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  • The Dichloropropanol plant is planned to be established in 2023, located in the City of Cilegon, Banten Province, Indonesia. This factory covers an area of ​​5 hectares with a capacity of 50,000 tons per year. The process of making Dichloropropanol is done by reacting glycerol and hydrochloric acid with the help of a catalyst of malonic acid which takes place in a stirred tank reactor type reactor at a temperature of 80oC and a pressure of 1.01 bar with the following reaction: C3H8O3 (l) + HCl (l) C3H6Cl2O (l) + 2 H2O (l) This factory is a company in the form of a Limited Liability Company (PT) with a line and staff organization system, which is led by a managing director with 160 employees. Based on the results of an economic analysis, the Dichloropropanol plant was declared feasible to be established with the following economic analysis: • Investment Cost = US $ 358,211,521.67 • Annual sales results = US $ 590,751,563.11 • Annual production costs = US $ 383,116,102.02 • Net profit per year = US $ 134,963,049.70 • Pay Out time = 3.18 years • Rate of return on investment = 37.68% • Discounted Cash Flow –ROR = 36.86% • Break Even Point = 37.73% • Service Life = 11 years Keywords: Stirred tank reactor, chlorination, dichloropropanol