Joint stock company Grobina provided earnings guidance for the year 2012. The company reported there is a difference more than 10 %, because the actual profit of 2012 was LVL 464,196, or it was about 225% higher than the planned LVL 101, 991. The main reasons for the earnings increase were following: There were realized 68,760 mink skins in total, or for 4,369 skins 6.8% more than planned 64,391 skins; The sales price had increased.

The average mink skin price on year 2012 was 31.88 LVL/piece, or for 3.96 LVL 14.2% more than the planned 27.92 LVL/piece; The production costs were decreased. The average production costs for one realized skin on year 2012 was LVL 20.64 or for 1.86 LVL 8.27% less than the earlier planned 22.5 LVL/piece.