Costs Specification

SAS Output Economydoctor. Beekeeping. taloustohtori.luke.fi/en/ . Data: Luke Profitability bookkeeping results. May 6, 2026
          Production Costs                 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Farms in sample 7-12 7-12 7-12 7-12 7-12 7-12 7-12 7-12 7-12 13-18 13-18 13-18
Beehives 90 87 57 53 52 58 68 68 82 59 59 62
TOTAL PRODUCTION COST 33.344 36.009 16.660 13.970 14.833 17.376 25.625 25.105 22.914 22.529 24.973 22.707
Product expenses 12.466 10.832 5.508 2.592 3.184 3.883 6.271 6.450 5.254 6.058 6.517 5.994
         Purchase of honey 4.113 1.691 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 297 0
         Packaging 630 283 584 148 377 28 155 70 121 145 180 415
         Other product expenses 5,065 6,014 3,443 2,389 2,673 3,498 5,129 4,210 3,027 4,790 4,254 4,070
         Rent of machines 688 9 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
        Fuel 537 577 0 0 83 125 198 532 247 233 223 153
        Other variable costs 1,433 2,259 1,480 56 44 231 789 1,638 1,859 890 1,562 1,352
Animal expenses 1,394 2,137 780 846 961 1,272 1,264 2,091 1,486 1,173 1,924 1,523
        Feeding and medication of bees 1,169 1,619 410 625 763 641 841 1,754 1,266 975 1,465 1,297
        Purchase of bees 225 518 370 222 198 631 423 338 220 198 459 227
Machinery expenses 3,470 3,426 1,464 1,070 863 1,195 2,321 2,064 2,166 1,746 2,153 1,886
        Depreciation of machinery 2,730 3,231 1,439 1,067 826 1,195 1,745 1,514 1,993 1,604 2,045 1,732
        Repair of machinery 739 195 25 3 36 0 577 549 173 142 108 155
Building expenses 1,139 1,353 413 310 310 262 345 444 462 538 512 332
         Depreciation of buildings 1,033 938 413 310 278 262 202 184 452 531 512 332
         Repair of buildings 105 415 0 0 32 0 144 260 10 7 0 0
Other expenses 3,721 2,605 460 2,195 1,867 2,367 3,360 2,391 1,804 1,131 2,471 2,110
        Insurances 959 689 0 80 32 387 494 528 429 303 542 445
        Rents 500 150 0 20 0 138 11 105 38 10 34 132
        Other costs 2,262 1,766 460 2,095 1,835 1,842 2,855 1,758 1,337 818 1,894 1,533
        Other depreciation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cost of labour 9,231 13,793 6,836 6,112 6,930 7,533 10,487 9,813 10,650 10,884 10,022 8,928
        Wages 25 819 33 0 24 65 413 1,201 892 703 500 9
        Wages demand 9,206 12,974 6,803 6,112 6,905 7,468 10,074 8,612 9,758 10,180 9,522 8,919
Interest expenses 1,924 1,862 1,200 844 718 864 1,576 1,851 1,092 999 1,373 1,934
        Financial expenses 177 12 6 4 3 8 463 449 85 63 57 39
        Interest on own capital 1,747 1,850 1,194 840 715 856 1,113 1,402 1,007 936 1,316 1,895