thiamethoxam TC Cost Break-down: 2021 100% $ 21.87/Kg
Raw Materials 69% $ 15.14
Utilities 2% $ 0.48
Labour 6% $ 1.32
Depreciation 2% $ 0.42
Other Overheads & Margins 21% $ 4.51
69%
2%
6%
2%
21%
-20%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
0 2 4 6
Thiamethoxam TC Cost Structure:
2021 Raw Materials
Utilities
Labour
Depreciation