COPRA & CNO
Think local
UNCTAD workshop August 27th, 2014
There is a Copra crushing capacity in Vanuatu
VCPL
COPSL
R MONVOISIN
COFELY
2 more coming
15 t/d
120 t/d
?
10 t/d
50 t/d
47 000 t copra/year
28 M l CNO/year
Port Vila
Huilerie tiers
Huilerie
CNO as a fuel: a real local market TODAY
Capacity to run on 100% CNO
11 000 h/an @ 1 000 l/hr
Potential 11 Million l/an
(- 39 000 t CO2/an)
In 2013, CNO as a fuel
3 000 000 l CNO # 2.7 M l DO
17.5% of Unelco Energy
Vanuatu still produces enough copra
16
180,000
14
160,000
140,000
12
120,000
Million l/year
10
100,000
8
80,000
6
60,000
4
40,000
2
20,000
0
0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Export CNO equiv
CNO international (Vatu/t)
Copra represents
Export vs Local market as fuel
100,000
80,000
Exporting
1 t of raw copra
means importing
550 l of Diesel &
300 kg of stockfeed
Vatu/t
60,000
40,000
20,000
10,932
-2,874
0
2010
-20,000
2011
2012
2013
-13,313
-19,679
-40,000
Commercial balance
2014
-31,183
Coprah (vatu/t)
Export vs Local market as fuel
Export of 1 t of copra
Locally crushed copra for local
energy market
590
480
50
Bilan
US$ -110
Bilan
US$ -50
Création de valeur
au Vanuatu
Création de valeur
au Vanuatu
US$ 580
US$ 1040
Main issues
• Why do export dropped despite high international prices ?
• What will happen when actuel coconut trees become senile ?
• How can a farmer access to local copra market ?
• How can we « reserve » copra for local copra market ?
The real benefit