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It can be used in diesel engines with little or no modification and is often blended with petroleum diesel. In this paper, as part of the economic analysis, an analysis of the cost price of the production of a unit of biodiesel products is given. It is shown which parameters affect the cost price of the unit of the product produced in the biodiesel production plant. Analyzed biodiesel plant is in Skopje in North Macedonia with a projected capacity of 20,000 tons of biodiesel per year. Also, a comparative analysis of different cases was done: the case where during the design and implementation of the production plant the capacity of the production plant would be increased to the level of 25,000 tons of produced biodiesel, as well as to the level of 30,000 tons of produced biodiesel. It was also shown how the use a sufficient level of soybean oil would affect on the cost price of the unit of the biodiesel product. All the data that are used in this research are obtained based on the actual data of this biodiesel plant. biodiesel oilseed rape cost price Full Text Additional Declarations The authors declare no competing interests. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 2 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Show more versions Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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