UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 

 
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
x
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013
OR
¨
TRANSACTION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from ___________________________ to ________________________
 
Commission file number:  000-54191
 
SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Nevada
 
33-1219070
(State of Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
Organization)
 
 
 
 
 
Room 3801, Block A, China Shine Plaza
 
 
No. 9 Lin He Xi Road
 
 
Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, P.R.C.
 
510610
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
(860) 20 22057860
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
Copies to:
Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
61 Broadway, 32nd Floor
New York, NY10006
Attn: Marc Ross, Esq.
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” "non-accelerated filer" and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller reporting company
x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x
 
As of October 31, 2013, there were 129,952,043 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding.
 
 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
Page
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1.
Financial Statements
F-1
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Plan of Operations
Item 3. 
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 
70
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
70
 
 
 
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
70
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
70
Item 2.
Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
70
Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
71
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
71
Item 5.
Other Information
71
Item 6.
Exhibits
71
SIGNATURES
 
72
 
 
2

 
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
SINO AGRO FOOD, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT
 
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
 
 
F - 1

 
SINO AGRO FOOD, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
INDEX TO QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT
   
 
PAGE
 
 
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
F - 3
 
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
F - 4
 
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
F - 5
 
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
F - 6  - F - 41
 
 
F - 2

 
SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS 
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31,  2012
 
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Audited)
 
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
9,588,415
 
$
8,424,265
 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts
 
 
59,690,624
 
 
52,948,350
 
Inventories
 
 
17,933,503
 
 
17,114,755
 
Cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts
 
 
1,759,821
 
 
2,336,880
 
Deposits and prepaid expenses
 
 
84,856,620
 
 
47,308,857
 
Other receivables
 
 
9,617,650
 
 
5,954,248
 
Total current assets
 
 
183,446,633
 
 
134,087,355
 
Property and equipment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation
 
 
37,984,694
 
 
19,946,302
 
Construction in progress
 
 
41,579,898
 
 
24,492,510
 
Land use rights, net of accumulated amortization
 
 
56,253,797
 
 
55,733,246
 
Total property and equipment
 
 
135,818,389
 
 
100,172,058
 
Other assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goodwill
 
 
724,940
 
 
724,940
 
Proprietary technologies, net of accumulated amortization
 
 
7,813,958
 
 
8,114,624
 
License rights
 
 
1
 
 
1
 
Total other assets
 
 
8,538,899
 
 
8,839,565
 
Total assets
 
$
327,803,921
 
$
243,098,978
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
$
8,231,077
 
$
5,762,643
 
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
 
 
2,413,455
 
 
2,790,084
 
Due to a director
 
 
4,989,134
 
 
3,345,803
 
Dividends payable
 
 
-
 
 
951,308
 
Other payables
 
 
10,824,617
 
 
6,654,478
 
Short term bank loan
 
 
2,439,818
 
 
3,181,927
 
 
 
 
28,898,101
 
 
22,686,243
 
Non-current liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deferred dividends payable
 
 
3,146,987
 
 
3,146,987
 
Bonds payable
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
Long term debts
 
 
178,920
 
 
175,006
 
 
 
 
3,325,907
 
 
3,321,993
 
Commitments and contingencies
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Stockholders' equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preferred stock: $0.001 par value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(10,000,000 shares authorized, 0 share issued and outstanding
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Series A preferred stock: $0.001 par value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(100 shares designated, 100 shares issued and outstanding
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively)
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
Series B convertible preferred stock: $0.001 par value)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(10,000,000 shares designated, 7,000,000 and 10,000,000 shares issued and
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
outstanding) as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively)
 
 
7,000
 
 
10,000
 
Series F Non-convertible preferred stock: $0.001 par value)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1,000,000 shares designated, 0 shares issued and outstanding)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively)
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Common stock: $0.001 par value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(130,000,000 shares authorized, 128,563,766 and 100,004,850 shares issued
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
and oustanding as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively)
 
 
128,564
 
 
100,005
 
Additional paid - in capital
 
 
103,906,407
 
 
91,216,428
 
Retained earnings
 
 
153,326,794
 
 
103,864,308
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
 
 
5,795,406
 
 
3,868,274
 
Treasury stock
 
 
(1,250,000)
 
 
(1,250,000)
 
Total Sino Agro Food, Inc. and subsidiaries stockholders' equity
 
 
261,914,171
 
 
197,809,015
 
Non - controlling interest
 
 
32,690,742
 
 
19,281,727
 
Total stockholders' equity
 
 
294,604,913
 
 
217,090,742
 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
 
$
326,828,921
 
$
243,098,978
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
 
F - 3

 
SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME  
 
 
 
Three
 
Three
 
Nine
 
Nine
 
 
 
months ended
 
months ended
 
months ended
 
months ended
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
September 30, 2012
 
September 30, 2013
 
September 30, 2012
 
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
$
70,707,697
 
$
48,350,688
 
$
180,215,777
 
$
89,678,991
 
Cost of goods sold
 
 
44,584,572
 
 
22,597,854
 
 
113,179,388
 
 
42,354,317
 
Gross profit
 
 
26,123,125
 
 
25,752,834
 
 
67,036,389
 
 
47,324,674
 
General and administrative expenses
 
 
(2,026,989)
 
 
(1,317,759)
 
 
(5,840,681)
 
 
(6,275,758)
 
Net income from operations
 
 
24,096,136
 
 
24,435,075
 
 
61,195,708
 
 
41,048,916
 
Other income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Government grant
 
 
343,481
 
 
3,312
 
 
423,240
 
 
82,164
 
Other income
 
 
41,264
 
 
127,551
 
 
107,171
 
 
564,749
 
Gain on extinguishment of debts
 
 
160,997
 
 
641,831
 
 
1,212,010
 
 
1,459,343
 
Interest expense
 
 
(286,376)
 
 
(5,630)
 
 
(398,386)
 
 
(5,630)
 
Net income
 
 
259,366
 
 
767,064
 
 
1,344,035
 
 
2,100,626
 
Net income before income taxes
 
 
24,355,502
 
 
25,202,139
 
 
62,539,743
 
 
43,149,542
 
Provision for income taxes
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Net income
 
 
24,355,502
 
 
25,202,139
 
 
62,539,743
 
 
43,149,542
 
Less: Net (income) loss attributable
   to the non - controlling interest
 
 
(5,602,728)
 
 
(2,476,834)
 
 
(13,077,257)
 
 
(4,462,754)
 
Net income from continuing
    operations attributable to
    Sino Agro Food, Inc. and
    subsidiaries
 
 
18,752,774
 
 
22,725,305
 
 
49,462,486
 
 
38,686,788
 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation gain
 
 
822,349
 
 
(545,616)
 
 
2,258,890
 
 
1,095
 
Comprehensive income
 
 
19,575,123
 
 
22,179,689
 
 
51,721,376
 
 
38,687,883
 
Less: other comprehensive
     (income) loss attributable to
     the non - controlling interest
 
 
(165,987)
 
 
186,885
 
 
(331,758)
 
 
55,675
 
Comprehensive income attributable to
    Sino Agro Food, Inc. and subsidiaries
 
$
19,409,136
 
$
22,366,574
 
$
51,389,618
 
$
38,743,558
 
Dividend
 
$
-
 
$
3,125,661
 
$
-
 
$
3,125,661
 
Earnings per share attributable to
    Sino Agro Food, Inc. and
    subsidiaries common
    stockholders:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$
0.15
 
$
0.27
 
$
0.43
 
$
0.51
 
Diluted
 
$
0.15
 
$
0.25
 
$
0.40
 
$
0.47
 
Weighted average number of
     shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
 
122,057,655
 
 
84,475,977
 
 
115,580,104
 
 
75,676,204
 
Diluted
 
 
129,057,655
 
 
91,475,977
 
 
123,525,159
 
 
82,676,204
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
 
F - 4

 
SINO AGRO FOOD, INC. 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS 
 
 
 
Nine months ended
 
Nine months ended
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
September 30, 2012
 
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
Cash flows from operating activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
 
$
62,539,743
 
$
38,686,788
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation
 
 
995,408
 
 
320,519
 
Amortization
 
 
1,469,457
 
 
1,826,424
 
Common stock issued for services
 
 
271,800
 
 
2,139,057
 
Gain on extinguishment of debts
 
 
(1,212,010)
 
 
(1,459,343)
 
Other amortized expenses
 
 
14,152
 
 
-
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Increase in inventories
 
 
(818,748)
 
 
(7,458,736)
 
Decrease (increase) in cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contacts
 
 
577,059
 
 
(1,973,803)
 
Increase in accounts receivable
 
 
(6,742,274)
 
 
(26,411,798)
 
Increase in deposits and prepaid expenses
 
 
(37,090,703)
 
 
(18,172,533)
 
(Increase) decrease in other receivables
 
 
(3,623,402)
 
 
1,755,926
 
Increase in due to a director
 
 
1,640,331
 
 
13,966,356
 
Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
 
2,468,434
 
 
852,493
 
(Decrease) increase in billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
 
 
(376,629)
 
 
3,236,306
 
Decrease in amount due to related parties
 
 
-
 
 
(867,413)
 
Decrease in amount due from related parties
 
 
-
 
 
3,000,000
 
Increase in other payables
 
 
17,952,791
 
 
850,877
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
 
38,065,409
 
 
10,291,120
 
Cash flows from investing activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acquisition of property and equipment
 
 
(4,188,660)
 
 
(2,527,245)
 
Acquisition of proprietary technologies
 
 
-
 
 
(1,500,000)
 
Acquisition of land use rights
 
 
(489,904)
 
 
-
 
Business combination of a subsidiary
 
 
-
 
 
(2,499,184)
 
Payment for construction in progress
 
 
(31,494,031)
 
 
(2,317,082)
 
Net cash used in investing activities
 
 
(36,172,595)
 
 
(8,843,511)
 
Cash flows from financing activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short term bank loan raised
 
 
-
 
 
1,577,038
 
Short term bank loan repaid
 
 
(742,109)
 
 
 
 
Non - controlling interest contribution
 
 
-
 
 
2,993,186
 
Net proceeds of bonds
 
 
339,884
 
 
-
 
Dividends paid
 
 
(951,308)
 
 
(134,631)
 
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
 
 
(1,353,533)
 
 
4,435,593
 
Effects on exchange rate changes on cash
 
 
624,869
 
 
(1,859,527)
 
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
 
 
1,164,150
 
 
4,023,675
 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
 
 
8,424,265
 
 
1,387,908
 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
 
 
9,588,415
 
 
5,411,583
 
Supplementary disclosures of cash flow information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash paid for interest
 
$
398,386
 
$
5,630
 
Cash paid for income taxes
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Non - cash transactions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock issued for settlement of debts
 
$
13,782,651
 
$
14,683,489
 
Common stock issued for services and compensation
 
$
133,744
 
$
357,870
 
Disposal proceeds receivable of sales of subsidiaries, HYT and ZX
 
$
-
 
$
2,386,233
 
Transfer construction in progress to property, plant and equipment
 
$
14,406,643
 
$
4,478,667
 
Series B Convertible preferred shares cancelled
 
$
(3,000)
 
$
-
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
 
F - 5

 
SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
1.
CORPORATE INFORMATION
 
Sino Agro Food, Inc. (the “Company” or “SIAF”) (formerly known as Volcanic Gold, Inc. and A Power Agro Agriculture Development, Inc.) was incorporated on October 1, 1974 in the State of Nevada.
 
The Company was engaged in the mining and exploration business but ceased its mining and exploring business on October 14, 2005. On August 24, 2007, the Company entered into a Merger and Acquisition Agreement with Capital Award Inc., a Belize corporation (“CA”) and its subsidiaries Capital Stage Inc. (“CS”) and Capital Hero Inc. (“CH”). Effective the same date, CA completed a reverse merger transaction with SIAF. SIAF acquired all the outstanding common stock of CA from Capital Adventure, a shareholder of CA, for 32,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
 
On August 24, 2007 the Company changed its name from Volcanic Gold, Inc. to A Power Agro Agriculture Development, Inc. On December 8, 2007, the Company changed its name to Sino Agro Food, Inc.
 
On September 5, 2007, the Company acquired three existing businesses in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”):
 
 
(a)
Hang Yu Tai Investment Limited (“HYT”), a company incorporated in Macau, the owner of a 78% equity interest in ZhongXingNongMu Ltd (“ZX”), a company incorporated in the PRC;
 
 
 
 
(b)
Tri-way Industries Limited (“TRW”), a company incorporated in Hong Kong;
 
 
 
 
(c)
Macau Eiji Company Limited (“MEIJI”), a company incorporated in Macau, the owner of 75% equity interest in Enping City Juntang Town Hang Sing Tai Agriculture Co. Ltd. (“HST”), a PRC corporate Sino-Foreign joint venture. HST was dissolved in 2010.
 
On November 27, 2007, MEIJI and HST established a corporate Sino - Foreign joint venture, Jiang Men City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd. (“JHST”), a company incorporated in the PRC with MEIJI owning a 75% interest and HST owning a 25% interest.
 
On November 26, 2008, SIAF established Pretty Mountain Holdings Limited (“PMH”), a company incorporated in Hong Kong with an 80% equity interest. On May 25, 2009, PMH formed a corporate Sino-Foreign joint venture, Qinghai Sanjiang A Power Agriculture Co. Ltd. (“SJAP”), incorporated in the PRC, of which PMH owns a 45% equity interest. At the time, the remaining 55% equity interest in SJAP was owned by the following entities:
 
 
Qinghai Province Sanjiang Group Company Limited (English translation) (“Qinghai Sanjiang”), a company owned by the PRC with major business activities in the agriculture industry; and
 
 
 
 
Guangzhou City Garwor Company Limited (English translation) (“Garwor”), a private limited company incorporated in the PRC, specializing in sales and marketing.
 
SJAP is engaged in the business of manufacturing bio-organic fertilizer, livestock feed and development of other agriculture projects in the County of Huangyuan, in the vicinity of the Xining City, Qinghai Province, PRC.
 
In September 2009, the Company carried out an internal reorganization of its corporate structure and business, and formed a 100% owned subsidiary, A Power Agro Agriculture Development (Macau) Limited (“APWAM”), which was formed in Macau. APWAM then acquired PMH’s 45% equity interest in SJAP. By virtue of the acquisition, APWAM assumed all obligations and liabilities of PMH under the Sino Foreign Joint Venture Agreement. On May 7, 2010, Qinghai Sanjiang sold and transferred its equity interest in SJAP to Garwor. The State Administration for Industry and Commerce of Xining City Government of the PRC approved the sale and transfer. As a result, APWAM owned 45% of SJAP and Garwor owned the remaining 55%. This remains the case as of the date of this quarterly report (the “Report”).
 
On September 9, 2010, an application was submitted by the Company to the Companies Registry of Hong Kong for deregistration of PMH under Section 291AA of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance. On January 28, 2011, PMH was dissolved.
 
 
F - 6

 
SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
1.
CORPORATE INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
 
The Company applied to form Enping City Bi Tao A Power Prawn Culture Development Co. Limited (“EBAPCD”), in which the Company would indirectly own a 25% equity interest on February 28, 2011.
 
On February 28, 2011, TRW applied to form a corporate joint venture, Enping City Bi Tao A Power Fishery Development Co., Limited (“EBAPFD”), incorporated in the PRC. TRW owned a 25% equity interest in EBAPFD. On November 17, 2011, TRW formed Jiang Men City A Power Fishery Development Co., Limited (“JFD”) in which it acquired a 25% equity interest, while withdrawing its 25% equity interest in EBAPFD. As of December 31, 2011, the Company had invested $1,258,607 in JFD. JFD operates an indoor fish farm. On January 1, 2012, the Company acquired an additional 25% equity interest in JFD for total cash consideration of $1,662,365. As of January 1, 2012, the Company had consolidated the assets and operations of JFD. On April 1, 2012, the Company acquired an additional 25% equity interest in JFD for the amount of $1,702,580. The Company presently owns a 75% equity interest in JFD, representing majority of voting rights and controls its board of directors.
 
On April 15, 2011, MEIJI applied to form Enping City A Power Cattle Farm Co., Limited (“ECF”), all of which the Company would indirectly own a 25% equity interest in on November 17, 2011. On January 1, 2012, the Company had invested $1,076,489 in ECF. On September 17, 2012 MEIJI formed Jiang Men City Hang Mei Cattle Farm Development Co., Limited (“JHMC”) and acquired additional 50% equity interest for $2,944,176 on September 30, 2012 while withdrawing its 25% equity interest in ECF. The Company presently owns 75% equity interest in JHMC, representing majority of voting right and controls its board of directors. As of September 30, 2012, the Company had consolidated the assets and operations of JHMC. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, MEIJI further invested $400,000 in JHMC, respectively.
 
On July 18, 2011, the Company formed Hunan Shenghua A Power Agriculture Co., Limited (“HSA”), in which the Company owns a 26% equity interest, and SJAP owns a 50% equity interest with the Chinese partner owning the remaining 24%. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, MEIJI and SJAP further invested $280,000 and $719,100 in HSA, respectively.
 
The Company’s principal executive office is located at Room 3801, Block A, China Shine Plaza, No. 9 Lin He Xi Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, PRC, 510610.
 
The nature of the operations and principal activities of the Company and its subsidiaries are described in Note 2.2.

2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
2.1
FISCAL YEAR
 
The Company has adopted December 31 as its fiscal year end.
 
 
F - 7

 
SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
2.2
REPORTING ENTITY
 
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the following entities:
 
Name of subsidiaries
 
Place of incorporation
 
Percentage of interest
 
Principal activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital Award Inc. ("CA")
 
Belize
 
100% (12.31.2012: 100%) directly
 
Fishery development and holder of A-Power Technology master license.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital Stage Inc. ("CS")
 
Belize
 
100% (12.31.2012:100%) indirectly
 
Dormant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital Hero Inc. ("CH")
 
Belize
 
100% (12.31.2012:100%) indirectly
 
Dormant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tri-way Industries Limited ("TRW")
 
Hong Kong, PRC
 
100% (12.31.2012: 100%) directly
 
Investment holding, holder of enzyme technology master license for manufacturing of livestock feed and bio-organic fertilizer  and has not commenced its planned business of fish farm operations.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Macau Meiji Limited ("MEIJI")
 
Macau, PRC
 
100% (12.31.2012: 100%) directly
 
Investment holding, cattle farm development, beef cattle and beef trading
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A Power Agro Agriculture Development (Macau) Limited ("APWAM")
 
Macau, PRC
 
100% (12.31.2012: 100%) directly
 
Investment holding
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
Jiang Men City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd ("JHST")
 
PRC
 
75% (12.31.2012: 75%) directly
 
Hylocereus Undatus Plantation ("HU Plantation"). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jiang Men City A Power Fishery Development Co., Limited ("JFD")
 
PRC
 
75% (12.31.2012: 75%) indirectly
 
Fish cultivation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jiang Men City Hang Mei Cattle Farm Development Co., Limited ("JHMC")
 
PRC
 
75% (31.12.2012: 75%) indirectly
 
Beef cattle cultivation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hunan Shenghua A Power Agriculture Co., Limited ("HSA")
 
PRC
 
26% directly and 50% indirectly (12.31.2012: 26% directly and 50% indirectly)
 
Manufacturing of organic fertilizer, livestock feed, and beef cattle and sheep cultivation, and plantation of crops and pastures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Name of variable interest entity
 
Place of incorporation
 
Percentage of interest
 
Principal activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Qinghai Sanjiang A Power Agriculture Co., Ltd ("SJAP")
 
PRC
 
45% (12.31.2012: 45%) indirectly
 
Manufacturing of organic fertilizer, livestock feed, and beef cattle and plantation of crops and pastures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Name of unconsolidated equity investee
 
Place of incorporation
 
Percentage of interest
 
Principal activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Enping City Bi Tao A Power Prawn Culture Development Co., Limited ("EBAPCD") (pending approval)
 
PRC
 
25% (12.31.2012: 25% indirectly)
 
Prawn cultivation
  
 
F - 8

 
SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
2.3
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
 
The consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).
 
Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year. The information included in this interim report should be read in conjunction with the information included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.
 
2.4
BASIS OF CONSOLIDATION
 
The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its subsidiaries CA, CS, CH, TRW, MEIJI, JHST, JFD, JHMC, HSA and APWAM and its variable interest entity SJAP. All material inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
SIAF, CA, CS, CH, TRW, MEIJI, JHST, JFD, JHMC, HSA, APWAM and SJAP are hereafter referred to as (“the Company”).
 
2.5
BUSINESS COMBINATION
 
The Company adopted the accounting pronouncements relating to business combination (primarily contained in ASC Topic 805 “Business Combinations”), including assets acquired and liabilities assumed on arising from contingencies. These pronouncements established principles and requirement for how the acquirer of a business recognizes and measures in its financial statements he identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquisition as well as provides guidance for recognizing and measuring the goodwill acquired in the business combination and determines what information to disclose to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business combination. In addition, these pronouncements eliminate the distinction between contractual and non-contractual contingencies, including the initial recognition and measurement criteria and require an acquirer to develop a systematic and rational basis for subsequently measuring and accounting for acquired contingencies depending on their nature. The Company’s adoption of these pronouncements will have an impact on the manner in which it accounts for any future acquisitions.
 
2.6
NON - CONTROLLING INTEREST IN CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
The Company adopted the accounting pronouncement on non-controlling interests in consolidated financial statements, which establishes accounting and reporting standards for the non-controlling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. This guidance is primarily contained in ASC Topic “Consolidation.” It clarifies that a non-controlling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated financial statements. The adoption of this standard has not had material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
2.7
USE OF ESTIMATES
 
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make assumptions and estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods covered thereby. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Judgments and estimates of uncertainties are required in applying the Company’s accounting policies in certain areas. The following are some of the areas requiring significant judgments and estimates: determinations of the useful lives of assets, estimates of allowances for doubtful accounts, cash flow and valuation assumptions in performing asset impairment tests of long-lived assets, estimates of the realization of deferred tax assets and inventory reserves.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
 
2.8
REVENUE RECOGNITION
 
The Company’s revenue recognition policies are in compliance with ASC 605. Sales revenue is recognized when all of the following have occurred: (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, (iii) the price is fixed or determinable, and (iv) the ability to collect is reasonably assured. These criteria are generally satisfied at the time of shipment when risk of loss and title passes to the customer.
 
License fee income is recognized on the accrual basis in accordance with the agreements.
 
Government grants are recognized when (i) the Company has substantially accomplished what must be done pursuant to the terms of the grant that are established by the local government; and (ii) the Company receives notification from the local government that the Company has satisfied all of the requirements to receive the government grants; and (iii) the amounts are received.
 
Revenues from the Company's fishery development services contracts are performed under fixed-price contracts. Revenues under long-term contracts are accounted for under the percentage-of-completion method of accounting in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 605, Revenue Recognition (“ASC 605”). Under the percentage-of-completion method, the Company estimates profit as the difference between total estimated revenue and total estimated cost of a contract and recognizes that profit over the contract term. The percentage of costs incurred determines the amount of revenue to be recognized. Payment terms are generally defined by the installation contract and as a result may not match the timing of the costs incurred by the Company and the related recognition of revenue. Such differences are recorded as either costs or estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts or billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts. The Company determines a customer’s credit worthiness at the time an order is accepted. Sudden and unexpected changes in a customer’s financial condition could put recoverability at risk.
 
The percentage of completion method requires the ability to estimate several factors, including the ability of the customer to meet its obligations under the contract, including the payment of amounts when due. If the Company determines that collectability is not assured, the Company will defer revenue recognition and use methods of accounting for the contract such as the completed contract method until such time as the Company determines that collectability is reasonably assured or through the completion of the project.
 
For fixed-price contracts, the Company uses the ratio of costs incurred to date on the contract to management's estimate of the contract's total costs, to determine the percentage of completion on each contract. This method is used as management considers expended costs to be the best available measure of progression of these contracts. Contract costs include all direct material, subcontract and labor costs and those indirect costs related to contract performance, such as supplies, tool repairs and depreciation. The Company accounts for maintenance and repair services under the guidance of ASC 605 as the services provided relate to construction work. Contract costs incurred to date and expected total contract costs are continuously monitored during the term of the contract. Changes in job performance, job conditions, and estimated profitability arising from contract penalty, change orders and final contract settlements may result in revisions to the estimated profit ability during the contract. These changes, which include contracts with estimated costs in excess of estimated revenues, are recognized as contract costs in the period in which the revisions are determined. Profit incentives are included in revenues when their realization is reasonably assured. At the point the Company anticipates a loss on a contract, the Company estimates the ultimate loss through completion and recognizes that loss in the period in which the loss was identified.
 
The Company’s fishery development consultancy services revenues are recognized when the relevant services are rendered to a buyer.
 
The Company does not provide warranties to customers on a basis customary to the industry, however, customers can claim warranty directly from product manufacturers for defects in equipment or products. Historically, the Company has experienced no warranty claims.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
2.9
COST OF GOODS SOLD
  
Cost of goods sold consists primarily of direct purchase cost of merchandise goods, and related levies.
 
2.10
SHIPPING AND HANDLING
 
Shipping and handling costs related to cost of goods sold are included in general and administrative expenses, which totaled $6,158, $75,333, $18,640 and $77,478 for the three months and the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
 
2.11
ADVERTISING
 
Advertising costs are included in general and administrative expenses, which totaled $195, $0, $1,200 and $3,167 for the three months and the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
 
2.12
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
 
The reporting currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of the Company is the Chinese Renminbi (RMB).
 
For those entities whose functional currency is other than the U.S. dollar, all assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate on the balance sheet date; shareholders’ equity is translated at historical rates and items in the statements of income and of cash flows are translated at the average rate for the period. Because cash flows are translated based on the average translation rate, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported in the statements of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances in the balance sheets. Translation adjustments resulting from this process are included in accumulated other comprehensive income in the statements of shareholders’ equity. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the statements of income and comprehensive income, as incurred.
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income in the consolidated statement of shareholders’ equity amounted to $5,795,406 as of September 30, 2013 and $3,868,274 as of December 31, 2012. The balance sheet amounts with the exception of equity as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were translated using an exchange rate of RMB 6.15 to $1.00 and RMB 6.29 to $1.00, respectively. The average translation rates applied to the statements of income and other comprehensive income and of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 were RMB 6.21 to $1.00 and RMB 6.33 to $1.00, respectively.
 
2.13
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
 
The Company considers all highly liquid securities with original maturities of three months or less when acquired to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents kept with financial institutions in the PRC are not insured or otherwise protected. Should any of those institutions holding the Company’s cash become insolvent, or should the Company become unable to withdraw funds for any reason, the Company could lose the cash on deposit with that institution.
 
2.14
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
 
The Company maintains reserves for potential credit losses on accounts receivable. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit worthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment patterns to evaluate the adequacy of these reserves. Reserves are recorded primarily on a specific identification basis.
 
The standard credit period for most of the Company’s clients is three months. The collection period over 1 year is classified as long-term accounts receivable. Management evaluates the collectability of the receivables at least quarterly. Provision for doubtful accounts as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is $0.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
2.15
INVENTORIES
 
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost (determined on a weighted average basis) and net realizable value.
 
Costs incurred in bringing each product to its location and conditions are accounted for as follows:
 
(a)
raw materials – purchase cost on a weighted average basis;
 
(b)
manufactured finished goods and work-in-progress – cost of direct materials and labor and a proportion of manufacturing overhead based on normal operation capacity but excluding borrowing costs; and
 
(c)
retail and wholesale merchandise finished goods – purchase cost on a weighted average basis.
 
Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less estimated costs for completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale.
 
2.16
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
 
Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Such costs include the cost of replacing parts that are eligible for capitalization when the cost of replacing the parts is incurred. Similarly, when each major inspection is performed, its cost is recognized in the carrying amount of the property and equipment as a replacement only if it is eligible for capitalization. The assets’ residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at each financial year end.
 
Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets.
 
Plant and machinery
 
5 - 10 years
 
Structure and leasehold improvements
 
10 - 20 years
 
Mature seeds
 
20 years
 
Furniture and equipment
 
2.5 - 10 years
 
Motor vehicles
 
5 -10 years
 
 
An item of property and equipment is removed from the accounts upon disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected to arise from the continued use of the asset. Any gain or loss arising on disposal of the asset (calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the item) is included in the consolidated statements of income in the period the item is disposed.
 
2.17
GOODWILL
 
Goodwill is an asset representing the fair economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified or separately recognized. Goodwill is tested for impairment on an annual basis at the end of the Company’s fiscal year, or when impairment indicators arise. The Company uses a fair-value-based approach to test for impairment at the level of each reporting unit. The Company directly acquired MEIJI, which is the holding company of JHST that operates the Hu Plantation. As a result of this acquisition, the Company recorded goodwill in the amount of $724,940. This goodwill represents the fair value of the assets acquired in these acquisitions over the cost of the assets acquired.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
 
2.18
PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGIES
 
A master license of stock feed manufacturing technology was acquired and the costs of acquisition are capitalized as proprietary technologies when technological feasibility has been established. Stock feed manufacturing technology is amortized using the straight-line method over its estimated life of 20 years.
 
An aromatic cattle-feeding formula was acquired and the costs of acquisition are capitalized as proprietary technologies when technological feasibility has been established. Stock feed manufacturing technology is amortized using the straight-line method over its estimated life of 25 years.
 
The Company has determined that technological feasibility is established at the time a working model of products is completed. Proprietary technologies are intangible assets of finite lives. Management evaluates the recoverability of proprietary technologies on an annual basis at the end of the Company’s fiscal year, or when impairment indicators arise. As required by ASC Topic 350 “Intangible – Goodwill and Other”, the Company uses a fair-value-based approach to test for impairment.
 
2.19
CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS
 
Construction in progress represents direct costs of construction as well as acquisition and design fees incurred. Capitalization of these costs ceases and the construction in progress is transferred to property and equipment when substantially all the activities necessary to prepare the assets for their intended use are completed. No depreciation is provided until construction is completed and the asset is ready for its intended use.
 
2.20
LAND USE RIGHTS
 
Land use rights represent acquisition of rights to agricultural land from farmers and are amortized on the straight-line basis over their respective lease periods. The lease period of agricultural land is in the range from 30 to 60 years. Land use rights purchase prices were determined in accordance with the 2007 PRC Government’s minimum lease payments on agricultural land and mutually agreed to terms between the Company and the vendors.
 
2.21
CORPORATE JOINT VENTURE
 
A corporation formed, owned, and operated by two or more businesses as a separate and discrete business or project (venture) for their mutual benefit is considered to be a corporate joint venture. Investee entities, in which the Company can exercise significant influence, but not control, are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method of accounting, the Company’s share of the earnings or losses of these companies is included in net income.
 
A loss in value of an investment that is other than a temporary decline is recognized as a charge to operations. Evidence of a loss in value might include, but would not necessarily be limited to, the absence of an ability to recover the carrying amount of the investment or inability of the investee to sustain an earnings capacity that would justify the carrying amount of the investment.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
2.22
VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY
 
A variable interest entity (“VIE”) is an entity (investee) in which the investor has obtained less than a majority interest, according to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). A VIE is subject to consolidation if a VIE meets one of the following three criteria as elaborated in ASC Topic 810-10, Consolidation:
 
(a)
equity-at-risk is not sufficient to support the entity's activities;
 
(b)
as a group, the equity-at-risk holders cannot control the entity; or
 
(c)
the economics do not coincide with the voting interest
 
If a firm is the primary beneficiary of a VIE, the holdings must be disclosed on the balance sheet. The primary beneficiary is defined as the person or company with the majority of variable interests. A corporation formed, owned, and operated by two or more businesses (ventures) as a separate and discrete business or project (venture) for their mutual benefit is defined as a joint venture.
 
2.23
TREASURY STOCK
 
Treasury stock means shares of a corporation’s own stock that have been issued and subsequently reacquired by the corporation. Converting outstanding shares to treasury shares does not reduce the number of shares issued but does reduce the number of shares outstanding. These shares are not eligible to receive dividends. Accounting for excesses and deficiencies on treasury stock transactions is governed by ASC 505-30-30.
 
State laws and federal agencies closely regulate transactions involving a company’s own capital stock, so the purchase of outstanding shares must have a legitimate purpose. Some of the most common reasons for purchasing outstanding shares are as follows:
 
(a)
to meet additional stock needs for various reasons, including newly implemented stock option plans, stock for convertible bonds or convertible preferred stock, or a stock dividend.
 
(b)
to make more shares available for acquisitions of other entities.
   
The cost method of accounting for treasury shares has been adopted by the Company. The purchase of outstanding shares and thus converting them into treasury shares is treated as a temporary reduction in shareholders’ equity in view of the expectation to reissue the shares instead of retiring them. When the Company reissues the treasury shares, the temporary account is eliminated. The cost of acquiring outstanding shares for converting into treasury shares is charged to a contra account, in this case a contra equity account that reduces the stockholder equity balance.
 
2.24
INCOME TAXES
 
The Company accounts for income taxes under the provisions of ASC Topic 740 “Accounting for Income Taxes.” Under ASC Topic 740, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect in the years in which the differences are expected to reverse.
 
The provision for income tax is based on the results for the year as adjusted for items, which are non-assessable or disallowed. It is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date. Deferred tax is accounted for using the balance sheet liability method in respect of temporary differences arising from differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax basis used in the computation of assessable tax profit. In principle, deferred tax liabilities are recognized for all taxable temporary differences, and deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which deductible temporary differences can be utilized.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
2.24
INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
 
Deferred income taxes are calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realized or the liability is settled. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except when it related to items credited or charged directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when they relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority and the Company intends to settle its current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis.
 
ASC Topic 740 also prescribes a more-likely-than-not threshold for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken, or for one expected to be taken, in a tax return. ASC Topic 740 also provides guidance related to, among other things, classification, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax positions, and disclosure requirements. Any interest and penalties accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits will be recorded as tax expense.
 
2.25
POLITICAL AND BUSINESS RISK
 
The Company's operations are carried out in the PRC. Accordingly, the political, economic and legal environment in the PRC may influence the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations by the general state of the PRC's economy. The Company's operations in the PRC are subject to specific considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in North America and Western Europe. The Company's results may be adversely affected by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among  other  things.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
2.26
CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
 
Cash includes cash at banks and demand deposits in accounts maintained with banks within the PRC. Total cash in these banks as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 amounted to $9,479,369 and $8,403,458, respectively, none of which is covered by insurance. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not exposed to any risks to its cash in bank accounts. Accounts receivable are derived from revenue earned from customers located primarily in the PRC. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of customers and has not experienced any material losses to date.
 
The Company had 5 major customers whose revenue individually represented the following percentages of the Company’s total revenue:
 
 
 
Three
 
 
 
Three
 
 
Nine
 
 
Nine
 
 
 
months ended
 
 
months ended
 
 
months ended
 
 
months ended
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
 
September 30, 2012
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
 
September 30, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Customer A
 
 
17.99
%
 
 
30.37
%
 
 
17.21
%
 
 
29.16
%
Customer B
 
 
13.95
%
 
 
19.85
%
 
 
16.76
%
 
 
23.64
%
Customer C
 
 
0.00
%
 
 
13.17
%
 
 
8.41
%
 
 
11.16
%
Customer D
 
 
11.38
%
 
 
11.04
%
 
 
8.24
%
 
 
8.26
%
Customer E
 
 
7.29
%
 
 
6.23
%
 
 
3.80
%
 
 
8.79
%
 
 
 
50.61
%
 
 
80.66
%
 
 
54.42
%
 
 
81.01
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nine months ended September 30,  2013
 
 
Amount
 
 
 
Segment
 
Percentage of total revenue
 
 
$
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Customer A
 
Fishery Development Division
 
 
17.21
%
 
 
31,015,135
 
Customer B
 
Fishery Development and Corporate and others Division
 
 
16.76
%
 
 
30,202,616
 
 
 
 
 
 
33.97
%
 
 
61,217,751
 
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
2.26
CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK (CONTINUED)
 
The Company had 5 major customers whose accounts receivable balance individually represented the following percentages of the Company’s total accounts receivable:
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
 
December 31,  2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Customer A
 
 
14.44
%
 
 
11.14
%
Customer B
 
 
11.38
%
 
 
14.32
%
Customer C
 
 
10.50
%
 
 
9.94
%
Customer D
 
 
9.96
%
 
 
18.18
%
Customer E
 
 
6.73
%
 
 
8.23
%
 
 
 
53.01
%
 
 
61.81
%
 
As of September 30, 2013, amounts due from customers A, B, and C are $8,621,742, $6,792,173,  and $6,266,461, respectively. The Company has not experienced any significant difficulty in collecting its accounts receivable in the past and is not aware of any financial difficulties of its major customers.
 
2.27
IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
 
In accordance with ASC Topic 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment,” long-lived assets to be held and used are analyzed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the related carrying amounts may not be recoverable. The Company reviews the carrying amount of its long-lived assets, including intangibles, for impairment, each reporting period. An asset is considered impaired when estimated future cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the asset. In the event the carrying amount of such asset is considered not recoverable, the asset is adjusted to its fair value. Fair value is generally determined based on discounted future cash flow. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company determined no impairment charges were necessary.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
2.28
EARNINGS PER SHARE
 
As prescribed in ASC Topic 260 “Earnings per Share,” Basic Earnings per Share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common stock shares outstanding during the year. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common stock shares outstanding during the year plus potential dilutive instruments such as stock options and warrants. The effect of stock options on diluted EPS is determined through the application of the treasury stock method, whereby proceeds received by the Company based on assumed exercises are hypothetically used to repurchase the Company’s common stock at the average market price during the period.
 
For the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, basic earnings per share attributable to Sino Agro Food, Inc. and subsidiaries common stockholders amount to $0.15 and $0.27, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, diluted earnings per share attributable to Sino Agro Food, Inc. and its subsidiaries’ common stockholders amounted to $0.15 and $0.25, respectively
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, basic earnings per share attributable to Sino Agro Food, Inc. and subsidiaries common stockholders amount to $0.43 and $0.51, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, diluted earnings per share attributable to Sino Agro Food, Inc. and its subsidiaries’ common stockholders amounted to $0.40 and $0.47, respectively
 
2.29
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
 
ASC Topic 220 “Comprehensive Income” establishes standards for reporting and displaying comprehensive income and its components in financial statements. Comprehensive income is defined as the change in stockholders’ equity of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. The comprehensive income for all periods presented includes both the reported net income and net change in cumulative translation adjustments.
 
2.30
RETIREMENT BENEFIT COSTS
 
PRC state managed retirement benefit programs are defined contribution plans and the payments to the plans are charged as expenses when employees have rendered service entitling them to the contribution made by the employer.
 
2.31
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
 
The Company has adopted both ASC Topic 718, “Compensation - Stock Compensation” and ASC Topic 505-50, “Equity-Based Payments to Non- Employees” using the fair value method in which an entity issues its equity instruments to acquire goods and services from employees and non-employees. Stock compensation for stock granted to non-employees has been determined in accordance with this accounting standard and the accounting standard regarding accounting for equity instruments that are issued to other than employees for acquiring, or in conjunction with selling goods or services, as the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of equity instruments issued, whichever is more reliably measured. This accounting standard allows the “simplified” method to determine the term of employee options when other information is not available. Under ASC Topic 718 and ASC Topic 505-50, stock compensation expenses is measured at the grant date on the value of the option or restricted stock and is recognized as expenses, less expected forfeitures, over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period. 
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
2.32
FAIR value of financial INSTRUMENTS
 
The Company follows paragraph 825-10-50-10 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification for disclosures about fair value of its financial instruments and paragraph 820-10-35-37 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“Paragraph 820-10-35-37”) to measure the fair value of its financial instruments. Paragraph 820-10-35-37 establishes a framework for measuring fair value under U.S. GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. To increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements and related disclosures, Paragraph 820-10-35-37 establishes a fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three (3) broad levels. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The three (3) levels of fair value hierarchy defined by Paragraph 820-10-35-37 are described below:
 
Level 1
Quoted market prices available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date.
 
Level 2
Pricing inputs other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date.
 
Level 3
Pricing inputs that are generally observable inputs and not corroborated by market data.
 
The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities, such as cash and accrued expenses, approximate their fair values because of the short maturity of these instruments. The Company does not have any assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring or a non-recurring basis, consequently, the Company did not have any fair value adjustments for assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of September  30, 2013 or December 31, 2012, nor gains or losses are reported in the statements of income and other comprehensive income that are attributable to the change in unrealized gains or losses relating to those assets and liabilities still held at the reporting date for the fiscal period ended September 30, 2013 or September 30, 2012.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
2.33
    NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
 
The Company does not expect any recent accounting pronouncements to have a material effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
 
In July 2012, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ASU 2012-02, the amendments to ASC 350, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other: Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment (“ASU 2012-02”). The amendments apply to all entities, both public and nonpublic, that have indefinite-lived intangible assets, other than goodwill, reported in their financial statements. In accordance with the amendments an entity has the option first to assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events and circumstances indicates that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired. If, after assessing the totality of events and circumstances, an entity concludes that it is not more likely than not that the indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired, then the entity is not required to take further action. However, if an entity concludes otherwise, then it is required to determine the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset and perform the quantitative impairment test by comparing the fair value with the carrying amount in accordance with Subtopic 350-30. An entity also has the option to bypass the qualitative assessment for any indefinite-lived intangible asset in any period and proceed directly to performing the quantitative impairment test. An entity will be able to resume performing the qualitative assessment in any subsequent period. The amendments are effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012, and early adoption is permitted. The Company will apply these amendments for reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2012. The Company does not expect the adoption of the amendments to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
 
In February 2013, the FASB issued guidance on disclosure requirements for items reclassified out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“AOCI”). This new guidance requires entities to present (either on the face of the income statements or in the notes) the effects on the line items of the income statement for amounts reclassified out of AOCI. The new guidance will be effective for us beginning July 1, 2013. Other than requiring additional disclosures, we do not anticipate a material impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.
 
In March 2013, the FASB issued guidance on a parent’s accounting for the cumulative translation adjustment upon derecognition of a subsidiary or group of assets within a foreign entity. This new guidance requires that the parent release any related cumulative translation adjustment into net income only if the sale or transfer results in the  complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or group of assets had resided. The new guidance will be effective for us beginning July 1, 2014. We do not anticipate a material impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
3.
SEGMENT INFORMATION
 
The Company establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments on a basis consistent with the Company’s internal organization structure as well as business segments and major customers in consolidated financial statements. The Company operates in four principal reportable segments: Fishery Development Division, and HU Plantation Division and Organic Fertilizer and Bread Grass Division, and Cattle Development Division. No geographic information is required as all revenue and assets are located in PRC.
 
 
 
For the three months ended September 30, 2013
 
 
 
Fishery
Development
Division (1)
 
HU
Plantation
Division (2)
 
Organic
Fertilizer and
Bread Grass
Division (3)
 
Cattle Farm
Development
Division (4)
 
Corporate and
others (5)
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
$
26,704,244
 
$
10,534,960
 
$
20,434,953
 
$
4,639,397
 
$
8,394,143
 
$
70,707,697
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
9,762,014
 
 
5,322,211
 
$
1,443,930
 
$
575,134
 
$
1,649,485
 
$
18,752,774
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets
 
$
79,561,093
 
$
44,908,550
 
$
131,498,783
 
$
44,808,248
 
$
27,027,247
 
$
327,803,921
 
 
 
 
For the three months ended September 30, 2012
 
 
 
Fishery
Development
Division
 
HU
Plantation
Division
 
Organic
Fertilizer and
Bread Grass
Division
 
Cattle Farm
Development
Division
 
Corporate and
others
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
$
27,088,699
 
$
7,236,186
 
$
5,496,650
 
$
8,529,153
 
$
-
 
$
48,350,688
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
11,830,875
 
$
4,320,995
 
$
1,267,065
 
$
5,154,959
 
$
151,411
 
$
22,725,305
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets
 
$
25,975,865
 
$
31,370,316
 
$
73,208,017
 
$
19,847,979
 
$
67,335,029
 
$
217,737,206
 
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
3.
SEGMENT INFORMATION
 
 
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013
 
 
 
Fishery
Development
Division
 
HU
Plantation
Division
 
Organic
Fertilizer and
Bread Grass
Division
 
Cattle Farm
Development
Division
 
Corporate and
others
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
$
68,826,877
 
$
14,089,946
 
$
52,259,230
 
$
19,423,115
 
$
25,616,609
 
$
180,215,777
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
20,815,367
 
 
7,533,778
 
$
10,786,509
 
$
3,945,015
 
$
6,381,817
 
$
49,462,486
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets
 
$
79,561,093
 
$
44,908,550
 
$
131,498,783
 
$
44,808,248
 
$
27,027,247
 
$
327,803,921
 
 
 
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2012
 
 
 
Fishery
Development
Division
 
HU
Plantation
Division
 
Organic
Fertilizer and
Bread Grass
Division
 
Cattle Farm
Development
Division
 
Corporate and
others
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
$
53,983,072
 
$
9,318,049
 
$
15,125,291
 
$
11,252,579
 
$
-
 
$
89,678,991
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
25,423,347
 
$
5,411,573
 
$
2,302,083
 
$
6,341,554
 
$
(791,769)
 
$
38,686,788
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets
 
$
25,975,865
 
$
31,370,316
 
$
73,208,017
 
$
19,847,979
 
$
67,335,029
 
$
217,737,206
 
 
Note
 
(1)     
Operated by Capital Award, Inc. and Jiangmen City A Power Fishery Development Co. Ltd.
 
(2)
Operated by Jiangmen City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd.
 
(3)
Operated by Qinghai Sanjiang A Power Agriculture Co. Ltd, A Power Agro Agriculture Development (Macau)Limited and Hunan Shenghua A Power Agriculture Co., Limited.
 
(4)
Operated by Jiangmen City Hang Mei Cattle Farm Development Co. Ltd and Macau Meiji Limited.
 
(5)
Operated by Sino Agro Food, Inc.

4.
DIVIDEND
 
On August 22, 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors declared that the Company’s stockholders were entitled to receive one share of restricted F Non – Convertible Preferred Stock for every 100 shares of common stock owned by the stockholders as of September 28, 2012 (the “Record Date”), with lesser or greater amounts being rounded up to the nearest 100 shares of common stock for purpose of the computing the dividend. The holders of record of shares of Series F Non – Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to a coupon payment directly from the Company at the redemption rate of $3.40 per share and be payable on May 30, 2014.
 
As of September 30, 2012, the Company had issued 91,931,287 issued and outstanding shares common stock.
 
 
 
Three months
 
Three months
 
Nine months
 
Nine months
 
 
 
ended
 
ended
 
ended
 
ended
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
September 30, 2012
 
September 30, 2013
 
September 30, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividend
 
$
 
-
 
$
3,125,661
 
$
-
 
$
3,125,661
 
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
5.
 INCOME TAXES
 
United States of America
 
The Company was incorporated in the State of Nevada, in the United States of America. The Company has no trading operations in United States of America and no US corporate tax has been provided for in the consolidated financial statements of the Company
 
Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries
 
The Company intends to use the remaining accumulated and future earnings of foreign subsidiaries to expand operations outside the United States and accordingly, undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries are considered to be indefinitely reinvested outside the United States and no provision for U.S. Federal and State income tax or applicable dividend distribution tax has been provided thereon. 
 
China
 
Beginning January 1, 2008, the new Enterprise Income Tax (“EIT”) law replaced the existing laws for Domestic Enterprises (“DE’s”) and Foreign Invested Enterprises (“FIE’s”). The new standard EIT rate of 25% replaced the 33% rate currently applicable to both DE’s and FIE’s. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the new EIT will have on its financial condition. Beginning January 1, 2008, China unified the corporate income tax rule on foreign invested enterprises and domestic enterprises. The unified corporate income tax rate is 25%.
 
Under new tax legislation in China beginning in January 2008, the agriculture, dairy and fishery sectors are exempt from enterprise income taxes.
 
No EIT has been provided in the financial statements of CA,  JHST, JHMC, HSA and SJAP since they are exempt from EIT for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 as they are within the agriculture, dairy and fishery sectors.
   
On December 31, 2012, Tax authority agreed that HSA and JFD were  exempt from EIT since January 1, 2011 as both companies are within the agriculture, dairy and fishery sectors.   
 
Belize and Malaysia
 
CA, CS and CH are international business companies incorporated in Belize, and are exempt from corporate tax in Belize.
 
All sales invoices of CA were issued by its representative office in Malaysia and its trading and service activities are conducted in China. As the Malaysia tax law is imposed on a territorial basis and not on a worldwide basis, CA’s income is not subject to Malaysian corporate tax.
 
As a result, neither Belize nor Malaysia corporate tax is provided for in the consolidated financial statements of CA for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
 
Hong Kong 
No Hong Kong profits tax has been provided in the consolidated financial statements of  TRW, since these entities did not earn any assessable profits for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
 
Macau
No Macau Corporation tax has been provided in the consolidated financial statements of  APWAM and MEIJI since these entities did not earn any assessable profits for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
 
No deferred tax assets and liabilities are of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 since there was no difference between the financial statements carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect in the period in which the differences are expected to reverse.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
5.
 INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
 
Provision for income taxes is as follows:
 
 
 
Three
 
Three
 
Nine
 
Nine
 
 
 
months ended
 
months ended
 
months ended
 
months ended
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
September 30, 2012
 
September 30, 2013
 
September 30, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income tax provision
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
- SIAF
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
- CA, CS and CH
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
- TRW
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
- MEIJI and APWAM
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
- JHST, JFD, JHMC, HSA and SJAP
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Deferred tax provision
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
 
The Company did not recognize any interest or penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.The Company had no uncertain positions that would necessitate recording of tax related liability. The Company is subject to examination by the respective tax authorities.

6.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
 
 
 
September  30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and bank balances
 
9,588,415
 
8,424,265
 

7.
 INVENTORIES
 
As of September 30, 2013,   inventories are as follows:
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sleepy cods, prawns, eels and marble goble
 
$
5,684,730
 
$
4,612,090
 
Bread grass
 
 
4,100,388
 
 
1,473,653
 
Beef cattle
 
 
1,037,967
 
 
2,569,659
 
Organic fertilizer
 
 
858,645
 
 
737,166
 
Forage for cattle and consumable
 
 
3,640,752
 
 
278,900
 
Raw materials for bread grass and organic fertilizer
 
 
1,198,784
 
 
6,765,536
 
Raw material for harvested HU plantation
 
 
692,908
 
 
-
 
Harvested HU planation
 
 
719,329
 
 
-
 
Immature seeds
 
 
-
 
 
677,751
 
 
 
$
17,933,503
 
$
17,114,755
 
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
8.
 DEPOSITS AND PREPAID EXPENSES
 
The Company made temporary deposit payments for equity investments in the future development of a prawn farm hatchery and a prawn farm nursery.
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deposits for
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
- purchases of equipment
 
$
1,025,161
 
$
318,192
 
- acquisition of land use rights
 
 
7,826,508
 
 
7,826,508
 
- inventory purchases
 
 
1,843,325
 
 
2,228,854
 
- aquaculture contract
 
 
4,719,101
 
 
7,062,600
 
- building materials
 
 
1,281,935
 
 
2,000,000
 
- proprietary technologies
 
 
4,404,210
 
 
2,254,839
 
- construction in progress
 
 
29,173,167
 
 
14,423,021
 
Miscellaneous
 
 
907,629
 
 
4,892,258
 
Shares issued for employee compensation and overseas professional
 
 
133,744
 
 
271,800
 
Temporary deposits payments for acquring equity investments
 
 
33,541,840
 
 
6,030,785
 
 
 
 
84,856,620
 
 
47,308,857
 

9.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
 
The Company has performed an analysis on all of its accounts receivable and determined that all amounts are collectible by the Company. As such, all accounts receivable are reflected as a current asset and no allowance for bad debt has been recorded as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012. Bad debts written off for the three months ended and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are $0.
 
Aging analysis of accounts receivable is as follows:
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31,  2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0 - 30 days past due
$
30,916,835
 
$
10,813,981
 
31 - 90 days past due
 
16,344,038
 
 
27,784,784
 
91 - 120 days past due
 
5,233,809
 
 
6,866,842
 
over 120 days and less than 1 year past due
 
7,195,942
 
 
7,482,743
 
over 1 year past due
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
 
59,690,624
 
 
52,948,350
 

10.
 OTHER RECEIVABLES
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash advances paid as consideration to acquire investments
 
$
5,542,586
 
$
4,657,728
 
Advanced to employees
 
 
461,893
 
 
166,722
 
Advanced to suppliers
 
 
3,327,138
 
 
205,088
 
Miscellaneous
 
 
286,033
 
 
924,710
 
 
 
$
9,617,650
 
$
5,954,248
 
 
Cash advances paid as consideration to acquire investments represent deposits made for potential future investments. These payments have been classified as temporary because certain legal requirements and other financial issues have not yet been resolved regarding these payments.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
11.
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plant and machinery
 
$
4,394,531
 
$
3,681,644
 
Structure and leasehold improvements
 
 
29,863,406
 
 
15,446,062
 
Mature seeds
 
 
5,347,229
 
 
1,369,626
 
Furniture and equipment
 
 
171,403
 
 
212,479
 
Motor vehicles
 
 
244,555
 
 
277,513
 
 
 
 
40,021,124
 
 
20,987,324
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Less: Accumulated depreciation
 
 
(2,036,430)
 
 
(1,041,022)
 
Net book value
 
$
37,984,694
 
$
19,946,302
 
 
Depreciation expense was $356,737 and $137,365 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Depreciation expense was $995,408 and $320,519 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

12.
CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Construction in progress
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
- Oven room for production of dried flowers
 
$
-
 
$
828,905
 
- Office, warehouse and organic fertilizer plant in HSA
 
 
11,621,388
 
 
10,450,518
 
- Organic fertilizer and bread grass production plant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 and office building
 
 
528,627
 
 
7,921,105
 
- Rangeland for beef cattle and office building
 
 
28,050,651
 
 
5,291,982
 
- Pond in JFD
 
 
1,379,232
 
 
-
 
 
 
$
41,579,898
 
$
24,492,510
 
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
13.
LAND USE RIGHTS
 
Private ownership of agricultural land is not permitted in the PRC. Instead, the Company has leased six lots of land. The cost of the first lot of land use rights acquired in 2007 in Guangdong Province was $6,408,289 and consists of 180.23 acres with the lease expiring in 2067. The cost of the second lot of land use rights acquired in 2008 in Guangdong Province was $764,128, which consists of31.84 acres with the lease expiring in 2068. The cost of the third lot of land use rights acquired in 2011 was $7,042,831, which consists of 52.46 acres in Guangdong Province, with the lease expiring in 2037. The cost of the fourth lot of land use rights acquired in 2011 was $35,405,750 which consisted of 287.21 acres in the Hunan Province, PRC and the leases expire in 2051, 2054 and 2071. The cost of the fifth lot of land use rights acquired in 2012 was $528,240 which consisted of 21.09 acres in Qinghai Province, PRC and the leases expire in 2051The cost of the sixth lot of land use rights acquired in 2013 was $489,904 which consisted of 6.26 acres in  GuangdongProvince, PRC and the leases expire in 2023.
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31,2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost (Note)
 
$
60,325,199
 
$
58,630,950
 
Less: Accumulated amortisation
 
 
(4,071,402)
 
 
(2,897,704)
 
Net carrying amount
 
$
56,253,797
 
$
55,733,246
 
 
Fiscal year
 
Expiry date
 
Location
 
Cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at 1.1.2012
 
 
 
 
 
$
57,845,573
 
2012
 
2051
 
Xining city, Qinghai Province, PRC
 
 
528,240
 
 
 
Exchange adjustment
 
 
 
 
257,137
 
Balance at 12.31.2012
 
 
 
 
 
$
58,630,950
 
2013
 
2023
 
Enping City, Guangdong Province, PRC.
 
 
489,904
 
 
 
Exchange adjustment
 
 
 
 
1,204,345
 
Balance at 09.30.2013
 
 
 
 
 
$
60,325,199
 
 
Land use rights are amortized on the straight-line basis over their respective lease periods. The lease period of agriculture land is 10 to 60 years.
 
Amortization of land use rights was $405,361 and $476,096 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Amortization of land use rights was $1,173,698 and $1,562,250 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

14.
PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGIES
   
By an agreement dated November 12, 2008, TRW acquired an enzyme technology master license, registered under a Chinese patent, for the manufacturing of livestock feed and bioorganic fertilizer and its related labels for $8,000,000. On March 6, 2012 MEIJI acquired an aromatic-feed formula technology for the production of aromatic cattle for $1,500,000.
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost
 
9,507,351
 
9,512,258
 
Less: Accumulated amortization
 
(1,693,393)
 
(1,397,634)
 
Net carrying amount
 
7,813,958
 
8,114,624
 
 
Amortization of proprietary technologies was $87,802 and $88,166 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Amortization of proprietary technologies was $295,759 and $264,174 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. No impairments of proprietary technologies have been identified for the three months ended and the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
15.
 GOODWILL
 
Goodwill represents the fair value of the assets acquired the acquisitions over the cost of the assets acquired. It is stated at cost less accumulated impairment losses. Management tests goodwill for impairment on an annual basis or when impairment indicators arise. In these instances, the Company recognizes an impairment loss when it is probable that the estimated cash flows are less than the carrying value of the assets. To date, no such impairment loss has been recorded.
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goodwill from acquisition
 
$
724,940
 
$
724,940
 
Less: Accumulated impairment losses
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Net carrying amount
 
$
724,940
 
$
724,940
 

16.
 VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY
 
On September 28, 2009, APWAM acquired the PMH’s 45% equity interest in the Sino-Foreign joint venture company, Qinghai Sanjiang A Power Agriculture Co. Limited (“SJAP”), which was incorporated in the People’s Republic of China. As of September 30, 2013, the Company has invested $2,251,359 in this joint venture. SJAP is engaged in its business of the manufacturing of organic fertilizer, livestock feed, and beef cattle and plantation of crops and pastures.
 
Continuous assessment of the VIE relationship with SJAP
 
The Company may also have a controlling financial interest in an entity through an arrangement that does not involve voting interests, such as a VIE. The Company evaluates entities deemed to be VIE’s using a risk and reward model to determine whether to consolidate. A VIE is an entity (1) that has total equity at risk that is not sufficient to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other entities, (2) where the group of equity holders does not have the power to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance, or the obligation to absorb the entity’s expected losses or the right to receive the entity’s expected residual returns, or both, or (3) where the voting rights of some investors are not proportional to their obligations to absorb the expected losses of the entity, their rights to receive the expected residual returns of the entity, or both, and substantially all of the entity’s activities either involve or are conducted on behalf of an investor that has disproportionately few voting rights.
 
The Company also quantitatively and qualitatively examined if SJAP is considered a VIE. Qualitative analyses considered the extent to which the nature of its variable interest exposed the Company to losses. For quantitative analyses, the Company also used internal cash flow models to determine if SJAP was a VIE and, if so, whether the Company was the primary beneficiary. The projection of these cash flows and probabilities thereof requires significant managerial judgment because of the inherent limitations that relate to the use of historical data for the projection of future events. On September 30, 2013, the Company evaluated the above VIE testing results and concluded that the Company is the primary beneficiary of SJAP’s expected losses or residual returns and that SJAP qualifies as a VIE of the Company. As result, the Company has consolidated SJAP as a VIE.
 
The reasons for the changes are as follows:
 
•Originally, the board of directors of SJAP consisted of 7 members; 3 appointees from Qinghai Sanjiang (one stockholder), 1 from Garwor (one stockholder), and 3 from the Company, such that the Company did not have majority interest represented on the board of directors of SJAP.
 
•On May 7, 2010, Qinghai Sanjiang sold and transferred its equity interest in SJAP to Garwor. The State Administration for Industry and Commerce of Xining City Government of the People’s Republic of China approved the sale and transfer.
 
Consequently Garwor and the Company agreed that the new board of directors of SJAP would consist of 3 members; 1 appointee from Garwor and 2 appointees from the Company, such that the Company now had a majority interest in the board of directors of SJAP. Also, and in accordance with the Company’s Sino Joint Venture Agreement, the Company’s management appointed the chief financial officer of SJAP. As a result, the financial statements of SJAP were included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
17.
 LICENSE RIGHTS
 
Pursuant to an agreement dated August 1, 2006 between Infinity Environmental Group Limited (“Infinity”) and the Company, the Company was granted an A Power Technology License with the condition that the Company was required to pay the license fee covering 500 units of APM as performance payment to Infinity on or before July 31, 2008. This license allows the Company to develop service, manage and supply A Power Technology Farms in the PRC using the A Power Technology, but subject to a condition that the Company is required to pay a license fee to Infinity once the Company has sold the license to its customer. Under the said license, the Company has the right to authorize developers and/or joint venture partners to develop A Power Technology Farms in the PRC. Infinity is a company incorporated in Australia.

18.
 OTHER PAYABLES
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Due to third parties
 
$
3,256,804
 
$
877,259
 
Promissory notes issued to third parties
 
 
2,950,414
 
 
3,352,394
 
Convertible notes payable
 
 
-
 
 
232,000
 
Due to local government
 
 
2,408,101
 
 
2,192,825
 
Miscellaneous
 
 
2,209,298
 
 
-
 
 
 
$
10,824,617
 
$
6,654,478
 
 
Due to third parties are unsecured, interest free and have no fixed terms of repayment.

19.
 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
 
 
 (i)
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Billings
 
$
11,012,232
 
$
9,810,427
 
Less: Cost
 
 
(3,249,040)
 
 
(1,886,705)
 
Estimated earnings
 
 
(5,349,737)
 
 
(5,133,638)
 
Billing in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contract
 
$
2,413,455
 
$
2,790,084
 
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
19.
 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT (CONTINUED)
 
 
 (ii)
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contract
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost
 
$
6,827,484
 
$
3,755,046
 
Estimated earnings
 
 
14,693,875
 
 
8,307,452
 
Less: Billings
 
 
(19,761,538)
 
 
(9,725,618)
 
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contract
 
$
1,759,821
 
$
2,336,880
 
 
(iii)  Overall
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Billings
 
$
30,773,770
 
$
19,536,045
 
Less: Costs
 
 
(10,076,524)
 
 
(5,641,751)
 
Estimated earnings
 
 
(20,043,612)
 
 
(13,441,090)
 
Billing in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contract
 
$
653,634
 
$
453,204
 

20.
BORROWINGS
 
There are no provisions in the Company’s bank borrowings and long term debts that would accelerate repayment of debt as a result of a change in credit ratings or a material adverse change in the Company’s business. Under certain agreements, the Company has the option to retire debt prior to maturity, either at par or at a premium over par.
 
Short term bank loan
 
Name of bank
 
Interest rate
 
Term
 
 
September  30, 2013
 
 
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agricultural Bank of China
 
6%
 
August 8, 2013 - August 29, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Huangyuan County Branch, Xining , Qinghai Province, P.R.C.
 
 
 
 
 
$
2,439,818
^*
 
$
3,181,927
 
 
^
personal and corporate guaranteed by third parties.
 
*
secured by land use rights with net carrying amount of $514,381.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
20.
BORROWINGS (CONTINUED)
 
Long term debts
 
Name of lender
 
Interest rate
 
Term
 
 
September  30, 2013
 
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gan Guo Village Committee
 
12.22%
 
June 2012 - June 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bo Huang Town Huangyuan County, Xining City, Qinghai Province, P.R.C.
 
 
 
 
 
$
178,920
 
$
175,006
 

21.
 SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
The Group’s share capital as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 shown on the consolidated balance sheet represents the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company as at that date.
 
On March 22, 2010, the Company designated 100 shares of Series A preferred stock at a par value per share of $0.001. As of the same date, 100 shares of Series A preferred stock were issued at $1 per share for cash in the amount of $100.
 
The Series A preferred stock:
 
 
(i)
does not pay a dividend;
 
 
 
 
(ii)
votes together with the shares of Common Stock of the Corporation as a single class and, regardless of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding and as long as at least one of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, shall represent eighty percent (80%) of all votes entitled to be voted at any annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Corporation or action by written consent of shareholders. Each outstanding share of the Series A Preferred Stock shall represent its proportionate share of the 80%, which is allocated to the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock; and
 
 
 
 
(iii)
ranks senior to common stockholders, holders of Series B convertible preferred stockholders and any other stockholders on liquidation.
 
The Company has designated 100 shares of Series A preferred stock with 100 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.
 
The Series B convertible preferred stock:
 
On March 22, 2010, the Company designated 7,000,000 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock at a par value per share of $0.001. The Series B convertible preferred stock is redeemable, the stockholders are not entitled to receive any dividend and voting rights but rank senior over common stockholders on liquidation, and can convert to common stock on a one for one basis at any time. On June 26, 2010, 7,000,000 shares of common stock were surrendered for cancellation and the Company issued 7,000,000 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock at $1.00 per share. Pursuant to share exchange agreement made as of December 22, 2012, between the Company and a stockholder, Capital Adventure Inc., a holder of 3,000,000 shares of common shares, with the consent of Board of Directors, to exchange for 3,000,000 shares of  Series B convertible preferred stock on  one-for-one basis.  As of December 23, 2012, 3,000,000 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock were issued to Capital Adventure Inc., for the exchange of its holding of 3,000,000 shares of common stocks. As of December 31, 2012, 3,000,000 shares of common stocks were still not returned to the Company.
 
On March 27, 2013, 3,000,000 Series B convertible preferred stock were cancelled. As a result, total issued and outstanding Series B convertible preferred stock as of that date is 7,000,000 shares.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
21.
 SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (CONTINUED)
 
There were 7,000,000 shares and 10,000,000 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. 
 
The Series F Non-Convertible preferred stock:
 
On August 13, 2012, the Company designated 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value per share of $0.001 as Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock with a face value of $1.00 per share with 0 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
 
The Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock:
 
 
(i)
is not redeemable;
 
 
 
 
(ii)
except for (iv), with respect to dividend rights, rights on liquidation, winding up and dissolution, rank junior and subordinate to (a) all classes of Common Stock,(b) all other classes of Preferred Stock and (c) any class or series of capital securities of the Company.
 
 
 
 
(iii)
except for (iv), shall not entitled to receive any dividend; and
 
 
 
 
(iv)
on May 30, 2014, the holders of record of shares of Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to a coupon payment directly from the Company at the redemption rate of $3.40 per share. Upon redemption, the Record Holder shall no longer own any shares of Series F that have been redeemed, and all such redeemed shares shall disappear and no longer exist on the books and records of the Company; redeemed shares of Series F which no longer exist upon redemption shall thereafter be counted toward the authorized but unissued “blank check” preferred stock of the Company.
 
Common Stock:
 
On December 5, 2012,  the  Company obtained stockholder consent for the approval of an amendment to our articles of incorporation to increase our authorized shares of common stock, (the “Common Stock”), from 100,000,000 to 130,000,000. The board of directors believes that the increase in our authorized Common Stock will provide is with greater flexibility with respect to our capital structure for purposes including additional equity financings and stock based acquisitions. The certificate of amendment effectuating the vote by the shareholders was filed with the State of Nevada on January 24, 2013.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued (i) 32,064,588 shares of common stock for 18,193,714 at values ranging from $0.40 to $0.71 per share to settle debts due to third parties. The Company executed several agreements with third parties to settle debts by issuance of the Company’s common stock. The shares issued by the Company were valued at the trading price of the stock on the date the shares were issued. Any excess of the fair value of the shares over the carrying cost of the debt has been reported as a gain on the extinguishment of debts under other income of $552,988 have been credited to consolidated statements of income as other income for the year ended December 31, 2012; and (ii) 906,000 shares of common stock valued to employees at fair value of $0.40 per share for $362,400 for employee compensation. The fair value of the common stock issued was determined by using the trading price of the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance of $0.40 per share.
 
During the three months ended September 30, 2013, the Company issued 8,092,730 shares of common stock for $3,327,000 at values ranging from $0.36 to $0.45 per share to settle debts due to third parties. The Company executed several agreements with third parties to settle debts by issuance of the Company’s common stock. The shares issued by the Company were valued at the trading price of the stock on the date the shares were issued. Any excess of the fair value of the shares over the carrying cost of the debt has been reported as a gain on the extinguishment of debts of $160,997 and $641,831 has been credited to consolidated statements of income as other income for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively; and (ii) 297,209 shares of common stock valued to employees at fair value of $0.45 per share for $133,744 for employee compensation. The fair value of the common stock issued was determined by using the trading price of the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance of $0.45 per share.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
21.
 SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (CONTINUED)
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company issued 28,261,707 shares of common stock for $13,782,651 at values ranging from $0.36 to $0.527 per share to settle debts due to third parties. The Company executed several agreements with third parties to settle debts by issuance of the Company’s common stock. The shares issued by the Company were valued at the trading price of the stock on the date the shares were issued. Any excess of the fair value of the shares over the carrying cost of the debt has been reported as a gain on the extinguishment of debts of $1,212,010 and $1,459,343 has been credited to consolidated statements of income as other income for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively; and (ii) 297,209 shares of common stock valued to employees at fair value of $0.45 per share for $133,744 for employee compensation. The fair value of the common stock issued was determined by using the trading price of the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance of $0.45 per share.
On March 28, 2013, the Company filed a prospectus related to a public offering of Common Stock of the Company for maximum aggregate gross proceeds of $26,250,000 within a period not to exceed 180 days from the date of this prospectus.
 
The Company has common stock of 128,563,766 and 100,004,850 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

22.
CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE
 
In December of 2011, the Board of Directors passed a resolution authorizing the Company to enter into an agreement to borrow funds from a third party to assist in providing a method for certain Chinese shareholders to sell their shares in the Company. The Company entered into a series of convertible promissory notes along with common stock purchase warrants whereby this third party could exercise the conversion option and settles the amount due by receiving shares of stock from these certain Chinese shareholders. The monies borrowed from this third party were deposited into a custodial account that was not controlled by the Company. The Chinese shareholders also deposited their shares with this custodian. The shares transferred to the custodian were at all times, in the opinion of management, sufficient to satisfy the obligations of the convertible promissory notes and the outstanding common stock purchase warrants. All amounts owed this financing arrangement were to be repaid through the conversion options exercised by the third party and by the deliverance of the common shares of these certain Chinese investors.
 
During the year 2012, the Company borrowed a total of $ 460,000 from this third party under five separate promissory notes. Each note carried an interest rate of 12% per annum with a maturity date of six months from the date of issuance. Under the terms of the notes, the holder of the note has the option to convert the note to common shares at a discount of 15% from the average market price of the lowest three trading prices for the common stock during the ten trading days prior to the conversion date. The Company also issued a total of 842,500 common stock purchase warrants with an exercise price of $0.50 per share with an expiration date six months from the date of issuance.
 
The Company calculated the fair value of the warrants and the beneficial conversion feature utilizing the Black Scholes model at the date of the issuance of each promissory note. The relative fair values were allocated to the warrants and the debt. Accordingly, a discount was created on the debt and this discount will be amortized to interest expense of the life of the debt. Debt discount amortization as of December 31, 2012 was $ 178,867.
 
As of December 31, 2012, there was $ 232,000 principal outstanding and accrued interest in the amount of $ 9,764 that was owed under the terms of the promissory notes. The Company has recorded these amounts as payable by the Company with a corresponding asset represented by the value of the shares of the Company held by the custodian at December 31, 2012.
 
As of September 30, 2013, there was $0 principal outstanding and accrued interest in the amount of $0 that was owed under the terms of the promissory notes. The Company has recorded these amounts as payable by the Company with a corresponding asset represented by the value of the shares of the Company held by the custodian as of September  30, 2013.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
23.
WARRANTS
 
As indicated in the convertible promissory note footnote, during the year 2012, the Company borrowed a total of $460,000 from a third party under five separate promissory notes secured by personal guarantee of a director. Each note carried an interest rate of 12% per annum with a maturity date of six months from the date of issuance. Under the terms of the notes, the holder of the note has the option to convert the note to common shares at a discount of 15% from the average market price of the lowest three trading prices for the common stock during the ten trading days prior to the conversion date. The Company also issued a total of 842,500 common stock purchase warrants with an exercise price of $0.50 per share with an expiration date six months from the date of issuance. The Company fair valued the warrants on the date of issuances and recorded amounts based on their relative fair values to the debt and to the warrants. The fair value of the warrants was determined using the Black-Scholes pricing model and included the following assumptions
 
Expected annual dividend rate
 
 
0.00
%
Weighted average exercise price
 
$
0.50
 
Risk-free interest rate
 
 
2.00
%
Average expected life
 
 
6 months
 
Expected volatility of common stock
 
 
80.00
%
Forfeiture rate
 
 
0.00
%
 
The warrants have an exercise price of $0.50 and have a contractual life of 6 months from the date of issuance. The value of the discounts created by the warrants and beneficial conversion feature were $36,113 and $52,118, respectively. The discount related to the beneficial conversion feature will be amortized to interest expense over the life of the debt and the discount for the warrants will be amortized to interest expense over the contractual life of the warrants. The relative fair values were allocated to the warrants and the debt. Accordingly, a discount was created on the debt and this discount will be amortized to interest expense of the life of the debt.
 
As of September 30, 2013, the following share purchase warrants were outstanding and exercisable:
 
Expiry date
 
Exercise date
 
September  30, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
April 9, 2013
 
$
0.50
 
 
0
 
 
Share purchase warrant transactions and the number of share purchase warrants outstanding and exercisable are summarized as follows:
 
 
 
September 30,
2013
 
Exercise price
 
Number of warrants outstanding as of January 1, 2013
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Issued
 
 
385,000
 
$
0.50
 
Exercised
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Expired
 
 
(385,000)
 
 
-
 
Number of warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2013
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC. 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
24.
OBLIGATION UNDER OPERATING LEASES
 
The Company leases (i) 2,178 square feet of agriculture space used for offices for a monthly rent of $512 in Enping City, Guangdong Province, PRC, its lease expiring on March 31, 2014; (ii)5,081 square feet of office space in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, PRC for a monthly rent of $11,838, its lease expiring on July 8, 2014; and (iii) 1,555 square feet each for two staff quarter in Linli District, Hunan Province, PRC for a monthly rent of $159, its lease expiring on January 23, 2013 and May 1, 2014. 
 
Lease expense was $38,002 and $14,150  for the three months  ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
 
Lease expense was $114,006 and $28,300  for the nine months  ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
 
The future minimum lease payments as of September 30, 2013, are as follows:
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
 
 
$
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year ended December 31, 2013
 
 
37,526
 
Year ended December 31, 2014
 
 
85,038
 
Thereafter
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
122,564
 

25.
BUSINESS COMBINATION
 
Business combination of JFD
 
On February 28, 2011, TRW applied to form a corporate joint venture, Enping City Bi Tao A Power Fishery Development Co., Limited (“EBAPFD”), incorporated in the PRC. TRW owned a 25% equity interest in EBAPFD. On November 17, 2011, TRW formed Jiang Men City A Power Fishery Development Co., Limited (“JFD”) in which it acquired a 25% equity interest, while withdrawing its 25% equity interest in EBAPFD. As of December 31, 2011, the Company had invested $1,258,607 in JFD. JFD is engaged as an operator of an indoor fish farm. Prior to December 31, 2011, JFD has not commenced its principal business activity. Management did not retain a specialist or valuation expert to value the purchase of this additional 25% interest. As of January 1, 2012, JFD had not commenced its principal operations and was in the process of finalizing the construction of the indoor fish farm facilities. Management determined that the fair value of the assets approximated the historical cost carried on the books of JFD. On January 1, 2012, the Company acquired an additional 25% equity interest in JFD for total cash consideration of $1,662,365. As of January 1, 2012, the Company had consolidated the assets and operations of JFD. On April 1, 2012, the Company acquired an additional 25% equity interest in JFD for the amount of $1,702,580.The Company presently owns a 75% equity interest in JFD and controls its board of directors.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
25.
BUSINESS COMBINATION (CONTINUED)
 
Business combination of JFD(Continued)
 
Second acquisition on January 1, 2012 – 25% additional equity interest in JFD.
 
The Company allocated the purchase price on the fair value of the assets acquired as of January 1, 2012.
 
Net assets at fair value acquired:
 
 
 
 
Property, plant and equipment
 
$
34,919
 
Construction in progress
 
 
4,495,306
 
Inventory
 
 
1,838,337
 
 
 
 
6,368,562
 
Less: Other payables
 
 
(92,603)
 
Non-controlling interest
 
 
(3,324,729)
 
25% held by the Company
 
 
(1,662,365)
 
 
 
$
1,288,865
 
 
 
 
 
 
Satisfied by
 
 
 
 
Purchase consideration
 
$
1,662,365
 
Less: Cash acquired
 
 
(373,500)
 
 
 
$
1,288,865
 
 
 
F - 36

 
SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
25.
BUSINESS COMBINATION (CONTINUED)
Business combination of JFD (Continued)
 
Third acquisition on April 1, 2012 – 25% additional equity interest in JFD.
The Company allocated the purchase price based on the fair value of the assets acquired as of April 1, 2012.
 
Net assets at fair value acquired:
 
 
 
 
Property, plant and equipment
 
$
33,535
 
Construction in progress
 
 
4,499,376
 
Inventory
 
 
1,970,387
 
Accounts receivable
 
 
1,337,519
 
 
 
 
7,840,817
 
Less: Other payables
 
 
(292,663)
 
Accounts payable
 
 
(1,230,096)
 
Non-controlling interest
 
 
(1,702,580)
 
50% held by the Company
 
 
(3,405,159)
 
 
 
$
1,210,319
 
 
 
 
 
 
Satisfied by
 
 
 
 
Purchase consideration
 
$
1,702,580
 
Less: Cash acquired
 
 
(492,261)
 
 
 
$
1,210,319
 
 
Business combination of JHMC
 
Second acquisition on September 30, 2012 - 50% additional equity interest in JHMC
 
On April 15, 2011, MEIJI applied to form Enping City A Power Cattle Farm Co., Limited (“ECF”), all of which the Company would indirectly own a 25% equity interest in on November 17, 2011. On September 17, 2012 MEIJI formed Jiang Men City Hang Mei Cattle Farm Development Co., Limited (“JHMC”) in which it owns 75% equity interest with investment $4,020,665 while withdrawing its 25% equity interest in ECF. As of September 30, 2012, the Company had consolidated the assets and operations of JHMC.
The Company allocated the purchase price based on the fair value of the assets acquired as of September 30, 2012.
 
Net assets at fair value acquired:
 
 
Property, plant and equipment
$
512,450
Construction in progress
 
4,177,007
Inventory
 
671,429
 
 
5,360,886
Less: Non - controlling interest
 
(1,340,221)
 
$
4,020,665
 
 
 
Satisfied by
 
 
Purchase consideration
$
4,020,665
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
26.
BONDS PAYABLE
 
On July 1, 2013 , the Comppany offered a maximum of $21,000,000 of units (the “Units”) for an aggregate of 840 Units; each Unit consisting of a $25,000 principal amount promissory note made by the Subscription Agreement and Confidential Private Placement Memorandum with maturity date two (2) years from the Initial Closing Date of the Offering September 30, 2013. The interest rate of 5% is paid annually. Commision, issue cost and discounts are amortised over 2 years from October 1, 2013.
 
Term of the bonds are as follows:
 
Issue size:
$16,800,000
 
 
Number of units:
840 units
 
 
Principal value per unit:
$25,000 per unit
 
 
Net payable value /bond:
$20,000 per unit
 
 
Discounted value/bond:
$5,000 paid to bond holder
 
 
Maturity date:
2 years (September 30, 2015)
 
 
Participating interest:
5% per annum
 
 
Effective yield:
11.80% per annum
 
The first lot of bonds were issued on September 30, 2013
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31,  2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5% Participating zeron coupon bonds repayable on September 30, 2015
 
$
975,000
 
$
-
 

27.
STOCK BASED COMPENSATION
 
On August 16, 2012, the Company issued employees a total of 100,000 shares of common stock valued at fair value of range from $0.40 per share for services rendered to the Company. On the same date, the Company issued 806,000 shares of common stock to a company to provide consulting services for the benefit of the Company. The fair value of the common stock issued was determined by using the trading price of the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance of $0.40 per share.
 
On July 2, 2013, the Company issued employees a total of 297,209 shares of common stock valued at fair value of range from $0.45 per share for services rendered to the Company. The fair value of the common stock issued was determined by using the trading price of the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance of $0.45 per share.
 
The Company calculated stock based compensation of $405,134 and $4,365,984, and recognized $90,600 and $0, $271,800 and $2,139,058 for the three months  and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  As of September 30, 2013, the deferred compensation balance was $133,744 and the deferred compensation balance of $133,744 was to be amortized over 1 year beginning on October 1, 2013.

28.
CONTINGENCIES
 
As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company did not have any pending claims, charges, or litigation that it expects would have a material adverse effect on its consolidated balance sheets, consolidated statements of incomes and other comprehensive income or cash flows.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
29.
GAIN ON EXTINGUISHMENT OF DEBTS
 
The Company executed several agreements with third parties to settle debts by issuance of the Company’s common stock. The shares issued by the Company were valued at the trading price of the stock on the date the shares were issued. Any excess of the fair value of the shares over the carrying cost of the debt has been reported as a gain on the extinguishment of debts of $160,997 and $641,831 has been credited to consolidated statements of income as other income for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Any excess of the fair value of the shares over the carrying cost of the debt has been reported as a gain on the extinguishment of debts of $1,212,010 and $1,459,343 has been credited to consolidated statements of income as other income for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

30.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
In addition to the transactions and balances as disclosed elsewhere in these consolidated financial statements, during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company had the following significant related party transactions:-

 

 
Name of related party
 
Nature of transactions
 
 
 
 
 
Mr. Solomon Yip Kun Lee, Chairman
 
 
Included in due to a director, due to Mr. Solomon Yip Kun Lee is  $4,989,134 and $3,345,803 as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012,  respectively. The amounts are unsecured, interest free and have no fixed term of repayment.

 

 

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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
31. EARNINGS PER SHARE
 
Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution of securities by including other potential common stock, including convertible preferred stock, stock options and warrants, in the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period, if dilutive. The numerators and denominators used in the computations of basic and dilutive earnings per share are presented in the following table:
 
 
 
Three months ended
 
Three months ended
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
September 30, 2012
 
BASIC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Numerator for basic earnings per share attributable to the Company’s
     common stockholders:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income used in computing basic earnings per share
 
$
18,752,774
 
$
22,725,305
 
Basic earnings per share
 
$
0.15
 
$
0.27
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic weighted average shares outstanding
 
 
122,057,655
 
 
84,475,977
 
 
 
 
Three months ended
September 30, 2013
 
Three months ended
September 30, 2012
 
DILUTED
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Numerator for basic earnings per share attributable to the Company’s
     common stockholders:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income used in computing basic earnings per share
 
$
18,752,774
 
$
22,725,305
 
Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.15
 
$
0.25
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic weighted average shares outstanding
 
 
122,057,655
 
 
84,475,977
 
Add: weight average Series B Convertible preferred shares outstanding
 
 
7,000,000
 
 
7,000,000
 
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding
 
 
129,057,655
 
 
91,475,977
 
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, 0 and 207,000 warrants, respectively were not included in the diluted earnings per share because shares issued  in respect of the share warrants exercised was from Chinese shareholders as mentioned in note 23.
 
 
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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
31. EARNINGS PER SHARE (CONTINUED)
 
 
 
Nine months ended
 
Nine months ended
 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
September 30, 2012
 
BASIC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Numerator for basic earnings per share attributable to the Company’s common
     stockholders:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income used in computing basic earnings per share
 
$
49,462,486
 
$
38,686,788
 
Basic earnings per share
 
$
0.43
 
$
0.51
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic weighted average shares outstanding
 
 
115,580,104
 
 
75,676,204
 
 
 
 
Nine months ended
September 30, 2013
 
Nine months ended
September 30, 2012
 
DILUTED
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Numerator for basic earnings per share attributable to the Company’s common
     stockholders:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income used in computing basic earnings per share
 
$
49,462,486
 
$
38,686,788
 
Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.40
 
$
0.47
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic weighted average shares outstanding
 
 
115,580,104
 
 
75,676,204
 
Add: weight average Series B Convertible preferred shares outstanding
 
 
7,945,055
 
 
7,000,000
 
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding
 
 
123,525,159
 
 
82,676,204
 
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, 0 and 207,000 warrants, respectively were not included in the diluted earnings per share because shares issued  in respect of the share warrants exercised was from Chinese shareholders as mentioned in note 23.

32.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
Pursuant to the issue of bonds as stated in Note 26, the second lot of bonds of $1,700,000 were issued on October 1, 2013.
On October 2, 2013, the Company announced to apply to have its equity shares listed on NASDAQ's Capital Market exchange.
On October 4, 2013, the Company filed an amendment to its articles of incorporation to increase our authorised shares of common stock (the “Common Stock”) from 130,000,000 to 170,000,000.
 
 
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ITEM 2.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Quarterly Report”) contains “forward-looking statements,” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).The Company intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “estimates,” “projects,” “plans,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon, or by discussions of strategy that involve risks and uncertainties These statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on information now available to it. Accordingly, these statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and contingencies that could cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements in 2013 and beyond to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, such statements. Such statements, include, but are not limited to, statements contained in this Quarterly Report relating to the Company’s business, financial performance, business strategy, recently announced transactions and capital outlook. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include: a continued decline in general economic conditions nationally and internationally; decreased demand for our products and services; market acceptance of our products; the impact of any litigation or infringement actions brought against us; competition from other providers and products; the inability to raise capital to fund continuing operations; changes in government regulation; the ability to complete customer transactions, and other factors relating to our industry, our operations and results of operations and any businesses that may be acquired by us. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended or planned. Readers of this Quarterly Report should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Except as required by federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect new events or uncertainties.
 
You should read the following discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company together with the financial statements and the related notes presented in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.
 
Business Overview, Business Divisions and Progress reports
 
We introduced our business activity in China in 2006 as an engineering consulting company aiming to and specializing in building agriculture and aquaculture farms and the development of related business operations using our expertise and knowhow in specific agriculture and aquaculture technologies (e.g., our A Power Re-circulating aquaculture system and technology and our cattle growing feeding and caring technology), engineering designs of, and, management systems for, in-door and outdoor fishery and cattle farms and vegetable farms (based on hydroponic technologies) adaptable to various climate and growing conditions, production of organic, green and natural agriculture produce after having developed many aquaculture fishery farms and cattle farms and related business developments in addition to sales and marketing of produce and products in Australia and Malaysia since 1998.
 
In all of these developments we were the master engineer pioneering the construction and building of farms from raw land into fully operational facilities covering the construction and building of infrastructure including staff quarters, offices, processing facilities, storage, and all related production facilities, and their related management teams responsible for developing all business activities into effective and efficient operations.  
 
During the past few years, our company has matured into a company dedicated to the agriculture and aquaculture industry. We currently maintain our operation of the HU Plantation as well as our services in engineering consulting and specializing in the developments of two major products, namely meat derived from the rearing of beef cattle and seafood derived from the growth of fish, prawns (or shrimp) and other marine species having niche markets with revenues generated from activities that we divide into five standalone business divisions or units: (1) Fishery, (2) Cattle, (3) Organic Fertilizer, (4) HU Plantation and (5) Marketing and Trading.
 
 
 
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Tables of information: The tables below show:
 
(1)   Table(1)Group Corporate Structure as ofSeptember30, 2013, where the boxes marked “Unincorporated project companies” mean that their respective Sino Foreign Joint Venture Company (“SJVC”) has not been formed officially, and that the Company has paida25% deposit as consideration toward their respective acquisitions pending the official formation of their corresponding SJVC scheduled to occur during year 2014 and 2015.
 
(2)   Table (2) shows the abbreviation of the names of the companies. 
 
(3)   Table (3) shows the location of the Company’s businesses
 
(4)   Table (4) shows the business activities of the Company’s businesses.
 
 
 
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TABLE 2: ABBREVIATED NAMES OF THE ENTITIES
 
#
Abbreviation
Names of entities
Date of formation
 
 
 
Incorporated Companies
 
 
1
SIAF
Sino Agro Food, Inc.
1974
2
CA
Capital Award Inc.
2003
3
MEIJI
Macau EIJI Company Ltd.
2005
4
APWAM
A Power Agro Agriculture Development (Macau) Ltd.
2007
5
TRW
Tri-way Industries Ltd. (Hong Kong)
2009
6
CS
Capital Stage Inc.
2003
7
CH
Capital Hero Inc.
2003
8
JHST or HU Plantation
Jiangmen City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd.
2009
9
JHMC or Cattle Farm 1
Jiangman City Hang Mei Cattle Farm Development Co. Ltd.
2012
10
SJAP
Qinghai Sanjiang A Power Agriculture Co. Ltd.
2009
11
JFD or Fish Farm 1
Jiangmen City A Power Fishery Development Co. Ltd.
2011
12
HSA
Hunan Shenghua A Power Agriculture Co. Ltd.
 
2011
 
 
 
Unincorporated Project Companies
 
 
13
Wholesale Center1 or APNW
Guangzhou City A Power Nawei Trading Co. Ltd. China
2012
14
ZSAPP or Prawn Farm 2
Zhongshan A Power Prawn Culture Farms Development Co. Ltd. China
2012
15
EBAPCD or Prawn Farm 1
Enping City A Power Prawn Culture Development Co. Ltd. China
2011
16
Cattle Farm 2
Enping City A Power Beef Cattle Farm 2 Co. Ltd. China
2011
17
Fish & Eel Farm 2
XinHui City Gao A Power Aquaculture Fishery Development co. Ltd.
2011
 
All “Unincorporated Project Companies” are private companies formed in China with Chinese citizens acting as their legal representatives as required by Chinese law.  These companies’ names will be changed in accordance with the names granted by the relevant authorities once their corresponding Sino Foreign Joint Venture companies have officially been formed.
 
 
 
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TABLE 3: MAP OF THE COMPANY’S ENTITIES
 

 
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TABLE 4: BUSINESS ACTIVITIES OF THE COMPANY’S ENTITIES
 
ABBREVIATION
Business activities
SIAF
Engineering consulting (in general types of developments), business management, trading, sales and marketing
 
CA
Engineering consulting (mainly in development of fishery), management of fishery operation, marketing and sales of fishery produces and products.
 
MEIJI
Engineering consulting (mainly in cattle farming and vegetable farming), management service and marketing and sales of cattle and related products.
 
APWAM
Holding Company
TRW
Holding Company and holder of Technology Licenses.
CS
Dormant
CH
Dormant
JHST or HU Plantation
HU Plantation, Immortal Vegetable farming, processing and sales of produces and products.
 
JHMC or Cattle Farm 1
Growing of cattle at Cattle Farm 1 which is a demonstration farm
 
SJAP
Existing activities:
Manufacturing of organic fertilizer, bulk and concentrated livestock feed, and rearing of cattle and corporative farming
Expected added activities by 2014
Slaughter and de-boning of cattle and value added processing of beef products
Manufacturing of Enzyme
Electricity generation via Mash Gas Station
 
JFD or Fish Farm 1
Growing of fish (sleepy cod species), eels (Flower Pattern species) and prawns (or shrimp)
 
HSA
Existing Activities
Manufacturing of organic fertilizer, 100% pure organic mixed fertilizer and lake fish farming organic fertilizer.
Expected added activities by 2014
Cattle farming
 
Wholesale Center1
Marketing, sales and distribution of seafood and meats and related products.
 
ZSAPP or Prawn Farm 2
Hatchery and Nursery operation of prawns (or shrimp), production started from Q2, 2012
Growing of prawns (or shrimp) using open-dams applying re-circulating filtration systems, with production started from Q3 2013, although construction work is still in progress.
 
EBAPCD or Prawn Farm 1
Growing of prawns (or shrimp), production starting in Q3 2013
 
Cattle Farm 2
By year 2014 — Cattle Growing
 
Fish & Eel Farm (2)
Growing of fish, eels and prawns (or shrimps), production will start by year 2014 although construction work is still in progress.
 
 
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SUMMARY OF OUR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY OUR EXISTING OR NEWLY FORMED SUBSIDIARIES.
 
1.
 
Fishery Division operated by Capital Award Inc. (“CA”)
 
CA generates revenues from two main activities: “Engineering and Consulting Services” and “Marketing and Sales of Aquatic sea food” as described below:
 
Engineering and Technology Services via Consulting and Service Contracts (“CSC’s”) for the development, construction, supplies of plants and equipment and management of fishery (and prawn or shrimp) farms and related business operation.
 
CA has entered into numerous CSC’s; their information and status are shown in the table below:
 
Notes to the developments and their progresses:
 
Name of the developments
 
Location of 
development
 
Designed capacity per 
year
 
Land area or Built 
up area
 
Current Phase & 
Stage
 
Commencement date of 
development
 
(Estimated) development's 
completion date on or 
before
 
Contractual amount
 
% of completion as at 
30.09.2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
 
Fish Farm (1)
 
Enping City
 
1,200 MT
 
9,900 m2
 
fully operational
 
July. 2010
 
Jun-11
 
$5.3 million
 
Fully operational
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prawn Farm (1)
 
Enping City
 
2013=400MT 2014=800MT 2015=1200 MT
 
23,100 m2
 
2 phases and road work
 
Phase 1 on June 2011 Phase (2.1) Phase (2.2) Road work Started Aug. 2012
 
Phase (1) on December 2012 Phase (2) completed Q1 2013
 
Phase (1) $11.6 million Phase (2) 6.39 million Road work $2.94 million
 
In operation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fish Farm (2) "The Fish & Eel Farm
 
Xin Hui District, Jiang Men.
 
2014=800 MT 2015= 1600 MT 2016=2000MT
 
165,000 m2
 
3 Phases
 
Phase 1 January 15, 2012 Bridge & Road Oct. 2012 Phase (3) 2013 & (4)2014
 
Phase 1 June 2014 Bridge & Road Dec. 2013 Phase (3) & (4) 2015
 
Phase (1) $8.73 million Bridge & Road $2.48 Phase (3) $4.38 M Phase (4) $10.63 Million
 
Phase (1) & Bridge and Road completed Jan. 2013 Phase (3) 43% and Phase (4) not started.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prawn Farm (2) The Hatchery & Nusery & Grow-out prawn farm
 
San Jiao Town, Zhong San City,
 
2013=1.6 Billion Fingerling and 400MT of prawns increasing yearly and by 2015 = 3.2 billion fingerling and 1200 MT of Prawns
 
120,000 m2
 
2 phases
 
Phase (1) and Phase (2) May 2012 Phase (3) 2014
 
Phase (1) Dec. 2012 and Phase (2) December 2013.Phase (3) Dec. 2014
 
Phase (1) $9.26 m and Phase (2) 8.42 Million Phase (3) 11.5 Million
 
Phase (1) fully operational and Phase (2) in operation and Phase (3) not started
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prawn Farm (3)
 
Xining City, Qinghai
 
 
 
Expanded to 10,560 m2
 
Phase (1)
 
41,122
 
Dec-14
 
Pending approval
 
10%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wholesale Center (1)
 
Guangzhou City
 
 
 
5,000 m2
 
One Phase
 
41,030
 
March 2013
 
$3.2 million
 
in operation
 
 
(a)
Phase 1 development work on a prawn hatchery and nursery farm (Prawn Farm 2) with Zhongshan A Power Prawn Culture Development Co. Ltd. (“ZSAPP”) (a proposed name of this future SJVC), where the Company owns a direct 25% equity interest, was completed in May 2012. Prawn Farm 2 has generated income since May 2012. Phase 2 development involves development of facilities for the production of prawns, brood stock, and associated expansion activities commencing in May 2012 and completed in June 2013with production of prawns starting from August 2013. The work that has been completed during the second quarter of 2013 included the development of: (i) an additional indoor prawn nurturing apartment, (ii) three brood stock open dams with all under-ground in built filtration systems that capable of holding up to 3,000 mother prawns at a time, (iii) all external fences of the farm, and (iv) two open dams with all in built filtration systems that has the capacity to grow out up to 12 MT of fish per year and all associated infrastructure. There are 30 Mu (equivalent to 5 acres) of land that has been reserved for the construction of an indoor APRAS farm designed with the capacity to grow up to 1,200 MT of prawns per year at the complex. Its construction work is planned to start during Q1 2014 when most of the existing open dams’ work will be completed sometime within the same quarter. The Company has pre-paid $5,558,057 toward the consideration of its future SJVC toward the assets of the fully developed farm, equivalent to just under 20% equity interest of the future SJVC that is targeted to be formalized within year 2014.
 
 
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(b)
The development work on the fish and eel farm (Fish Farm 2) with an unrelated entity, Gao A Power Fishery Development Co. Ltd., is still in progress. The project is delayed because the property is situated on an inlet and drainage is extremely difficult to resolve and costly to fix. We have engineered a solution resolving this problem by constructing semi-enclosed growing dams that will be built with light building materials on land to be filled by soil collected from the extra water holding dams constructed at the same complex, outfitted with re-circulated filtration systems built externally adjacent to the water holding dams and the grow-out dams to suit the growing of prawns, fishes and/or eels in this farm. We are dividing workflow into phases and stages to yield the optimal financial efficiency and benefits. As of September 30, 2013, infrastructure construction work has begun with Phase1’s construction work expected to be completed during year 2014.
 
 
 
 
 
(c)
The development work on a prawn farm at Huanyuan County, Xining City (Prawn Farm 3) is for an unrelated third party Chinese investor, Wu Aquaculture A Power Development Co. Ltd. (a proposed name for this future SJVC) originally planned to be on SJAP property. All engineering design and related pre-development work has been completed, with original plans to begin construction and infrastructure work in May 2013. However, management decided in February 2013 to relocate Prawn farm 3 to another block of land adjacent to SJAP’s existing property consisting of a much bigger area to accommodate future expansion whenever necessary. As a result of the relocation, the block of land where Prawn Farm 3 will be situated sets on a 45Mu area requiring rezoning from agriculture to industrial status. Any rezoning on parcels greater than 40Mu requires central government approval versus from local authorities (for parcels less than 40Mu), unfortunately requiring more time and causing delays in completing the process.
 
 
 
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Fish Farm 1
 
 
Views of the Fish Farm 1 complex situated on 9,900 m2 of land in the Enping City District. It is a fully self-contained complex providing a development prototype model for China.
 
 
The farm has 16 grow-out APM tanks growing fish in-door and on land with the capacity to grow-out over 1,200 MT of fish/year. Market prices of Sleepy Cod have fallen sharply since Q42012 from US$27 / kg to its current $15 / Kg, such that, part of FF(1) has been remodeled to adapt to the growing of eels (in four tanks started from Q2 2013) and prawns(in 8 tanks started from Q3 2013) with the remaining 4 tanks growing Sleepy Cod.
 
 
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Prawn Farm 1
 
Situated in the district of Enping City on 26,100 m2 of land, Prawn Farm 1 has a designed capacity to grow up to 1,200 Mt / year by 2015, and current capacity to grow-out 250/300 MT of prawns in 2013. It is a fully self-serviced complex with office, staff quarters, laboratory, dried and cold storages, stand-by generator room, heating rooms, water storage and tanks, landscaping gardens, etc.
 
 
 
 
The plastic netting rolls are designed to provide shelter for the prawns and thus to increase the grow out capacity of the tanks.
Each grow-out tank in the farm is measures 12 m x 10 m x 2.5 m deep holding up to 240,000 liters of water, stocking between 500,000 to 600,000 (Big Giant Prawn) fingerling (that are between 21 days to 28 days old being supplied from our own Hatchery & Nursery –Prawn Farm 2) in each tank and grow them upto12 weeks to reach marketable sizes from counts of 75 pieces / kg and larger. During their growing period in the farm, prawns are being graded frequently to achieve the optimum grow-out efficiency, as such some faster growing prawns may reach marketable sizes after 8 weeks and some of the slower growing prawn may need 12 weeks. From our first and second batch of grow-out record during the quarter, we show that the average of marketable prawn being harvested per tank is just under 8 MT / tank / growing cycle, and as such, the productivity / tank / year can be conservatively estimated at 40 MT / tank / year. Comparing productivity to existing open dam prawn farming, which requires 26,000 m2 (surface area of an open dam) to produce the 40 MT of marketable prawns / year, the same harvest can be obtained in one grow-out tank measuring 120 m2, drastically reducing the amount of surface area necessary to produce the same measurable results.
 
 
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Prawn Farm 2
 
 
Prawn Farm 2 has a much bigger land bank of 120,000 m2 because apart from its core function of being the hatchery and nursery operation to supply quality prawn fingerling, the farm is now developing open grow-out dams that have built-in RAS filtration systems to save on water consumption as well as to provide cleaner water aimed at reducing the impact of pollution. In this respect, part of the open-dams started prawn production during this quarter. At the same time 30,000 m2 has been reserved for the construction of an in-door APRAS grow-out farm targeting to grow up to 1,200 MT of prawns / year with commencement of construction work scheduled to start early in 2014.
 
 
 
The tanks in the picture are nursery tanks. Each tank has the capacity to nurture up to 10 million prawns every 5 days per 30 cubic liters (or 30 MT) of water. Prawn Farm 2 is also built as a fully self-contained complex with all associated facilities.
 
 
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Marketing and Sales of aquatic seafood:
 
CA is the sole marketing, sales and distribution agent of the Re-circulating Aquaculture System (“RAS”)fishery and prawn (or shrimp) farms, and purchases all marketable fish and prawns (or shrimp) from the farms and in turn sells them to wholesale markets.CA also supplies the farms with fingerling, baby or adult fish or prawns and stock feed.
 
Presently, our RAS farms do not produce enough fish or prawns to warrant the establishment and sales of value added processing products or facilities given that the Chinese markets pay the best prices for live fish and prawns. Thus, CA sells only live fish and prawns.
 
In this respect, CA generates revenue from the sale of seafood bought from farms that are either a subsidiary of the Company or an unincorporated project company and from contracted growers in the manner described below:
 
Fish Farm 1: JFD is the owner and operator of Fish Farm 1; the Company presently owns a 75% equity interest in JFD.
 
Fish Farm 1represents our typical development model and is built on a block of land measuring 9,900 m2 containing staff quarters providing accommodation for up to 15 workers, a self-contained office, a laboratory, external live bait holding tanks, all season red worms nurturing tanks, dry and cold storages, workshops, processing facilities, a heating room, 500 MT of water holding tanks, landscape gardens, standby generator rooms, all related underground and above ground infrastructure, and a 4,000 m2fish grow-out farm supporting16 RAS tanks, each measuring 10 m x 10 m x 3 m in depth holding up to 240,000 liters (or 240 Metric Tons (MT) of water with the production capacity to grow up to 80 MT of aquatic animals per year depending on its stocking cycles (or frequency of stocking of fish) and the initial size of the fish being stocked in each cycle. In other words, if the initial stocked fingerling is around 30/40 mm per fish, then it will take over 12 months to grow the fish into a marketable fish (averaging over 500 gram/fish) such that its annual production is only up to 30/35 MT/tank; however if the initial fish being stocked are at an average of 200 to 300 grams each then its stocking and harvesting cycle is 4 times per year, enhancing annual production capacity to up to 80 MT/tank.
 
Initially, Fish Farm 1 was designed to grow sleepy cod, which had a niche market with most attractive prices in Chinese markets; however, sleepy cod does not have a large market share in China compared to the carp species. Our market research of the sleepy cod market shows that total annual local domestic production is about 25,000/28,000 MT distributed to more than 100 wholesale markets throughout many provinces, with the markets at Guangzhou City, the Southern Coastal towns of Guangdong and markets in Shanghai City comprising the dominant markets. From the time we started stocking sleepy cod in 2011 until the end of year 2012, live sleepy cod constituted a niche market in China and sold at wholesale for an average price of US$27/Kg until the cheaper imports from other Asian countries were permitted to be imported to China at a low import tax starting in January 2013, such that the wholesale prices fell sharply to an average of US$15/Kg. We mainly had fed live bait fish to our baby sleepy cod (250 to 300 gram each) that we bought from our contracted suppliers costing us approximately US$5/sleepy cod grown at an average feed to weight gain conversion rate of 2.5 Kg of live bait to 1 kg of weight gained. As such, when we purchased our supplies of live bait at an average of US$1.65/Kg, and low mortality rate at the average below 8% coupled with our recorded 3.5 stocking and harvesting cycles per year, Fish Farm 1consistently achieved good sales revenues with gross profit margin of 50/55 % in 2011 and 2012. However its gross profit margin fell in 2013 to between 35/40 % while the cost of supplies of baby sleepy cod and live bait fell correspondingly by an average of only 10%.
 
In this respect and in an attempt to mitigate the adverse circumstances, during the first quarter of 2013 we stepped up the modification of our RAS tanks to adapt to the growing of eels with 4 tanks and prawns (or shrimp) with 8 tanks and the expansion program in the Research and Development Station to accommodate the nurturing of Flower Pattern Eels’ fingerlings to grow into adult eels (of 500 gram/eel and upward) that would be supplied to Fish Farm 1 to grow the adult eels into marketable sized eels (around 1.5 kg/eel and larger) which at present are selling at high prices between US$27/28 per Kg. Fish Farm 1 is now stocked with and growing Flower Pattern eels, prawns and sleepy cod.
 
Prawn Farm 1 (or EBAPCD): EBAPCD is the proposed name of the future SJVC (subject to approval by relevant Chinese authorities under our application for SJVC status), established to own and operate Prawn Farm 1. EBAPCD generated revenue starting during the third quarter of 2013. Capital Award recognized income from purchases of prawns from Prawn Farm 1 and selling them to the wholesale markets.
 
 
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On April 22, 2013, we placed our first 500,000 (Mexican White) prawn fingerling in Prawn Farm 1, and as of the date of this Quarterly Report management reported that prawns are meeting growth benchmarks with low mortality reaching around 15 cm/prawn in size. The Company believes that its Prawn Farm 1 represents the first indoor RAS prawn farm in Asia. Going forward, Prawn Farm 1 will carry out its rotational stocking and harvesting program targeting to produce between 250/ 300 MT of live prawns in 2013. During this quarter Prawn Farm 1 harvested over 102 MT of marketable sized prawns.
 
We have seen a rapid increase in live prawn prices in the first quarter of this year (averaging 100% increases in prices compared to the corresponding period last year) with current wholesale price averaging US$15/Kg for size of 80s (equivalent to 80 to 90 pieces of prawn/Kg), and prices going up proportionately to sizes of Mexican White prawns, and at a premium rate for popular, but rarer species (e.g., our big giant prawns, Green Prawn, Banana Prawns and Tiger Prawns). From latest growing records of the farm, the average time required to grow prawns from 7 days old Mexican White fingerling and 21-days old Big Giant Prawn fingerlings to marketable sizes in commercial scale at the Prawn Farm 1 under our RAS system is recorded between 60/70 days for marketable Mexican White prawns for sizes weighing at 80 pieces / Kg, and 80/90 days for marketable Big Giant Prawns for sizes weighing at 75 pieces / Kg. We intend to add in more grading tanks to grade out the bigger sized prawns from the smaller sized prawns thus to grow them in separated tanks in the farm that will be able to reduce grow-out period of the prawns because we will be able to grade them more frequently such that some of the faster growing prawns will be able to reach marketable sizes much faster because the graded prawns can be fed and cared for more appropriately and directly in their own graded tanks. The records also show a very low mortality rate, recording less than 5%, which is far superior to the existing open dam prawn farms’ average of 50%.
 
Prawn Farm 2(or ZSAPP): ZSAPP is also an intended name of the future SJVC (subject to approval by relevant Chinese authorities under our application for SJVC status), established to own and operate Prawn Farm 2. ZSAPP has been generating revenues since May 2012. However, ZSAPP’s financial statements will not be consolidated with ours until approval of this SJVC is obtained, and one of our subsidiaries acquires a majority equity interest therein. However, during the interim period, prior to the said official formation of the SJVC, Capital Award acts as its sole marketing agent and recognizes income from the following: (1) commissions earned from ZSAPP’s sales of prawn fingerling to regional growers, (2) sales of marketable sized prawns bought from ZSAPP and (3) management fees.
 
ZSAPP has been successful during the first quarters of 2013, producing LawZi Prawn (or the Big Giant Prawns) fingerling from the 5,000 pieces breeding stock that were imported from South-East Asian countries. By the second quarter of 2013, the reproduction of the Big Giant Prawns fingerling had become consistent; consequently, during this third quarter of 2013, ZSAPP sold 258 million Mexican White fingerling at an average of RMB165 / 10,000 fingerling and over 100 million of Big Giant Prawn fingerling at an average of RMB460 / 10,000 fingerling. During the past two years, our research confirmed that the demand and prices of the Big Giant Prawns in the local domestic markets were high (at between RMB450 to 550/10,000 flies in 2012) because supplies of quality Big Giant Prawn fingerling is competitively low compared to Mexican White (price averaged between RMB150 to 170/10,000 flies in 2012), due to problems of inbreeding. As such, we expect high demand for our Big Giant Prawn flies by the regional prawn growers, as they will be the offspring from our 2nd generation breeding stock free from inbreeding problems. As of the last week of September 2013; we imported an additional 5,000 breeding-stock prawns from South East Asian countries in an effort to continue improving our offspring culture.
 
Fish sales generated from purchases with other open-dam growers contracted by Capital Award. Capital Award has been contracting with local aquaculture farms to grow sleepy cod since 2012based on a fixed production cost, with recently added eel growing contracts commencing in the first quarter of 2013. There are existing contracts that will provide up to 800,000 pieces of sleepy cod and 600,000 pieces of eels to be sold by Capital Award between 2013 through the early part of 2014. During Q3 2013, there were over 124,000 pieces of Sleepy cod and 66,000 pieces of eels being sold from these contracts.
 
The Beef Cattle business of MEIJI:
 
Similarly to CA, MEIJI has two sources of revenues, its Engineering and Services revenues and its marketing and sale of cattle;
 
2.1. Engineering and services revenues. Revenues are generated from the construction and development of Cattle Farm 1 and Cattle Farm 2.
 
The MEIJI table below shows the latest status of their developments:
 
 
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Name of the
developments
 
Location of
development
 
Land area or 
Built up area
 
Estimated
Capacity / year
 
Current Phase & 
Stage
 
Commencement
date
 
Estimated completion
date on or before
 
Contractual amount
 
% of completion as at 
30.09.2013
 
Cattle Farm (1)
 
LiangXi Town, Enping City
 
165,013 m2
 
1,500 Heads
 
2 phases
 
Apr-11
 
Dec. 2011
 
$4.17 million
 
Fully Operational
 
Cattle Fram (2)
 
LiangXi Town, Enping City
 
230,300 m2
 
2,500 heads
 
2 Phases
 
Feb. 2012
 
March. 2014
 
$10.6 million
 
80%
 
Cattle Farm (1) external road work
 
LiangXi Town, Enping City
 
4.5 Km road
 
 
 
One Phase
 
Sept. 2012
 
March. 2013
 
$4.32 million
 
Completed
 
Cattle Farm (2) External Road work.
 
LiangXi Town, Enping City
 
5.5 Km Road
 
 
 
One Phase
 
Sept. 2012
 
March. 2013
 
$5.28 Million
 
Completed
 
 
Enping is situated in the Southern part of China with a semi-tropical climate, and the cattle farm is operated based on our semi-free range growing and management system that allows the cattle to roam around and feed in our pasture fields during the mornings and be kept and fed with our formulated aromatic feed in our semi-opened cattle houses during the hot days and nights. This is an entirely different agricultural environment than that of SJAP in Huangyuan, Xining, which has bitterly cold and long winter seasons and where all cattle are being grown in fully insulated cattle houses.
 
The 2012 experience of the JHMC farm showed that the growth rate of the cattle in this environment is faster than in SJAP (averaging 1.78 Kg/day/head in weight gain compared to SJAP’s 1.5 kg/day/head). However, Cattle Farm 1 showed higher mortality rates than SJAP (recording 5% in Cattle Farm 1 compared to 0.25% in SJAP). The reason for the higher mortality is due mainly to the change of climate, as Cattle Farm 1 has to buy young cattle from farms situated in the cold Northern part of China where they have ample supply of young cattle at lesser costs, but require over 3 days of transportation, such that some of the weaker young cattle could not adapt to the hot climate of Enping and thus could not recover from the journey. To avoid the repetition of this high mortality rate, Cattle Farm 1 had built additional semi-open cattle houses that are equipped with cooling systems as temporary depots to receive the young cattle and to nurture them back to health before they are grown in our normal cattle houses.
 
The other differential aspect between Cattle Farm 1 and SJAP is in the management of environmental impact. SJAP is going to build a mash gas station (estimated by the year end of 2013) to manage all of its cattle waste into electricity with its residue recycled as raw material used in its manufacturing of organic fertilizer, whereas in Cattle Farm 1, the cattle waste is being kept in septic wells that is treated with our enzyme under a fermentation process, and then is channeled to fertilize our pasture fields at the farm. JHMC’s waste treatment program is sufficient for the time being as it has enough pasture fields to absorb the waste yielded from limited number of cattle (up to 500 head) being grown on the farm; however as the cattle number increases beyond the fields’ fertilizer absorption capacity, an alternative environment treatment plan must be implemented in order that this JHMC farm can grow more cattle.
 
Earlier in the year, Cattle Farm 1bought young cattle between 6 to 8 months old and fattened them on the farm for a further 6 to 10 months; however from Q2 2013 onward, Cattle Farm 1bought slightly older cattle (between 15 to 16 months old) and fattened them at the farm for a further 3 to 6 months, then sold them to the wholesale markets and/or to the Beijing cattle farm and wholesale shop (that we have invested in). In this respect we are expecting faster and higher turnover of sales due to faster turn-around cycles of growth of cattle at the farm. As such, during this quarter, Cattle Farm 1 sold over 751 heads of cattle averaging 18 months old.
 
Cattle Farm 2 will be complementary to Cattle Farm 1 having an additional 76 acres of land suitable for growing our type of pasture (a cross between Elephant and Yellow grass) that has a very high yield rate of over 35 MT/0.167 acres/year, and containing an average of over 9% protein that is very suitable for consumption by cattle. Between the two farms, under normal seasons, they have a capacity to produce up to 30,000 MT of pasture/year that is capable of feeding up to 5,000 head of cattle/year based on the consumption rate of average of 6 MT/head/year if the environmental issue mentioned above is resolved properly.
 
By the end of February 2013, the Company had completed the external roadwork of about 10 Km leading from the outer-boundary access road to and surrounding the two farms. The development cost of this road was shared at the ratio of 2/3 by Cattle Farm 1 and 1/3 by Cattle Farm 2. This all-season road was constructed at the request of the district village committee of Enping City, enhancing corporate social responsibility in our development of the two cattle farms. Development work on Cattle Farm 2 was almost completed at the end of September 2013, with pasture being planted and stocking of cattle expected to commence as early as January 2014.
 
 
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Cattle Farm 1
 
 
Cattle Farm 1 was built as a demonstration farm to show that cattle can be raised in a semi-tropical climate using our Semi-grazing and housing method that we call “Semi-free growing” management system where the cattle are allowed to graze in the field during the early morning and kept indoors and hence away from the hot sun during the hot summer afternoon. So far this method has proven reliable with the growth rate of the cattle measuring slightly better than the cattle at SJAP (i.e., averaging some 0.28 kg/day/cattle more).
 
2.2. Marketing and sale of live Cattle by MEIJI: Similar to CA in its model of operation, MEIJI purchases fully grown cattle from Cattle Farm 1 and sells them to the cattle wholesalers, as well as buys young cattle from other farmers and sells the young stock to Cattle Farm 1.
 
All cattle farms developed by MEIJI will be using its “Semi-free growing” management system and aromatic-feed programs and systems to raise beef cattle.
 
Beef is traditionally a niche market in China, as it is mainly sold to expensive restaurants or upscale hotels rather than to Chinese consumers. This situation is rapidly changing, though, owing to urbanization and rising incomes, the rising demand for a high protein diet, and the rise in restaurant dining due to work demands.
 
Our free range cattle grown in the Enping farms are fed with natural pastures, concentrated livestock feed and our Aromatic Feed that contains Chinese herbal plants specially designed to improve animal health such that these Enping farms produce healthy cattle and in turn quality meat. Although we cannot have them certified as pure organic meat yet because we cannot get certification from suppliers of the raw materials used to make our concentrated feed purely organic, we believe that we are not far away from being qualified to obtain 100% pure organic meat certification.
 
The Enping cattle farms are situated in Guangdong Province, which is not a traditional cattle growing country due to its tropical climate. Most cattle and beef supplies are imported from the Western and Northern Provinces at higher costs entailing higher wholesale and retail prices in Guangzhou City and in its urban cities, which provides marketing advantages for our cattle sales within the region.
 
Moreover, our 2012 sampled meat trials carried out with a number of reputable restaurants and hotels in Beijing City were well received with constant requests for us to supply them on a long-term basis. Our strategy is to ensure we can supply the quantity to maintain consistently sustainable supplies as required by our customers. At Enping cattle farms we will grow at least 1,000 heads of mature cattle in 2013, which is the minimum number required to sustain the supplies to just a couple of restaurant chains.
 
Cattle Farm 1 is doing well and on target having sold, during first half of this year, over 630 heads of mature cattle grown collectively from the stocked six months old calves and the 12 months yearling cattle bought in January and May of 2012, respectively. Out of the total sales of cattle during the first six months of this year, on April 22, 2013, 180 heads of matured beef cattle had been transported to Beijing City to be sold to one of the wholesalers specializing in supplying quality beef meat to top hotel and restaurant chains. The change of stocking of older cattle (from 15 to 16 months old) and fattening the mat the farm for period of 5 to 6 months starting from Q2 2013 resulted in CF(1) selling over 751 heads of cattle (at an average of 18 months old) enhancing much faster turn-around of sales of cattle at the farm.
 
 
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Under a joint venture with a group of businessmen (the “Joint Venture”), we started setting up a Cattle Station and related facilities on a block of leased land measuring about 130,000 m2 within the Central Cattle Market and Facility of Beijing City (that we call “The Beijing Cattle Farm”)to act as an intermediate housing to grow our Aromatic beef cattle and to sell together with our Aromatic Cattle from Cattle Farm 1 through regional distributors, and in turn to some of the top hotels and restaurants chains in Beijing City and also through wholesale shops that the Joint Venture intends to develop. In this respect, the development of wholesale shops fits in well as part of our interstate wholesale and distribution development plan that we mapped for some of the big cities in China, and this one in Beijing City is the beginning of such a plan being put into motion. By July 31, 2013, the Joint Venture established one small wholesale shop within close proximity to the Beijing Cattle Farm and started sales of our beef meats regionally. The Joint Venture Agreement has not been finalized; consequently, the Joint Venture is currently based on a verbal understanding only. During Q3 2013, this Beijing cattle station is housing 450 heads of cattle and its wholesale shop is selling an average of 3 head of cattle per day. We are satisfied with its sale performance and realize that potentially there is good commercial viability to support expansion of similar shops developed within Tier (one) and Tier (2) cities in China.
 
Pictures Taken in July 2013 showing the Beijing Cattle Farm and the Small Wholesale Shop.
 
 
2.
 
SJAP and HSA Division in fertilizer, livestock feed and cattle:
 
We have two operations in this division spread over two provinces in China, consisting of the following:
 
3.1 Operation 1. Operation 1 is operated from Huangyuan County of Xining City; Qinghai Province by SJAP, a majority owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated in China in 2009. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, SJAP’S principal activities that are generating revenues comprise: (i) manufacturing and sale of organic fertilizer, (ii) manufacturing and sale of livestock feed, and (iii) rearing and sale of beef cattle. On February 28, 2013, SJAP completed its development of the Concentrated Livestock Feed Manufacturing Factory, and started the production and sales of Concentrated Livestock Feed (“CLF”).This CLF complements SJAP’s bulk livestock feed to provide the local cattle and sheep farming industry with a unique and completed feed formula that can cater to the rearing of cattle and sheep at various growing cycles (e.g., specially formulated mixes with efficient nutrients for dairy cows and sheep, weaning, fattening and mature cattle and sheep). The advantage of the formulated feed combination is that the cattle and sheep growers will realize cost savings in production knowing precisely the amount of concentrated feed that will be needed by their livestock, thus avoiding excess concentrated feed being wasted on over feeding, resulting in worthless excess fat in mature animals. In this respect, the Chinese central government has placed an order with SJAP to reserve up to 5000 MT of CLF annually as part of the country’s annual reserve emergency livestock feed inventory. Thus, from March 2013 onward, SJAP expects to have additional revenue generated from the sales of CLF.
 
The fertilizer, bulk livestock feed and cattle divisions under SJAP contributed 3%, 2% and 10% of the Company’s total revenue and 3%, 2% and 5% of the Company’s total consolidated gross profit, respectively, in 2012 derived from the production of about 4,500 head of mature cattle (between 15 months to 18 months old) from its own cattle houses and the co-operative growers, collectively, 25,000 MT of organic fertilizer, and 22,000 MT of bulk stock feed.
 
 
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Our strategy is to increase the number of co-operative growers and obtain more internal cattle houses in an attempt to double the volume of production of mature cattle during 2013, which in turn would increase the demand for the production of fertilizer and bulk stock feed to grow in tandem. The cost of rearing cattle is expected to be lower as a result of concentrating efforts on manufacturing and/or selling livestock feed. The regional farmers are contracted to grow crops and pasture for us using our land that has been provided lease-free by the local Government or by using their own land, our equipment operated by our workers for planting and harvesting, and our super vision and associated services as well as seed and organic fertilizer. These items are provided to them on credit, which are then charged against their account when the Company purchases the crops and pasture grass from them in return. Regional farmers also raise cattle for us using our bulk livestock feed under the same credit terms and conditions described above. That is, when the Company purchases the mature cattle from them, their accounts is charged for the feed against the amount paid.
 
The cattle we grow are primarily Simmental (a common breed introduced to China in the early 20thcentury), Charolais, and some Angus cattle. In general, 12 to 15-monthold cattle are sold to local farmers by our cattle agents, and we commit to repurchasing the cattle between 21 months to 24 months old.
 
We intend to rent part of our cattle housing to farmers upon completion of development of all our cattle houses sometime in 2014, and will provide slaughter and deboning services to them once our abattoir and deboning facilities are completed in 2014. In this respect, SJAP received a business permit from the Chinese authorities on April 17, 2013, and construction commenced on April 21, 2013 on the abattoir, de-boning factory, and related packaging facility. Since it is rare and difficult to obtain a permit for an abattoir facility in China, having this facility is expected to become a very valuable asset. We are expecting trial runs of the slaughter facilities commencing on or before the end of December 2013 because as of week (1) of November 2013, construction of the Slaughter complex is about 80% completed, targeting phase (1) operation to begin Q1 2014.
 
Presently, we sold mostly live-cattle to or through various cattle wholesalers to existing wholesales and distributing markets that did not require much marketing efforts and net-working, however by 2014, it will require organized marketing net-works and efforts to sell our beef (meats) and beef products efficiently in order that we could achieve better profit margins for our quality meat and establish our own brands and labels.
 
In China, beef is are customarily distributed through various tiers of established wholesalers and distributors that source their beef from various slaughter cum deboning houses located across many districts in China, whereas most of these wholesalers are selling multiple types of frozen or freshly chilled meats (including pork and poultry etc.), as well as some slaughter houses supplying and specializing solely in beef. In turn, these wholesalers and distributors supply beef to regional super market chain stores, retailing wet and frozen food markets, the catering industry, etc. Therefore, after having established its own slaughterhouse and de-boning factory, SJAP is expected to automatically become the primary supplier of beef. As such, many existing wholesalers and distributors will source their beef supplies directly from us. With the current ever increasing demands of quality beef meats due to the increase of middle class consumers, the Government’s enforcement of food safety regulation, and of anti-smuggling and illegal imports of beef, the right opportunity exists for SJAP to market its high-quality beef product. Therefore, the Company is confident in selling its beef meats successfully in the domestic markets, along with a certain portion to be exported to some South Asian countries (i.e. Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Middle East countries and Thailand etc.) in 2014that the Local Government is encouraging us to do.
 
l Table (below) shows presently in China the average of mark-up margin for most of the sellers and operators in the beef trade:
 
Type of wholesalers, distributors or retailers
 
Mark-up Margin in
 
Localities
 
1st Tier cities
 
2nd and 3rd tier cities
 
4th& 5th tier & lower tier cities
 
 
 
Low / High
 
Low / High
 
Low / High
 
Slaughter cum de-boning houses
 
30% / 35%
 
33% / 38%
 
39% / 42%
 
1st tier wholesalers and distributors
 
10% / 12%
 
12% / 15%
 
15% / 20%
 
2nd and 3rd tier wholesalers and distributors
 
15% / 20%
 
18% / 25%
 
20% / 30%
 
1st tier retailers (i.e. super market chains)
 
22% to 35%
 
22% / 35%
 
22% / 35%
 
 
 
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l Our marketing strategy in selling our beef meats and beef products are as follows:
 
Development and marketing targets: We aim to target our sales of beef and beef products to the middle class consumers through following developments shown below:
 
 
Period of development
 
Items of developments and through marketing channels of
 
Estimated annual production of beef
 
Shares of sales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
From / to
 
 
 
MT
 
MT
 
MT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6,000
 
9,000
 
18,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q4 2013/
 
31 /12/ 2014
 
Development of up to 5 sales and distribution out-lets in Beijing, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Chongqing & Shanghai City, to distribute sales through and by
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(A). Existing localized 1st , 2nd and 3rd tier wholesalers and distributors in these cities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
60%
 
45%
 
35%
 
 
 
 
 
(B). Own sales and distribution outlets*
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
40%
 
30%
 
30%
 
Jan. 2014
 
31.12.2015
 
Development of up to 5 sales and distribution out-lets in Fuzhou, Changsha, Suzhou, Shenzhen and Xiamen City, to distribute sales through and by
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(A). Existing localized 1st , 2nd and 3rd tier wholesalers and distributors in these cities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15%
 
20%
 
 
 
 
 
(B). Own sales and distribution out-lets *
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10%
 
15%
 
 
*Our own sales distribution outlets will include the development and operation of the following:
* 1st and 2nd tiers Wholesales and distribution network in direct competition to the existing localized wholesalers.
*Distribution &service networking into super market chains
*Franchising of “Bull” Restaurants that will be selling our own beef and beef products
*Franchising of retail butcher shops similar to the Beijing shop.
 
Note: currently the one and only “Bull” restaurant is to act as SJAP’s first demonstration model converted from one of our old cattle houses situated next to our newly renovated cattle houses at SJAP’s complex. It has a seating capacity of over 130andis now popular local dining facility having achieved sales of just over $420,000 in year 2012 with net profit of just over $50,000 (or netting about 12%) and is using one head of cattle / every 3 days.
 
Therefore, it is within reason to assume that in the big cities, compared to the small community of Huangyuan where the demonstration restaurant is located, a similar restaurant must have the capacity to use up to at least 2 head of cattle / day equal to 730 head / year, and therefore if and when we shall develop 50 Bull restaurants, we anticipate seeing sales of up to 36,500 heads of cattle being used in a year, which would be more than the amount SJAP is targeting to slaughter in 2016 (i.e., 30,000 heads).
 
The table below shows some of biggest wholesale frozen food (including beef) markets in Tier 1 cities (i.e. Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou City) from which there are many established logistic services to channel frozen goods to other 2nd and 3rd tier cities where many existing localized wholesalers and distributors are situated and operating from:
 
 
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City
Name of wholesale (cold storage) Markets
Address
Beijing
XinFa Di Wholesale Market of Agricultural Produce
新发地农产品批发市场
XinFa Di Bridge, Jingkai Highway, Fengtai District, Beijing
 
Jing Hua Jin Niu Qing Zhen wholesale Market of Meat and Aquatic Produce
京华金牛清真肉类水产批发市场
No.6 Nanding Road, Fengtai District, Beijing
 
YueGeZhuang wholesale Market
岳各庄批发市场
No.34 Fengtai Road, Beijing
 
Jin Xiu Da Di Wholesale Market of Meat
锦绣大地肉类批发市场
No.69 Fushi Road, Haidian District, Beijing
Shanghai
Shanghai City Beef and mutton wholesale trade Market
上海市牛羊肉批发交易市场
No.178 Nanda Road, Baoshan District, Shanghai
 
Cao An Hu Tai Agricultural wholesale Market
曹安沪太农贸批发市场
Mei Ling North Road, Putuo District, Shanghai
 
Shanghai Agricultural Produce wholesale Market Centre
上海农产品中心批发市场
Hunan Road, Pudong District, Shanghai
 
Shanghai Qi Bao Agricultural and Sideline Products Integrated Trading Market
上海七宝农副产品综合交易市场
Laiting North Road, Minxing District, Shanghai
 
Shanghai Jiang Yang Agricultural Produce wholesale Market
上海江杨农产品批发市场
Jiang Yang North, Baoshan Distric, Shanghai
Guangzhou
HuiFeng Frozen Produce Market
汇丰冷冻品市场
No.5 Shui Chang Road, Huang shi Xi Road, GZ
 
Zi You Ma Frozen Produce Wholesale Market
自由马冷冻批发市场
No.1 Huang shi Xi Road, GZ
 
Da Luo Tang International Frozen Produce Centre
大罗塘国际冷冻中心
Qiao Xing Avenue, Panyu District, GZ
 
Note: (Our intention is to acquire one of the existing wholesaling establishments in each of these 1st to 3rd tier cities to be our main sales and distribution outlets and as our main regional sales administration centers).
 
With the additional operation in the slaughterhouse, de-boning and value added processing activities from Q1 2014; we are expecting a rapid growth of year on year revenue and profits for SJAP thereafter. The table below shows an example of components of SJAP’s revenue that we expect to be generated starting from Q1 2014 from one head of cattle;
 
 
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Assumption: based on purchasing of cattle between 15 to 16 months old and fattening for a period of 5 to 6 months then proceeding for slaughtering and de-boning whereas 10% of the beef meat will be used for value added processed beef products; (Revenue generated from marketing division is excluded);
 
Revenue components
 
Quantity
 
Unit price (Round average figures)
 
Revenues generated
 
Yielding information & statistic (Average)
 
(based on one head of cattle)
 
 
 
At cost
 
Sales value
 
(From each head of 
cattle)
 
Fertilizer / Mu / year
 
0.65 MT
 
1 Mu = 660 m2
 
(Ex-factory)
 
 
 
RMB
 
RMB
 
 
 
Bulk livestock feed
 
6 MT / year
 
consumption
 
Organic Fertilizer
 
1 MT
 
650 / MT
 
1200 / MT
 
1,200
 
Concentrated feed
 
4 Kg / Day
 
consumption
 
Bulk Livestock feed
 
3 MT
 
705 / MT
 
1250 / MT
 
3,750
 
Harvest of pasture
 
3.5 MT / Mu
 
yield / Mu/year
 
Concentrated feed
 
600 Kg
 
1500 / MT
 
2600 / MT
 
1,560
 
Average weight / cattle
 
500 kg / head
 
15 to 16 months old
 
Live Cattle
 
Live-weight
 
27 / Kg
 
29 / Kg
 
22,330
 
Average weight / cattle
 
770 Kg / head
 
20 to 22 months old
 
Slaughter house
 
Service fee
 
2200 / head
 
5000 / head
 
5,000
 
Average weight gain
 
1.5 Kg / day
 
Fattening period
 
Meats
 
423 Kg
 
65 / Kg
 
78 / Kg
 
32,995
 
Meat recovery rate
 
55%
 
423 Kg / head
 
Bones
 
116 Kg
 
Nil
 
60 / Kg
 
6,960
 
Bone weight
 
25%
 
116 Kg / head
 
Value added Beef products
 
42 Kg
 
78 / Kg
 
156 / Kg
 
6,552
 
Value added product
 
10%
 
42 Kg / head
 
Government Subsidy
 
1 head
 
 
 
 
 
1,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total sales Revenue / head
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
81,347
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Note: As primary producer, SJAP’s revenue generated from one head of cattle
= RMB29, 940.
As a value added processor, SJAP’s added revenue generated from one head of cattle
= RMB51, 507.
Total Revenue generated from one head of cattle
= RMB81, 347.
 
Overall, SJAP expects that revenues from operations will multiply and increase rapidly as a result of the addition of further herds, and of comprehensive value added processing and marketing facilities. SJAP sells its organic fertilizer and bulk livestock feed mainly to its cooperative and regional farmers in addition to using it to rear its own grown cattle, but because its geographic location is so far away from other major provinces there are high costs associated with selling its fertilizer, bulk livestock feed and live cattle other than to local purchasers; conversely, equivalent imports from other provinces must be purchased at a higher cost, providing SJAP with a competitive edge. Furthermore, Qinghai Province is a region rearing millions head of cattle and sheep per year, providing an ample market for SJAP’s fertilizer and livestock feed.
 
 In the longer term, we believe that wholesale prices of SJAP’s fertilizer and bulk livestock feed will maintain a steady growth rate of 5% to 10% per annum influenced mainly by rising labor cost of the country. Furthermore, we expect a trend of continuous increases in beef and cattle prices given the increase in demand for quality beef and beef products (including value-added products) in tandem with the rise of living standards in China, the short supply of quality breeding stock that will be required to produce enough cattle to satisfy the increased demand, and the Government’s stringent restrictions placed on imported cattle and beef meat from many developed nations due to disease and quarantine control measures, all of which will influence the price rise in cattle and beef meats in China.
 
Table (below) shows SJAP’s targeted production;
 
Revenue component
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
Organic Fertilizer
 
40,000 MT
 
40,000 MT
 
40,000 MT
 
Bulk Livestock feed
 
60,000 MT
 
60,000 MT
 
60,000 MT
 
Concentrated feed
 
20,000 MT
 
30,000 MT
 
40,000 MT
 
Live cattle from
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Own farms
 
4,000 heads
 
6,000 heads
 
9,000 heads
 
Corporative growers
 
4,000 Heads
 
6,000 heads
 
9,000 heads
 
Slaughter House
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cattle
 
0
 
20,000 heads
 
35,000 heads
 
Sheep
 
0
 
75,000 heads
 
110,000 heads
 
De-boning meats
 
0
 
6,000 MT
 
9,000 MT
 
De-boning Bones
 
0
 
1,500 MT
 
2,250 MT
 
Meat Products
 
0
 
450 MT
 
1,350 MT
 
 
 
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During this Quarter, live cattle wholesale prices have been rather stable priced between (RMB 27 to RMB30 / Kg live weight for 2 to 3 years old beef cattle) representing a steady increase of 5 to 8% over Q1 2013 prices, but prices went up sharply for beef cattle below one year old (priced between RMB30 to RMB35 / Kg live weight) representing a strong increase of over 12% over Q1 2013 prices. This reflects that there is more demand for young cattle to be reared into mature cattle as the mature cattle market is becoming more stable and profitable. 
Current beef meat (in general, grade equivalent to meats de-boned from 2 to 3 year old beef cattle) is wholesaling between (RMB78 to RMB90 / Kg depending on quality specifications) for locally produced meats that have been food safety certified and processed by food safety regulated slaughterhouses and de-boning facilities.
 
On October 28th 2013, SJAP’s nomination to apply the merit credentials in China to become a certified China Dragon Head Business was approved by the Government Authorities. Whereas “The Dragon Head Business” is a prestigious certification granted by the Government to businesses, demonstrating corporate social responsibility (“CSR”), pioneering and leadership in business with, good standard of quality and services; frequently leading to additional governmental grants and other forms of assistance. Qinghai Province has bigger numbers of ethnic minorities receiving proportionately higher grants, incentives, assistances and subsidies from the Government, and SJAP has been well supported by the Government due to our CSR and we are expecting that we shall receive much greater supports from the Government with the approval of the Dragon Head Business.
 
SJAP’s operation and complex
 
 
The Corporate office building, the Cattle Station and the concentrated livestock feed manufacturing factory
 
 
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The organic fertilizer factory
 
 
 
   
The cattle houses -we now have over 12 cattle houses with each to house over 150 head with more cattle houses being built
 
 
 
 
   
 
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  Construction site and construction in progress of the slaughterhouse and deboning factory as of October 30, 2013
 
 
 
The “Bull” restaurant next to our Cattle Station.
 
3.2 Operation 2. Operation 2 is operated in Linli District, Hunan Province, by Hunan Shenghua A Power Agriculture Co. Ltd. China (“HSA”), a 76%owned subsidiary. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, HSA conducts the following business activities, both of which are in the development stage: (i) manufacturing and sales of organic and mixed fertilizer, and (ii) cultivation of pastures and crops in preparation for the establishment of beef cattle farm. By January 2013, its first organic fertilizer production plant was established and started its production of organic fertilizer. On March 5, 2013, HSA secured the rights to use an enzyme developed by a Hong Kong Company some twenty years ago that has been utilized by global manufacturers of organic fertilizer. The advantage of this particular enzyme is that when it is applied to our organic fertilizer it has the ability to convert part of the organic raw materials into potash and phosphate without having to add in chemically formulated potash and phosphate, such that our end fertilizer can be qualified as pure organic fertilizer made with 100% natural organic raw materials. With this pure organic fertilizer HSA is in a position to fully explore the potential market for fish in farm lakes and thereby to attempt to align itself with the government’s policy of encouraging Lake Fish Farmers to use pure organic fertilizer instead of chemical fertilizers. In addition, cost savings from avoiding the use of chemical potash and phosphate will, in management’s belief, result in a better profit margin for the Company. Sales of pure organic fertilizer commenced during the fourth week of March, 2013.
 
Currently, chemical fertilizers in the region are sold at wholesale between RMB 3,000 to 3,600/MT depending upon their chemical composition, compared to organic fertilizer from SJAP selling at an average of RMB1,200 to RMB1,300/MT. Our new 100% pure organic fertilizer with up to 8% potash is currently being marketed between RMB 2,000 to RMB 2,200/MT targeting to reach an average up to RMB2,600/MT such that its prices will be at the mid-range of organic and chemical fertilizer.
 
HSA is targeting to produce up to 30,000 MT of 100% pure organic fertilizer in 2013 under its newly completed production plant and facilities aiming to increase its capacity to about 90,000 MT/year in stages by 2015 subject to its sales performance within the period. The main hardship related to selling fertilizer is the requirement to provide longer credit terms (sometimes up to 180 days) to our end buyers because these end users normally can afford to pay for them only after they sell their products; however only farmers who are assessed as creditworthy by us and who plant their fields and follow our requirement to harvest crops each year are considered.
 
Development of HSA in Linli District, Hunan Province is modeled like SJAP but it has a much better growing environment, being situated in a farming rich province that is next to the Guangdong Province and benefits from cheaper logistic costs, being closer to large markets, and has a more favorable climate (milder winters and longer summers compared to SJAP’s long bitterly cold winters and short summers). However financial support from the Government is more difficult to obtain due to there being more entities sharing the Government’s support provisions.
 
 
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HSA had to endure both higher development costs and longer time to construct its facilities when compared to SJAP, whose property had 40 older (yet salvageable) buildings, which it has renovated to meet its needs.
 
Hunan Province is one of the biggest primary producing provinces of China with over 4 million primary producers producing rice, tea, tobacco, grapes, citrus, cotton, seedlings, sunflowers, herb plants and many varieties of cash crops and it has a long standing history in lake aquaculture producing millions of tons of fish and other seafood annually (e.g., total primary production is over RMB450 Billion, or about US$75 Billion recorded in 2011 as announced by Hunan Province Agriculture Department).
 
At our newly built fertilizer factory, the 100% pure organic mixed fertilizer (“POMF”) is generating stable income and revenues aiming to reach its 2013 target of 30,000 MT. By the end of September 2013,HSA produced and sold more than 12,000 MT of POMF at an average price above RMB 2,500/MT (or US$403/MT) collectively during the first nine months of 2013.
 
Work on the construction and development of a cattle station commenced in March 2012 with preparation work in progress being carried out on its general layout, cultivation and planting of crops and pasture on 75 acres situated below the hill of the fertilizer factory, and the hill leveling next to the fertilizer factory where the cattle houses will be built with work is presently in progress.
 
HSA’s complex and operation
 
 
 
 
   
4.   HylocereusUndatus (“HU”) Plantation
 
JHST, an SJVC that is 75%owned by MEIJI, is consolidated as a subsidiary, and is the owner and operator of the HylocereusUndatus Plantation (the “HU Plantation”), which is situated at Enping City, Guangdong Province. In 2012, JHST contributed 9% and 10% of the Company’s revenue and gross profit, respectively. The plantation was developed in 2008 with revenues being generated since year 2009. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, JHST has two types of operations; (i) growth and sales of flowers, and (ii) drying and value added processing and sales of HU flower products. HylocereusUndatus is commonly referred to as Dragon Fruit plants.
 
 
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JHST cultivates 187 acres of HylocereusUndatus, or Dragon Fruit (cacti) flowers in Guangdong Province. Dragon Fruit flowers for a very short period, sometimes only one night, and must be picked before they turn from green to white 20 to 25 cm long flowers, so they are by definition a fairly delicate crop.  The harvesting season is from July through October.
 
Dragon Fruit cacti take three years to reach maturity, though they will flower a little even in their first year, and can produce for as long as twenty years. JHST began planting in late 2007, and by 2013 all of the plants are mature plants (averaging over 4 years old). To date, the product has been sold in the form of dried flowers, which are used in health-related soups and teas, and fresh flowers and consumed as vegetables in China.
 
Currently, fresh flowers are sold to regional wholesale and retail markets due to their short shelf life, whereas dried flowers are sold after they are dried and packed to a few major wholesalers who in turn distribute them to other wholesale and retail markets and export traders right through the winter and spring months (from October to June each year) in Guangdong Province. In this respect, it is a distinctly seasonal revenue product, as more than half of the division’s revenues are recognized in the third quarter, and no sales are made in the first quarter.
 
It was originally forecast that by 2014, dried and pickled flowers would make up 96% of the division’s flower income as produce is diverted away from delicate fresh flowers. However, the planting of a special Chinese herb (called XueYingZi and commonly referred to as “Immortal Vegetable” in China), which is rich in selenium, among the HU Plants is expected to help to prolong the shelf life of the fresh flowers from 2-3 days up to 12-14 days, which will increase the sales of fresh flowers that are delicious to eat as fresh vegetables and commonly accepted as quality gourmet vegetables. Somehow, from harvesting of this season, it was evidenced that the planting of Immortal Vegetables in between each row of the HU plants did not prolong the shelf life of the harvested fresh HU Flowers, such that we had to process up to 80% of dried flowers. As such, at last month of this quarter, we started trials in planting other cash crops in between the HU Plants with the aim of improving revenues covering all seasons.
 
In respect of the Immortal Vegetables grown as trials over the (30 Mu field), we harvested over 200 MT of crops (inclusive roots) during this quarter, averaging about 6.7 MT / Mu from the density of about 1,700 plants / Mu that is within our estimate predicted earlier in Q2 2013. Our organic Immortal Vegetable plants have many properties that tend to induce good health. Tests and laboratory analysis are underway to determine exact properties.
 
 
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HU Plantation and Immortal vegetable farm
 
 
 
 
 
By the fourth week of July, 2013, Immortal Vegetables (the Japanese name for Immortal Vegetables is “Snowsakurako”) are almost 1.6 meter tall and look good. We are now trying to pack these into small gift packs – selling them as organic vegetables. Latest laboratory test results showing each Kg of fresh Immortal vegetables contains 0.58 gram of selenium adding value to their sales. Upon close inspection, one can see there are Immortal vegetables grown in between the HU Plants acting as a protector for the HU plants because the Immortal Vegetables have the ability to repel the diseases that live in the HU Plants. By this quarter, the HU Plants are looking very healthy and strong.
 
 The Corporate (or SIAF) Division
 
From the last quarter of 2012 the Company decided to generate the following business income to fund its shared services operations’ working capital annual budget:
 
The Wholesale and Distribution Facilities development project including design, construction and project management of its business operation of a specialist modern beef wholesale and distribution center (Wholesale Center 2) for Guangzhou City NaWei trading Co. Ltd (“NWT”), an unrelated Chinese third party owned company situated at the Guangzhou City, LiWan District, New Wholesale Market. Work started in November 2012, and as of the date of this Quarterly Report, we have completed a freezing room facility that has the capacity to store up to 150 MT of frozen food at -25 degrees Celsius with renovation and alteration work progressing on other facilities (e.g., wholesale shop, packaging and processing facility, office, dry good storage and function room).
 
 
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(1)
The Central Kitchen and related facilities development project including design, construct, project management of development and management of business operation for Guangzhou City Wangxiangcheng (“WXC”), an unrelated Chinese company, of a Central Kitchen, a Central Bakery, a fast food restaurant and 3 mobile food stores (Central Facility 1) situated adjacent to Wholesale Center 2. Work started in November 2012, and as of the date of this Quarterly Report, the construction work of the Central Kitchen is completed and in operation.
 
 
(2)
The Restaurant development project including design, construction, project management, and management of its business operation for WXC. As of July 30, 2013, Restaurant 1 at River South District has been operating for over 18 months, Restaurant 2 (at the UU Park Complex, Tianhe District) has been in operation for 10 months, Restaurant 3 (at the Sporting Complex, Tianhe District) has commenced operation since March 2013,the work at Restaurant 4, which is located at Harbor City Shopping Center, Guangzhou City, is almost completed and is targeted to open for business by end of August 2013, design and construction plans for Restaurant 5 (located at the center of Zhungzhen City, about a 35 minute drive from the Guangzhou City)have been submitted to the authorities for approval targeting construction work to start in August 2013. In this respect Restaurant (4) has commenced business operation on October 31st 2013 and renovation of restaurant (5) was 40% completed, and Restaurant 6 (at the Li Wan District, next to Wholesale Center 1)  started renovation work since 15th September 2013.Collectively, these 6 restaurants cover a total gross area of 5,800 m2 (about 63,800 ft2) with seating capacity for 1,370 persons. As at October 31st 2013 planning on the establishment of 3 additional smaller shops selling and catering for specialized gourmet food were initiated, targeting completion for business operation on or before the end of December 2013.
 
Pictures below show the restaurants that we developed
 
 
Restaurant (1)
Restaurant (2)
Restaurant (3)
Restaurant (4)
 
 
Restaurant (5) Renovation is 75% completed as at 31st Oct. 2013 targeting opening for business operation within December 2013
 
 
 
Restaurant (4) Started business operation 31th October 2013
 
 
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(3)
We are constructing a trading complex for the Import and Export trades of the Company itself at another building adjacent to the Wholesale Center 1 and 2 (the “Trading Center”).As of the date of this Quarterly Report, the Trading Center is importing frozen and fresh chilled and live seafood (i.e. cuttlefish, squid, prawns, salmon, crabs and eels) from Malaysia, Thailand, Russia and Madagascar and other local coastal fishing towns, that were sold to Wholesale Center 1 for Wholesale Center 1’sdistribution and sales into various reputable food chain outlets, wholesale market stores and super market chains in the Guangzhou City, Shanghai City as well as in the southern coastal towns of the Guangdong Province.
 
We expect to be appointed the turnkey solution provider given our current success on existing projects with our Chinese investor who owns the Guangzhou City Wangxiangcheng (WXC’s) development plan to develop over 50 gourmet restaurants and fast food outlets collectively within 2 years (2013 to 2014), and via Guangzhou City NaWei trading Co. Ltd  (NWT) on the development of a number of modern health food department chains in the Guangzhou City during2014 and 2015with SIAF as its engineering consultant, management service provider, and marketer. As such, we expect SIAF’s business and engineering development division to be kept busy for the next 3 years. At the same time we are aiming to develop our import and export trades and the seafood value added trades in harmony with WXC’s and NWT’s developments to maintain our growth rates in the sales of fish, seafood and beef products to gain momentum in materializing our business vision of vertically integrated operations.
 
The import and export trading of SIAF:
 
During this quarter we imported and sold over 12 x 40’ sea containers of seafood from various countries (i.e. Russia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Chile, etc.) and we did very well from Madagascar having imported over 500 MT of live seafood (including Mud crabs, flower pattern eels and other trailed variety of fish etc.)
 
Summary of the major work carried out in the first nine months of 2013:
 
As at the date of this quarterly report, we believe that all development work carried out within the first nine months of 2013demonstrated good progress including our own Trading Center (which is now operating, although part of its finishing work is still in progress), Leonie Chain’s Central Kitchen (as reported above, 100%has been completed) and Central Bakery has been in operation since May 2013,and we have 4 restaurants being completed with work in progress on 2 others. SJAP has completed more than 80% of its construction work on its slaughterhouse and deboning facilities, HST has completed its revitalization program of its HU Plantation (i.e., new irrigation systems with automatic sprinkle, replacing with organic soil, planting with immortal vegetables in between each row of the HU plants, extension of staff quarters such that it has accommodation now for more than 40 workers at one time), planned  13 acres of Immortal Vegetable and built associated nursery, commencement of production from Prawn Farm 1, started operation of the Beijing Cattle Farm and wholesale shop, Prawn Farm 2 completed 3 prawn grow-out open dams with RAS systems and the successful breeding of fingerling of Big Giant Prawns from our 2nd generation brood stocks, the establishment of facilities in Madagascar, and the successful production of the Lake Fish organic fertilizer.  We view the foregoing developments as a giant step forward building strong fundamentals for the Company’s future growth.
 
Consequently, we are seeing the 5-year plan play out as envisioned. Particularly at the wholesale level in the fishery and beef divisions, economies of scale are being realized. And the benefits of vertical integration are being achieved gradually, most in evidence between the wholesale and distribution levels. These are enhancing the Company's competitive position. We are beginning to see a multiplier effect generating core sustainable value and adding a layer of corporate maturity and operational reliability, reinforced by all financial metrics continuing to move positively.
 
 
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Summary of Our Land Assets
 
Item
 
Owner
 
Location
 
Project
 
Area
(acre)
 
Nature of 
Ownership
 
Tenure
 
Date Acquired
 
Expiry Date
Hunan Lot 1
 
Hunan Shenghua A Power Agriculture Co. Ltd.
 
Ouchi Village, Fenghuo Town, Linli County
 
Fertilizer production
 
31.92
 
Lease
 
43
 
5-Apr-2011
 
4-Apr-2054
Hunan Lot 2
 
Hunan Shenghua A Power Agriculture Co. Ltd.
 
Ouchi Village, Fenghuo Town, Linli County
 
Pasture growing
 
247.05
   
Management Rights
 
60
 
18-Jul-2011
 
Hunan Lot 3
 
Hunan Shenghua A Power Agriculture Co. Ltd.
 
Ouchi Village, Fenghuo Town, Linli County
 
Fertilizer production
 
8.24
 
Land Usage Rights
 
40
 
24-May-2011
 
23-May-2051
Guangdong Lot 1
 
Jiangmen City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd.
 
Yane Village, Liangxi Town, Enping City
 
HU Plantation
 
8.23
 
Management Rights
 
60
 
10-Aug-2007
 
Guangdong Lot 2
 
Jiangmen City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd.
 
Nandu Village of Yane Village, Liangxi Town, Enping City
 
HU Plantation
 
27.78
 
Management Rights
 
60
 
14-Mar-2007
 
13-Mar-2067
Guangdong Lot 3
 
Jiangmen City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd.
 
Nandu Village of Yane Village, Liangxi Town, Enping City
 
HU Plantation
 
60.72
 
Management Rights
 
60
 
18-Apr-2007
 
Guangdong  Lot 4
 
Jiangmen City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd.
 
Nandu Village of Yane Village, Liangxi Town, Enping City
 
HU Plantation
 
54.68
 
Management Rights
 
60
 
12-Sep-2007
 
Guangdong Lot 5
 
Jiangmen City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd.
 
Jishilu Village of Dawan Village, Juntang Town, Enping City
 
HU Plantation
 
28.82
 
Management Rights
 
60
 
12-Sep-2007
 
Guangdong Lot 6
 
Jiangmen City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd.
 
Liankai Village of Niujiang Town, Enping City
 
Fish Farm, HU Plantation
 
31.84
 
Management Rights
 
60
 
1-Jan-2008
 
31-Dec-2068
 
 
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GuangdongLot 7
 
Jiangmen City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd.
 
Nandu Village of Yane Village, Liangxi Town, Enping City
 
HU Plantation
 
41.18
   
Management Rights
 
26
 
1-Jan-2011
 
31-Dec-2037
Guangdong Lot 8
 
Jiangmen City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd.
 
Shangchong Village of Yane Village, Liangxi Town, Enping City
 
HU Plantation
 
11.28
 
Management Rights
 
26
 
1-Jan-2011
 
31-Dec-2037
Guangdong Lot 9
 
Jiangmen City Hang Mei Cattle Farm Development Co. Ltd.
 
Xiaoban Village of Yane Village, Liangxi Town, Enping City
 
Cattle Farm
 
41.18
 
Management Rights
 
20
 
1-Apr-2011
 
31-Mar-2031
Qinghai Lot 1
 
Qinghai Sanjiang A Power Agriculture Co. Ltd.
 
No. 498, Bei Da Road, Chengguan Town of Huangyuan County, Xining City, Qinghai Province
 
Cattle farm, fertilizer & livestock feed production
 
21.09
 
Land Usage Rights & Building ownership
 
40
 
1-Nov-2011
 
30-Oct-2051
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6.27
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Guangdong Lot 10
 
Jiangmen City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd. 
 
Niu Jiang Town
Enping City,
 
 
HU Plantation
Processing
factory
 
 
 
 
Management
Right
Lease 
 
10
 
1-April-2013    
 
1-April-2023 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
620.28
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As far as “ownership” of land is concerned, in general all land is owned by the Government. Whereas in urban areas, the land is owned directly by the central government in rural and suburban areas, agricultural land is owned by the local village collectives, usually through the villagers’ collective economic organization or the village committees.   Uncultivated land in mountain and other remote areas is also Government-owned.   Corporate entities and individuals may own the fixtures erected on government land.
 
As such, any transferrable rights to the land are in the form of usufructuary rights (i.e., the right to use and enjoy the benefits derived there from for a period of time).
 
There are several types of usufructuary rights. These include the right to land contractual management (granted by local village collectives for agriculture land), the right to use of construction land (State land in urban areas), etc.   The right to land contractual management allows a party the right to possess, utilize, and obtain profits from agricultural land.  This right is transferrable, but this land use right is based on agricultural household contracts and cannot be changed arbitrarily for non-agricultural purposes.
 
A usufructuary right properly granted in accordance with the laws may be transferred, leased, or mortgaged in accordance with the laws and the terms of the land-grant contract.
 
 
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1.   A lease confers on the recipient the same right to use and enjoy the benefits except for the right to own the building erected by the recipient and the right to transfer.  In case of government acquisition of the land, the compensation paid by the government for the building will go to the lessee, unless the lease agreement states otherwise.
 
The Agreement for the 109.79MU land of HSA is stated to be a lease agreement but the terms therein seem to suggest that HSA is being granted a Management Right.
 
2 & 3.   Land Use Rights and Management Rights confer the same right to use and enjoy the benefits.  “Land Use Right” is one granted by the State and usually used in the context of urban land, whereas “Management Right” is granted by local village collectives and the term is usually used in respect of rural land.
 
4. The term Land Use Right relates to the right to use the land and enjoy the benefits derived there from, whereas Building Ownership Right relates to the right to ownership of the building erected on the land concerned.
 
SJAP was granted a Land Use Right by the State for the land (state-owned land), and a Building Ownership Right for the buildings erected thereon.
 
SIAF's Group of Companies - Rented Premises Profiles
 
 
 
Company
 
Location
 
Usage
 
Landlord
 
Tenure
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
Sino Agro Food, Inc. Guangzhou
Representative Office
 
Room 3801, Block A, China Shine Plaza,
No. 9, Linhexi Rd., Tianhe district,
Guangzhou City
 
Head office
 
Guangzhou Shine Real Property Development limited Company
 
9 July 2012 to
8 July 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
 
Jiangmen City Heng Sheng Tai
Agriculture  Development Co. Ltd.
 
Unit 1-3, JiangzhouShuizha Building, No. 19
Jiangjun Rd., Juntang Town, Enping City
 
Office
 
Enping City Jiangzhou Water Engineering Management Department
 
1 April 2013 to
31 March 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
 
Jiangmen City A Power Fishery
Development Co. Ltd.
 
Room 202, Finance Building Chang’an Street,
Niujiang Town, Enping City
 
Office
 
The Economic Development Office of Enping Government
 
15 July 2011 to
14 July 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
 
Jiangmen City Hang Mei Cattle Farm
Development Co. Ltd.
 
Unit 4-5, JiangzhouShuizha Building No. 19 Jiangjun Rd.,
Juntang Town, Enping City
 
Office
 
Enping City Jiangzhou Water Engineering Management Department
 
1 June 2012 to 30 June 2017
 
 
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Consolidated Results of Operations
 
Part A. Consolidated Results of Operations for the three months ended September 30, 2013 compared to the three months ended September, 2012
 
Revenue
Revenue increased by $22,357,009 or 46.24% to $70,707,697 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $48,350,688 for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The increase was primarily due to the natural growth of revenue generated from our plantation, beef, organic fertilizer, and corporate and others operations and the maturity of on-going divisional businesses improving their revenues.
 
The following chart illustrates the changes by category from the three months ended September 30, 2013 to the three months ended September 30, 2012.
 
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
Category
 
Referring to
 
Q3
 
Q3
 
Difference
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
Fishery
 
CA
 
26,704,244
 
27,088,699
 
-384,445
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plantation
 
JHST
 
10,534,960
 
7,236,186
 
3,298,774
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beef
 
SJAP
 
8,164,934
 
3,785,964
 
4,378,970
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic fertilizer
 
SJAP AND HSA
 
12,270,019
 
1,710,686
 
10,559,333
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cattle farm
 
MEIJI
 
4,639,397
 
8,529,153
 
-3,889,756
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate and others
 
SIAF
 
8,394,143
 
-
 
8,394,143
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
 
70,707,697
 
48,350,688
 
22,357,009
 
 
Fishery: (Referring to CA). Revenue from fishery decreased by $384,455 or (1.42%) to $26,704,244 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $27,088,699 for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The change was primarily due to the decrease of revenues generated from consulting and service fee for the three months ended  September 30, 2013 of $6,939,405 from $11,578,519 for the three months ended  September 30, 2012 and which exceeded the effect of the increase of sales of fish, prawns and eels for the three months ended September 30, 2013 of $19,764,829 from $15,510,180 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 as shown and analyzed in the table below:
 
 
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2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q3
 
Q3
 
Difference in
 
 
Primarily due to
 
Revenue
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fishery
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consulting & Services
 
6,939,405
 
11,578,519
 
-4,639,114
 
-40
%
 
Decrease in consulting work due to lesser work in farm building in 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of live seafoods
 
19,764,839
 
15,510,180
 
4,254,659
 
27
%
 
Increase in productivities derived from natural growth.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26,704,244
 
27,088,699
 
-384,455
 
-1
%
 
 
 
 
Informations
 
 
 
2013 Q3
 
2012 Q3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Live seafood consisting:
 
Quantity
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenue
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenues
 
Difference in
 
 
Specifications
 
 
 
unit
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
Sleepy cods
 
MT
 
453
 
15.9/Kg
 
7,212,375
 
460
 
26.16 / Kg
 
12,054,266
 
-4,841,891
 
-40
%
 
Marketable sized fish (from 500 g & upward) / fish
 
Sleepy cods
 
Pieces
 
580,122
 
4.83 / Piece
 
2,801,989
 
493,702
 
7 / Piece
 
3,455,914
 
-653,925
 
-19
%
 
Fingerling and small fish (From 200 g & upward)
 
Dark Ring circle eels
 
MT
 
413
 
18.85/Kg
 
7,790,875
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
7,790,875
 
 
 
 
Marketable sizes (From 1.5K & upward) / Eel.
 
Flower Pattern eels
 
Pieces
 
380,000
 
1.62 / Piece
 
615,600
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
615,600
 
 
 
 
Fingerling and small eels (from 6 mm to 30 mm)
 
Prawns
 
MT
 
112
 
12 / Kg
 
1,344,000
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
1,344,000
 
 
 
 
Marketable sized prawns (From 75 pieces & larger) / Kg.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19,764,839
 
 
 
 
 
15,510,180
 
4,254,659
 
27
%
 
 
 
 
Plantation: (Referring to JHST)Revenue from plantation of flowers increased by $3,298,774 or 45.59% to $10,534,960 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $7,236,186 for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The increase was primarily due to the increase of production volume of dried flowers by 36.39% and fresh flowers by 1,424.81% and the increase of wholesale prices in both of the dried flowers by 0.71% and fresh flowers by 15.38% detailed in Table Below. 
 
 
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Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plantation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013 Q3
 
2012 Q3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Items of sales
 
Quantity
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenue
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenues
 
Difference in
 
 
Specifications
 
 
 
unit
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
Dried Flowers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
own farm
 
MT
 
429
 
12,257/MT
 
5,258,253
 
332
 
12,170/MT
 
4,040,440
 
1,217,813
 
30
%
 
averaged 55 pieces of fresh flowers per
 
External farms
 
MT
 
328
 
12,257/MT
 
4,020,296
 
223
 
12,170/MT
 
2,716,380
 
1,303,916
 
48
%
 
kg of dried flowers
 
Fresh Flowers
 
Pieces
 
7,309,407
 
0.15/Piece
 
1,096,411
 
3,576,069
 
0.13/Piece
 
479,366.00
 
617,045
 
129
%
 
 
 
Other value added
 
Kg
 
20,000
 
8/kg
 
160,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
160,000
 
 
 
 
value added packs
 
flower products
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10,534,960
 
 
 
 
 
7,236,186
 
3,298,774
 
46
%
 
 
 
 
Beef: (Referring to SJAP) Revenue from beef increased by $4,378,970or 115.66% to $8,164,934 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $3,785,964for the three months ended September 30, 2012.The increase was primarily due to our increase of sales due to  production increases  as shown in the table below:
 
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beef
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013 Q3
 
2012 Q3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quantity
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenue
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenues
 
Difference in
 
 
Specifications
 
 
 
unit
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
Beef cattle
 
Heads
 
2,600
 
2,747/Heads
 
8,164,934
 
1,290
 
2,935/Heads
 
3,785,964.00
 
4,378,970
 
116
%
 
Below 24 months old beef cattle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8,164,934
 
 
 
 
 
3,785,964
 
4,378,970
 
116
%
 
 
 
   
 
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Organic fertilizer: (Referring to SJAP &HSA)Revenue from organic fertilizer sector’s increased by $10,559,333or 617.26% to $12,270,019 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $1,710,686 for the three months ended September 30, 2012.  The increase was primarily due to the reasons listed in Table below:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013 Q3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012 Q3
 
Difference in
 
 
Specifications or reasons
 
Revenue
 
From
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quantity
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenue
 
Quantity
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic Fertilizer Sector
 
SJAP
 
unit
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
unit
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic Fertilizer
 
 
 
MT
 
16,366
 
173.49/MT
 
2,839,360
 
MT
 
3,230
 
163/MT
 
661,860
 
2,177,500
 
329
%
 
General pasture corp fertilizer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bulk Livestock feed
 
 
 
MT
 
18,162
 
156.13/MT
 
2,835,561
 
MT
 
712
 
133/MT
 
94,597
 
2,740,964
 
2898
%
 
9% protein bulk feed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Concentrated feed
 
 
 
MT
 
8,429
 
414.11/MT
 
3,490,520
 
MT
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
3,490,520
 
 
 
 
Formulated concentrated feed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic & Mixed fertilizer
 
HS.A
 
MT
 
8,578
 
260/MT
 
3,104,578
 
MT
 
3,053
 
313/MT
 
954,224
 
2,150,354
 
225
%
 
HS.A's fertilizer plane started in 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12,270,019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,710,681
 
10,559,338
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cattle farm:(Referring to MEIJI) Revenue from the cattle farm decreased by $3,889,756 (or - 46%) to $4,639,397 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $8,170,536 for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The Decrease was primarily to the decrease of consulting services as most of its existing farms’ development work is completing and there is no new development being contracted with detailed segments differences as shown in Table below:
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
Difference in
 
 
Primarily due to
 
 
 
Q3
 
Q3
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cattle Farm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consulting & Services
 
-
 
7,194,814
 
-7,194,814
 
-100
%
 
Decrease in consulting work due to no new cattle farms being built in Q3 2013.
 
Sales of live cattle
 
4,639,397
 
1,262,184
 
3,377,213
 
268
%
 
Increase in productivities derived from natural growth.
 
Sales of beef meats
 
-
 
72,155
 
-72,155
 
 
 
 
No meat being process in Q3 2013
 
 
 
4,639,397
 
8,529,153
 
-3,889,756
 
-46
%
 
 
 
 
Informations
 
 
 
2013 Q3
 
2012 Q3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quantity
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenue
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenues
 
Difference in
 
 
Specifications
 
 
 
unit
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
Live cattle
 
MT
 
1,500
 
3,093/Heads
 
4,639,397
 
586
 
2,154/Heads
 
1,262,184
 
3,377,213
 
268
%
 
Blow 24 months old beef cattle
 
Beef meats
 
Kg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5,788
 
12.47/kg
 
72,155
 
-72,155
 
-100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4,639,397
 
 
 
 
 
1,334,339
 
3,305,058
 
248
%
 
 
 
 
 
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Corporate and others: Revenues from corporate and others for the three months ended September 30,2013 increased by $8,394,143 from $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2012, the increase is due primarily to the increase of sales through trading of the imported frozen and fresh seafood for the three months ended September 30,2013 as shown in the table below:
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q3
 
Q3
 
Difference in
 
Primarily due to
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consulting & Services
 
1,934,460
 
-
 
1,934,460
 
 
 
A portion of CA's development work was reallocated to the corporate sector.
 
Sales of imported seafoods
 
6,459,683
 
-
 
6,459,683
 
 
 
Imports trades started only from Q4 2012 thus it is a natural growth as most trades developed.
 
 
 
8,394,143
 
-
 
8,394,143
 
 
 
 
 
 
Informations
 
 
 
2013 Q3
 
2012 Q3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quantity
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenue
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenues
 
Difference in
 
Specifications
 
 
 
unit
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
Cattle fish,Squids & mixed seafood
 
Kg
 
90,016
 
7.43/Kg
 
668,942
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mixed size (Frozen) Mainly via Malaysia
 
Salmon
 
Kg
 
96,000
 
12.61/Kg
 
1,210,176
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Large (Frozen) mainly via chilean agent
 
Live Mud Crabs
 
Kg
 
132,000
 
12.91/Kg
 
1,704,753
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Large -from 05 kg each ) from Madagasca
 
Live flower pattern Eels
 
Kg
 
132,000
 
21.79/Kg
 
2,875,812
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(from 1 Kg/Piece & upward ) from Madagasca
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6,459,683
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
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Cost of Goods Sold
 
Cost of Goods Sold increased by $21,986,718 or 97.30% to $44,584,572 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $22,597,854 for the three months ended September 30, 2012.  The increase was primarily due to the Company increasing its scale of operation from continuing operations in terms of our fishery, plantation, beef, organic fertilizer, cattle farm, beef and corporate and other for three months ended September 30, 2013as compared for the three months ended September 30, 2012.
 
The following chart illustrates the changes by category from the three months ended September 30, 2013 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2012.
 
Cost of Goods Sold
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
Category
 
Q3
 
Q3
 
Difference
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
Fishery
 
16,911,642
 
12,077,613
 
4,834,029
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plantation
 
4,832,794
 
2,915,191
 
1,917,603
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beef
 
6,097,904
 
2,778,536
 
3,319,368
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic Fertilizer
 
6,737,283
 
1,532,639
 
5,204,644
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cattle farm
 
3,974,942
 
3,293,875
 
681,067
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate and others
 
6,030,007
 
-
 
6,030,007
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
44,584,572
 
22,597,854
 
21,986,718
 
 
Fishery:  Cost of goods sold from fishery increased by $4,834,029 or 40.02% to $16,911,642 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $12,077,613 for the three months ended September 30, 2012.  The increase was primarily due to an increase in the sales relating to the increase volume of fish, prawns & eels production of our fish and prawn farms for the three months ended September 30, 2013, comparing to the three months ended September 30, 2012.
 
Plantation: Cost of goods sold from plantation of flowers increased by $1,917,603 or 65.78% to $4,832,794for the three months ended September 30, 2013from $2,915,191 for the three months ended September 30, 2012.The increase was primarily due to cost increase in farm labor, logistic and associated general overhead of operation due to the related increase of sale.
 
Beef: Cost of goods sold from beef increased by $3,319,368 or 119.46% to $6,097,904 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $2,778,536 for the three months ended September 30, 2012.The increase was primarily due to the increase sales volume of cattle, which led to a corresponding increase in the cost of sales.
 
 
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Organic fertilizer:  Cost of goods sold from organic fertilizer increased by $5,204,644 or 339.59% to $6,737,283 for the three months ended September 30, 2013from $1,532,639 for the three months ended September 30, 2012.  The increase was primarily due to the related increase of sales.
 
Cattle farm: Cost of goods sold from cattle farm development increased by $681,067 or 20.68% to $3,794,942 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $3,293,875for the three months ended September 30, 2012.The increase was primarily due to the increase of cattle being grown and sold by the Cattle Farm 1for the three months ended September 30, 2013.
 
Corporate and others: Cost of sales for the three months ended September 30, 2013 increased by $6,030,007 from $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The increase is due primarily to the corresponding increase of sales and trades and consulting services for the three months ended September 30, 2013.
 
Gross Profit
 
Gross profit increased by $370,291to $26,123,125for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $25,752,834 for the three months ended September 30,2012. The increase was primarily due to corresponding increase in gross profit generated from the organic fertilizer by $5,354,689 and corporate and others by $2,364,136 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2012 as shown in table below.
 
The following chart illustrates the change from the three months ended September 30, 2013 to the three months ended September 30, 2012.
 
Gross profit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
Category
 
Q3
 
Q3
 
Difference
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
Fishery
 
9,792,602
 
15,011,086
 
-5,218,484
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plantation
 
5,702,166
 
4,320,995
 
1,381,171
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beef
 
2,067,030
 
1,007,428
 
1,059,602
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic fertilizer
 
5,532,736
 
178,047
 
5,354,689
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cattle farm
 
664,455
 
5,235,278
 
-4,570,823
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate and others
 
2,364,136
 
-
 
2,364,136
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
26,123,125
 
25,752,834
 
370,291
 
 
 
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Fishery: Gross profit of the fishery decreased by $5,218,484 or (34.76%) to $9,792,602for the three months ended September 30, 2013from $15,011,086 for the three months ended September 30, 2012.The decrease was primarily due to (i) part of the sales from fishery segment was reallocated to a new segment marked “Corporate and others” amounting to $1,934,390 and (ii) incomes decreased from lesser revenues being generated from consulting and service and (iii) the decrease in the sales prices of sleepy cod fish dropping from $27/kg during the three months ended September 30,2012 to $15.3/Kg during the three months ended September 30,2013.
 
Table below shows the segments’ differences and reasons for changes:
 
 
 
Fishery:
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q3
 
Q3
 
Difference in
 
 
Primarily due to
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
Consulting & Services
 
6,939,405
 
11,578,519
 
-4,639,114
 
-40
%
 
Decrease in consulting work due to less fishery farms being built in Q3 2013.
 
Gross Profit
 
Consulting & Services
 
4,235,944
 
8,351,712
 
-4,115,768
 
-49
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
Sales of fish, prawns & eels
 
19,764,839
 
11,510,180
 
4,254,659
 
27
%
 
Increase in productivities derived from natural growth.
 
Gross Profit
 
Sales of fish, prawns & eels
 
5,556,658
 
6,659,374
 
-1,102,716
 
-17
%
 
Decrease in Sleepy cod price from $27/Kg to $15.2/Kg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Revenues
 
26,704,244
 
27,088,699
 
-384,455
 
-1
%
 
 
 
 
 
Total Gross Profits
 
9,792,602
 
15,011,086
 
-5,218,484
 
-35
%
 
 
 
 
Plantation: Gross profit from the plantation increased by $1,381,171 or 31.96% to $5,702,166 for the three months ended September 30, 2013from $4,320,995 for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The increase was due to the increase of production volume of dried flowers by 36.39% and fresh flowers by 1,424.81% and the increase of wholesale prices both on dried and fresh flowers and the increase of production of flowers from $12.17 / Kg (Q2 2012) to $12.25/Kg (or 0.7%)  (Q3 2013) and $0.13 / piece (Q2 2012)to $0.13 / piece (or 15.38%) (Q3 2013) respectively.
 
Beef: Gross profit from beef increased by $1,059,602or 105.18% to $2,067,030 for the three months ended September 30, 2013from $1,007,428 for the three months ended September 30, 2012which is due primarily to the natural growth of all segments of operation.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q3
 
Q3
 
Difference in
 
 
Primarily due to
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beef Sector
 
SJAP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
Cattle
 
 
 
8,164,934
 
3,785,964
 
4,378,970
 
116
%
 
Natural increases in productivity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross Profits
 
Cattle
 
 
 
2,067,030
 
1,007,428
 
1,059,602
 
105
%
 
 
 
 
 
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Organic fertilizer:  Gross profit from organic fertilizer increased by $5,354,689 or 3,007.46% to $5,532,736 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $178,047 for the three months ended September 30, 2012.  The increase was primarily due to the increase of production in all segments enhancing higher gross profits.
 
 
 
 
 
Q3
 
Q3
 
Difference in
 
 
Primarily due to
 
Revenue
 
From
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic Fertilizer Sector
 
SJAP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic Fertilizer
 
 
 
2,839,360
 
661,860
 
2,177,500
 
329
%
 
Increase growing of crops and of external sales
 
Bulk Livestock feed
 
 
 
2,835,561
 
94,597
 
2,740,964
 
2898
%
 
Increase of demands internally & externally
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
and the increase of cropping land in 2013.
 
Concentrated feed
 
 
 
3,490,520
 
-
 
3,490,520
 
 
 
 
Concentrated feed manufacturing started Q1 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic & Mixed fertilizer
 
HS.A
 
3,104,578
 
954,224
 
2,150,354
 
225
%
 
HS.A's new production plan started operation in 2013
 
 
 
 
 
12,270,019
 
1,710,681
 
10,559,338
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross Profits
 
From
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic Fertilizer Sector
 
SJAP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic Fertilizer
 
 
 
1,528,920
 
258,127
 
1,270,793
 
492
%
 
 
 
Bulk Livestock feed
 
 
 
1,553,735
 
46,366
 
1,507,369
 
3251
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Concentrated feed
 
 
 
1,283,363
 
-
 
1,283,363
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic & Mixed fertilizer
 
HS.A
 
1,166,718
 
-126,445
 
1,293,163
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5,532,736
 
178,048
 
5,354,688
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Cattle farm: Gross profit from cattle farm development decreased by $4,570,823 (or 12.69%) to $664,455 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $5,235,278 for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The decrease was primarily due to decrease of consulting and service as Cattle Farm’s construction is coming to completion and there is no new cattle farm being built in the quarter.
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q3
 
Q3
 
Difference in
 
 
Primarily due to
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cattle Farm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
Consulting & Services
 
-
 
7,194,209
 
-7,194,209
 
-100
%
 
Decrease in consulting work due to no new cattle
 
Gross profits
 
 
 
-
 
4,822,316
 
-4,822,316
 
-100
%
 
farms being built in Q3 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
Sales of live cattle
 
4,639,397
 
1,262,788
 
3,376,609
 
267
%
 
Increase in productivities derived from natural growth.
 
 
 
Sales of beef meats
 
-
 
72,155
 
-72,155
 
-100
%
 
No meat being process in Q3 2013
 
Gross Profits
 
Sales of live cattle
 
664,455
 
405,867
 
258,588
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of beef meats
 
-
 
7,096
 
-7,096
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Revenue
 
4,639,397
 
8,529,152
 
-3,889,755
 
-46
%
 
 
 
 
 
Total Gross Profits
 
664,455
 
5,235,279
 
-4,570,824
 
-87
%
 
 
 
 
Corporate and others: Gross profit from the corporate and others increased by $2,364,136 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2012.  The increase is due primarily to part of the Fishery segment’s sales in consulting service and trading of fish sales were reallocated to this segment for the three months ended September 30, 2013.
 
General and Administrative Expenses and Interest Expenses
 
General and administrative expenses (including depreciation and amortization) increased by $989,976 to $2,313,365 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $1,323,389 for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The increase was primarily due to the increase in wages and salaries payments paid as incentive compensation to our staff by the issuance of shares amounting to $666,778for the three months ended September 30,2013 compared to $90,600 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and included in the miscellaneous were payments for overseas professional services of $781,684 for the three months ended June 30,2012 whereas payments for overseas professional services were billed under Office and corporate expenses instead of miscellaneous for the three  months ended September 30,2013. 
 
The following chart illustrates the changes by category from the three months ended September 30, 2013 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2012.
 
 
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Category
 
2013 Q3
 
2012 Q3
 
Difference
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
Office and corporate expenses
 
657,741
 
254,802
 
402,939
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wages and salaries
 
447,717
 
416,489
 
31,228
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Traveling and related lodging
 
19,332
 
42,806
 
(23,474)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Motor vehicles expenses and local transportation
 
47,704
 
22,438
 
25,266
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Entertainments and meals
 
34,384
 
36,373
 
(1,989)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Others and miscellaneous
 
259,626
 
47,930
 
211,696
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
560,485
 
496,921
 
63,564
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sub-total
 
2,026,989
 
1,317,759
 
709,230
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expenses
 
286,376
 
5,630
 
280,746
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
2,313,365
 
2,735,677
 
989,976
 
 
Depreciation and Amortization
 
Depreciation and amortization increased by $148,273 or 21.14% to $849,900 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $701,627 for the nine months ended September30, 2012. The increase was primarily due to the increase of depreciation by $219,372 to $356,737 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from depreciation of $137,365  for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 whereas the decrease of amortization by $71,099 to $493,163 for three months ended September 30, 2013 from amortization of $564,262 for the three months ended September 30, 2012.
 
In this respect, total depreciation and amortization amounted to $2,464,865 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, out of which amount, $1,608,792 was booked under General and administration expenses and $856,073 was booked under cost of goods sold; whereas total depreciation and amortization was at $2,146,943 for the nine months ended  September 30, 2012 and out of which amount, $977,832 was booked under General and Administration expenses and $1,169,111 was booked under cost of goods sold.
 
 
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Gain on extinguishment of debts
 
The Company entered into several agreements with third parties to settle debts by issuance of the Company’s common stock. The shares issued by the Company were valued at the trading price of the stock on the date the shares were issued. The Company has reported $160,997 and $641,831 as gain on the extinguishment of debts for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
 
Part B. Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
 
Revenues
 
Revenues increased by $90,536,786 or 100.96% to $180,215,777for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $89,678,991 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase was primarily due to the increase of revenue generated from our fishery, plantation, beef, organic fertilizer, cattle farm and corporate and other operations and the maturity of ongoing divisional businesses improving their revenues.
 
The following chart illustrates the changes by category from the nine months ended September 30, 2013 to September 30, 2012.
 
 
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
Category
 
Q1- Q3
 
Q1-Q3
 
Difference
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
Fishery
 
68,826,877
 
53,983,073
 
14,843,804
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plantation
 
14,089,946
 
9,318,049
 
4,771,897
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beef
 
22,288,842
 
11,231,389
 
11,057,453
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic fertilizer
 
29,970,388
 
3,893,901
 
26,076,487
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cattle farm
 
19,423,115
 
11,252,579
 
8,170,536
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate and others
 
25,616,609
 
-
 
25,616,609
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
180,215,777
 
89,678,991
 
90,536,786
 
 
 
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Fishery: Revenues from fishery increased by $14,843,804 or 27.50% to $68,826,877 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $53,983,073 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase in fishery was primarily due to our increased production of our fishery and prawn farms for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Table below shows the segments’ differences and reason:
 
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q1 to Q3
 
Q1 to Q3
 
Difference in
 
 
Primarily due to
 
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fishery
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consulting & Services
 
 
24,490,886
 
 
28,819,981
 
 
-4,329,095
 
 
-15
%
 
Decrease in consulting work due to lesser work in farm building in 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of live seafoods
 
 
44,335,991
 
 
25,163,092
 
 
19,172,899
 
 
76
%
 
Increase in productivities derived from natural growth.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
68,826,877
 
 
53,983,073
 
 
14,843,804
 
 
27
%
 
 
 
 
Informations
 
 
2013 Q1-Q3
 
2012 Q1-Q3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Live seafood consisting:
 
Quantity
Quantity
Unit price
 
Revenue
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenues
 
Difference in
 
 
Specifications
 
 
 
unit
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
Sleepy cods
 
Kg
 
2,140,687
 
12.17/Kg
 
26,068,505
 
682,847
 
25.89 / Kg
 
17,678,908
 
8,389,597
 
47
%
 
Marketable sized fish (from 500 g & upward) / fish
 
Sleepy cods
 
Pieces
 
537,063
 
4.83/ Piece
 
2,598,692
 
925,036
 
8.09/ Piece
 
7,484,184
 
-4,885,492
 
-65
%
 
Fingerling and small fish (From 200 g & upward)
 
Dark Ring circle eels
 
MT
 
890
 
14.73/Kg
 
13,109,958
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marketable sizes (From 1.5K & upward) / Eel.
 
Flower Pattern eels
 
Pieces
 
680,000
 
1.78 / Piece
 
1,214,836
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fingerling and small eels (from 6 mm to 30 mm)
 
Prawns
 
MT
 
112
 
12 / Kg
 
1,344,000
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marketable sized prawns (From 75 pieces & larger) / Kg.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
44,335,991
 
 
 
 
 
25,163,092
 
3,504,105
 
14
%
 
 
 
 
 
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Plantation: Revenues from plantation increased by $4,771,897or 51.21%to $14,089,946 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013from $9,381,049 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.The increase was primarily due to the increase of production of dried flowers (by 301 MT) and to the increase of wholesale prices in both of the dried and fresh flowers from $0.13 / Piece in (Q1 –Q3 2012) and Dried Flowers of $12.17 / Kg (Q1 to Q3 2012) to $0.15 / piece (Q1 to Q3 2013) and $12.3 / Kg (Q1 to Q3 2013) as shown in the Table Below:
 
 
 
 
2013 Q1-Q3
 
2012 Q1-Q3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quantity
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenue
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenues
 
Difference in
 
 
Specifications
 
 
unit
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
Dried Flowers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
own farm
 
MT
 
639
 
12,257/MT
 
8,197,276
 
431
 
12,170 / MT
 
5,245,270
 
2,952,006
 
56
%
 
averaged 55 pieces of fresh flowers per
External farms
 
MT
 
328
 
12,257/MT
 
4,020,095
 
262
 
12,170 / MT
 
3,185,253
 
834,842
 
 
 
 
kg of dried flowers
Fresh Flowers
 
Pieces
 
10,370,907
 
0.15/piece
 
1,552,575
 
7,076,069
 
0.13/Piece
 
950,526.00
 
602,049
 
63
%
 
 
Other value added flower products
 
Kg
 
40,000
 
8/kg
 
320,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
320,000
 
 
 
 
value added packs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14,089,946
 
 
 
 
 
9,381,049
 
4,708,897
 
50
%
 
 
 
Beef: Revenues from beef increased by $11,057,453or 98.45%to $22,288,842 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $11,231,389 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.The increase was primarily due to our increase of sales due to increase of growing more cattle by SJAP.
 
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beef
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013Q1- Q3
 
2012 Q1-Q3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quantity
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenue
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenues
 
Difference in
 
 
Specifications
 
 
 
unit
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
Beef
 
Heads
 
7,329
 
3,041/Heads
 
22,288,842
 
2,705
 
4,152/Heads
 
11,231,389
 
11,057,453
 
98
%
 
Below 24 months old beef cattle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22,288,842
 
 
 
 
 
11,231,389
 
11,057,453
 
98
%
 
 
 
 
 
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Organic fertilizer: Revenue from organic fertilizer increased by $26,076, 486 or 669.68% to $29,970,388 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $3,893,901 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase was due to the increase of production and sales by the new HSA fertilizer factory.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013 Q1-Q3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012 Q1-Q3
 
Difference in
 
 
Specifications
 
Revenue
 
From
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quantity
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenue
 
Quantity
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic Fertilizer Sector
 
SJAP
 
unit
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
unit
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic Fertilizer
 
 
 
MT
 
53,713
 
145/MT
 
7,774,568
 
MT
 
15,153
 
156/MT
 
2,363,790
 
5,410,778
 
229
%
 
General pasture corp fertilizer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bulk Livestock feed
 
 
 
MT
 
42,379
 
154/MT
 
6,542,184
 
MT
 
712
 
133/MT
 
1,475,608
 
5,066,576
 
343
%
 
9% protein bulk feed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Concentrated feed
 
 
 
MT
 
19,167
 
409/MT
 
7,847,243
 
MT
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
7,847,243
 
 
 
 
Formulated concentrated feed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic & Mixed fertilizer
 
HS.A
 
MT
 
24,765
 
315/MT
 
7,805,966
 
MT
 
3,053
 
313/MT
 
54,503
 
7,751,463
 
14222
%
 
General purpose organic mixed fertilizer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29,969,961
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3,893,901
 
26,076,060
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cattle farm: Revenues from cattle farm increased by $8,170,536 or 72.61% to $19,423,115for the nine months ended September 30, 2013from $11,252,579 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase in cattle farm was primarily due to the increase of cattle being grown at Cattle Farm 1during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
Difference in
 
 
Primarily due to
 
 
 
Q1-Q3
 
Q1-Q3
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cattle Farm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consulting & Services
 
7,762,124
 
9,885,097
 
-2,122,973
 
-21
%
 
Decrease in consulting work due to no new cattle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
farms being built in Q3 2013.
 
Sales of live cattle
 
11,660,991
 
1,262,184
 
10,398,807
 
824
%
 
Increase in productivities derived from natural growth.
 
Sales of beef meats
 
-
 
105,298
 
-105,298
 
 
 
 
No meat being process in Q3 2013
 
 
 
19,423,115
 
11,252,579
 
8,170,536
 
73
%
 
 
 
 
Informations
 
 
 
2013 Q3
 
2012 Q3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quantity
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenue
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenues
 
Difference in
 
 
Specifications
 
 
unit
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
Live cattle
 
MT
 
3,351
 
3,480/Heads
 
11,660,991
 
586
 
2,153/Heads
 
1,262,184
 
10,398,807
 
824
%
 
Blow 24 months old beef cattle
Beef meats
 
Kg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8,622
 
12.21/kg
 
105,298
 
-105,298
 
-100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11,660,991
 
 
 
 
 
1,367,482
 
10,293,509
 
753
%
 
 
 
 
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Corporate and others: Revenues increased by $25,616,609 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase is due primarily to the part of the Fishery segment’s sales deriving from consulting service, and  seafood trading were reallocated to the segment of “Corporate and others” during the corresponding period and the increase of imported seafood sales developed since Q4 2012 showing improved performances progressively during the period.
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q1-Q3
 
Q1-Q3
 
Difference in
 
Primarily due to
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consulting & Services
 
8,173,969
 
-
 
8,173,969
 
 
 
A portion of CA's development work was
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
reallocated to the corporate sector.
Sales of imported seafoods
 
17,442,640
 
-
 
17,442,640
 
 
 
Imports trades started only from Q4 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
thus it is a natural growth as most trades developed.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25,616,609
 
-
 
25,616,609
 
 
 
 
 
Informations
 
 
 
2013 Q1-Q3
 
2012Q1- Q3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quantity
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenue
 
Quantity
 
Unit price
 
Revenues
 
Difference in
 
Specifications
 
 
 
unit
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
Cattle fish,Squids & mixed seafood
 
Kg
 
787,991
 
12.65/Kg
 
9,968,080
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mixed size (Frozen) Mainly via Malaysia
 
Salmon
 
Kg
 
171,000
 
8.64/Kg
 
1,478,763
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Large (Frozen) mainly via chilean agent
 
Live Mud Crabs
 
Kg
 
301,200
 
17.27Kg
 
5,199,820
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Large -from 05 kg each ) from Madagasca
 
Live flower pattern Eels
 
Kg
 
35,340
 
22.52/Kg
 
795,977
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(from 1 Kg/Piece & upward ) from Madagasca
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17,442,640
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
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Cost of Goods Sold
Cost of goods sold increased by $70,825,071or 167.22% to $113,179,388 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $42,354,317for the nine months ended September30, 2012. The increase was primarily due to the Company increased our fishery, plantation, beef, organic fertilizer, cattle farm and corporate and others operations for nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.
 
The following chart illustrates the changes by category from the nine months ended September 30, 2013 to September 30, 2012.
 
Cost of goods sold
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
Category
 
Q1- Q3
 
Q1-Q3
 
Difference
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
Fishery
 
 
45,266,534
 
 
24,168,363
 
 
21,098,171
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plantation
 
 
6,093,751
 
 
3,473,539
 
 
2,620,212
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beef
 
 
15,731,438
 
 
7,749,459
 
 
7,981,979
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic fertilizer
 
 
15,869,331
 
 
2,607,968
 
 
13,261,363
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cattle farm
 
 
12,888,673
 
 
4,354,988
 
 
8,533,685
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate and others
 
 
17,329,661
 
 
 
 
 
17,329,661
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
113,179,388
 
 
42,354,317
 
 
70,825,071
 
 
Fishery: Cost of goods sold from fishery increased by $21,098,171or 87.30% to $45,266,534for the nine months ended September 30, 2013from $24,168,363 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase of cost of sales of fishery was primarily due to the related increase of fish production during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.
 
Plantation: Cost of goods sold from plantation increased by $2,620,212or 75.43% to $6,093,751 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013from $3,473,539 for the nine months ended 30 September 2012. The increase in cost of sales of the plantation was primarily due to the increase of corresponding production of flowers.
 
Beef: Revenues from beef increased by $7,981,979 or 103.00%to $15,731,438 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013from $7,749,459 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase in cost of sales of the beef was primarily due to the increase of the corresponding increase of sale derived from more cattle being grown in the farm during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.
 
Organic fertilizer: Cost of goods sold from organic fertilizer increased by $13,261,363 or 508.49% to $15,869,331 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $2,607,968 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase was due to the increase of fertilizer production from the new fertilizer factory of HSA during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.
 
 
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Cattle farm: Cost of goods sold from cattle farm increased by $8,533,685 or 195.95% or to $12,888,673for the nine months ended 30 September 2013from $4,354,988for the nine months ended 30 September 2012. The increase in cattle farm was primarily due to the increase of production having more cattle being grown in Cattle Farm 1 during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.
 
Corporate and others: Cost of goods sold increased by $17,329,661 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase is due primarily that part of the Fishery segment’s sale deriving from consulting service, and seafood trading was reallocated to the segment of “Corporate and others” and the increase in imported sales during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as such enhancing corresponding increase in cost of sales accordingly.
 
Gross Profit
 
Gross profit increased by $19,711,715 or 41.65% to $67,036,389for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $47,324,674for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase was primarily due to the corresponding increase in operation revenues. The increase was primarily due to the corresponding increase in scale of operation of revenues from plantation, beef, organic fertilizer, cattle farm and corporate and others.
 
The following chart illustrates the changes by category from the nine months ended September 30, 2013 to September 30, 2012.
 
The gross profit by category is as follows:
 
Gross profit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
Category
 
Q1- Q3
 
Q1- Q3
 
Difference
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
Fishery
 
 
23,560,343
 
 
29,814,709
 
 
-6,254,366
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plantation
 
 
7,996,195
 
 
5,844,510
 
 
2,151,685
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beef
 
 
6,557,404
 
 
3,481,930
 
 
3,075,474
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic fertilizer
 
 
14,101,056
 
 
1,285,934
 
 
12,815,122
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cattle farm
 
 
6,534,442
 
 
6,897,591
 
 
-363,149
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate and others
 
 
8,286,948
 
 
-
 
 
8,286,948
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
67,036,388
 
 
47,324,674
 
 
19,711,714
 
 
Fishery: Gross profit from fishery decreased by $6,254,366 or (34.76%) to $23,560,343 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013from $29,814,709 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The decrease in fishery was primarily due to the decrease in sleepy cod fish prices falling 44.33% from the average of $27/Kg for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to its current average of $15.3/Kg for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and the decrease in revenues generated from the consulting and service segment by $4,329,095 and the reallocation of $8,173,969 in revenue generated from the Consulting and Service segment of CA to the Corporate Sector during the period ended 30th September 2013.
 
 
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2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q1 to Q3
 
Q1 to Q3
 
Difference in
 
Primarily due to
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
Fishery
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
Consulting & Services
 
 
24,490,886
 
 
28,819,981
 
 
-4,329,095
 
 
-15
%
 
Decrease in consulting work due to less fishery
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
farms works in 2013 & part of other development
 
Gross Profits
 
 
 
 
11,957,912
 
 
14,890,484
 
 
-2,932,572
 
 
-20
%
 
work being reallocated to Corporate sector.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
Sales of fish, prawns & eels
 
 
44,335,991
 
 
25,163,092
 
 
19,172,899
 
 
76
%
 
Increase in productivities derived from natural growth of farms.
 
Gross Profits
 
 
 
 
11,602,431
 
 
14,924,225
 
 
-3,321,794
 
 
-22
%
 
G.P.margin decreased due to Decrease in sleepy cod prices
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Revenues
 
 
68,826,877
 
 
53,983,073
 
 
14,843,804
 
 
27
%
 
 
 
 
 
Total Gross profits
 
 
23,560,343
 
 
29,814,709
 
 
-6,254,366
 
 
-21
%
 
 
 
 
Plantation: Gross profit from plantation increased by $2,151,685 or 36.82% to $7,996,195 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $5,844,510 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase in plantation was primarily due to the increase of sale due to increase of sales prices of dried and fresh flowers during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $12.4 / kg (Q2 2012) and $12.17 / Kg (Q3 2013) to $8.67/Kg (Q2 & Q3 2012) and $0.15 / piece (Q2 & Q3 2013) to $0.13 / piece (Q2 & Q3 2012) respectively.
 
Beef: Gross profit from beef increased by $3,075,474 or 88.33% to $6,557,404 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013from $3,481,930 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase was primarily due to our increase of sales due to increase of production in all segments of SJAP’s activities.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q1 to Q3
 
Q1 to Q3
 
Difference in
 
Primarily due to
 
 
 
 
 
From
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
Beef Sector
 
SJAP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
Cattle
 
 
 
 
22,288,842
 
 
11,231,389
 
 
11,057,453
 
 
98
%
 
Natural increases
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross Profits
 
Cattle
 
 
 
 
6,557,404
 
 
3,481,930
 
 
3,075,474
 
 
88
%
 
 
 
 
 
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Organic fertilizer: Gross profit from organic fertilizer increased by $12,815,122or 996.56% to $14,101,056 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $1,285,934 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase was due to the increase of sales of fertilizer produced by the new fertilizer of HSA during the nine months ended September30, 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q1 to Q3
 
 
Q1 to Q3
 
 
Difference in
 
 
Primarily due to
 
 
 
From
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
 
%
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic Fertilizer Sector
 
SJAP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic Fertilizer
 
 
 
 
7,774,568
 
 
2,201,307
 
 
5,573,261
 
 
253
%
 
Increase growing of crops and of external sales
 
Bulk Livestock feed
 
 
 
 
6,542,184
 
 
725,606
 
 
5,816,578
 
 
802
%
 
Increase of demands internally & externally
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
and the increase of cropping land in 2013.
 
Concentrated feed
 
 
 
 
7,847,243
 
 
-
 
 
7,847,243
 
 
 
 
 
Concentrated feed manufacturing started Q1 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic & Mixed fertilizer
 
HS.A
 
 
7,805,966
 
 
966,988
 
 
6,838,978
 
 
707
%
 
HS.A's new production plan started operation in 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
29,969,961
 
 
3,893,901
 
 
26,076,060
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross Profits
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic Fertilizer Sector
 
SJAP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic Fertilizer
 
 
 
 
4,433,358
 
 
1,114,664
 
 
3,318,694
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bulk Livestock feed
 
 
 
 
3,756,386
 
 
297,073
 
 
3,459,313
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Concentrated feed
 
 
 
 
2,941,077
 
 
-
 
 
2,941,077
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic & Mixed fertilizer
 
HS.A
 
 
2,970,235
 
 
-125,803
 
 
3,096,038
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14,101,056
 
 
1,285,934
 
 
12,815,122
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Cattle farm: Gross profit from cattle farm decreased by $363,149 or -5.26% to $6,534,442 for the nine months ended 30 September 2013from $6,897,591for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The decrease of gross profits due to decrease in income generated from Consulting and Services as work in Cattle Farm development was completed  and there was no new cattle farm contract in 2013 as shown in the table below:
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q1 to Q3
 
Q1 to Q3
 
Difference in
 
 
Primarily due to
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cattle Farm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consulting & Services
 
7,762,124
 
9,885,097
 
-2,122,973
 
-21
%
 
Decrease in consulting work due to no new cattle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
farms being built in Q3 2013.
 
Sales of live cattle
 
11,660,991
 
1,262,184
 
10,398,807
 
824
%
 
Increase in productivities derived from natural growth.
 
Sales of beef meats
 
-
 
105,298
 
-105,298
 
 
 
 
No meat being process in 2013, due to food safety regulation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
being enforced by the Government it was hard to find
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
processing facility in Guangzhou City.
 
 
 
19,423,115
 
11,252,579
 
8,170,536
 
73
%
 
 
 
Gross Profits
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consulting & Services
 
3,034,962
 
6,024,283
 
-2,989,321
 
-50
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of live cattle
 
3,499,480
 
864,923
 
2,634,557
 
305
%
 
 
 
Sales of beef meats
 
-
 
8,385
 
-8,385
 
-100
%
 
 
 
 
 
6,534,442
 
6,897,591
 
-363,149
 
-5
%
 
 
 
 
Corporate and others: Gross profit increased by $8,286,948 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The reason for the increase is due primarily to part of the fishery segment’s sales in consulting services and trading of imported seafood being reallocated to this segment deriving profit accordingly.
 
General and Administrative Expenses and Interest Expenses
 
General and administrative expenses and interest expenses (including depreciation and amortization) decreased by $42,321 or 0.67% to $6,239,067 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013from $6,281,388 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The decrease was primarily due to decrease in wages and salaries payments paid for incentive compensation to our staff by the issuance of shares amounting to $1,333,556for the nine  months ended September30, 2012 compared to $271,800 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, and included in the miscellaneous were payments for overseas professional services of $781,684 for the nine months ended September 30,2012 whereas payments for overseas professional services were billed under Office and corporate expenses instead of miscellaneous for the nine months ended September 30,2013.
 
 
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Category
 
2013 Q1-Q3
 
2012 Q1-Q3
 
Difference
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
Office and corporate expenses
 
1,986,403
 
1,406,241
 
580,162
 
Wages and salaries
 
1,409,818
 
2,279,780
 
(869,962)
 
Traveling and related lodging
 
54,330
 
63,081
 
(8,751)
 
Motor vehicles expenses and local transportation
 
121,597
 
59,638
 
61,959
 
Entertainments and meals
 
99,234
 
88,767
 
10,467
 
Others and miscellaneous
 
560,507
 
977,832
 
(417,325)
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
1,608,792
 
1,400,419
 
208,373
 
Sub-total
 
5,840,681
 
6,275,758
 
(435,077)
 
Interest expenses
 
398,386
 
5,630
 
392,756
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
6,239,067
 
6,281,388
 
(42,321)
 
 
Depreciation and Amortization
 
Depreciation and amortization increased by $317,922 or 22.22% to $2,464,865 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $2,146,943 for the nine months ended September30, 2012. The decrease was primarily due to the increase of depreciation by $674,889 to $995,408 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from depreciation of $320,519  for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, and the decrease of amortization by $356,967 to $1,469,457 for nine months ended September 30, 2013 from amortization of $1,826,424 for the nine months ended September30, 2012.
 
In this respect, total depreciation and amortization amounted to $2,464,865 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, out of which amount, $1,608,792was booked under General and administration expenses and $856,073 was booked under cost of goods sold; whereas total depreciation and amortization was at $2,146,943 for the nine months ended  September 30, 2012 and out of which amount, $977,832 was booked under General and Administration expenses and $1,169,111 was booked under cost of goods sold.
 
Gain (loss) of extinguishment of debts
 
Any deficit (excess) of the fair value of the shares over the carrying cost of the debt has been reported as a gain (loss) on the extinguishment of debt of $1,212,010 and $1,459,343 has been credited (charged) to operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
 
 
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Part C. More detailed segment information and analysis of the financial statements for the Nine months ended September 30, 2013
 
This Part C discusses and analyzes certain items that we believe would assist our shareholders in obtaining a better understanding on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition:
 
 (A) Breakdown of Balance Sheet items (1) on total current assets:
 
 
 
As of September 30, 
2013
 
Note
 
 
 
$
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
9,588,415
 
 
 
Inventories
 
17,933,503
 
1
 
Cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts
 
1,759,821
 
 
 
Deposits and prepaid expenses
 
84,856,620
 
2
 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful debts
 
59,690,624
 
3
 
Other receivables
 
9,617,650
 
4
 
 
 
183,446,633
 
 
 
 
Note (1): Breakdown of Inventories
 
 
 
As of September 30 
2013
 
 
 
$
 
Sleepy cods Prawns and Eels
 
5,684,730
 
Harvested HU plantation
 
719,329
 
Bread grass
 
4,100,388
 
Beef cattle
 
1,037,967
 
Organic fertilizer
 
858,645
 
Forage for cattle and consumable
 
3,640,752
 
Raw materials for bread grass and organic fertilizer
 
1,198,784
 
Raw materials for HU plantation
 
692,908
 
Immature seeds
 
-
 
 
 
17,933,503
 
 
 
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 Note (2) Breakdown of Deposits and Prepaid Expenses
 
 
 
$
 
 
 
Deposits for
 
 
 
 
 
- purchases of equipment
 
1,025,161
 
 
 
- acquisition of land use right
 
7,826,508
 
2A
 
- inventory purchases
 
1,843,325
 
 
 
- aquaculture contract
 
4,719,101
 
 
 
- building materials
 
1,281,935
 
 
 
- proprietary technology
 
4,404,210
 
 
 
- construction in progress
 
29,173,167
 
 
 
Shares issued for employee compensation and oversea professional fee
 
133,744
 
 
 
Temporary deposits paid to entities for investments in future Sino Foreign Joint Venture companies
 
33,541,840
 
2.B.
 
Miscellaneous
 
907,629
 
 
 
 
 
84,856,620
 
 
 
   
Note (2A) Breakdown of Deposit for- acquisition of Land Use Right:
 
As of September 30, 2013, we have $7,826,508 for a deposit paid for the acquisition of a Land Use Right derived from the following transactions:
 
$3,182,180 (or RMB20,000,000) was for the full payment on June 6, 2012  for the Land Use Right by HSA of a block of land measuring 150 Mu (approximately 25 acres of prime agriculture land) located at Linli District of Hunan Province within 10 Km of HSA’s complex. The process of application to register the said “Land Use Right” is in progress and is expected to be finalized officially on or before the end of year 2013 as such and in the interim prior to the Land Use Right being officially registered, this payment is recorded as Deposit and Prepaid Expenses.
 
 
$190,930 (or RMB1,200,000) was paid by SJAP as deposit for the acquisition of “Land Use Right” on a block of land measuring 15 Mu (or 2.475 acres) located at Huangyuan district next to SJAP’s complex on October 15, 2012. This piece of land will be rezoned into Residential from its present status of agriculture and transferred from the Local Government (Huangyuan County) to SJAP to build new staff quarters; as such SJAP is waiting on the completion of such processes to finalize the said purchase of Land Use Right.
 
 
$4,453,398 (or RMB 27,989,606) was the full payment Capital Award made for the purchase of the Land Use Right on a block of prime agriculture land measuring 235 Mu (approximately 38.5 acres) located at the Cong Hua District Guangzhou City in late October 2010. This block of land is part of a larger block of land (of some 500 acres) that was applying to become a subdivision; however in 2011 the Land Law was changed such that the said sub-division would require the approval of the central government instead of the approval by the local government alone prior to 2011, entailing a much longer approval process. Cong Hua District was rezoned as a suburb of the Guangzhou City in 2010 and is within close proximity of the Guangzhou City; as such management evaluates it as a valuable piece of land very suitable for the development of one of our agriculture projects.
 
 
The new block of land namely “Guangdong Lot 10 (referred to in our “Summary of Land Assets” of this report) is land zoned as “Industrial Land” that will be used by HST to expand its processing operation of the HU Plants and Immortal Vegetables and it has a tenure period of 10 years secured under a Management Right at the cost of RMB3,040,000 (equivalent to $490,322) that was fully paid; as such as at the period ended June 30, 2013 no additional deposit and prepayment was recorded.  
 
 
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Note (2.B) Information of “Temporary deposit and pre-payments for investments in future assets and in future Sino Foreign Joint Venture companies”:
 
Under account of
 
Segment of
 
Project name
 
Estimated total
 
Estimated time
 
Current status
 
Deposit & prepayments
 
Land Bank
 
% equivalent
 
Subsidiary
 
 
 
 
 
Asset value
 
of Acquisition
 
of Project
 
made as at 30.09.2013
 
or Built Up area
 
to equity paid
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
m2
 
 
 
SIAF
 
Corporate
 
Trade Center
 
3.5 million
 
own development
 
30% completed
 
 
1,673,885
 
5,000
 
31
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CA
 
Fishery
 
Fish Farm (1)
 
26.22 Million
 
2016
 
2 out 4 phases completed
 
 
6,000,000
 
23,100
 
23
%
 
 
 
 
Prawn Farm (1)
 
20.93 Million
 
2014
 
in operation
 
 
11,682,680
 
165,000
 
56
%
 
 
 
 
Prawn Farm (2)
 
29.18 Million
 
2014
 
Part operational Part work in progress
 
 
8,627,218
 
120,000 developed 96,000 m2 undeveloped
 
29
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MEIJI
 
Cattle
 
Cattle Farm (2)
 
15.88 Million
 
2014
 
95% completed
 
 
5,558,057
 
230,300
 
35
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
33,541,840
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Note (3) Breakdown of Accounts Receivable:
 
 
 
As of 30.09.2013
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
 
 
Current
 
0-30 days
 
 
31-90 days
 
 
91-120 days
 
 
over 120 days and
less than 1 year
 
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
Consulting and Service (from 6 contracts) totaling
 
 
21,872,041
 
 
 
 
 
 
3,585,722
 
 
 
11,510,923
 
 
 
4,357,906
 
 
 
2,417,490
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of Fish (from Farms and from imports)
 
 
19,637,245
 
 
 
 
 
 
15,487,510
 
 
 
715,718
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
3,434,017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of Cattle and Beef Meats (from Enping Farm)
 
 
2,313,134
 
 
 
 
 
 
2,313,134
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of HU Flowers (Dried)
 
 
3,380,897
 
 
 
 
 
 
2,926,556
 
 
 
454,341
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales Fertilizer, Bulk Stock feed and Cattle by SJYL
 
 
7,521,201
 
 
 
 
 
 
5,525,061
 
 
 
1,952,641
 
 
 
27,269
 
 
 
16,230
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales Fertilizer from HSA
 
 
4,966,106
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,078,852
 
 
 
1,710,415
 
 
 
848,634
 
 
 
1,328,205
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Accounts Receivable
 
 
59,690,624
 
 
 
 
 
 
30,916,835
 
 
 
16,344,038
 
 
 
5,233,809
 
 
 
7,195,942
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percentage of total population
 
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
 
52
%
 
 
27
%
 
 
9
%
 
 
12
%
 
Information on trading terms and provision for diminution in value of accounts receivable:
 
None of our accounts receivable is more than 12 months old. Receivables from revenue derived from consulting and services billed for work completed are within our normal trading terms capped within 180 days with our principal investor and therefore no diminution in value is required, as the quality of the receivable is not in doubt.
 
Fish Sales: Most farmed fish are sold to wholesalers at prevailing daily market prices capped within 90 days trading terms with a small portion at 180 days (for oversized fish, as the sale of oversized fish takes time to sell). We sold over US$10.9 million in fish to the wholesalers during the 3rd quarter 2013, and as of September 30, 2013, accounts receivable of $0 was over 180 days. These debtors are wholesalers who are profitable and viable businesses with a good track record and therefore provision of diminution in value is not required as collection is not in doubt.
 
Sales of dried HU flowers: The dried flowers were sold to wholesalers in line with our longer trading terms (e.g., up to 180 days) so as to offset their holding cost so that they could sell the dried flowers through the winter months (from December 2013 to June 2014 when the new season starts). We agreed with the wholesalers that they would buy our dried flowers as soon as we produce them. Therefore, we consider the receivables from the sales of dried HU flowers to be from wholesalers with a good track record and therefore provision for diminution in value is not required as collection is not in doubt. As shown in the table above, $4,966,107 sales revenues are derived from new season sales whereas all 2012 season’s sale was paid and collected.
 
 
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Sales of fertilizer and bulk Livestock Feed: These were sales made to regional farmers who are contracting to grow crops and pastures for us using and purchasing our fertilizer and we in turn are to buy their cattle that are fed with bulk cattle feed purchased from us, such that we are ultimately to repurchase the cattle. Under this term of arrangements our accounts receivable are normally carried forward until such time they can be offset against our account payables (that is, the amount owed for the amount of crops and pastures is offset against the amount of cattle that we have brought from them respectively). Therefore there is no need to provide any diminution in value as these debtors are on-going and profitable and viable businesses with a good track record with us and collection from them is not in doubt.
 
Information on Concentration of credit risk of account receivables:
 
We had 4 major customers (referring to Customer A, B, C and D mentioned in the Financial Statement of this report under Note2.26), only A and B are accounted for ten percent or more of our consolidated revenues  during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 shown in the table below:
 
 
 
Nine months ended September  30 2013
 
 
 
% of total Revenue
 
 
$
 
Total Revenue
 
Customer A
 
 
17.21
%
 
 
31,015,135
 
 
 
 
Customer B
 
 
16.76
%
 
 
30,202,616
 
 
 
 
Customer C
 
 
8.41
%
 
 
15,156,147
 
 
 
 
Customer D
 
 
8.24
%
 
 
14,849,780
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
50.62
%
 
 
91,223,678
 
 
180,215,777
 
 
Customer A is Guangzhou Wholesale market (Store 8) represented by Mr. Han Zhiqiang who distributes our live fish (or other live aquatic animals, e.g., prawns and eels) to other wholesalers at the Guangzhou Wholesale Fish Markets.  While there are over 300 live seafood wholesalers at the Guangzhou wholesale markets, about 30 of them in Mr. Han’s group of wholesalers handling the sales of our aquatic seafood. Furthermore, although we billed our live aquatic seafood sales to one wholesaler (Mr. Han) that did not mean that our live aquatic seafood was sold by one wholesaler. During the nine months period ended September 30, 2013, Transactions through Mr. Han had generated 17.21% of our total consolidated revenue (equivalent to $31,015,135 out of our total revenue of $180,215,777) derived from the sales of CA’s live aquatic seafood under the segment of Fishery.
 
Customer B is WSC 1, which is owned and operated by Guangzhou City A Power NaWei Trading Co. Ltd (“APNW”).CA was the consulting engineer responsible for the construction of WSC 1and development of its business operation via a Consulting and Service Contract granted by APNW. APNW is now one of our main wholesalers which we bill our sales of seafood (including live and frozen seafood) to. APNW then distributes the seafood to other wholesalers in various cities in China. WSC 1 is situated ideally at the center of all interprovincial logistic services. At the same time, APNW has obtained all relevant Import Quotas and Permits during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.  As such, SIAF uses APNW’s permits for its import and export trades to be carried out in China. Transactions through WSC 1 had generated 16.76% of our total consolidated revenue (equivalent to $30,202,616 out of our total revenue of $180,215,777) derived collectively from the following segments of activities: 
 
 
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Customer B with
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nine months  ended September  30, 2013
 
Name of company
 
Segments
 
Operation Division
 
Abbreviation name
% of total consolidated
 
 
Amount in
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
 
$
 
CA
 
Fishery
 
Consulting and Services
 
Wholesale Center (1)
 
0.98
%
 
 
1,760,135
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of fish (from Fish Farm 1)
 
 
 
2.48
%
 
 
4,467,497
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of fish / eels from Contract Growers
 
 
 
2.86
%
 
 
5,161,377
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIAF
 
Corporate
 
Trading sales of seafood
 
 
 
10.44
%
 
 
18,813,607
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16.76
%
 
 
30,202,616
 
 
Customer C is one of our main agents, namely Mr. Zhen Runchi is the cattle wholesaler selling matured Cattle for MEIJI and also selling young Cattle to MEIJI.
 
Customer D is one of our main agents, namely Mr. Li Changfa, who distributes SJAP’s organic fertilizer, bulk livestock feed and concentrated livestock feed to our cooperative farmers and other regional farmers. During the nine months period ended September30, 2013, Mr. Li had transacted 8.24% of our total consolidated revenue (equivalent to $14,849,780 out of our total revenue of $180,215,777) derived from the sale of SJAP’s organic fertile, bulk livestock feed and concentrated livestock feed under the segment of Organic Fertilizer and Bread Grass.
 
The Company had 4 major customers whose accounts receivable balance individually represented the following percentages of the Company’s total accounts receivable during the nine months ended September 30, 2013:
 
 
 
As of September 30, 2013
 
Total
 
 
 
% of total Accounts receivables
 
 
amount in $
 
Accounts receivables
 
Customer A
 
 
14.44
%
 
 
8,621,742
 
 
 
 
Customer B
 
 
11.38
%
 
 
6,792,173
 
 
 
 
Customer C
 
 
10.50
%
 
 
6,266,461
 
 
 
 
Customer D
 
 
9.96
%
 
 
5,946,496
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
46.28
%
 
 
27,626,872
 
 
59,690,624
 
 
 
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Note4 Breakdown of Other Receivables:
 
 
 
As of
September 30,
2013
 
Note
 
 
 
$
 
 
 
Cash advances paid as consideration to secure investments
 
 
5,542,587
 
 
 
Advanced to employees
 
 
461,893
 
 
 
Advanced to suppliers
 
 
3,327,138
 
 
 
Miscellaneous
 
 
286,033
 
4A
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9,617,650
 
 
 
 
Note 4A: Breakdown of Advances to Suppliers at SJAP’s operations:
 
At SJAP it is a common practice to make cash advances to our cooperative growers (presently standing at 100 members) who are our suppliers, to carry them through respective growing periods (for cropping or pasturing or cattle growing purposes) before final harvests of produce or sale of their cattle. On average, it works out at less than US$63,742 per member that in the management’s opinion is a normal ongoing season to season process deemed fair and equitable. In this respect, as the said average increases it means that the average cooperative farmer is increasing his productivity (whether in the growing of crops or cattle), and in simple terms, it represents good progress indicating that SJAP’s revenue is also increasing.
 
(B). Breakdown of Balance Sheet Item (2) on Current Liabilities:
 
 
 
As at September 30, 2013
 
Note
 
Current liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable and accruals
 
 
8,231,077
 
7
 
Billings in excess of cost and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
 
 
2,413,455
 
 
 
Due to a director
 
 
4,989,134
 
 
 
Other payables
 
 
10,824,617
 
8
 
Short term bank loan
 
 
2,439,818
 
 
 
Total current liabilities
 
 
28,898,101
 
 
 
 
Note 7. Accounts payables and accrued expenses clarification:
 
Our current trading environment to limited number of suppliers who will offer prolonged credit terms means that most purchases are paid for in cash or short credit terms (7 to 10 days), and in a way this allows us better bargaining ability to obtain cash discounts resulting in the low trade account payables balance of $8,231,077 representing about 4.57% of total sales of $180.2 million for the reasons stated below:
 
 
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Our main Account Payables during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 were generated from the following activities:
 
1.
We supply the following cost elements: our own staff, engineering and technology that enhanced our profit margins and reduced the overall cost of sales. Consulting and services (“C&S”) since inception is the major contributor of income to date and cost of sales averaging52% and 31% for CA and SIAF, respectively derived from its respective C&S during the quarter.
 
 
 
  
2.
Implementation, supervision, training and associated management work and most of the building sub-contractors worked on sub-contract at fixed costs; consequently, thus profit margins are contained providing ample opportunity for expanded credit terms. For contracts related to the construction of farms we use plants, equipment, parts and components that were specially manufactured and made as per our own design and engineering by local manufacturers and suppliers (who carry a high amount of initial development costs and inventories for us based on the understanding that we would pay for the deliveries of goods sold within shorter trading terms such that they could afford to carry such costs). We pay promptly in this respect and believe that, as time has passed, our track record has earned us excellent credibility with all of our suppliers and sub-contractors.
 
 
 
 
3.
Fish sales started gradually in late 2011, and the cost of sales averaged 47% and 63% in the three months ended June 30 and September 30, of 2013, respectively (the bulk of the cost came from the supplies of baby fingerlings and the live-bait as the main fish feed), and customary trading terms of Chinese suppliers is on a cash on delivery basis, and suppliers who provide short credit terms presently is limited to no more than a select few.
 
 
 
 
4.
Cattle sales at SJAP’s own cattle stations and from its cooperative farmers started in 2011 at lower profit margins compared to the sales of fish and the cost of sales was averaging 77% and 80% for the three months ended June 30 and September 30, of 2013, respectively; it is also customary in China to pay for the young live cattle by cash on deliveries. The Enping cattle farm started to buy young cattle in 2011 and started sales of mature cattle in 2012; cost of sales is averaging 72%and 90% in the three months ended June 30 and September 30,of 2013, respectively. Most of the young cattle supplies were from small primary producers (local small farmers) who did not have great financial resources; as such we paid for these supplies of young cattle in cash on delivery or short credit term after delivery.
 
 
 
 
5.
In SJAP, the bulk of our fertilizers were sold to farmers who are growing pastures and crops for us such that their fertilizer sales were kept as book entries that would be offset with the pastures and crops that we would buy back from them. In the case of JHMC, which is a very early stage company, especially in fertilizer manufacturing, such that prolonged credit term facilities have not been established for its purchase of raw materials.
 
 
 
 
6.
Bulk livestock feed are produced by regional cooperative growers under contract to us and they use our supply of fertilizer and seeds that represented the main cost components enhancing cost of sales, which average 48% and 40% in the three months ended June 30 and September 30,of 2013. Again, sale of fertilizer is held on credit against crops and pasture grass purchased from them, as well as bulk livestock feed sold to them for cattle rearing, and reconciled once cattle are purchased from them.
 
Note 8.Analysis of Other Payables:
 
As of September 30, 2013, we have other payables totaling $10,824,617, composed of the following:
 
Promissory notes amounting to $2,950,414 were issued to third parties for advances granted by third parties collectively to the Company (and/or to its subsidiaries) that are personally guaranteed by a director, repayable within two years at interest free term. Promissory notes could be repaid either by cash or in shares of the Company or a combination thereof. If shares settle debt amounts, the respective share conversion rates will be determined by both parties at the time of settlement.
 
A grant of $2,408,101 was received from the Chinese government to SJAP for the development of a certain project; however if SJAP will not be able to complete the project, it will have to repay the grant to the Government. As of September 30, 2013, as work in progress on the said project but it is not yet completed, the grant is recorded as other payables.
 
 
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Other advances and miscellaneous   that were given by third parties collectively to our subsidiaries with no fixed term of repayment at interest free terms that do not have any promissory note or agreement but verbal understandings amounting to $5,466,102.
 
C. Breakdown of Income Statements (1) Segment Item – Revenue, Cost of Sales and Gross Profit (for the three months ended September 30, 2013):
 
Segments
 
Sales Revenue
 
% of total
 
 
Cost of sales
 
% of total cost
 
 
Gross Profit
 
Gross
 
 
Note
 
As of September 30, 2013
 
Q32013
 
Revenue
 
 
Q32013
 
of sales
 
 
Q32013
 
Profit
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
 
 
 
 
Fishery Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consulting and Service
 
 
6,939,405
 
 
10
%
 
 
2,703,461
 
 
6
%
 
 
4,235,944
 
 
61
%
 
a
 
Others in sales of Fish, Prawns and commissions etc.
 
 
19,764,839
 
 
28
%
 
 
14,208,181
 
 
32
%
 
 
5,556,658
 
 
28
%
 
b
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of Fish
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
c
 
Cattle Farm Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MEIJI
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consulting and Service
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
d
 
Others in sales of cattle, meat and commission etc.
 
 
4,639,397
 
 
7
%
 
 
3,974,942
 
 
9
%
 
 
664,455
 
 
14
%
 
e
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beef Organic fertilizer Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Qinghai Sanjiang A Power, HuangYuan, Xining
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fertilizer
 
 
2,839,360
 
 
4
%
 
 
1,310,440
 
 
3
%
 
 
1,528,920
 
 
54
%
 
f
 
Bulk Live Stock Feed
 
 
2,835,561
 
 
4
%
 
 
1,281,826
 
 
3
%
 
 
1,553,735
 
 
55
%
 
g
 
Concentrated Live-stock Feed and related products
 
 
3,490,520
 
 
5
%
 
 
2,207,157
 
 
5
%
 
 
1,283,363
 
 
37
%
 
h
 
Cattle
 
 
8,164,934
 
 
12
%
 
 
6,097,904
 
 
14
%
 
 
2,067,030
 
 
25
%
 
i
 
Hunan Shanghua A Power
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic Fertilizer (ex-stocks)
 
 
2,198,582
 
 
3
%
 
 
1,417,380
 
 
3
%
 
 
781,202
 
 
36
%
 
j
 
100% pure organic mixed fertilizer
 
 
905,996
 
 
1
%
 
 
520,480
 
 
1
%
 
 
385,516
 
 
43
%
 
k
 
HU Plant Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jiang Men HST
 
 
10,534,960
 
 
15
%
 
 
4,832,794
 
 
11
%
 
 
5,702,166
 
 
54
%
 
l
 
Corporate Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIAF
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consulting and Service
 
 
1,934,460
 
 
3
%
 
 
565,574
 
 
1
%
 
 
1,368,886
 
 
71
%
 
m
 
Import and export sales
 
 
6,459,683
 
 
9
%
 
 
5,464,433
 
 
12
%
 
 
995,250
 
 
15
%
 
n
 
others
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
70,707,697
 
 
100
%
 
 
44,584,572
 
 
100
%
 
 
26,123,125
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Note (a), (d) and (m) Consulting and Service
 
The table below highlights on general information of ongoing Consulting and Services of the quarter provided by Capital Award, MEIJI and SIAF respectively:
 
Name of the developments
Location of
development
Designed capacity per
year
Land area or Built up area
Current Phase &
Stage
Commencement date of
development
(Estimated) development's
completion date on or
before
Contractual amount
% of completion as at
30.09.2013
 
 
$
Fish Farm (1)
Enping City
1,200 MT
9,900 m2
fully operational
July. 2010
Jun-11
$5.3 million
Fully operational
 
Prawn Farm (1)
Enping City
2013=400MT 2014=800MT 2015=1200 MT
23,100 m2
2 phases and road work
Phase 1 on June 2011 Phase (2.1) Phase (2.2) Road work Started Aug. 2012
Phase (1) on December 2012 Phase (2) completed Q1 2013
Phase (1) $11.6 million Phase (2) 6.39 million Road work $2.94 million
In operation
 
Fish Farm (2) "The Fish & Eel Farm
Xin Hui District, Jiang Men.
2014=800 MT 2015= 1600 MT 2016=2000MT
165,000 m2
3 Phases
Phase 1 January 15, 2012 Bridge & Road Oct. 2012 Phase (3) 2013 & (4)2014
Phase 1 June 2014 Bridge & Road Dec. 2013 Phase (3) & (4) 2015
Phase (1) $8.73 million Bridge & Road $2.48 Phase (3) $4.38 M Phase (4) $10.63 Million
Phase (1) & Bridge and Road completed Jan. 2013 Phase (3) 43% and Phase (4) not started.
 
Prawn Farm (2) The Hatchery & Nusery & Grow-out prawn farm
San Jiao Town, Zhong San City,
2013=1.6 Billion Fingerling and 400MT of prawns increasing yearly and by 2015 = 3.2 billion fingerling and 1200 MT of Prawns
120,000 m2
2 phases
Phase (1) and Phase (2) May 2012 Phase (3) 2014
Phase (1) Dec. 2012 and Phase (2) December 2013.Phase (3) Dec. 2014
Phase (1) $9.26 m and Phase (2) 8.42 Million  Phase (3) 11.5 Million
Phase (1) fully operational and Phase (2) in operation and Phase (3) not started
 
Prawn Farm (3)
Xining City, Qinghai
Expanded to 10,560 m2
Phase (1)
41,122
Dec-14
Pending approval
10%
 
Wholesale Center (1)
Guangzhou City
5,000 m2
One Phase
41,030
March 2013
$3.2 million
in operation
 
Name of the developments
Location of
development
Land area or
Built up area
Estimated
Capacity / year
Current Phase &
Stage
Commencement
date
Estimated completion
date on or before
Contractual amount
% of completion as at
30.09.2013
Cattle Farm (1)
LiangXi Town,
Enping City
165,013 m2
1,500 Heads
2 phases
Apr-11
Dec. 2011
$4.17 million
Fully Operational
Cattle Fram (2)
LiangXi Town,
Enping City
230,300 m2
2,500 heads
2 Phases
Feb. 2012
March. 2014
$10.6 million
80%
Cattle Farm (1) external road work
LiangXi Town,
Enping City
4.5 Km road
 
One Phase
Sept. 2012
March. 2013
$4.32 million
Completed
Cattle Farm (2) External Road work.
LiangXi Town,
Enping City
5.5 Km Road
 
One Phase
Sept. 2012
March. 2013
  $5.28 Million
Completed
 
 
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Whereas CA’s revenues (Note a) generated from its Consulting and Service Contracts (“C&S”) are normal resulting Gross Profit (“GP”)margin around its general standard of (38% to 45%), MEIJI’s GP margin (Note b) (at only 10%) is much lower than its general standard (of about 30 to 35%) due primarily to its work done during the quarter mainly consisting of the finishing work of the external roads that involved many sub-contractors who are registered in the panels of the Government that did not allow MEIJI to gain higher margins and at the same time, the heavy rainy weather of the quarter interrupted many working schedules arranged for the development of Cattle Farm 2 that involved extra costs and SIAF’s work (Note m) performed during the quarter on the development and construction of restaurants and wholesale centers involved much work that was carried out by our own departments resulting in much higher GP margins (69%) for the quarter than our normal standard (recorded at average of 45 to 55%), as such we are expecting that the GP margins will be adjusted and vary from quarter to quarter as the work progresses.
 
Notes (b, c, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, n, and o), specifically analysis of Fish sales of Capital Award (Fishery) MEIJI, sales of SJAP & HSA (Beef, & organic fertilizer), sales of JHST (HU Plantation), and SIAF (Corporate) providing detailed information on all sales receivables are shown in Table below:
 
Segments
 
Corresponding
 
Sales Revenue
 
Corresponding derivation details and information
 
 
 
As of September 30, 2013
 
Notes
 
Q32013
 
Quantity
 
Units
 
Unit Price
 
Average
 
amount
 
Specification
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
Weight
 
$
 
 
 
Fishery Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consulting and Service
 
a. (See above)
 
6,939,405
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of live seafood
 
b & C
 
19,764,839
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sleep Cod
 
 
 
 
 
453
 
MT
 
15.9 / Kg
 
0.5 Kg & above
 
7,212,375
 
Marketable (From 500 g upward)
 
Sleepy cod
 
 
 
 
 
580,122
 
Pieces
 
4.83 / Piece
 
150 g & larger
 
2,801,989
 
Small fish or fingerling
 
Dark Ring Circle Eels
 
 
 
 
 
413
 
MT
 
18.85 / Kg
 
1.5 Kg & Larger
 
7,790,875
 
Marketable (From 1.5 kg / piece upward)
 
Flower Pattern Eels
 
 
 
 
 
380,000
 
Pieces
 
1.62 / Piece
 
200 g & larger
 
615,600
 
Small eels or fingerling
 
Prawns
 
 
 
 
 
112
 
MT
 
12 / Kg
 
75pieces & larger
 
1,344,000
 
Marketable (from 75 pieces / kg & upward)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19,764,839
 
 
 
Cattle Farm Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MEIJI
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consulting and Service
 
(d). See above
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of live cattle
 
e
 
4,639,397
 
1,500
 
head
 
5.33 /kg
 
580 Kg/head
 
3093/head
 
Below 24 months old beef cattle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beef Organic fertilizer Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Qinghai Sanjiang A Power, HuangYuan,
     Xining
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fertilizer
 
f
 
2,839,360
 
16,366
 
MT
 
173.49 / MT
 
25kg/bag
 
 
 
General pasture crop fertilizer
 
Bulk Live Stock Feed
 
g
 
2,835,561
 
18,162
 
MT
 
156.13 / MT
 
100kg/bag
 
 
 
9% protein bulk feed
 
Concentrated Live-stock Feed
 
h
 
3,490,520
 
8,429
 
MT
 
414.11/ MT
 
20 kg/bag
 
 
 
Formulated concentrated feed
 
Cattle
 
i
 
8,164,934
 
2,600
 
Heads
 
5.7 / Kg
 
550 kg/head
 
3140/head
 
Below 24 months old beef cattle
 
Hunan Shanghua A Power
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mixed Organic Fertilizer
 
j
 
2,198,582
 
8,578
 
MT
 
260 / MT
 
25 kg/bag
 
 
 
General purpose Organic mixed fertilizer
 
 
 
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Segments
 
Corresponding
 
Sales Revenue
 
Corresponding derivation details and information
 
 
 
As of September 30, 2013
 
Notes
 
Q32013
 
Quantity
 
Units
 
Unit Price
 
Average
 
Average
 
Specification
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
 
 
$
 
 
 
HU Plant Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jiang Men HST
 
l
 
10,534,960
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dried Flowers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
own farm
 
 
 
 
 
429
 
MT
 
12,257 / MT
 
23.6 million pieces
 
5,258,253
 
averaged 55 pieces of fresh flowers per
 
External farms
 
 
 
 
 
328
 
MT
 
12,257/MT
 
18.04 Million pieces
 
4,020,296
 
kg. of dried flowers
 
Fresh Flowers
 
 
 
 
 
7,309,407
 
Pieces
 
0.15 / piece
 
200g / piece
 
1,096,411
 
 
 
Other value added flower products
 
 
 
 
 
20,000
 
Kg
 
8 / Kg
 
 
 
160,000
 
Value added packs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10,534,960
 
 
 
Corporate Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIAF
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consulting and Service
 
(m). See above
 
1,934,460
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Import and export sales
 
n
 
6,459,683
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cattlefish, Squids & mixed seafood
 
 
 
 
 
90,016
 
Kg
 
7.43 / Kg
 
4 x 40'
 
668,942
 
Mixed sizes (Frozen) Mainly via Malaysia
 
Salmon
 
 
 
 
 
96,000
 
Kg
 
12.61 / Kg
 
4 x 40'
 
1,210,176
 
Large (Frozen) mainly via Chilean agent
 
Live Mud Crabs
 
 
 
 
 
132,000
 
Kg
 
12.91 / Kg
 
10 Kg / box
 
1,704,753
 
Live (Large - from 05 Kg each) from Madagascar
 
Live Flower Pattern Eels
 
 
 
 
 
132,000
 
Kg
 
21.79 / Kg
 
10 Kg / box
 
2,875,812
 
Live (from 1 Kg / Piece & upward) Madagascar
 
others
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6,459,683
 
 
 
Total
 
 
 
70,707,697
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income Taxes
There was no income tax payable in nine months ended September 30, 2013 or 2012. In compliance with US Treasury Internal Revenue Service code, the Company will file an annual return reflecting its fiscal 2013 audited financials; this required regardless of its tax exemption as a result of its operating income wholly contained in China, i.e. no income generated through operations in the United States. Amendments will be filed for previous years, as well, as recommended by our current auditor to allay concerns or problems resulting in penalties, fines, etc. from failure to comply.
 
 
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Off Balance Sheet Arrangements:
 
None.
 
Other Significant Factors That May Affect Cash/Liquidity:
 
Inflation factors affecting operations:
 
On the surface the Government’s anti-inflationary measures seemed to be working during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. However, management remains concerned since most of the building material, cost of labor and essential consumer goods are still rising at a higher rate than GDP. Its impact on consumer spending has not seemed to materialize, though, with growth in spending maintaining an upward trajectory.
 
As of September 30, 2013, the Company had no other significant transactions that may affect our cash/liquidity other than those mentioned in this Quarterly Report.
 
The Company considers all highly liquid securities with original maturities of three months or less when acquired to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents kept with financial institutions in People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) are not insured or otherwise protected. Should any of those institutions holding the Company’s cash become insolvent, or the Company is unable to withdraw funds for any reason, the Company could lose the cash on deposit at that institution.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
As of September 30, 2013, we had unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $9,588,415, (see notes to the consolidated account), and our working capital as of September 30, 2013 was  $154,548,532.
 
As of September 30, 2013, our total long-term debts are as follows:
 
Contractual
Obligations
 
Less than
1 year
 
1-3 years
 
3-5 years
 
More
than
5 years
 
Total
 
Short Term Bank Loan
 
 
 
 
$
2,439,818
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bonds payable
 
 
 
 
$
975,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long Term Debts
 
$
0
 
$
0
 
$
178,920
 
$
0
 
$
0
 
Promissory Notes Issued to third parties
 
$
2,950,414
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Cash provided by operating activities totaled $38,065,409 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. This compares with cash provided by operating activities$10,291,120   for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase in cash flows from operations primarily resulted from net cash provided by net income for the period after adjustments of non- cash items.
 
Cash used in investing activities totaled $36,172,595 for the nine months ended September 30; 2013.This compares with cash used in investing activities totaling $8,843,511 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase in cash flows used in investing activities primarily resulted from payment for construction of $31,494,031 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared with payment for construction of $2,317,082for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.
 
Cash used in financing activities totaled $(1,353,533) for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. This compares with cash from financing activities totaling $4,435,593 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The decrease in cash flows provided by investing activities is primarily due to no non-controlling interest contribution for the nine months ended September 30 2013 whereas there were non-controlling interest contributions of $2,993,186 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and also due to there was short-term loan of $1,577,038 being repaid during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 whereas there is no such repayment during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.
 
Sales of unregistered shares:
 
The Table below shows the sales of shares and equity changes during the three months ended September 30, 2013:
 
 
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Date
 
 
 
Issurance of
 
Price / share
 
Consideration
 
Investors
 
 
 
 
 
shares
 
 
 
 
received
 
Number of Persons / Entities
 
 
 
 
 
# of shares
 
US$
 
US$
 
Non-USA
 
USA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 30.06.2013
 
Opening Balance
 
 
120,173,828
 
 
 
 
 
96,413,610
 
 
241
 
 
5,138
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
02.07.2013
 
Shares issued for workers' entitlements
 
 
297,209
 
 
0.45
 
 
133,744
 
 
21
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
05.07.2013
 
Debt Settlements
 
 
1,865,297
 
 
0.46
 
 
850,000
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15.07.2013
 
Debt Settlements
 
 
1,323,222
 
 
0.45
 
 
600,000
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
02.08.2013
 
Debt Settlements
 
 
1,843,000
 
 
0.37
 
 
680,000
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12.08.2013
 
Debt Settlements
 
 
1,587,500
 
 
0.40
 
 
635,000
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
05.09.2013
 
Debt Settlements
 
 
1,473,710
 
 
0.38
 
 
562,000
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 30.09.2013
 
Total Issued and outstanding shares
 
 
128,563,766
 
 
 
 
 
99,874,354
 
 
267
 
 
5,138
 
 
Total issuance for the three months ended September 30 2013 is 8,389,938 shares for received consideration of $3,460,744 and out of which 297,209 shares were issued at $0.45 / shares for workers’ entitlements for $133,744 with the balanced 8,092,729 shares were issued to settle debts of $3,327,000 at an average of $0.405 / shares.
There are 128,563,766 total issue and outstanding shares.
 
 
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ITEM 3.     QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
 
Not Applicable
 
ITEM 4.     CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
 
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. We conducted an evaluation (the “Evaluation”), under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (“Disclosure Controls”) as of the end of the period covered by this report pursuant to Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act. Based on this Evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our Disclosure Controls were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.
 
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
We have also evaluated our internal controls for financial reporting, and there has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three months ended September 30, 2013 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting
 
Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls
 
Our management, including our CEO and CFO, does not expect that our Disclosure Controls and internal controls will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management or board override of the control.
 
The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
 
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
 
ITEM 1.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
None
 
ITEM 1A.
RISK FACTORS
 
Not applicable
 
ITEM 2.
UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
 
During the period covered by this quarterly report, we issued an aggregate of 8,389,938 shares of our common stock. The shares were issued pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by its Section 4(2). Of these shares, 8,092,729 were issued in consideration for extinguishment of debt in the aggregate amount of $4,327,000 based on a price of the common stock at values ranging from $0.37 to $0.46 per share.  In addition, we sold 133,744 shares to our 21 of our employees for aggregate consideration of $133,744.  None of the recipients of the shares issued during the period covered by this report was a US person.
 
 
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ITEM 3.
DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
 
None
 
ITEM 4.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
 
Not applicable.
 
ITEM 5.
OTHER INFORMATION
 
None
 
ITEM 6.
EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description of Exhibits
 
 
 
31.1
 
Section 302 Certification of Principal Executive Officer+
31.2
 
Section 302 Certification of Principal Financial Officer+
32.1
 
Section 906 Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer +
101.INS
 
XBRL Instance Document +
101.SCH
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document +
101.CAL
 
XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document +
101.LAB
 
XBRL Taxonomy Labels Linkbase Document +
101.PRE
 
XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document +
101.DEF
 
XBRL Definition Linkbase Document +
 
+filed herewith
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.
 
 
 
November 18, 2013
By:
/s/ LEE YIP KUN SOLOMON
 
 
Lee Yip Kun Solomon
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
(Principal Executive Officer
 
 
Principal Financial Officer
 
 
Principal Accounting Officer)
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
November 18, 2013
By:
/s/ LEE YIP KUN SOLOMON
 
 
Lee Yip Kun Solomon
 
 
Chief Executive Officer, Director
 
 
(Principal Executive Officer
 
 
Principal Financial Officer
 
 
Principal Accounting Officer)
 
November 18, 2013
By:
/s/ TAN POAY TEIK
 
 
Tan Poay Teik
 
 
Chief Marketing Officer and Director
 
 
 
November 18, 2013
By:
/s/ CHEN BORHANN
 
 
Chen BorHann
 
 
Corporate Secretary and Director
 
November 18, 2013
By:
/s/ YAP KOI MING
 
 
Yap Koi Ming
 
 
Director
 
November 18, 2013
By:
/s/ NILS ERIK SANDBERG
 
 
Nils Erik Sandberg
 
 
Director
 
 
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