Agri Businesses Benchmarking Survey 2007

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Agricultural Business Chamber continuously try to inform and assist agri businesses in new and creative ways in order to tackle the challenges in the international and local agri business environment effectively. The PricewaterhouseCoopers Benchmarking Survey is one of the most important initiatives in this regard. This survey offers industry role-players the opportunity to compare their activities among themselves. The primary aim of this document is to provide comparable data to agri businesses in order to support decision-making in the process of ongoing improvement.

Areas covered in the survey include:

Asset turnover rate;
Net profit composition
Return on assets
Net profit percentage
Gross profit percentage
Interest coverage
Silo utilisation
Silo tariffs; and
Directors’ remuneration
Balance sheet structure
Methodology

Contacts

Kobie Bekker: Partner; Worcester; Tel: +27 23 347 0941

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