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 March 31, 2016

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

Organization)

  (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
     

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, 32 nd Floor

New York, NY 10006

Attn: Marc J. 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 ¨ 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 x
Non-accelerated filer ¨ Smaller reporting company ¨

 

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 May 16, 2016, there were 21,356,859 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding.

   

     

 

  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION  
Item 1. Financial Statements
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Plan of Operations 2
Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk   55
Item 4. Controls and Procedures 55
     
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION  
Item 1. Legal Proceedings 56
Item 1A. Risk Factors 56
Item 2. Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 56
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities 56
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 56
Item 5. Other Information 56
Item 6. Exhibits 56
SIGNATURES   57

   

     

 

 

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   

SINO AGRO FOOD, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT

 

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016

 

INDEX TO QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT

  

    PAGE
REPORTS OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM   F-1
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS   F-2
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME   F-3
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS   F-4
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS   F-5 - F-35

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

14/F., San Toi Building, 137-139 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong.

Tel : (852) 2581 7500

Fax : (852) 2581 7588

 

 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of

Sino Agro Food, Inc.

(Incorporated in the State of Nevada, United States of America)

 

INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT’S REPORT

 

We have reviewed the consolidated balance sheets of Sino Agro Food, Inc. and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the related consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, and cash flows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015. This interim financial information is the responsibility of the company's management.

 

We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial information taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

 

Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial information for it to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

s/ECOVIS ECOVIS David Yeung Hong Kong
ECOVIS David Yeung Hong Kong
 
Hong Kong
May 10, 2016

 

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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

  

        March 31,     December 31,  
        2016     2015  
    Note            
ASSETS                    
Current assets                    
Cash and cash equivalents   5   $ 2,576,297     $ 7,229,197  
Inventories   6     62,219,185       62,848,707  
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts   18     1,306,885       1,306,885-  
Deposits and prepayments   7     96,012,012       83,811,929  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts   8     125,140,625       135,674,418  
Other receivables   9     62,832,483       59,780,587  
Total current assets         350,087,487       350,651,723  
Plant and equipment                    
Plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation   10     106,059,022       104,259,079  
Construction in progress   11     89,110,182       72,788,769  
Land use rights, net of accumulated amortization   12     58,331,766       58,485,675  
Total plant and equipment         253,500,970       235,533,523  
Other assets                    
Goodwill   13     724,940       724,940  
Proprietary technologies, net of accumulated amortization   14     10,644,565       10,784,358  
Long term investment   15     773,994       769,941  
Temporary deposits paid to entities for investments in Sino joint venture companies   16     41,109,708       41,109,708  
Total other assets         53,253,207       53,388,947  
                     
Total assets       $ 656,841,664     $ 639,574,193  
                     
LIABILITIES  AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                    
                     
Current liabilities                    
Accounts payable and accrued expenses       $ 8,432,026     $ 9,345,559  
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts   18     9,127,254       8,700,706  
Due to a director         621,587       211,247  
Other payables   19     7,621,409       4,792,579  
Borrowings - Short term bank loan   20     4,184,378       4,466,040  
Negotiable promissory notes   21     872,644       865,968  
          30,859,298       28,382,099  
                     
Non-current liabilities                    
Other payables   19     4,797,332       4,797,332  
Borrowings - Long term debts   20     1,388,377       1,554,902  
Convertible note payables   22     35,560,989       34,904,739  
          41,746,698       41,256,973  
                     
Commitments and contingencies   26     -       -  
 
Stockholders' equity                    
Preferred stock: $0.001 par value (10,000,000 shares authorized, 100 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)                    
Series A preferred stock:  $0.001 par value (100 shares designated, 100 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)   23   $ -     $ -  
Series B convertible preferred stock:  $0.001 par value (10,000,000 shares designated, 0 shares issued  and outstanding as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)   23     -       -  
Series F Non-convertible preferred stock:  $0.001 par value (1,000,000 shares designated, 0 shares issued  and outstanding as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)   23     -       -  
Common stock:  $0.001 par value (22,727,273 shares authorized, 20,133,757 shares issued  and outstanding as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015)   23     20,134       20,134  
Additional paid - in capital         142,882,173       142,882,173  
Retained earnings         348,223,322       339,616,638  
Accumulated other comprehensive income         2,077,283       1,427,638  
Treasury stock   23     (1,250,000 )     (1,250,000 )
Total Sino Agro Food, Inc. and subsidiaries stockholders' equity         491,952,912       482,696,583  
Non - controlling interest         92,282,756       87,238,538  
Total stockholders' equity         584,235,668       569,935,121  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity       $ 656,841,664     $ 639,574,193  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

    Note   Three months
ended March 31,
2016
    Three months
ended March 31,
2015
 
Revenue                    
- Sale of goods   3   $ 58,787,003     $ 85,572,543  
- Consulting and service income from development contracts   3     12,719,097       29,369,839  
- Commission income   3     406,954       534,068  
          71,913,054       115,476,450  
Cost of goods sold   3     (43,546,764 )     (63,289,988 )
Cost of services   3     (9,510,872 )     (16,608,011 )
Gross profit         18,855,418       35,578,451  
                     
General and administrative expenses         (4,568,733 )     (4,565,907 )
Net income from operations         14,286,685       31,012,544  
                     
Other income (expenses)                    
Government grant         312,468       83,180  
Other income         114,871       62,646  
Interest expense         (1,188,776 )     (783,606 )
                     
Net income  (expenses)         (761,437 )     (637,780 )
                     
Net income  before income taxes         13,525,248       30,374,764  
                     
Provision for income taxes   4     -       -  
                     
Net income         13,525,248       30,374,764  
Less: Net (income) loss attributable to  non - controlling interest         (4,918,564 )     (6,619,923 )
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Sino Agro Food, Inc. and subsidiaries         8,606,684       23,754,841  
Other comprehensive  income (loss) - Foreign currency translation income (loss)         775,299       (29,361 )
Comprehensive income         9,381,983       23,725,480  
Less: other comprehensive (income) loss attributable to non - controlling interest         (125,654)       13,255  
Comprehensive income attributable to Sino Agro Food, Inc. and subsidiaries       $ 9,256,329     $ 23,738,735  
                     
Earnings per share attributable to Sino Agro Food, Inc. and subsidiaries common stockholders:                    
Basic   28   $ 0.43     $ 1.39  
Diluted   28   $ 0.39     $ 1.33  
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:                    
Basic   28     20,032,747       17,114,989  
Diluted   28     23,624,766       17,822,059  

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

    Three months
ended March 31,
2016
    Three months
ended March 31,
2015
 
                 
Cash flows from operating activities                
Net income for the period   $ 13,525,248     $ 30,374,764  
Adjustments to reconcile net income for the year to net cash from operations:                
Depreciation     1,268,612       802,338  
Amortization     596,687       514,121  
Common stock issued for services     181,591       630,033  
Other amortized cost     929,593       809,868  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                
Decrease (increase) in inventories     629,522       (3,259,725 )
Increase in cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contacts     -       (1,306,885 )
Increase in deposits and prepaid expenses     (12,381,674 )     (597,390 )
Increase in due to a director     410,340       6,340,525  
(Increase) decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses     (1,180,200 )     988,421  
Increase  in other payables     2,828,830       4,186,029  
Decrease in accounts receivable     10,533,793       728,700  
Increase (decrease) in billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts     426,548       (4,026,422 )
Increase in other receivables     (3,051,896 )     (8,639,293 )
Net cash provided by operating activities     14,716,994       27,545,084  
Cash flows from investing activities                
Purchases of property and equipment     (3,852,234 )     (1,451,880 )
Payment for construction in progress     (15,966,419 )     (18,845,219 )
Net cash used in investing activities     (19,818,653 )     (20,297,099 )
Cash flows from financing activities                
Long term debts repaid     (448,187 )     -  
Net cash provided by financing activities     (448,187 )     -  
                 
Effects on exchange rate changes on cash     896,946       653,229  
(Decrease) increase  in cash and cash equivalents     (4,652,900 )     7,901,214  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period     7,229,197       3,031,447  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period   $ 2,576,297     $ 10,932,661  
                 
Supplementary disclosures of cash flow information:                
Cash paid for interest   $ 259,163     $ 119,181  
Cash paid for income taxes   $ -     $ -  
Non - cash transactions                
Common stock issued   $ -     $ 7,703,917  

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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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, United States of America.

 

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 3,232,323 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 “P.R.C.” ):

 

(a) Hang Yu Tai Investment Limited (“ HYT ”), a company incorporated in Macau, the owner of 78% equity interest in ZhongXingNongMu Ltd (“ ZX ”), a company incorporated in the P.R.C.;

 

  (b) Tri-way Industries Limited (“ TRW ”), a company incorporated in Hong Kong; and

 

  (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 P.R.C. 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 P.R.C. 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 P.R.C., 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 incorporated in the P.R.C with major business activities in the agriculture industry; and

 

  Guangzhou City Garwor Company Limited (English translation) (“ Garwor ”), a company incorporated in the P.R.C., 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, P.R.C.

 

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 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.

 

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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1. CORPORATE INFORMATION (CONTINUED)

 

On February 15, 2011 and March 29, 2011, the Company entered into an agreement and a memorandum of understanding (an “ MOU” ), respectively, to sell 100% equity interest in HYT group (including HYT and ZX) to Mr. Xin Ming Sun, a director of ZhongXingNong Nu Co., Ltd for $45,000,000, with effective date of January 1, 2011.

 

On February 28, 2011, the Company applied to form Enping City Bi Tao A Power Prawn Culture Development Co Limited (“ EBAPCD ”) , and the Company would indirectly own a 25% equity interest in future Sino Joint Venture Company (pending approval).

 

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 for total cash consideration of $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 total cash consideration of $1,702,580. These acquisitions were at our option according the terms of the original development agreement. 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 on November 17, 2011. On January 1, 2012, the Company had invested $1,076,489 in ECF and the amount was settled in contra against accounts receivable due from 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 the total cash consideration of $2,944,176 on September 30, 2012 while withdrawing its 25% equity interest in ECF. This acquisition was at our option according to the terms of the original development agreement. 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. As of March 31, 2016, total investment in HJMC was $4,420,665.

 

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%. As of March 31, 2016, MEIJI and SJAP total investment in HSA were $857,808 and 629,344, respectively.

 

On November 12, 2013, the Company acquired a shell company, Goldcup9203 AB, incorporated in Sweden, in which the Company owns a 100% equity interest. Goldcup 9203 AB changed its name to Sino Agro Food Sweden AB (publ) (“ SAFS ”). As of March 31, 2016, the Company invested $77,664 in SAFS.

 

SJAP formed Qinghai Zhong He Meat Products Co., Limited (“ QZH ”), with SJAP would owning 100% equity interest. On October 25, 2015, both QZH and new stockholder, Qinghai Quanwang Investment Management Co., Ltd (“ QQI ”) contributed additional capital of $4,157,682 and $769,941, respectively. As of result, SJAP decreased its equity interest from 100% to 85% and QQI owned a 14% equity interest. As of December 31, 2015, the SJAP’s total investment in QZH was $4,645,487. In addition, according to investment agreement between QZH and QQI, (i) QQI only enjoy interest 6% annually on its capital contribution and did not enjoy profit distribution; (ii) investment period was 3 years only, and (iii) SJAP shared 100% on profit or loss after deduction 6% interest to QQI and enjoyed 100% voting rights of QZH’s board and stockholders meetings.

 

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, P.R.C., 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.

 

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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

2.2 REPORTING ENTITIES

 

Name of subsidiaries   Place of incorporation   Percentage of interest   Principal activities
             
Capital Award Inc. (“CA”)   Belize   100% (12.31.2015: 100%) directly   Fishery development and holder of A-Power Technology master license.
             
Capital Stage Inc. (“CS”)   Belize   100% (12.31.2015: 100%) indirectly   Dormant
             
Capital Hero Inc. (“CH”)   Belize   100% (12.31.2015: 100%) indirectly   Dormant
             
Sino Agro Food Sweden AB (“SAFS”)   Sweden   100% (12.31.2015: 100%) directly   Dormant
             
Tri-way Industries Limited (“TRW”)   Hong Kong, P.R.C.   100% (12.31.2015: 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 Eiji Company Limited (“MEIJI”)   Macau, P.R.C.   100% (12.31.2015: 100%) directly   Investment holding, cattle farm development, beef cattle and beef trading
             
A Power Agro Agriculture Development (Macau) Limited (“APWAM”)   Macau, P.R.C.   100% (12.31.2015: 100%) directly   Investment holding
             
Jiang Men City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd (“JHST”)   P.R.C.   75% (12.31.2015: 75%) indirectly   HylocereusUndatus Plantation (“HU Plantation”).
             
Jiang Men City A Power Fishery Development Co., Limited (“JFD”)   P.R.C.   75% (12.31.2015: 75%) indirectly   Fish cultivation
             
Jiang Men City Hang Mei Cattle Farm Development Co., Limited (“JHMC”)   P.R.C.   75% (12.31.2015: 75%) indirectly   Beef cattle cultivation
             
Hunan Shenghua A Power Agriculture Co., Limited (“HSA”)   P.R.C.   76% (12.31.2015: 76%) 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”)   P.R.C.   45% (12.31.2015: 45%) indirectly   Manufacturing of organic fertilizer, livestock feed, and beef cattle and plantation of crops and pastures
             
Qinghai Zhong He Meat Products Co., Ltd (“QZH”)   P.R.C.   *86% (12.31.2015: 86%) indirectly   Cattle slaughter

 

* This represents stockholding percentage of total equity.

 

In addition, according to investment agreement between QZH and QQI, (i) QQI only enjoyed interest 6% annually on its capital contribution and did not enjoy any profit distribution; (ii) investment period was 3 years only, and (iii) SJAP shared 100% (2015: 100%) on profit or loss after deduction 6% interest to QQI and enjoyed 100% (2015: 100%) voting rights of QZH’s board and stockholders meetings.

 

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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 ”).

 

Reverse stock split and new conversion rate of Series B preferred stock to share of common stock on December 16, 2014, the Company implemented a 9.9-for-1 reverse stock split. On December 17, 2014, the Company implemented new conversion rate of 9.9 for 1 share of common stock. All share information contained within this report, including consolidated balance sheets, consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income, and footnotes have been retroactively adjusted for the effects of reverse stock split and new conversion rate of Series B preferred stock to share of common stock.

 

  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, APWAM, SAFS and its variable interest entity SJAP and QZH. All material inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

SIAF, CA, CS, CH, TRW, MEIJI, JHST, JFD, JHMC, HSA, APWAM, SAFS, SJAP and QZH 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 the 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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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.

 

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.

 

Multiple-Element Arrangements

 

To qualify as a separate unit of accounting under ASC 605-25 “ Multiple Element Arrangements ”, the delivered item must have value to the customer on a standalone basis. The significant deliverables under the Company’s multiple-element arrangements are consulting and service under development contract, commission and management service.

 

Revenues from the Company’s consulting and services under development 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 recognize 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 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.

 

The Company provides various management services to its customers in the P.R.C. based on a negotiated fixed-price contract. The clients usually pay the fees when the services contract is signed and services are rendered. The Company recognizes these services-based revenues from contracts when (i) management services are rendered; (ii) clients recognize the completion of services; and (iii) collectability is reasonably assured. Fees received in advance are recorded as deferred revenue under current liabilities.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  2.9 COST OF GOODS SOLD AND COST OF SERVICES

 

Cost of goods sold consists primarily of direct purchase cost of merchandise goods, and related levies. Cost of services consist primarily direct cost and indirect cost incurred to date for development contracts and provision for anticipated losses for development contracts.

 

  2.10 SHIPPING AND HANDLING

 

Shipping and handling costs related to cost of goods sold are included in general and administrative expenses, which totaled $31 and $8,693 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

  2.11 ADVERTISING

 

Advertising costs are included in general and administrative expenses, which totaled $666,258 and $708,843 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

  2.12 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES

 

Research and development expenses are included in general and administrative expenses, which totaled $0 and $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

  2.13 FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

The reporting currency of the Company is the U.S. dollars. The functional currency of the Company is the Chinese Renminbi (RMB).

 

For those entities whose functional currency is other than the U.S. dollars, 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 $2,077,283 as of March 31, 2016 and $1,427,638 as of December 31, 2015. The balance sheet amounts with the exception of equity as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were translated using an exchange rate of RMB 6.46 to $1.00 and RMB 6.49 to $1.00, respectively. The average translation rates applied to the statements of income and other comprehensive income and of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 were RMB 6.53 to $1.00 and RMB 6.14 to $1.00, respectively.

 

 

  2.14 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 P.R.C. 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.

 

  2.15 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 for sale of goods and commission income and six months for consulting and service income from development contracts. 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 March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 are $0.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  2.16 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.

 

  2.17 PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

Plant 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 plant 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 and herbage cultivation   20 years
Furniture and equipment   2.5 - 10 years
Motor vehicles   5 - 10 years

 

An item of plant 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.

 

  2.18 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.

 

 

  2.19 LONG TERM INVESTMENT

 

On October 29, 2014, the Company invested in Huangyuan County Rural Credit Union (“RCU”), Huangyuan County , Xining City, Qinghai Province, the P.R.C. RCU is engaged in the financing and crediting business to agricultural projects for local farmers. The Company has a 5% equity stake in RCU. The Company has no representative on the board of directors to oversee corporate operations. The Company accounts for its long term investment at cost.

   

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  2.20 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. Cost of acquisition of stock feed manufacturing technology master license 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. Cost of acquisition on aromatic cattle-feeding formula is amortized using the straight-line method over its estimated life of 25 years.

 

The cost of sleepy cods breeding technology license is capitalized as proprietary technologies when technological feasibility has been established. Cost of granting sleepy cods breeding technology license is amortized using the straight-line method over its estimated life of 25 years.

 

Bacterial cellulose technology license and related trade mark are capitalized as proprietary technologies when technological feasibility has been established. Cost of license and related trade mark is amortized using the straight-line method over its estimated life of 20 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.

 

  2.21 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.

 

  2.22 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 10 to 60 years. Land use rights purchase prices were determined in accordance with the P.R.C. Government’s minimum lease payments on agricultural land and mutually agreed to terms between the Company and the vendors.

 

  2.23 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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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  2.24 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.

 

  2.25 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.

 

  2.26 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.

 

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. 

   

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  2.27 POLITICAL AND BUSINESS RISK

 

The Company’s operations are carried out in the P.R.C. Accordingly, the political, economic and legal environment in the P.R.C. may influence the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations by the general state of the P.R.C.’s economy. The Company’s operations in the P.R.C. 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.

 

  2.28 CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK

 

Cash includes cash at banks and demand deposits in accounts maintained with banks within the P.R.C. Total cash in these banks as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 amounted to $2,501,032 and $7,022,695, 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.

 

The Company had 5 major customers (A, B, C, D & E) whose business individually represented the following percentages of the Company’s total revenue for the year indicated:

 

    Three month ended
March 31, 2016
    Three months ended
March 31, 2015
 
Customer A     21.03 %     20.65 %
Customer B     11.96 %     18.54 %
Customer C     10.34 %     14.80 %
Customer D     7.11 %     9.74 %
Customer E     6.70 %     8.13 %
Customer F     - %     - %
Customer G     - %     - %
Customer H     - %     - %
      57.14 %     71.86 %

  

        Percentage
of revenue
    Amount  
Customer A   Fishery Development Division     21.03 %   $ 15,126,359  
Customer B   Fishery Development and Corporate and Others Divisions     11.96 %   $ 8,598,464  
Customer C   Cattle Farm Development and HU Plantation Division     10.34 %   $ 7,438,503  

    

 

Accounts receivable are derived from revenue earned from customers located primarily in the P.R.C. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of customers and has not experienced any material losses to date.

 

The Company had 5 major customers whose accounts receivable balance individually represented the following percentages of the Company’s total accounts receivable:

 

    March 31, 2016     December 31, 2015  
Customer A     12.39 %     13.71 %
Customer B     10.93 %     11.31 %
                 
Customer C     10.71 %     10.12 %
Customer D     8.56 %     9.31 %
Customer E     6.67 %     8.45 %
Customer F     - %     - %
      49.26 %     52.90 %

  

As of December 31, 2016, amounts due from customers A, B and C are $15,504,621, $13,678,559 and $13,399,381, 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.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  2.29 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, during 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 March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company determined no impairment losses were necessary.

 

  2.30 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.

 

ASC 260-10-55 requires that stock dividends or stock splits be accounted for retroactively if the stock dividends or stock splits occur during the year, or retroactively if the stock dividends or stock splits occur after the end of the period but before the release of the financial statements, by considering it outstanding of the entirety of each period presented. Dilution is computed by applying the treasury stock method. Under this method, options and warrants are assumed to be exercised at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and as if funds obtained thereby were used to purchase common stock at the average market price during the year.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, basic earnings per share attributable to Sino Agro Food, Inc. and subsidiaries’ common stockholders amount to $0.43 and $1.39 respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, diluted earnings per share attributable to Sino Agro Food, Inc. and its subsidiaries’ common stockholders amounted to $0.39 and $1.33, respectively.

 

  2.31 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.

 

  2.32 RETIREMENT BENEFIT COSTS

 

P.R.C. 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.

 

  2.33 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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2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  2.34 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 March 31, 2016 or December 31, 2015, nor gains or losses are reported in the statements of income and 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 three months ended March 31, 2016 or 2015.

 

  2.35 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 January 2015, FASB issued ASU No. 2015-01, Income Statement—Extraordinary and Unusual Items (Subtopic 225-20): Simplifying Income Statement Presentation by Eliminating the Concept of Extraordinary Items . This Update eliminates from GAAP the concept of extraordinary items. The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. A reporting entity may apply the amendments prospectively. A reporting entity also may apply the amendments retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. Early adoption is permitted provided that the guidance is applied from the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2015-01 to have material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2015-02,  Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis.  The new consolidation standard changes the way reporting enterprises evaluate whether (a) they should consolidate limited partnerships and similar entities, (b) fees paid to a decision maker or service provider are variable interests in a variable interest entity ("VIE"), and (c) variable interests in a VIE held by related parties of the reporting enterprise require the reporting enterprise to consolidate the VIE. The guidance is effective for public business entities for annual and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is allowed, including early adoption in an interim period. A reporting entity may apply a modified retrospective approach by recording a cumulative-effect adjustment to equity as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption or may apply the amendments retrospectively. The adoption of ASU 2015-02 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2015-03, which simplifies presentation of debt issuance costs. The amendments in this update require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. ASU No. 2015-03 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted. The adoption of ASU 2015-03 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-17,  Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes  (ASU 2015-17), which simplifies the presentation of deferred income taxes by requiring deferred tax assets and liabilities be classified as noncurrent on the balance sheet. The updated standard is effective for us beginning on January 1, 2017 with early application permitted as of the beginning of any interim or annual reporting period. The adoption of ASU 2015-17 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by FASB that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have 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 five principal reportable segments: Fishery Development Division, HU Plantation Division, Organic Fertilizer and Bread Grass Division, Cattle Farm Development Division and Corporate and Others Division. No geographic information is required as all revenue and assets are located in the P.R.C.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2016
    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   $ 29,264,041     $ -     $ 31,425,720     $ 4,816,884     $ 6,406,409     $ 71,913,054  
                                                 
Net income (loss)   $ 6,522,101     $ (417,964 )   $ 4,768,496     $ 346,669     $ (2,612,618 )   $ 8,606,684  
                                                 
Total assets   $ 155,703,211     $ 51,616,544     $ 320,589,830     $ 41,104,943     $ 87,827,136     $ 656,841,664  

 

For the three month ended March 31, 2015
    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   $ 53,336,774     $ -     $ 40,376,589     $ 8,289,986     $ 13,473,101     $ 115,476,450  
                                                 
Net income (loss)   $ 17,364,450     $ (588,016 )   $ 5,659,105     $ 354,180     $ 965,122     $ 23,754,841  
                                                 
Total assets   $ 135,886,166     $ 53,485,748     $ 278,916,757     $ 32,526,979     $ 71,362,201     $ 572,177,851  

  

Note

 

(1) Operated by Capital Award, Inc. (“CA”) and Jiang Men City A Power Fishery Development Co., Limited (“JFD”).

 

(2) Operated by Jiang Men City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co., Limited (“JHST”).

 

(3) Operated by Qinghai Sanjiang A Power Agriculture Co., Limited (“SJAP”), Qinghai Zhong He Meat Products Co., Limited (“QZH”), A Power Agro Agriculture Development (Macau) Limited (“APWAM”), and Hunan Shenghua A Power Agriculture Co., Limited (“HSA”).

 

(4) Operated by Jiang Men City Hang Mei Cattle Farm Development Co. Limited (“JHMC”) and Macau Eiji Company Limited (“MEIJI”).

 

(5) Operated by Sino Agro Food, Inc. (“SIAF”) and Sino Agro Food Sweden AB (publ) (“SAFS”).

 

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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

3. SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED)

 

Further analysis of revenue:-

 

    For the three months ended March 31, 2016        
    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  
Name of entity                                                
Sale of goods                                                
Capital Award, Inc. (“CA”)   $ 16,137,990     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 16,137,990  
                                                 
Hunan Shenghua A Power Agriculture Co., Limited (“HSA”)     -       -       5,113,550       -       -       5,113,550  
                                                 
Qinghai Sanjiang A Power Agriculture Co., Limited (“SJAP”)     -       -       8,655,548       -       -       8,655,548  
                                                 
Qinghai Zhong He Meat Products Co., Limited (“QZH”)     -       -       17,656,622       -       -       17,656,622  
                                                 
Macau  Eiji Company Limited (“MEIJI”)     -       -       -       4,816,884       -       4,816,884  
                                                 
Sino Agro Food, Inc. (“SIAF”)     -       -       -       -       6,406,409       6,406,409  
                                                 
Consulting and service income for development contracts                                                
Capital Award, Inc. (“CA”)     12,719,097       -       -       -       -       12,719,097  
                                                 
Sino Agro Food, Inc. (“SIAF”)     -       -       -       -       -       -  
                                                 
Commission and management fee                                                
Capital Award, Inc. (“CA”)     406,954       -       -       -       -       406,954  
                                                 
Macau  Eiji Company Limited (“MEIJI”)     -       -       -       -       -       -  
    $ 29,264,041     $ -     $ 31,425,720     $ 4,816,884     $ 6,406,409     $ 71,913,054  

 

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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

3. SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED)

 

Further analysis of revenue (Continued):-

 

    For the three months ended March 31, 2015        
    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  
Name of entity                                    
Sale of goods                                                
Capital Award, Inc. (“CA”)   $ 27,218,841     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 27,218,841  
                                                 
Hunan Shenghua A Power Agriculture Co., Limited (“HSA”)     -       -       4,182,440       -       -       4,182,440  
                                                 
Qinghai Sanjiang A Power Agriculture Co., Limited (“SJAP”)     -       -       24,038,273       -       -       24,038,273  
                                                 
Qinghai Zhong He  Meat Products Co., Limited (“QZH”)     -       -       12,155,876       -       -       12,155,876  
                                                 
Macau  Eiji Company Limited (“MEIJI”)     -       -       -       8,289,986       -       8,289,986  
                                                 
Sino Agro Food, Inc. (“SIAF”)     -       -       -       -       9,687,127       9,687,127  
                                                 
Consulting and service income for development contracts                                                
Capital Award, Inc. (“CA”)     25,583,865       -       -       -       -       25,583,865  
                                                 
Sino Agro Food, Inc. (“SIAF”)     -       -       -       -       3,785,974       3,785,974  
                                                 
Commission and management fee                                                
 Capital Award, Inc. (“CA”)     -       -       -       -       -       -  
                                                 
 Macau Eiji Company Limited (“MEIJI”)     534,068       -       -       -       -       534,068  
    $ 53,336,774     $ -     $ 40,376,589     $ 8,289,986     $ 13,473,101     $ 115,476,450  

 

  F- 19  

 

 

SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

3. SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED)

 

Further analysis of cost of goods sold and cost of services:-

COST OF GOODS SOLD

 

    For the three months ended March 31, 2016        
    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  
Name of entity                                    
Sale of goods                                                
Capital Award,
Inc. (“CA”)
  $ 12,297,679     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 12,297,679  
                                                 
 Hunan Shenghua A Power Agriculture Co., Limited (“HSA”)     -       -       3,157,459       -       -       3,157,459  
                                                 
 Qinghai Sanjiang A Power Agriculture Co., Limited (“SJAP”)     -       -       5,278,624       -       -       5,278,624  
                                                 
 Qinghai Zhong He Meat Products
Co., Limited (“QZH”)
    -       -       12,755,788       -       -       12,755,788  
                                                 
 Macau  Eiji Company Limited (“MEIJI”)     -       -       -       4,590,411       -       4,590,411  
                                                 
 Sino Agro Food, Inc. (“SIAF”)     -       -       -       -       5,466,803       5,466,803  
    $ 12,297,679     $ -     $ 21,191,871     $ 4,590,411     $ 5,466,803     $ 43,546,764  

 

 

COST OF SERVICES

 

    For the three months ended March 31, 2016        
    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  
                                     
Name of entity                                                
                                                 
Consulting and service income for development contracts                                                
                                                 
Capital Award, Inc. (“CA”)   $ 9,510,872     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 9,510,872  
Sino Agro Food, Inc. (“SIAF”)     -       -       -       -       -       -  
                                                 
    $ 9,510,872     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 9,510,872  

  

 

 

 

  F- 20  

 

 

SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

3. SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED)

 

Further analysis of cost of goods sold and cost of services (Continued):-

 

COST OF GOODS SOLD 

 

    For the three months ended March 31, 2015        
    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  
Name of entity                                    
Sale of goods                                                
Capital Award, Inc. (“CA”)   $ 20,101,997     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 20,101,997  
                                                 
Hunan Shenghua A Power Agriculture Co., Limited (“HSA”)     -       -       2,390,598       -       -       2,390,598  
                                                 
Qinghai Sanjiang A Power Agriculture Co., Limited (“SJAP”)     -       -       16,563,831       -       -       16,563,831  
                                                 
Qinghai Zhong He Meat Products
Co., Limited (“QZH”)
    -       -       8,171,368       -       -       8,171,368  
                                                 
Macau  Eiji Company Limited (“MEIJI”)     -       -       -       7,988,119       -       7,988,119  
                                                 
Sino Agro Food, Inc. (“SIAF”)     -       -       -       -       8,074,075       8,074,075  
    $ 20,101,997     $ -     $ 27,125,797     $ 7,988,119     $ 8,074,075     $ 63,289,988  

 

 

COST OF SERVICES

 

 

    For the three months ended March 31, 2015        
    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  
                                     
Name of entity                                                
                                                 
Consulting and service income for development contracts                                                
                                                 
Capital Award, Inc. (“CA”)   $ 15,203,198     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 15,203,198  
                                                 
Sino Agro Food, Inc. (“SIAF”)     -       -       -       -       1,404,813       1,404,813  
    $ 15,203,198     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 1,404,813     $ 16,608,011  

 

  

 

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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

4. 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 U.S. 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.

 

The Company appointed US tax professionals to assist in filing income tax returns for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 in compliance with US Treasury Internal Revenue Code and we had already filed our 2014 and 2013 Tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (“ IRS ”) of USA Government.

 

As of March 31, 2016, the Company reviewed its tax position with the assistance US tax professionals and believed that there would be no taxes and no penalties assessed by the IRS in the United States of America.

 

  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 SIAF, CA, JHST, JHMC, JFD, HSA, SJAP and QZH since they are exempt from EIT for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 as they are within the agriculture, dairy and fishery sectors.

 

Belize

 

CA, CS and CH are international business companies incorporated in Belize, and are exempt from corporate tax in Belize.

 

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 arising in Hong Kong for the three months ended March 31, 2016, and 2015.

 

Macau

 

No Macau Corporate income tax has been provided in the consolidated financial statements of APWAM and MEIJI since these entities did not earn any assessable profits for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

Sweden

 

No Sweden Corporate income tax has been provided in the consolidated financial statements of SAFS since SAFS did not earn any profits for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

No deferred tax assets and liabilities are of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 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.

 

Provision for income taxes is as follows:

 

      Three months
ended March 31,
2016
      Three months
ended March 31,
2015
 
                 
SIAF   $ -     $ -  
SAFS     -       -  
                 
TRW     -       -  
MEIJI and APWAM     -       -  
JHST, JFD, JHMC, SJAP, QZH and HSA     -       -  
    $ -     $ -  

 

The Company did not recognize any interest or penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015. 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.

 

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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

5. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

 

    March 31,     December 31,  
    2016     2015  
                 
Cash and bank balances   $ 2,576,297     $ 7,229,197  

 

6. INVENTORIES

 

As of March 31, 2016, inventories are as follows:

 

    March 31,     December 31,  
    2016     2015  
             
Sleepy cods, prawns, eels and marble goby   $ 3,260,828     $ 4,053,458  
Beef and mutton     10,486,328       14,593,458  
Bread grass     248,970       1,207,260  
Beef cattle     6,699,747       5,026,404  
Organic fertilizer     11,598,506       10,815,983  
Forage for cattle and consumable     11,489,016       10,328,365  
Raw materials for bread grass and organic fertilizer     17,078,669       15,440,348  
Immature seeds     1,357,121       1,383,431  
    $ 62,219,185     $ 62,848,707  

 

7. DEPOSITS AND PREPAYMENTS

 

    March 31,     December 31,  
    2016     2015  
             
Deposits for                
-  purchases of equipment   $ 6,975,629     $ 4,963,245  
-  acquisition of land use rights     3,373,110       3,373,110  
- inventories purchases     22,394,687       19,948,867  
- aquaculture contracts     6,602,279       4,340,741  
- consulting service providers and others     8,632,259       9,197,796  
- construction in progress     22,354,658       20,243,172  
- issue of shares as collateral     11,281,100       11,281,100  
Prepayments - debts discounts and others     14,216,699       9,919,126  
Shares issued for employee compensation and overseas professional and bond interest     181,591       544,772  
    $ 96,012,012     $ 83,811,929  

 

8. 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 March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. Bad debts written off for the three months ended March 31, 2016, and 2015 are $0.

 

Aging analysis of accounts receivable is as follows:

 

    March 31,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
0 - 30 days   $ 49,621,355     $ 49,190,282  
31 - 90 days     26,384,672       29,280,990  
91 - 120 days     18,780,256       19,838,792  
over 120 days and less than 1 year     30,354,342       37,364,354  
over 1 year     -       -  
    $ 125,140,625     $ 135,674,418  

  

 

 

  F- 23  

 

 

SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

9. OTHER RECEIVABLES

 

    March 31,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
             
Advanced to employees   $ 376,214     $ 169,369  
Advanced to suppliers     9,590,713       8,052,235  
Advanced to customers     22,003,006       20,696,433  
Advanced to developers     28,000,000       28,000,000  
Advanced to convertible bond holder     2,862,550       2,862,550  
    $ 62,832,483     $ 59,780,587  

 

Advanced to employees, suppliers, customers and developers are unsecured, interest free and with no fixed terms of repayment.

 

The Company entered friendly loan agreements with suppliers, customers and developers to assist them to procure project loans.

 

10. PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

    March 31,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
             
Plant and machinery   $ 6,481,690     $ 5,889,915  
Structure and leasehold improvements     90,612,871       90,612,871  
Mature seeds and herbage cultivation     16,599,717       14,122,937  
Furniture and equipment     704,153       704,153  
Motor vehicles     790,434       790,434  
      115,188,865       112,120,310  
                 
Less: Accumulated depreciation     (9,129,843 )     (7,861,231 )
Net carrying amount   $ 106,059,022     $ 104,259,079  

 

Depreciation expense was $1,268,612 and $802,338 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

11. CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS

 

    March 31,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
             
Construction in progress                
- Office, warehouse and organic  fertilizer plant in  HSA   $ 29,518,576     $ 26,158,968  
- Oven room, road for production of dried flowers     3,079,766       3,079,766  
- Organic fertilizer and bread grass production plant and office building     12,867,960       11,746,949  
- Rangeland for beef cattle and office building     33,110,318       26,463,249  
- Fish pond     10,533,562       5,339,837  
    $ 89,110,182     $ 72,788,769  

 

12. LAND USE RIGHTS

 

Private ownership of agricultural land is not permitted in the P.R.C. Instead, the Company has leased seven lots of land. The cost of the first lot of land use rights acquired in 2007 in Guangdong Province, the P.R.C. 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, the P.R.C. was $764,128, which consists of 31.84 acres with the lease expiring in 2068. The cost of the third lot of land use rights acquired in 2011 was $12,040,571, which consists of 79.48 acres in Guangdong Province, the P.R.C. with the lease expires 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, the P.R.C. 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, the P.R.C. and the lease expires in 2051. The cost of the sixth lot of land use rights acquired in 2013 was $489,904 which consisted of 6.27 acres in Guangdong Province, the P.R.C. and the lease expires in 2023. The cost of the seventh lot of land use rights acquired in 2014 was $4,453,665 which consisted of 33.28 acres in Guangdong Province, the P.R.C. and the lease expires in 2044.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

12. LAND USE RIGHTS (CONTINUED)

 

    March 31,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
             
Cost   $ 66,257,264     $ 65,961,071  
Less: Accumulated amortization     (7,925,498 )     (7,475,396 )
Net carrying amount   $ 58,331,766     $ 58,485,675  

 

    Expiry date   Description   Amount  
               
Balance @1.1.2015       $ 69,428,143  
Exchange difference             (3,467,072 )
Balance @12.31.2015             65,961,071  
Exchange difference             296,193  
Balance @3.31.2016           $ 66,257,264  

 

Land use rights are amortized on the straight-line basis over their respective lease periods. The lease period of agriculture land is 30 to 60 years. Amortization of land use rights was $450,102 and $335,840 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

13. 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.

 

    March 31,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
             
Goodwill from acquisition   $ 724,940     $ 724,940  
Less: Accumulated impairment losses     -       -  
Net carrying amount   $ 724,940     $ 724,940  

 

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. On October 1, 2013, SIAF was granted a license to exploit sleepy cods breeding technology to grow out of sleepy cods for $2,270,968 for 50 years. SJAP booked bacterial cellulose technology license and related trademark for $2,119,075 and amortized expenditures for 20 years starting from January 1, 2014.

 

    March 31,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
             
Cost   $ 13,778,319     $ 13,771,527  
Less: Accumulated amortization     (3,133,754 )     (2,987,169 )
Net carrying amount   $ 10,644,565     $ 10,784,358  

 

Amortization of proprietary technologies was $146,585 and $178,281 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. No impairments of proprietary technologies have been identified for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015. 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

15. LONG TERM INVESTMENT

 

    March 31,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
             
Investment in Huangyuan County Rural Credit Union   $ 773,994     $ 769,941  
Less: Accumulated impairment losses     -       -  
    $ 773,994     $ 769,941  

 

16. TEMPORARY DEPOSITS PAID TO ENTITIES FOR EQUITY INVESTMENTS IN FUTURE SINO JOINT VENTURE COMPANIES

 

Intended                    
unincorporated   Projects                
Investee   Engaged       March 31,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
                     
A   Trade center   *   $ 4,086,941     $ 4,086,941  
A   Seafood center   *     1,032,914       1,032,914  
B   Fish Farm 2 GaoQiqiang Aquaculture   *     6,000,000       6,000,000  
C   Prawn farm 1   *     14,554,578       14,554,578  
D   Prawn farm 2   *     9,877,218       9,877,218  
E   Cattle farm 2   *     5,558,057       5,558,057  
            $ 41,109,708     $ 41,109,708  

 

The Company made temporary deposits paid to entities for equity investments in future Sino Joint Venture companies (“SJVCs”) engaged in projects development of trade and seafood centers, fish, prawns and cattle farms. Such temporary deposits represented as deposits of the respective consideration required for the purchase of equity stakes of respective future SJVCs. The amounts were classified as temporary because legal procedures of formation of SJVCs have not yet been completed. As of December 31, 2015, the percentages of equity stakes of A (trade and seafood centers), B ( fish farm 2 GaoQiqiang Aquaculture Farm ), C (prawn farm 1), D (pawn farm 2) and E (cattle farm 2) are 31%, 23%, 56%, 29% and 35% respectively.

 

  * The above amounts were subject to conversion to an additional equity investment in the investees upon the completion of legal procedures of formation of SJVCs.

 

17. 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 P.R.C. As of March 31, 2016, 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 fewer voting rights.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

17. VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY (CONTINUED)

 

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 March 31, 2016, 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 SJAP qualified as a VIE 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 P.R.C. 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.

 

Continuous assessment of the VIE relationship with QZH

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 fewer voting rights.

 

The Company also quantitatively and qualitatively examined if QZH 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 QZH 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 March 31, 2016, the Company evaluated the above VIE testing results and concluded that the Company is the primary beneficiary of QZH’s expected losses or residual returns and that QZH qualifies as a VIE of the Company. As result, the Company has consolidated QZH as a VIE.

 

The reasons for the QZH qualified as a VIE are as follows:

 

· Originally, SJAP was sole stockholder of QZH, owned 100% equity interest in QZH and controlled directorship of QZH.

 

  · On October 25, 2015, both QZH and new stockholder, Qinghai Quanwang Investment Management Co., Ltd (“ QQI ”) contributed additional capital of $4,157,682 and $769,941, respectively. As of result, SJAP decreased its equity interest from 100% to 86% and QQI owned 14% equity interest. In addition, according to investment agreement between QZH and QQI, (i) QQI only enjoyed interest 6% annually on its capital contribution and did not enjoy any profit distribution; (ii) investment period was 3 years only, and (iii) SJAP shared 100% on profit or loss after deduction 6% interest to QQI and enjoyed 100%  voting rights of QZH’s board and stockholders meetings. As of March 31, 2016, the SJAP’s total investment in QZH was $4,645,487.

 

  · Consequently, the Company still indirectly control directorship of QZH, such that the Company now had a majority interest in the directorship of QZH. Also, and in accordance with the Company’s Sino Joint Venture Agreement, the Company’s controlled QZH’s chief financial officer appointment. As a result, the financial statements of QZH were included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

18 . CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT

 

(i) Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts

 

    March 31,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
             
Costs   $ 6,487,032     $ 6,487,032  
Estimated earnings     10,995,534       10,995,534  
Less:  Billings     (16,175,681 )     (16,175,681  
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts   $ 1,306,885     $ 1,306,885  

  

(ii) Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts

 

    March 31,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
             
Billings   $ 159,975,777     $ 146,830,043  
Less:  Costs     (94,603,731 )     (85,092,860 )
Estimated earnings     (56,244,702 )     (53,036,477 )
Billing in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts   $ 9,127,344     $ 8,700,706  

  

(iii) Overall

 

    March 31
, 2016
    December 31,
2015
 
             
Billings   $ 176,151,458     $ 163,005,724  
Less:  Costs     (101,090,763 )     (91,579,892 )
Estimated earnings     (67,240,236 )     (64,032,011 )
Billing in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts   $ 7,820,459     $ 7,393,821  

 

19. OTHER PAYABLES

 

    March 31,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
             
Due to third parties   $ 3,141,612     $ 312,782  
Due to debts loan     4,797,332       4,797,332  
Promissory notes issued to third parties     2,200,000       2,200,000  
Due to local government     2,279,797       2,279,797  
    $ 12,418,741     $ 9,589,911  
                 
Less: Amount classified as non-current liabilities                
Due  to debts loan     (4,797,332 )     (4,797,332 )
Amount classified as current liabilities   $ 7,621,409     $ 4,792,579  

 

Due to third parties are unsecured, interest free and have no fixed terms of repayment.

 

The Company issued 753,304 shares of common stock ranging from $6.96 to $8.91 as collateral to secure debts loan of $4,797,332 from third party. The shares issued by the Company were valued at the trading price of the stock on the date the shares were issued.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

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 loans  

Name of lender   Interest rate     Term   March 31,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
Agricultural Development Bank of China     6.4 %   January 3, 2014 -
December 17, 2018
  $ 314,409 ^*   $ 616,333 ^*
Huangyuan County Branch,
Xining City, Qinghai Province, the P.R.C.
                           
Agricultural Development Bank of China     4.785 %   October 28, 2015 -
October 27, 2016
    3,869,969 ^*     3,849,707 ^*
Huangyuan County Branch,                            
Xining City, Qinghai Province, the P.R.C.                            
                $ 4,184,378     $ 4,466,040  

  

Long term debts 

Name of lender   Interest rate     Term   March 31, 2016     December 31, 2015  
                       
GanGuo Village Committee     12.22 %   June 2012 -
June 2017
  $ -     $ 169,387  
Bo Huang Town                            
Huangyuan County,                            
Xining City, Qinghai Province, the P.R.C.                            
                             
Agricultural Development Bank of China     6.4 %   January 3, 2014 -
December 17, 2018
    1,702,786 ^*#     2,001,848 ^*#
Huangyuan County Branch,                            
Xining City, Qinghai Province, the P.R.C.                            
Less: The current portion reclassified as short term debts                 (314,409 )     (616,333 )
                $ 1,388,377     $ 1,554,902  

 

The above note agreements contained regular provisions requiring timely repayment of principals and accrued interests, payment of default interest in the event of default, and without specific financial covenants. Management of the Company believes the Company is in material compliance with the terms of the loan agreements.

 

  ^ personal and corporate guaranteed by third parties.
  * secured by land use rights with net carrying amount of $457,402 (12.31.2015: $471,048).
  # repayable $314,409, $619,195 and $769,182 in  2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

21. NEGOTIABLE PROMISSORY NOTES

 

In August and October 2015, TRW issued negotiable promissory notes to fund companies and individuals for $3,854,550 and the company acted as guarantor for repayment. During the three months ended March 31, 2016, no promissory notes were repaid and negotiated into shares of the Company.

 

    March 31,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
                 
Negotiable promissory notes   $ 872,644     $ 865,968  

 

Issuer: Tri-way Industries Limited ("TRW")
Principal amount: $814,500
Interest payable: $58,144
Interest rate: 2.50% - 2.6% per month on principal amount. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 30/360 day count convention.
Default interest rate: 15% per month on principal amount. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 30/360 day count convention.
Interest payment: Accrued interest on the principal amount shall be paid by cash  in arrears on each interest payment date.
Issue date: August 29, 2015 and October 12, 2015.
Repayment date: Repaid in full within 283 calendar days from the issue of notes.
Conversion option: Notes holders can exercise at any time from and including the day falling 60 calendar days from the date of the notes, upon the note holders giving not less than 5 business day prior written notices to TRW and the Company. the principal amount shall be converted to shares of the Company. The TRW may at their own discretion choose to settle such conversion option with newly issue shares or existing shares, at their sole discretion. In the event a dividend, share split or consolidation or spin-off (each a Corporate Event") from the Company, the conversion price shall be adjusted to provide the same economic value to the notes holders as if such Corporate Event did not occur. To the maximum, the above notes can be negotiated for 104,642 shares of Common Stock.
Security: Corporate guarantee by the Company.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

22. CONVERTIBLE NOTE PAYABLES

 

On August 29, 2014, the Company completed the closing of a private placement financing transaction with an accredited investor, which purchased a 10.5% Convertible Note (the “ Note ”) in the aggregate principal amount of up to $33,300,000. The Company received the total advance of $11,632,450. The Company shall offer investor a discount equal to 25% of the amount of the principal advanced by the investor.

 

Interest on the note shall accrue on the outstanding principal balance of this Note from August 29, 2014. Interest shall be payable quarterly on the last day of each of March, June, September and December commencing September 30, 2014 provided, however, that note holder may elect to require the Company to issue to the note holder a promissory note in lieu of cash in satisfaction of any interest due and payable at such time. Any interest payment note shall be subject to the same terms as the note. The note has a maturity date of February 28, 2020.

 

The note is convertible, at the discretion of the note holder, into shares of the Company’s common stock (i) at any time following an Event of Default, or (ii) for a period of thirty (30) calendar days following October 31, 2015 and each anniversary thereof, at an initial conversion price per share of $1.00, subject to adjustment for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends and other similar transactions and subject to the terms of the note. As long as the note is outstanding, the investor shall have a right of first refusal, exercisable for thirty (30) calendar days after notice to the note holder, to purchase securities proposed to be offered and sold by the Company.

 

    March 31,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
                 
10.50% convertible note of maturity date February 28, 2020   $ 35,560,989     $ 34,904,739  

 

The Company calculated the fair value of the convertible note and the beneficial conversion feature utilizing the Discounted Cash Flows model at the date of the issuance of convertible note. The relative fair values were allocated to the liability and equity components of the debt. Accordingly, a discount was created on the debt and this discount will be amortized to interest expense over the life of the debt. Debt premium of $8,356 and $3,891 were amortized for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

As of March 31, 2016, there was $32,666,666 (December 31, 2015: $32,666,666) principal outstanding and accrued interest in the amount of $2,894,323 (December 31, 2015: 2,238,073) that was owed under the terms of the convertible note.

 

The above note agreement contained regular provisions requiring timely repayment of principals and accrued interests, payment of default interest in the event of default, default and optional conversion and without specific financial covenants. Management of the Company believes the Company is in material compliance with the terms of the convertible note agreement.

 

The Company calculated professional service compensation of $0 and $1,500,000 in respect of convertible note issue, and recognized $0 and $125,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the deferred compensation balance was $0.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

23. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

The Group’s share capital as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 shown on the consolidated balance sheet represents the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company as of 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
  (ii) 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 March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, 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 $9.90 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 a 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. On December 17, 2014, the Company approved an amendment to certificate designation in respect of Series B preferred stock. Pursuant to the above new amendment, each holder of Series B preferred stock shall have the rights, at any time or from time to time, to convert each 9.9 shares of Series B preferred to one fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock of par value $0.001 per share. On June 15, 2015, Series B preferred stockholder exercised at the above conversion ratio to convert 7,000,000 shares of Series B preferred stock to 707,070 shares of common stock.  

 

There were 0 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

23. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (CONTINUED)

 

The Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock:

 

  (i) is not redeemable subject to (iv);
  (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) Shall not entitled to receive any further dividend; and
  (iv) on May 30, 2014, the holders of shares of Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock with coupon shall be entitled to a coupon payment directly from the Company at the redemption rate of $3.40 per share. Upon redemption, the Holder shall no longer own any shares of Series F with coupon 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.

 

On August 22, 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors declared that the Company’s stockholders were entitled to receive one share of restricted Series F Non-convertible Preferred Stock for every 100 shares of Common Stock owned by the stockholders as of September 28, 2012, 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. However, the Company was unable to issue the Series F Non-convertible Preferred Stock as originally contemplated. Consequently, The Company’s transfer agent was instructed to note in its record date rather than actual issue the Preferred F shares. On June 14, 2014, the Company announced the delay in payment of the coupon until May 30, 2015. The company reserved the excess over the nominal amount of the Series F Non-convertible Preferred Stock of $3,124,737 as Series F Non-convertible Preferred Stock redemption payable. As of May 30, 2015, payment on the F series shares has been made, and respective shares cancelled, accordingly.

 

As a result, total issued and outstanding of Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 are 0 shares and the grand total issued and outstanding preferred stock as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 are 100 shares, respectively.

 

Common Stock:

 

On November 10, 2014, the Company approved an amendment to the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation to effectuate a reverse stock split (the “Reverse Split”) of the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) affecting both the authorized and issued and outstanding number of such shares by a ratio of 9.9 for 1. The Reverse Split became effective in the State of Nevada on December 16, 2014. Subsequent to the December 31, 2014, the Board of directors and the holders of a majority of the voting power of our stockholders of the company have approved an amendment to articles of incorporation to increase its authorized shares of Common Stock from 17,171,716 to 22,727,273.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company issued (i) 100,000 shares of common stock for $868,000 at $8.68 per share to settle debts due to third parties. The Company executed several agreements with third parties to raise debts loan 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 132,000, $270,586 and $1,318,947 has been credited to consolidated statements of income as other income for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively; (ii) 753,304 shares of common stock ranging from $6.96 to $8.91 as collateral to secure debts loan of $4,797,332, and the shares issued by the Company were valued at the trading price of the stock on the date the shares were issued; (iii) 1,135,000 shares of common stock ranging from $8.75 to $12.50 as collateral to secure trade finance facility amounting to the extent of $11,281,100, and the shares issued by the Company were valued at the trading price of the stock on the date the shares were issued and such shares returned to treasury stock after the contract period of three years (iv) 153,392 shares at $11.13 per share and 75,002 shares at $14.20 per share were issued for reverse split adjustments; (v) 47,787 shares of common stock valued to employees and directors at fair value of $15.20 per share for $726,315 for employee compensation; 7,000,000 shares of Series B preferred stock were converted into 707,070 shares under terms of issue; and (vi) cancelled 514 shares for $10.97 per share for reverse splits adjustments.

  

The Company has 20,133,757 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

 

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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 $634 in Enping City, Guangdong Province, P.R.C., its lease expiring on March 31, 2017; (ii) 5,081 square feet of office space in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, P.R.C. for a monthly rent of $12,733, its lease expiring on July 8, 2016; (iii) 1,555 square feet of staff quarters in Linli District, Hunan Province, P.R.C. for a monthly rent of $163, its lease expiring on May 1, 2016; and (iv) 430 square feet of shared office in Stockholm, Sweden, for a monthly rent of $11,800, its lease expiring on December 31, 2020.

 

Lease expense was $75,991 and $40,591 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

The future minimum lease payments as of March 31, 2016, are as follows:

 

Year ending December 31, 2016   $ 101,497  
Year ending December 31, 2017     89,250  
    $ 190,747  

  

 

25. STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

 

On May 6, 2015, the Company issued directors and employees a total of 47,787 shares of common stock valued at fair value of $15.20 per share for services rendered to the Company. The fair values of the common stock issued were determined by using the trading price of the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance of $15.20 per share.

 

The Company calculated stock based compensation of 3,486,428 and recognized $3,123,247 for the year ended December 31,, 2015. As of December 31, 2015, the deferred compensation balance for staff was $363,181 and the deferred compensation balance of $363,181 was to be amortized over 6 months beginning on January 1, 2016.

 

The Company calculated stock based compensation of $363,181 and $ 2,760,066, and recognized $181,591 and $630,033 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015. As of March 31, 2016, the deferred compensation balance for staff was $181,590 was to be amortized over 3 months respectively beginning on April 1, 2016.

 

26. CONTINGENCIES

 

As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, 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 income and other comprehensive income, and consolidated statements of cash flows.

 

In December 31, 2015 the Company entered into loan and pledge agreement with a Shanghai, P.R.C. based lender (the “lender”) The lender has various trading facilities and has agreed to allow the Company or its nominee to use parts of trading facilities up to an amount of $20 million ( 12.31.2015: $20 million) to be used in tranches and revolved up to a period of three years, and as of March 31, 2016 of which $0 (12.31.2015: $7,478,375) was utilized. The trade finance agreement contained regular provisions requiring timely repayment of principals and accrued interests, payment of default interest in the event of default, and without specific financial covenants. Management of the Company believes the Company is in material compliance with the terms of the trade finance agreement.

 

27. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

In addition to the transactions and balances as disclosed elsewhere in these consolidated financial statements, during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, 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 $621,587 and $211,247 as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. The amounts are unsecured, interest free and have no fixed terms of repayment.

 

 

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SINO AGRO FOOD, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

28. 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 year. 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 year, 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 March
31, 2016
    Three months
ended March
31, 2015
 
BASIC            
             
Numerator for basic earnings per share attributable to the Company’s common stockholders:                
                 
Net income used in computing basic earnings per share   $ 8,606,684     $ 23,754,841  
Basic earnings per share   $ 0.43     $ 1,39  
                 
Basic weighted average shares outstanding     20.032,747       17,114,989  

 

    Three months
ended March
31, 2016
    Three months
ended March
31, 2015
 
DILUTED                
Numerator for basic earnings per share attributable to the Company’s common stockholders:                
Net income used in computing basic earnings per share   $ 8,606,684     $ 23,754,841  
Convertible note interest     656,250       -  
Net income used in computing diluted earnings per share   $ 9,262,934     $ 23,754,841  
                 
Diluted earnings per share   $ 0.39     $ 1.33  
                 
Basic weighted average shares outstanding     20,032,747       17,114,989  
                 
Add: weight average of common stock converted from Series B Convertible preferred shares outstanding     -       707,070  
          weight average of common stock convertible from convertible note payables     3,592,019       -  
                 
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding     23,624,766       17,822,059  

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2016, full dilution effect of convertible note of $35,560,989 was taken into account for calculation of the diluted earnings per share because convertible note holder can exercise the right to exercise to convert to common stock by giving 1 month notice after October 1, 2015 under terms of convertible note agreement.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2015, full dilution effect of convertible note of $35,414,573 was not taken into account for calculation of the diluted earnings per share because convertible note holder is restricted the right to exercise to convert to common stock before October 1, 2015 under terms of convertible note agreement.

 

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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 “ Form 10-Q ”) 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 2015 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 Form 10-Q 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 Form 10-Q 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 Form 10-Q.

 

Description and interpretation and clarification of business category on the consolidated results of the operations

 

The Company’s strategy is to manage and operate its businesses under five (5) business divisions or units on a standalone basis, namely:

 

Beef & Organic Fertilizer Division (Marked 1. (i) SJAP &, QZH and (ii) HSA)
Plantation Division (Marked 2. JHST)
Fishery Division (Marked 3. A. CA Engineer & Technology and 3.B. Seafood sales)
Cattle Farm Division (Marked 4. MEIJI and JHMC)
Corporate & Others Division (Marked 5. SIAF)

 

A summary of each business division is provided below:

 

l 1. Beef and Organic Fertilizer Division refers to:

 

(i) The operations of SJAP in manufacturing and sales of organic fertilizer, bulk livestock feed, concentrated livestock feed, and the sales of live cattle include: (a) cattle that are not being slaughtered in our own slaughter house operated by Qinghai Zhong He Meat Products Co., Limited (“ QZH ”) and that are sold live to third party livestock wholesalers, and (b) cattle that are sold to QZH and slaughtered and deboned and packed by QZH, and (c) the sales of meats deboned and packed by QZH that are sold to various meat distributors, wholesalers and super market chains and our own retail butcher stores. QZH is a wholly owned subsidiary of our partially owned subsidiary Qinghai Sanjiang A Power Agriculture Co., Ltd. (“ SJAP ”). As such, the financial statements of these three companies (SJAP, QZH and HSA) are consolidated into our wholly owned subsidiary, A Power Agro Agriculture Development (Macau) Limited (“ APWAM ”), as one entity. SJAP and QZH are both variable interest entities over which we exercise significant control.

 

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(ii) The operations of Hunan Shenghua A Power Agriculture Co. Ltd. (“ HSA ”) consisting of manufacturing and sales of organic fertilizer .

 

l 2. Plantation Division refers to the operations of Jiangmen City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd. (“ JHST ”) in the HU Plantation business where dragon fruit flowers (dried and fresh) and immortal vegetables are sold to wholesale and retail markets. JHST’s financial statements are consolidated into the financial statements of Macau EIJI Company Ltd. (“ MEIJI ”) as one entity .

 

l 3. Fishery Division refers to the operations of Capital Award Inc. (“ Capital Award ” or “ CA ”) covering its engineering, technology and consulting service management of fishery farms and seafood sales operations and marketing, where Capital Award generates revenues from providing engineering consulting services as a turnkey contractor to owners and developers of fishery projects that are being designed and engineered into turnkey contracts by Capital Award in China using its A Power Module Technology Systems (“ APM ”) as follows:

 

(A). Engineering and Technology Services via Consulting and Service Contracts (“ CSC’s ”) for the development, construction, and supply of plant and equipment, and management of fishery (and prawn or shrimp) farms and related business operations.

 

(B). Seafood Sales from CA’s projected farms

 

Capital Award generates the following sales revenues from:

 

(1). Sales to JFD (“ Fish Farm 1 ” or “ FF1 ”), which is a Sino Foreign Joint Venture Company (“ SFJVC ”), and sales derived from seafood sold by JFD (currently, only the JFD subsidiary is an SFJVC), being consolidated into our wholly owned Hong Kong subsidiary Tri-way Industries Ltd. (“ TRW ”) as one entity.

 

FF1 generates sales from its production of (a) its indoor APM farm with 16 APM production units and (b) its open dam farms producing fish and prawns from 310 Mu (52 acres) of land leased from Zhongshan A Power Prawn Culture Farms Development Co. Ltd. (“ ZSAPP ,” “ Prawn Farm 2 ” or “ PF2 ”).

 

(2). Sales to and sales derived from seafood from the unincorporated companies, including Enping City A Power Prawn Culture Development Co. Ltd. (“ EBAPCD ,” “ Prawn Farm 1 ” or “ PF1 ”) and ZSAPP, are accounted for independently as follows:

 

CA and PF1: (a) CA purchases prawns and/or fish fingerling and feed stocks from third party suppliers and resells them to PF1 at variable small or no profit margins and (b) CA purchases matured prawns and fish from PF1 and sells them to third parties (wholesale markets)

 

PF1 generates sales from its production of (a) its indoor APM farm with 4 APM production units in 2014 and 16 APM production units from Q3 2015 and (b) its open dam farms producing fish and prawns from a 290 Mu (or 48 acres) of land leased from PF2.

 

CA and PF2: (a) CA earns commissions from the sale of prawn fingerlings that are sold by PF2 to third parties. In this respect, PF2 produces its own prawn fingerlings as compared to CA’s purchasing them from PF2 and reselling them to PF1 or FF1, as described above, and (b) CA purchases matured prawns and fish from PF2 and sells to third parties (wholesale markets).

 

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PF2 has 6 indoor APM production units producing mainly prawn fingerling and an open dam farms situated on about 400 Mu (about 66 acres) producing prawns and fish.

 

l 4. Cattle Farm Division refers to the operations of Cattle Farm 1 under Jiangmen City Hang Mei Cattle Farm Development Co. Ltd. (“ JHMC ”) where cattle are sold live to third party livestock wholesalers who sell them mainly to Guangzhou and Beijing livestock wholesale markets. The financial statements of JHMC are consolidated into MEIJI as one entity along with MEIJI’s operation in the consulting and service for development of other cattle farms (e.g., Cattle Farm 2) or related projects .

 

l 5. Corporate & Others Division refers to the business operations of Sino Agro Food, Inc., including import/export business and consulting and service operations provided to projects that are not included in the above categories, and not limited to corporate affairs.

 

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MD & A OF CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Part A. Unaudited Income Statements of Consolidated Results of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2015.

 

A (1) Income Statements (Unaudited)

 

In $   Three months ended     Three months ended        
    March 31,2016     March 31,2015     Difference     Note
                       
Revenue     71,913,054       115,476,450       (43,563,396 )   1
Consulting, services, commission and management fee     13,126,051       29,903,907       (16,777,856 )    
Sale of goods     58,787,003       85,572,543       (26,785,540 )    
Cost of goods sold and services     53,057,636       79,897,999       (26,840,363 )   2
Consulting, services, commission and management fee     9,510,872       16,608,011       (7,097,139 )    
Sale of goods     43,546,764       63,289,988       (19,743,224 )    
Gross Profit     18,855,418       35,578,451       (16,723,033 )   3
Consulting, services, commission and management fee     3,615,179       13,295,896       (9,680,717 )    
Sale of goods     15,240,239       22,282,555       (7,042,316 )    
Other income (expenses)     (761,437 )     (637,780 )     (123,657 )    
General and administrative expenses     (4,568,733 )     (4,565,907 )     (2,826 )   4
Net income     13,525,248       30,374,764       (16,849,516 )    
                             
EBITDA     16,579,323       32,474,829       (15,895,506 )    
Depreciation and amortization (D&A)     (1,865,299 )     (1,316,459 )     (548,840 )   5
EBIT     14,714,024       31,158,370       (16,444,346 )    
Net Interest     (1,188,776 )     (783,606 )     (405,170 )    
Tax     -       -       -      
Net Income     13,525,248       30,374,764       (16,849,516 )    
Non - controlling interest     4,918,564       6,619,923       (1,701,359 )   7
Net income to SIAF Inc. and  subsidiaries     8,606,684       23,754,841       (15,148,157 )    
Weighted  average number of shares  outstanding                            
- Basic     20,032,747       17,114,989       2,917,758      
- Diluted     23,624,766       17,822,059       5,802,707      
Earnings Per Share (EPS)                           8
- Basic     0.43       1.39       -0.96      
- Diluted     0.39       1.33       -0.94      

 

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Note (1, 2 & 3) Sales, cost of sales and gross profit information and analysis:

 

l The Company’s revenues were generated from (1) Sale of Goods and (2) Consulting and Services provided in project and business developments covering engineering, construction, supervision, training, managements and technology etc.

 

The table below shows the segmental sales, gross profit and corresponding cost of sales for the three months ended March 31, 2016 (Q1 2016) compared to the three months ended March 31, 2015 (Q1 2015).

 

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In US$   Sales of goods     Cost of Goods sold     Sales of Goods' Gross profit  
        2016Q1     2015Q1     2016Q1     2015Q1     2016Q1     2015Q1  
                                     
SJAP   Sales of live cattle     2,731,665       17,071,207       2,096,591       12,597,387       635,074       4,473,819  
    Sales of  feedstock                                                
    Bulk Livestock feed     1,662,889       2,080,669       749,293       1,025,257       913,595       1,055,412  
    Concentrate livestock feed     3,769,351       4,296,880       2,109,779       2,580,188       1,659,572       1,716,693  
    Sales of  fertilizer     491,643       589,517       322,961       360,999       168,682       228,518  
    SJAP Total     8,655,548       24,038,273       5,278,624       16,563,831       3,376,924       7,474,442  
    * QZH's (Slaughter & Deboning operation)     -       189,916       -       94,468               95,448  
    ** QZH's (Deboning operation)                                             -  
    on cattle & Lamb locally supplied     2,530,263       2,581,866       2,049,679       1,653,671       480,583       928,195  
    on imported beef and mutton     15,126,359       9,384,094       10,706,109       6,423,229       4,420,251       2,960,865  
    Sales of live cattle     -               -                       -  
    QZH Total     17,656,622       12,155,876       12,755,788       8,171,368       4,900,834       3,984,508  
HSA   Sales of Organic fertilizer     944,059       771,320       775,365       548,028       168,694       223,291  
    Sales of Organic Mixed Fertilizer     4,169,491       3,411,120       2,382,094       1,842,570       1,787,397       1,568,550  
    HSA Total     5,113,550       4,182,440       3,157,459       2,390,598       1,956,091       1,791,841  
    SJAP's & HS.A./Organic fertilizer total     31,425,720       40,376,589       21,191,871       27,125,797       10,233,849       13,250,791  
JHST   Sales of Fresh HU Flowers     -       -       -       -       -       -  
    Sales of Dried HU Flowers     -       -       -       -       -       -  
    Sales of Dried Immortal vegetables     -       -       -       -       -       -  
    Sales of Vegetable products     -       -       -       -       -       -  
    JHST/Plantation Total     -       -       -       -       -       -  
CA   Sales of                                                
    Fish (Sleepy cods)     257,164       1,168,455       210,407       962,550       46,757       205,906  
    Eels     1,058,703       14,803,660       733,279       9,798,909       325,424       5,004,751  
    Prawns     9,116,092       11,246,726       6,789,173       9,340,538       2,326,919       1,906,188  
    Mixed fishes     5,706,031               4,564,820               1,141,211          
    CA/ Fishery total     16,137,990       27,218,841       12,297,679       20,101,997       3,840,311       7,116,845  
MEIJI                                                    
    Sale  of Live cattle (Aromatic)     4,816,884       8,289,986       4,590,411       7,988,119       226,473       301,867  
    MEIJI / Cattle farm Total     4,816,884       8,289,986       4,590,411       7,988,119       226,473       301,867  
SIAF                                                    
    Sales of goods through trading/import/export activities                                                
    on seafood     1,488,461       6,248,780       1,323,077       5,554,472       165,384       694,308  
    on imported beef and mutton     4,917,948       3,438,347       4,143,726       2,519,603       774,222       918,744  
    SIAF/ Others & Corporate total     6,406,409       9,687,127       5,466,803       8,074,075       939,606       1,613,052  
                                                     
Group Total         58,787,003       85,572,544       43,546,764       63,289,988       15,240,239       22,282,555  

 

 

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Overall comparison of Q1 2015 to Q1 2016

 

The Company’s revenues generated from the sale of goods decreased by $26,785,540, or 31%, from $85,572,543 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 compared to $58,787,003 for the same period ended March 31, 2016. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in revenue from the following sectors:

 

(i) The Fishery (CA) (from $27 million in 2015Q1 to $16 million in 2016Q1),
(ii) The Organic fertilizer (SJAP & HSA) sectors (from $40 million in 2015Q1 to $31 million in 2016Q1),
(iii) Cattle farm (MEIJI) sector (from $8 million in Q1 2015 to $4.8 million in 2016 Q1),
(iv) The Corporate (SIAF trading) sector (from $9.6 million in Q1 2015 to $6.4 million in 2016 Q1).

 

 

The Company’s cost of goods sold decreased by $19,743,224, or 31%, from $63,289,988 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 compared to $43,546,764 for the same period ended March 31, 2016. The decrease was primarily due to the decrease in cost of goods sold from fishery, organic fertilizer, cattle farms and the corporate trading sectors, collectively.

 

Gross profits of the Company generated from goods sold decreased by $7,270,099, or 33%, from $22,282,555 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 compared to $15,012,456 for the same period ended March 31, 2016. The decrease was primarily due to the following factors:

 

(i) Gross profits derived from SJAP’s live cattle sales dropped by $3.0 million (from 2015 Q1’s $13.2 million to 2016 Q1’s $10.2 million);
(ii) CA’s gross profits derived from its sales of eels dropped by $3.3 million (from 2015 Q1’s $7.1 million to 2016 Q1’s $3.8 million);
(iii) SIAF’s corporate seafood import sector dropped $0.7 million in gross profit (from 2015 Q1’s $1.6 million to 2016 Q1’s $0.9 million).

 

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l 1. (i) Beef and Organic Fertilizer Division refers to operation of SJAP and QZH

 

In US$   Sales of goods     Cost of Goods sold     Sales of Goods' Gross profit  
        2016Q1     2015Q1     2016Q1     2015Q1     2016Q1     2015Q1  
                                     
SJAP   Sales of live cattle     2,731,665       17,071,207       2,096,591       12,597,387       635,074       4,473,819  
    % of increase or decrease (-)     -84 %             -83 %             -86 %        
    Sales of  feedstock                                                
    Bulk Livestock feed     1,662,889       2,080,669       749,293       1,025,257       913,595       1,055,412  
    % of increase or decrease (-)     -20 %             -27 %             -13 %        
    Concentrate livestock feed     3,769,351       4,296,880       2,109,779       2,580,188       1,659,572       1,716,693  
    % of increase or decrease (-)     -12 %             -18 %             -3 %        
    Sales of  fertilizer     491,643       589,517       322,961       360,999       168,682       228,518  
    % of increase or decrease (-)     -17 %             -11 %             -26 %        
    SJAP Total     8,655,547       24,038,273       5,278,623       16,563,831       3,376,923       7,474,442  
    % of increase or decrease (-)     -64 %             -68 %             -55 %        
                                                     
    * QHMP's (Slaughter & Deboning operation)             189,916                                  
    ** QHMP's (Deboning operation)                                                
    on cattle & Lamb locally supplied     2,530,263       2,581,866       2,049,679       1,653,671       480,583       928,195  
    % of increase or decrease (-)     -2 %             24 %             -48 %        
    on imported beef and mutton     15,126,359       9,384,094       10,706,109       6,423,229       4,420,251       2,960,865  
    % of increase or decrease (-)     61 %             67 %             49 %        
    QHMP Total     17,656,622       12,155,876       12,755,788       8,076,900       4,900,834       3,889,060  
    % of increase or decrease (-)     45 %             58 %             26 %        
                                                     
HS.A   Sales of Organic fertilizer     944,059       771,320       775,365       548,028       168,694       223,291  
    Sales of Organic Mixed Fertilizer     4,169,491       3,411,120       2,382,094       1,842,570       1,787,397       1,568,550  
    HS.A Total     5,113,550       4,182,440       3,157,459       2,390,598       1,956,091       1,791,841  
    % of increase or decrease (-)     22 %             32 %             9 %        
                                                     
    SJAP's & HS.A./Organic fertilizer total     31,425,719       40,376,588       21,191,870       27,031,329       10,233,847       13,155,343  
    % of increase or decrease (-)     -22 %             -22 %             -22 %     23 %

 

(A). Revenue from the sector of beef and organic fertilizer decreased by $8,950,869, or 22%, from $40,376,589 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 compared to $31,425,720 for the same period ended March 31, 2016. The decrease was primarily due to the following factors:

 

(i) The live cattle sales decreased sharply by ($14.3 million or 84%) from 2015 Q1’s $17 million to 2016 Q1’s $2.7 million. The major factor underlying the decrease was falling cattle prices occurring since mid-year 2015 from RMB32 / Kg (live weight) to RMB15 / Kg (live weight) in Q1 2016, due to relaxed trade restrictions on beef imports into China from eleven (11) exporting countries.

 

Traditionally, beef consumption in China has been limited to higher income consumers due to the marked difference in pricing compared to pork and chicken commodities. Yet, with the rising middle class and its increase in beef consumption, the country has relaxed import restrictions to ensure adequate supply and limit inflation. In the interim, an excess of supply over demand for beef has placed price pressure on domestic stock, which will likely pertain until middle class demand for the product, as it continues to increase, reaches a level that meets and begins to exceed the current supply on hand.

 

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SJAP’s committed pricing with its cooperative farmers is averaging RMB25 / Kg (live weight) while Q1 2016’s average resell prices averaged RMB20 / Kg, making it virtually impossible to sell cattle at a profit, which therefore resulted in a sharp fall-off in revenues and gross profit in this sector for the quarter.

 

(ii) In turn, the decrease of cattle sales also influenced the fall in bulk stock feed sales by $0.4 million (20%) from Q1 2015’s $2m to Q1 2016’s $1.6m. Xining’s unusually good spring weather might have also contributed to the lowered sales due to the readily available fresh grasses available to local cattle food buyers.

 

(iii) The sales of concentrated livestock feed decreased by $0.5 m (12%) from Q1 2015’s $4.3 m to Q1 2016’s $3.8m. The decrease was not as severe as the bulk feed division’s since it has other useful purposes beyond cattle, e.g., hog and chicken rearing.

 

(B). These corresponding impacts affected the Gross Profit and cost of sales of this division as follows:

 

Gross profit from the beef and organic fertilizer sector decreased by $3,016,942, or 23%, from $13,250,791 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 compared to $10,233,849 for the same period ended March 31, 2016.

 

Cost of goods sold from beef and organic fertilizer decreased by $5,933,926, or 22%, from $27,125,797 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 compared to $21,191,871 for the same period ended March 31, 2016.

 

(C). QZH’s (slaughter and de-boning) sector increased its sale revenue by $5.5 million (45%) from Q1 2015’s $12.2 million compared to Q1 2016’s $17.7 million. The increase was primarily due to the increase of imported beef gross profits by $1 million, or 26%, from Q1 2015’s $3.9 million compared to Q1 2016’s $4.9 million. Cost of sales increased by $4.7 million, or 58%, from Q1 2015’s $8.1 million compared to Q1 2016’s $12.8 million.

 

The increase in sales revenue of $5.5 million in this sector was not sufficient to make up for the sales revenue loss from live cattle of $14.3 million.

 

The Company anticipates a return to more stable pricing toward the latter part of 2016, yet in the meantime has been reorganizing its approach toward maintaining a foothold in the beef industry by adapting its operation to capture facets of the market that provide a respectable rate of return.

 

(E). The Company is confident in its future having adopted the following changes in 2015:

 

Upgrading from its existing cattle herd to Wagyu cattle, 550-day grain fed Angus cattle, and organic raised cattle, while reducing its current head count by around 50% from 20,000 to 10,000 by year-end 2018.

 

(i) Expanding its de-boning, packaging and cold storage facilities to handle more imported beef into higher marginable down-stream products i.e. freshly chilled and frozen packed meats.

 

Entering into the value added processing sector to develop higher value brand products in dried and canned meat lines. Respectively, the plan for SJAP’s canning facility to be on line in 2017 is on schedule.

 

(ii) Enhancing its marketing and e-commerce platforms for sales of its current and future products is also on schedule.

 

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The table below shows the itemized sales of goods and related cost of sales in quantity and unit price for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 compared to the same period ended March 31, 2016 of the beef and organic fertilizer divisions.

 

Description of items         2016Q1     2015Q1     Difference  
Cattle Operation                        
Production and Sales of live cattle     Heads       851       5,032       -4,181  
Average Unit sales price     US$/head       3,210       3,393       -183  
Unit cost prices     US$/head       2,464       2,503       -40  
Production and sales of  feedstock                                
Bulk Livestock feed     MT       9,240       12,465       -3,225  
Average Unit sales price     US$/MT       180       167       13  
Unit cost prices     US$/MT       81       82       -1  
Concentrated livestock feed     MT       8,431       9,836       -1,405  
Average Unit sales price     US$/MT       447       437       10  
Unit cost prices     US$/MT       250       262       -12  
Production and sales of fertilizer     MT       2,587       3,257       -670  
Average Unit sales price     US$/MT       190       181       9  
Unit cost prices     US$/MT       125       111       14  
* QZH (Slaughter & De-boning operation)                                
Slaughter operation                                
Slaughter of cattle     Heads               500       -500  
Service fee     US$/Head               8       -  
Sales of associated products     Pieces               530       -530  
Average Unit sales price     US$/Piece               351       -351  
Unit cost prices     US$/Piece               178       -178  
De-boning & Packaging activities                                
From Cattle supplied locally                                
De-boned Meats     MT       355       190       165  
Average Unit sales price     US$/MT       7,128       13,589       -6,461  
% of increase (+) or decrease (-)             -48 %                
Unit cost prices     US$/MT       5,774       8,704       -2,930  
% of increase (+) or decrease (-)             -34 %                
From imported beef     MT       1,822       1,037       785  
Average Unit sales price     US$/MT       8,302       9,049       -747  
% of increase (+) or decrease (-)             -8 %                
Unit cost prices     US$/MT       5,876       6,194       -318  
% of increase (+) or decrease (-)             -5 %                

 

The average per unit sales price on live cattle at $3,210 in Q1 2016 reflects 500 head of higher-grade cattle (of the 851) having been sold at premium market prices to offset the almost 50% decrease in sales price of the 351 head of cattle locally raised.

 

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l 1. (ii). The operations of HSA in manufacturing and sales of organic fertilizer itemizing unit sales, costs and quantity of sales:

 

In US$   Sales of goods           Cost of Goods sold        
        2016Q1     2015Q1           2016Q1     2015Q1        
HS.A   Sales of  Organic fertilizer     944,059       771,320       987,593       775,365       548,028       719,522  
    Sales of Organic Mixed Fertilizer     4,169,491       3,411,120       3,834,587       2,382,094       1,842,570       2,008,456  
    HS.A Total     5,113,550       4,182,440       4,822,180       3,157,459       2,390,598       2,727,978  
    % of increase or decrease (-)     22 %                     32 %                

 

                          2016Q1     2015Q1            
HSA   Fertilizer and Cattle operation                                     -     A. 4.7.
                                                 
    Organic Fertilizer             MT       3,826       2,811       1,015      
    % of increase or decrease (-)                     36 %                    
    Average Unit sales price             US$/MT       232       261       -29      
    Unit cost prices             US$/MT       195       190       5      
    Organic Mixed Fertilizer             MT       9,968       7,532       2,436     A. 4.8.
    % of increase or decrease (-)                     32 %                    
    Average Unit sales price             US$/MT       418       453       -      
    Unit cost prices             US$/MT       239       245       -6      
    Retailing packed fertilizer (For super marlet sales)             MT       80       39       41     A. 4.8.a
    % of increase or decrease (-)                     105 %                    
    Average Unit sales price             US$/MT       695       930       -235      
    Unit cost prices             US$/MT       360       357       3      
                                                 
    Total of fertilizer                     13,874       10,382       3,492      
    % of increase or decrease (-)                     34 %                    
    Average of overall sales price             US$/MT       369       403       -34      
    % of increase or decrease (-)                     -9 %                    

 

Overall sales volume of fertilizer increased by 3,492 MT or 34% from 10,382 MT in Q1 2015 to 13,874 MT in Q1 2016 with revenue and gross profit having increased to 22% and 32%, respectively for the same period primarily due to HSA having increased the number of its customers steadily throughout the past months, even though the average sales price has fallen 34% per MT due to an increase in competition entering into the region, as well as a weakening of RMB value against the dollar from RMB6.15 in Q1 2015 to RMB6.57 in Q1 2016.

 

HSA’s plan to develop a cattle brand operation will reflect slow returns until such time as this operation reaches a viable scale in terms of volume and customer satisfaction, hopefully seeing healthy returns by 2018. Having a full-scale cattle operation will also reduce the cost to manufacture fertilizer by up to $2.5 million / year through recycling of cattle waste it produces.

 

In order to develop sufficient pasture property for raising cattle, the Company was required to level a hill to create over 80,000 m2 of flat land. The cost to complete this has required greater outlays due to unforeseen infrastructure issues and environmental impact regulations. The Company is confident that the capital employed will be adequately compensated by virtue of increased land value since the property being developed will become eligible for industrial rezoning within the next 2 to 3 years, as well as the cost saving realized through use of its farm produced raw material in fertilizer production.

 

Plantation Division refers to the operations of JHST. JHST is engaged in the HU Plantation business where dragon fruit flowers (dried and fresh), cash vegetable crops and immortal vegetables are sold to wholesale and retail markets. No harvest or sales occurred during Q1 2016, reflecting the same results experienced during the first quarter of each year.

 

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In US$   Sales of goods     Cost of Goods sold     Sales of Goods' Gross profit  
        2016Q1     2015Q1     2016Q1     2015Q1     2016Q1     2015Q1  
JHST   Sales of Fresh HU Flowers     -       -       -       -       -       -  
     Sales of Dried HU Flowers     -       -       -       -       -       -  
     Sales of Dried Immortal vegetables     -       -       -       -       -       -  
     Sales of Other Value added products     -       -       -       -       -       -  
     JHST/Plantation Total     -       -       -       -       -       -  

 

l 3.B. Fishery Division refers to the operations of Capital Award covering its engineering, technology and consulting service management of fishery farms and seafood sales operations and marketing, where Capital Award generates revenues from providing engineering consulting services as turnkey contractors to owners and developers of fishery projects that are being designed and engineered into turnkey contracts by Capital Award in China using its APM technology and management systems as follows:

 

(A) Engineering and Technology Services; via Consulting and Service Contracts (“ CSC’s ”) for the development, construction, and supply of plant and equipment, and management of fishery (and prawns or shrimp) farms and related business operations. (Further details provided below).

 

(B) Seafood Sales from CA’s projected farms

 

Capital Award generates sales revenues from the following:

 

(1) Sales to JFD (or Fish Farm 1 or FF1) which is an SFJVC and sales derived from seafood brought from JFD (currently, only the JFD subsidiary is a SFJVC), the financial statements of which are consolidated into TRW as one entity.

 

FF1 generates sales from its production of (a) its indoor APM farm with 16 APM production units and (b) its open dam farms producing fish and prawns from a 310 Mu (or 52 acres) of land leased from PF2.

 

(2) Sales to and sales derived from seafood from the unincorporated companies, covering EBAPCD (or Prawn Farm 1 or PF1) and ZSAPP (or Prawn Farm 2 or PF2) are accounted for independently, as follows:

 

CA and EBAPCD (PF1): (a) CA purchases prawn and/or fish fingerling and feed stocks from third party suppliers and resells to PF1 at variable small or no profit margins and (b) CA purchases matured prawns and fish from PF1 and sells them to third parties (wholesale markets).

 

PF1 generates sales from its production of (a) its indoor APM farm with 4 APM production units (started in 2014) and 16 APM production units (started from Q3 2015, onward) and (b) its open dam farms producing fish and prawns from its 290 Mu (or 48 acre) land-lease from PF2.

 

CA and ZSAPP (PF2): (a) CA earns commissions from the sale of prawn fingerlings that are sold by PF2 to third parties. Also, PF2 resells its prawn fingerlings to PF1 or FF1, as described above, and (b) CA purchases matured prawns and fish from PF2 and sells to third parties (wholesale markets).

 

PF2 has 4 indoor APM production nurseries producing prawn fingerling and open dam farms situated on about 375 Mu (about 66 acres) producing prawns and fish.

 

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    In US$   Sales of goods     Cost of Goods sold     Gross profit  
        2016Q1     2015Q1     2016Q1     2015Q1     2016Q1     2015Q1  
                                         
CA   Sales of                                    
    Fish (Sleepy cods)     257,164       1,168,455       210,407       962,550       46,757       205,906  
    Eels     1,058,703       14,803,660       733,279       9,798,909       325,424       5,004,751  
    Prawns     9,116,092       11,246,726       6,789,173       9,340,538       2,326,919       1,906,188  
    Mixed fishes     5,706,031               4,564,820               1,141,211          
    CA/ Fishery total     16,137,990       27,218,841       12,297,679       20,101,997       3,840,311       7,116,845  
    % of increase or decrease (-)     -41 %             -39 %             -46 %        

 

    Description of items       2016Q1     2015Q1     Difference      
CA   Production  and  sale (Inclusive contrated farms)  of live                      
    Fish (Sleepy cods)   MT     15       76       -61     A.4.13
    Average Unit sales price   US$/MT     17,144       15,361       1,783      
    Unit cost prices   US$/MT     14,027       12,654       1,373      
    Eels   MT     43       633       -590     A.4.14
    % of increase or decrease (-)         -93 %                    
    Average Unit sales price   US$/MT     24,621       23,384       1,237      
    Unit cost prices   US$/MT     17,053       15,479       1,574      
    Prawns   MT     572       671       -99     A.4.15
    Average Unit sales price   US$/MT     15,937       16,761       -824      
    Unit cost prices   US$/MT     11,869       13,920       -2,051      
    Mixed fishes   MT     1,261               1,261      
    Average Unit sales price   US$/MT     4,525                      
    Unit cost prices   US$/MT     3,620                      
    Total volume of sales   MT     1,891       1,380       511      
    % of increase or decrease (-)         37 %                    
    Average of unit sale prices   US$/MT     8,534       19,724       -11,190      
    % of increase or decrease (-)         -57 %                    

 

Revenue from fishery decreased by $11,080,852, or 41%, from $27,218,842 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 compared to $16,137,990 for the same period ended March 31, 2016. The decrease in fishery was primarily due to the decrease in sales of eels (from $14.8 million in 2015 Q1’s to 2016 Q1’s $1.1 million) and the decrease in sales of sleepy cod (from 2015 Q1’s $1.2 million to 2016 Q1’s $0.3 million), somewhat offset by prawn sales (from 2015 Q1’s $11.2 million to 2016Q1’s $9.1 million) and the increase of sales of other mixed fish species (from 2015 Q1’s $0 to 2016 Q1’s $5.7 million).

 

Cost of goods sold from fishery decreased by $7,804,318, or 39%, from $20,101,997 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 compared to $12,297,679 for the same period ended March 31, 2016. The decrease in cost of goods from fishery was primarily due to the corresponding decrease in sales.

 

Gross profit from fishery decreased by $3,276,534, or 46%, from $7,116,845 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015, compared to $3,840,311 for the same period ended March 31, 2016. The primary reasons for the decrease of gross profit are as follows:

 

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(i) Gross profit derived from sale of eels dropped by $4.7 million from 2015 Q1’s $5.0 million to 2016 Q1’s $0.3 million primarily due to the adverse impacts mentioned in the 2015 10K, mainly due to short supply of eel fingerling from last season, which reduced the supply of semi-matured eels for further fattening and trade; and

 

(ii) Gross profit derived from the sales of sleepy cod dropped by $0.15 million from 2015’s $0.2 million to 2016’s $0.05 million primarily due to the unstable market price of sleepy cod in 2016 mentioned in the 2015 10K report making it difficult for our farms to grow-out sleepy cod at previous quantities.

 

Although CA’s volume of sales during the quarter have increased by 511 MT (or 37%), the increase was insufficient to make up the difference from the drop in average sales unit price of $11,190 / MT, or 57%, due primarily to the decrease in eel sales.

 

It is virtually impossible to predict the eel fingerling supply from Madagascar (our major supplier) this season (starting from September of each year) in terms of securing ample supplies; however our workers there are reporting good climate and conditions, thus far, potentially indicating that eel supplies could resurface during the latter part of 2016 into early 2017.

 

We believe that both revenues and gross profits on the sales of goods of our fishery division will improve year over year from 2016 onward due primarily to the increase in production at Zhongshan’s newly developed farms that will incorporate the following measures to ensure continuous sales and mitigate seasonal effects on supplies and volumes:

 

(i) The grow-out systems will have the ability to adapt to changes quickly,

(ii) The R&D division will continuously develop new species of seafood to maintain interest in the market,

(iii) High food safety standards will be maintained producing product free from antibiotics, chemicals and pollution and to be marketed, accordingly, and
(iv) Develop chemical-free delivery systems for transporting live seafood while ensuring food safety and low mortality of delivered product to major markets. The first trial run of this system begins this May 2016 transporting prawn, sleepy cod, and other fish varieties to our distribution center in Shanghai.

 

l 4. Cattle Farm Division refers to the operations of Cattle Farm 1 under JHMC where cattle are sold live to third party livestock wholesalers who resell them mainly in Guangzhou and Beijing livestock wholesale markets. The financial statements of JHMC are consolidated into MEIJI as one entity along with MEIJI’s operation in the consulting and service for development of other cattle farms, such as Cattle Farm 2, or related projects .

 

In US$   Sales of goods     Cost of Goods sold     Sales of Goods' Gross profit  
        2016Q1     2015Q1     2016Q1     2015Q1     2016Q1     2015Q1  
                                         
MEIJI                                                    
  Sale  of Live cattle (Aromatic)     4,816,884       8,289,986       4,590,411       7,988,119       226,473       301,867  
  MEIJI / Cattle farm Total     4,816,884       8,289,986       4,590,411       7,988,119       226,473       301,867  
    % of increase or decrease (-)     -42 %             -43 %             -25 %        

 

    Description of items       2016Q1     2015Q1     Difference  
MEIJI   Production and sale  of Live cattle (Aromatic)   Heads     3,032       2,935       97  
  Average Unit sales price   US$/head     1,589       2,825       -1,236  
  Unit cost prices   US$/head     1,514       2,722       -1,208  

 

Revenue from the cattle farm experienced the same conditions as with SJAP’s live cattle sales decreasing by $3,397,708 (or 42%) from $8,289,986 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 compared to $4,816,884 for the same period ended March 31, 2016. The major factor caused by falling cattle prices from mid-year 2015 that hit the bottom in Q1 2016 from 2015’s high of RMB32 / Kg (live weight) to Q1 2016’s bottom of RMB15 / Kg, was again the relaxed import policies of China in its opening of the cattle / beef markets to eleven more countries.

 

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Cost of goods sold from cattle farm decreased by $3,397,708 or 43% from $7,988,119 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 compared to $4,590,411 for the same period ended March 31, 2016. The decrease was primarily due to the corresponding decrease of sales.

 

Gross profit from cattle decreased by $75,394 from $301,867 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 to $226,473 for the same period ended March 31, 2016. The decrease was primarily due to lower sales.

 

The lower average of unit sale prices and unit cost prices of cattle in 2016 Q1 to 2015 Q1 was primarily due to the combined result of more sales in locally bred “Yellow Cattle” that are smaller in size and in live weight (averaging between 350 Kg / head) compared to other beef cattle averaging over 600 Kg / head traded / sold due to low market prices.

 

The Company’s aim is to breed high-quality grade Yellow Cattle and merge its operations (i.e. Cattle Farms 1 and 2) with HSA as producer of cattle for fattening at HSA’s farming operation in concert with transitioning its current herd into a Yellow Cattle breeding facility.

 

Current average wholesale price for Yellow Cattle fetches RMB32 / Kg, about 60% higher than 2016 Q1’s price point for other beef cattle due to limited market supply. As such, it is our estimation that the likeliest longer-term prospects for success consist of transitioning the entire herd at the Cattle Farm and HSA into Yellow Cattle, which is inherently suited for breeding in warmer climates and not as susceptible to market forces associated with eased import restrictions.

 

l 5. Corporate & Others Division refers to the business operations of Sino Agro Food, Inc., including import/export business and consulting and service operations provided to projects not included in the above categories, and not limited to corporate affairs .

 

In US$   Sales of goods     Cost of Goods sold     Sales of Goods' Gross profit  
        2016Q1     2015Q1     2016Q1     2015Q1     2016Q1     2015Q1  
                                         
SIAF                                                    
    Sales of goods through trading/import/export activities                                                
  on seafood     1,488,461       6,248,780       1,323,077       5,554,472       165,384       694,308  
  % of increase or decrease (-)     -76 %             -76 %             -76 %        
    on imported beef and mutton     4,917,948       3,438,347       4,143,726       2,519,603       774,222       918,744  
    % of increase or decrease (-)     43 %             64 %             -16 %        
    SIAF/ Others & Corporate total     6,406,409       9,687,127       5,466,803       8,074,075       939,606       1,613,052  
    % of increase or decrease (-)     -34 %             -32 %             -42 %        

 

    Description of items       2016Q1     2015Q1     Difference  
SIAF   Seafood trading from imports                            
    Mixed seafoods   MT     80       392       -312  
  Average of sales price   US$/MT     18,606       15,941       2,665  
  Average of cost prices   US$/MT     16,538       14,170       2,369  
    Beef & Lambs trading from imports   MT     970       398       572  
    Average of sales price   US$/MT     5,069       8,639       -3,570  
    Average of cost prices   US$/MT     4,271       6,331       -2,060  

 

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Revenue from the corporate division decreased by $3,280,718 (or 34%) from $9,687,127 for Q1 2015 to $6,406,409 for Q1 2016. The decrease was primarily due to lesser imports of seafood from Madagascar due to its government’s change of policy restricting its export of seafood since the 2 nd half of 2015, resulting in revenue dropping by $4.8 million from Q1 2015’s $6.3 million to Q1 2016’s $1.5 million, and the increase in beef imports unable to compensate the difference from its increase in beef import revenue of $1.5 million from $3.4 million in Q1 2015 to 4.9 million in Q1 2016.

 

Correspondingly, the cost of goods sold from corporate decreased by $2,607,272 (or 32%) from $8,074,075 for Q1 2015 to $5,466,803 for Q1 2016 and gross profit from the corporate division decreased by $673,446 or 42% from $1,613,052 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to $939,606 for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The decrease of gross profit on seafood was due to decreased sales.

 

During the quarter the Company made progress in sourcing product from other countries, such as:

 

A joint venture collection center operation is now being developed at HunChun City China (Northeast border town) between the Shanghai Distribution Center and a group of local seafood dealers in crabs, marine prawns, shellfish, etc., which will be processed, frozen packed and shipped to the Shanghai Distribution Center for further distribution to regional seafood houses. To date, trial shipments have proven successful.

 

Russia, which has an ample supply of quality seafood, is neighbor to HunChun City helping to make it one of China’s fastest developing areas in the seafood industry. This, in turn, should help to improve our seafood trade from Q2 2016 onward.

 

In concert with this development, a smaller scale distribution facility is also being constructed at the same complex aimed at live fresh water prawn sales to regional cities near HunChun City that will be supplied through our APM farms, developing an internal two-way trade system between our operations.

 

(i) Trial shipments of live lobsters and snow crabs have been imported from Canada and the USA during the quarter and into the month of April 2016 with sales volume at the Shanghai Distribution Center passing 3 MT per week targeting to increase sales to over 5MT / week before end of the 2 nd quarter 2016.

 

Trial shipments of live tropical crayfish have been imported from Pakistan with sales developing rapidly due to the short supply of tropical crayfish in the Chinese market, making it a very high end seafood with a huge price tag averaging over RMB420 / Kg (or $65 / Kg); equivalent to approximately 2.5 times the current market price of USA lobster. It will be difficult to acquire large quantity supplies of this item, but what can be obtained will help lift gross margins within the imported seafood sector.

 

Importing seafood from Norway is progressing pending import permits being issued and market prices negotiated at volumes suitable for the China market.

 

l 5.A. Engineering technology consulting and services:

 

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Notes to Table A (1) Note (1.1, 2.1 and 3.1)

 

 

Table (A.5) below shows the revenue, cost of services and gross profit generated from Consulting, services, commission and management fees for the same period ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

Service revenues (Consulting and Services)              
                 
    2016Q1     2015Q1     Difference     Description of work
CA     13,126,051       26,117,933       -12,991,882     Working in progress of PF(2) and Zhongshen New Prawn Project
SIAF             3,785,974       -3,785,974      
Group Total Revenues     13,126,051       29,903,907       -16,777,856      
% of increase or decrease (-)     -56 %                    
Cost of service                     -      
CA     9,510,872       15,203,198       -5,692,326      
SIAF             1,404,813       -1,404,813      
Group Total Cost of Consulting and Services     9,510,872       16,608,011       -7,097,139      
Gross Profit                     -      
CA     3,615,179       10,914,735       -7,299,556      
SIAF     -       2,381,161       -2,381,161      
Group Total Gross Profit     3,615,179       13,295,896       -9,680,717      
% of increase or decrease (-)     -73 %                    

 

Revenues (consulting, service, commission and management fee):

 

Revenues decreased by $16,777,856, or 56%, from $29,903,907 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 to $13,126,051 for the same period ended March 31, 2016. The decrease was primarily due to following factors:

 

(i) A decrease in construction activity primarily at PF(2) and PF(3).

 

(ii) There was no restaurant development work being carried out during the quarter, in contrast to Q1 2015.

 

Correspondingly, the cost of services for consulting, service, commission and management fee decreased by $7,097,139, or 43%, from $16,608,011 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 compared to $9,510,872 for the same period ended March 31, 2016. The decrease was primarily due to the decrease of work in progress on PF(2) & PF(3) and   restaurants.

 

Gross profit of consulting, service, commission and management fees decreased by $9,680,717, or 73%, from $13,295,896 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015 compared to $3,615,179 for the same period ended March 31, 2016. The decrease was primarily due to the decrease of work in progress on PF(2) & PF(3) and restaurants.

 

However, the Company is expecting the following developments to improve this sector from Q2 2016 onward into FY 2018:

 

1. PF(2)
1.1. Phase (3) work of PF(2) in expanding its Brood Stock and Nursery facilities from its current production capacity of 2,500 million pieces fingerling / year to 5,000 million pieces in 2017 & 7,500 million pieces in 2018.
1.2. Completion of Phase (2) in the development of its 20,000 m2 RAS enclosed dams for prawn grow-out, and
1.3. Construction and development of PF(3)’s other 600 Mu open dam fish farm into a tourist resort farm with said land reserved for tourism by the local government.

 

2. PF(3)
2.1. Construction and development of Building (3)
2.2. Completing work in progress of its salt, fresh and waste water dams on a 30,000 m2 block of land, and
2.3. Completing work in progress of its internal roads, landscaping, and finishing work, etc.

 

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3. PF(4)

Its construction and development work is calculated to be the equivalent of 10 times PF(3) that is scheduled to be completed within 3.5 years through year-end 2019.

 

4. Slaughter house and processing factory in Madagascar

The Madagascar Government has granted an exclusive abattoir license and an export permit to a group of Chinese businessmen operating in Madagascar to process sheep, goat and cattle for exports to China. This group of businessmen has appointed CA as their turnkey contractor to construct / develop the factory and has appointed CA to manage its operations.

 

The Company looks forward to a busy schedule for its Technology, Consulting and Service division throughout the coming years.

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Name of the
developments
  Location of
development
  Designed capacity per
year
  Land area or
Built up area
  Commencement
date of
development
 

% of completion as of
3-31-2016 

  Notes
Fish Farm (1)   Enping City   1,200 MT   13,200 m2    July 2010  

Fully operational

 

  With 16 APMs
                         
Prawn Farm (1)   Enping City   2014=400MT 2015=1000 MT   23,100 m2   March. 2013  

Fully operational

Hydroponic farm

 

With 14 APMs

Construction tentatively starts Q4 2016

 

                         
Fish Farm (2) "The Fish & Eel Farm   Xin Hui District, Jiang Men.  

2014=800 MT

 

  165,000 m2   January 15, 2012   Operational  

No plan for Other phases of development at the moment

 

                         
Prawn Farm (2) The Hatchery & Nursery & Grow-out prawn farm   San Jiao Town, Zhong San City,  

2015=1B fingerling

2016=2B fingerling

2015=200MT

2016=400MT

 

  247,500 m2    May 2012   70%   Operational with WIP to be continued till year end of 2017
                         
Cattle Farm (1)   LiangXi Town, Enping City   165,013 m2   1,500 Head    April 2011   Fully operational    
                         
Cattle Farm (2)   LiangXi Town, Enping City   230,300 m2   2,500 head   February 2012   Fully operational    
                         
WHX Restaurants etc.   Guangzhou City   5,500 seatings in total       June 2012   Work in progress   Restaurant 7 & 8’s work has been completed.
                         
NaWei wholesale Center   Guangzhou City       5,000 m2   July 2012   Completed   Operational.
    Shanghai City       3,000 m2   Sept. 2014       Completed   In operation..
                         
New Zhongshan Prawn Project (PF3 & PF4)   Zhongshan City  

Phase (1)S(1)= 10,000 MT

Phase (2) = 60,000 MT

  2.5 million m2   Nov. 2013   Minimal   90% Building (1) & (2) work in progress completed with WIP on water dams constructed on 30,000 m2 block.

 

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Note (4) Other Income

Table (Note 4.1) below shows the Gain / Loss on extinguishment of debts (or Debt Settlement) representing recent sales of unregistered securities and the issuance of shares for Q1 2016

 

The Company did not enter into any additional agreements with third parties to settle debt by issuance of the Company’s common stock during this quarter. During the quarter, the Company did not enter into any loan agreement with any third party as such total issued and outstanding as at March 31, 2016 remained at 20,133,757 shares.

 

Referencing the Company’s US$20m Trading Facility entered into in September, 2015 secured through issuance of shares at $12.50 / share for a period of 3 years. The said Trading facility was obtained for the application of Shanghai Distribution Center (“SDC”), such that SDC is responsible for payments of all related financial costs and fees (i.e., a one-time only establishment fee for the usage of letters of credit (“LC”) facility and if for documents against payment (“DP”) facility, a transaction fee of 1.5% to be paid on supplier’s invoice value per transaction).

 

However, there is a service fee associated with the return of the securitized shares to the Company at maturity calculated to 20% of the prevailing market price of said shares at date of return (the Service Cost); (i.e. if the market price of our shares will be (for instance) at $15 per share then the Service Cost will be $3 per share, thus the Company will need to pay $3 per share to get the shares back assuming that the full $20m has been fully subscribed and repaid by SDC and there will be no other transactional financial costs and fees left outstanding and unpaid). As such, at the completion and maturity of the Trading Facility arrangement, SDC will reimburse the Company on the said Service Cost. In the Company’s records these are non-cash transactions, the securitized shares issued each time are being debited to SDC’s account owing the said number of shares to the Company with a transaction ledger recording its corresponding transactions periodically.

 

As of April 30, 2016, there is a total of 1,235,000 shares cumulatively issued from September 22, 2015 to a secure facility valued at $15,437,500 with the remaining facility value of $4,562,500 (of $20m) secured by a Personal Guarantee provided by one of our directors and accepted by the trade facility provider; as such the said facility is now fully secured with all arrangements completed without further issuance of shares.

 

As of May 16, 2016, the total issued and outstanding shares is 21,356,859 shares which is an increase of (1,223,102 shares or 6%) to the period ended 31 March 2016 that were issued and paid to satisfy the entitlements and incentive bonus payments to:

 

l 68 employees and members of management in the amount of 248,384 shares (some which have been accrued since 2007).

 

l 7 Directors and executives for 841,967 shares (some which have been accrued since 2007). Accounts are being reconciled subsequent to distributions made to Company shareholders from carve-outs anticipated throughout the next two years.

  

l 7 in house (or permanently employed) consultants and advisors for 132,787 shares (some which have been accrued since 2013)

  

Typically, wage scales are very low in China, and as such, the Company has provided remuneration in the form of performance bonuses, whether in cash, shares or a combination thereof, in part to incentivize our workforce in a fair and equitable manner for their continuous dedicated service and long hours. The Company has paid this form of compensation since its inception, resulting in an adept, motivated and dedicated staff whose retention provides long-term benefits to the Company, especially in terms of providing continuity and limiting disruption throughout its multi-tiered stages of development.

  

The other income for the three months ended March 31, 2016 amounted to $161,480 and derived from the combination of (1) a gain on extinguishment of debt $0 (Note 4), a government grant of $312,468 and other income of $114,872 less interest expense of $265,860.

 

The other income for the three months ended March 31, 2015, had been derived from the combination of (1) a gain on extinguishment of debt $0 (Note 4), government grants of $83,180 and other incomes $62,646 less interest expenses of $783,606.

 

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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 $ 0 and $0 has been credited (charged) to operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

l Note (5 )General and Administrative Expenses and Interest Expenses

General and administrative and interest expenses (including depreciation and amortization) increased by $407,996, or 7.6%, from $5,349,513 for Q1 2015 to $5,757,509 for Q1 2016. The change was primarily due to decrease in office and corporate expenses of $(456,593) from $2,012,929 for Q1 2015 to $1,556,336 for Q1 2016, other and miscellaneous expenses related to the corporate work of $216,749 from $729,831 in Q1 2015 to $946,579 in Q1 2016 and interest expense of $405,170 from $783,606 in Q12015 to $1,188,776 in Q1 2016.

 

The Company is taking extra steps to ensure that these expenses are reduced in conformity with cash flow allowance.

 

Table (to Note 5)

 

Category   2016Q1     2015Q1     Difference  
                   
Office and corporate expenses   $ 1,556,336     $ 2,012,929     $ -456,593  
                         
% of increase or decrease (-)     -23 %                
                         
Wages and Salaries   $ 553,219     $ 668,688     $ -115,469  
                         
Traveling and related lodging   $ 91,407     $ 82,893     $ 8,514  
                         
Motor vehicles expenses and local transportation   $ 39,730     $ 40,900     $ -1,170  
                         
Entertainment and meals   $ 529,748     $ 50,313     $ 479,435  
                         
Others and miscellaneous   $ 946,579     $ 729,830     $ 216,749  
                         
Depreciation and amortization   $ 851,714     $ 980,354     $ -128,640  
                         
Sub-total   $ 4,568,733     $ 4,565,907     $ 2,826  
                         
Interest expense   $ 1,188,776     $ 783,606     $ 405,170  
                         
% of increase or decrease (-)     52 %                
                         
Total   $ 5,757,509     $ 5,349,513     $ 407,996  

 

Note (6) Depreciation and Amortization

 

Depreciation and amortization increased by $548,840, or 42%, to $1,865,299 for Q1 2016 from $1,316,459 for Q1 2015. The increase was primarily due to the increase of depreciation by $466,274 to $1,268,612 for Q1 2016 from depreciation of $802,338 for Q1 2015 and the increase of amortization by $82,566 to $596,687for Q1 2016 from amortization of $514,121 for Q1 2015.

 

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In this respect, total depreciation and amortization amounted to $1,865,299 for Q1 2016, of which amount $851,714 was reported under general and administration expenses and $1,013,585 was reported under cost of goods sold; whereas total depreciation and amortization was at $1,316,459 for Q1 2015 and out of which amount $980,354 was reported under General and Administration expenses and $336,105 was reported under cost of goods sold.

 

Although office and corporate expenses decreased by $0.4 million, or 23%, from Q1 2015’s $2 million to Q1 2016’s $1.6 million due primarily to the lower expenses incurred by various corporate exercises, the Company is targeting to reduce these expenses as much as possible. However, interest expense will continue to rise if the Company’s efforts to seek longer term debt financing to finance the development of PF(2), PF(3), PF(4) and SJAP’s canning factory become successful in the near future.

 

Note (7). Non-controlling interests

 

Table (F) below shows the derivation of non-controlling interest:

 

Names of intermediate holdingco.
subsidiaries
  Capital
Award Inc.
(Belize)
  Macau EIJI Company Ltd. (Macau)     A Power Agro
Agriculture
Development
(Macau) Ltd.
    Tri way

Industries
Ltd.(HK)
    Total  
Abbreviated names   CA   (MEIJI)     (APWAM)     (TRW)        
                                         
% of equity holding on below subsidiaries (in China)   n.a.     75 %     75 %     26 %     45 %     75 %        
Name of China subsidiaries   None     Jiangmen City Heng Sheng Tai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd.(China)       Jiangmen City Hang Mei Cattle Farm Development Co. Ltd.(China)               Qinghai Sanjiang A Power Agriculture Co. Ltd. (China)       Jiangmen City A Power Fishery Development Co. Ltd. (China)          
Abbreviated names         (JHST)       (JHMC)       (HSA)       (SJAP)       (JFD)          
                          Hunan Shanghua A Power Agriculture Co. Ltd (China       50 %                
                                                     
Net income of the P.R.C. subsidiaries for the period ended 30. June 2015 in $   0   $ (557,285 )   $ 266,199     $ 1,122,128     $ 7,996,585     $ 1,295,615          
                                                     
Equity % of non-controlling  interest   0 %   25 %     25 %     24 %     55 %     2 5 %        
                                                     
Non-controlling interest's shares of Net incomes in $   0   $ (139,321 )   $ 66,550     $ 269,311     $ 4,398,122     $ 323,904     $ 4,918,564  

 

The Net Income attributed to non-controlling interest is $4,918,564 shared by (JHST, JHMC, HSA, SJAP and JFD collectively) for Q1 2016 as shown in Table (F) above.

 

Note (8) Earnings per share (EPS)

 

Earnings per share has no change (basic) and minimal changes (diluted), from EPS of $1.39 (basic) and $1.33 (diluted) Q1 2015 to EPS of $0.43 (basic) and $0.39(diluted) for Q1 2016.

 

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Part B. MD & A on Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheet of Continued Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016(Q1 2016) compared to the 12 months ended December 31, 2015.

 

Consolidated Balance sheets   March 31,2016     December 31, 2015     Changes +-     Note
    $     $     $      
ASSETS                            
Current assets                            
Cash and cash equivalents     2,576,297       7,229,197       -4,652,900     B
Inventories     62,219,185       62,848,707       -629,522     9
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts     1,306,885       1,306,885       -      
Deposits and prepaid expenses     96,012,012       83,811,929       12,200,083     10
Accounts receivable     125,140,625       135,674,418       -10,533,793     11
Other receivables     62,832,483       59,780,587       3,051,896      
Total current assets     350,087,487       350,651,723       -564,236      
Property and equipment                     -      
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation     106,059,022       104,259,079       1,799,943     12
Construction in progress     89,110,182       72,788,769       16,321,413     13
Land use rights, net of accumulated amortization     58,331,766       58,485,675       -153,909     14
Total property and equipment     253,500,970       235,533,523       17,967,447      
Other assets                     -      
Goodwill     724,940       724,940       -      
Long term inverstment     773,994       769,941       4,053      
Proprietary technologies, net of accumulated amortization     10,644,565       10,784,358       -139,793     15
Temporary deposit paid to entities for investments in future Sino Joint Venture companies     41,109,708       41,109,708       -      
Total other assets     53,253,207       53,388,947       -135,740      
Total assets     656,841,664       639,574,193       17,267,471      
Current liabilities                           16
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     8,432,026       9,345,559       -913,533      
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts     9,127,254       8,700,706       426,548      
Due to a director     621,587       211,247       410,340      
Other payables     7,621,409       4,792,579       2,828,830      
Borrowings-Short term bank loan     4,184,378       4,466,040       -281,662      
Bonds payable     -       -       -      
Negotiable promissory notes     872,644       865,968       6,676      
Total current liabilities     30,859,298       28,382,099       2,477,199      
Non-current liabilities                            
Other payables     4,797,332       4,797,332              
Long term debts     1,388,377       1,554,902       -166,525      
Convertible note payable     35,560,989       34,904,739       656,250     16D
Total non-current liabilities     41,746,698       41,256,973       489,725      
Stockholders’ equity                            
Preferred stock                            
Series A preferred stock     -       -       -      
Series B convertible preferred stock     -       -       -      
Common stock     20,134       20,134       -      
Additional paid-in capital     142,882,173       142,882,173       -      
Retained earnings     348,223,322       339,616,638       8,606,684      
Accumulated other comprehensive income     2,077,283       1,427,638       649,645      
Treasury stock     -1,250,000       -1,250,000       -      
Total SIAF Inc. and subsidiaries' equity     491,952,912       482,696,583       9,256,329      
Non-controlling interest     92,282,756       87,238,538       5,044,218      
Total stockholders' equity     584,235,668       569,935,121       14,300,547      
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity     656,841,664       639,574,193       17,267,471      

 

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This Part B discusses and analyzes certain items that we believe would assist stakeholders in obtaining a better understanding of the Company’s results of operations and financial condition:

 

Note (B) Cash and Cash Equivalent

 

The change in cash and cash equivalents of $(4,652,900) derived from cash and cash equivalents of $2,576,297 and $7,229,197 as at March 31, 2016 and 31 December 2015, respectively. The significant difference in cash and cash equivalents between these two dates is primarily due to the lower revenues generated during Q1 2016 compared to year ended December 31, 2015.

 

Note (9) Break down on inventories

 

    Mar 31,2016     December 31,2015     Difference  
    $     $     $  
Sleepy cods, prawns, eels and marble goble     3,260,828       4,053,459       (792,631 )
Bread grass     248,970       1,207,260       (958,290 )
Beef cattle     6,699,747       5,026,404       1,673,343  
Organic fertilizer     11,598,506       10,815,983       782,523  
Forage for cattle and consumable     11,489,016       10,328,365       1,160,651  
Raw materials for bread grass and organic fertilizer     17,078,669       15,440,348       1,638,321  
Beef and mutton     10,486,328       14,593,458       (4,107,130 )
Immature seeds     1,357,121       1,383,431       (26,310 )
      62,219,185       62,848,708       (629,523 )

 

The main increases in inventories came from (i) organic fertilizer (up $5.5 m) and forage for cattle and consumable (or concentrated livestock feed) (up $2.3 million) and (ii) beef and mutton (up $5.4 m) resulted from effect of lower sales caused surplus inventories for (i) and increasing of imported beef & mutton for SJAP and the SIAF corporate sector for (ii), respectively.

 

Note (10) Breakdown of Deposits and Prepaid Expenses

 

The actual deposit and prepaid expenses increased by $12.2m from Q1 2015’s $83.8m to Q1 2016’s $96m.

 

    March 31 2016     December 31 2015     Difference  
    $     $     $  
Deposits for                        
Purchases of equipment     6,975,629       4,963,245       2,012,384  
acquisition of land use right     3,373,110       3,373,110       -  
inventories purchases     22,394,687       19,948,867       2,445,820  
aquaculture contracts     6,602,279       4,340,741       2,261,538  
building materials     8,632,259       9,197,796       -565,537  
consulting services providers and others     22,354,658       20,243,172       2,111,486  
construction in progress     11,281,100       11,281,100       -  
prepayments-debts discounts and others     14,216,699       9,919,126       4,297,573  
shares issued for employee compensation and oversea professional and bond interest     181,591       544,772       -363,181  
      96,012,012       83,811,929       12,200,083  

 

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Below Note (10.1 and 10.2) are records previously indicated in the 10K 2015 and repeated herein for recording purposes:

 

Note (10.1) Breakdown of Deposit for- acquisition of Land Use Right:

 

As of March 31, 2016, we have $3,373,110 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 full payment made on June 6, 2012 for Land Use Right by HSA comprising a block of land measuring 150 Mu (or 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, as such, this payment is recorded as Deposit and Prepaid Expenses pending final official approval to be granted as the new local ordinances on agriculture land delayed the processing of our application, and as date of this report, it has not been approved officially.

 

$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. The process of rezoning this piece of land to residential (at present, agriculture) continues, and once completed will be transferred from the Local Government (Huangyuan County) to SJAP to build new staff quarters.

 

Note (10.2) 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 of 31.
March 2015
    or Built Up
area
    to equity paid  
            $           $     m2        
SIAF   Corporate   Trade Center   3.5 million   own development   30% completed     4,086,941       5,000       31 %
                                             
        Seafood Center                 1,032,914                  
                                             
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     14,554,578       165,000       56 %
        Prawn Farm (2)   29.18 Million   2014   Part operational Part work in progress     9,877,218       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 %
                          41,109,708                  

 

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Note (11) Breakdown of Accounts receivable:

 

    March 31,2016  
    Accounts
receivable
    0-30 days     31-90 days     91-120 days     over 120 days and
less than 1 year
 
    $     $     $     $     $  
Consulting and Service totaling                                        
CA     16,222,431       9,589,157       -       4,089,402       2,543,872  
Sales of Live Fish, eels and prawns (from Farms) (CA)     26,695,185       17,884,670       5,023,658       3,786,857       -  
Sales of imported seafood (SIAF)     7,951,039       6,701,867       -       1,249,172       -  
Sales of Cattle and Beef Meats (from Enping Farm) (MEIJI)     7,169,124       3,192,385       3,976,739       -       -  
Sales of HU Flowers (Fresh & Dried) (JHST)     8,335,497       -       -       -       8,335,497  
Sales Fertilizer, Bulk Stock feed and Cattle by (SJAP)     26,664,999       2,870,525       5,733,238       5,582,001       12,479,235  
Sales Fertilizer from (HSA)     11,005,977       1,790,156       3,378,991       2,010,936       3,825,894  
Sales of Beef (QZH)     21,096,373       7,592,595       8,272,046       2,061,888       3,169,844  
      -       -       -       -       -  
Total     125,140,624       49,621,355       26,384,672       18,780,256       30,354,342  

 

Information on trading terms and provision for diminution in value of accounts receivable:

 

Our accounts receivable aging is less than 12 months old. Receivables from revenue derived from consulting and services billed for work completed are within our normal trading terms of 180 days and therefore no diminution in value is required, as the credit quality of the receivables is not in doubt.

 

 

Fish Sales (CA) : Most farmed fish are sold to wholesalers at prevailing daily market prices and aging is within 90 days trading terms with a small portion at 180 days (for oversized fish, as the sale of oversized fish takes longer than for other fish). The receivable of 90 to 120 days and over 120 days amounted to $5.8 million and 4.5 million, respectively are more than other years due primarily to more goods being sold to Shanghai (“ WC2 ”) and Guangzhou (“ WC2 ”) distribution centers whereby they have increased their sales to more supermarket chains, secondary and third tier distributors etc. such that we provided WC1 and WC2 with longer credit terms so they could generate more sales, accordingly. These debtors represent credit quality receivables as they are well established wholesalers, distributors, chain stores and distribution centers having 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 fertilizer and bulk livestock feed (SJAP) : These comprise sales made to regional farmers contracted by us to grow crops and pastures using and purchasing our fertilizer. We in turn agree to buy their cattle that are fed with our bulk and concentrated cattle feed purchased from us. Under this term of arrangements our accounts receivable are normally carried forward until such time they can be offset against our account payables due to these contracted farmers (that is, the amount owed for the amount of crops and pastures is ultimately offset against the amount of cattle that we have purchased from them, respectively). As these debtors are our contract farmers and operate profitable and viable businesses with us, and have a good track record, we consider their credit quality to be good and collection from them is not in doubt, thus no diminution in value is required.

 

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Sales Fertilizer from (HSA): HSA’s receivable situation is normal that HSA provides longer credit terms to its customers especially the lake fishermen who pay for their outstanding balances after they have sold their harvests.

 

Sales of HU Flowers (Fresh & Dried) (JHST): JHST’s receivable situation is normal, because (as explained previously) JHST does not keep much inventory in dried flowers and immortal vegetables such that majority of the dried products are sold to the wholesalers and in turn the wholesalers keep the inventory and sell them over the year gradually to maintain orderly sales and stable prices without having to dump all dried products during the harvest season of 3 to 4 months. Therefore JHST gives long trading terms to said wholesalers and allows them to pay gradually over the year with the condition that all outstanding must be paid fully before the start of the next season. These debtors represent credit quality receivables as they are well established wholesalers with profitable and viable businesses with a good track record, and have been selling goods for JHST for many years, thus a provision of diminution in value is not required as collection is not in doubt.

 

Sales of Beef (QZH): Most of QZH’s customers are first tier wholesalers and distributors in cities of provinces that are next to Qinghai provinces (i.e. Xin Ziang, Gan Su, Si Chuan and Xi Zang) that QZH gives various trading terms. Its receivable currently is normal referencing the table below:

 

          2015  
    Total sales
Q1 2016
    Accounts
receivable
    0-30 days     31-90 days     91-120 days     over 120 days
and less than 1
year
 
    $     $     $     $     $     $  
Sales of Beef (QZH)     17,656,622       21,096,373       7,592,595       8,272,046       2,061,888       3,169,844  
                                                 
% of total receivables                     36 %     39 %     10 %     15 %

 

Information on Concentration of credit risk of account receivables:

 

We have 4 major long-term customers (referring to Customer A, B, C and D mentioned in the financial statements who have accounted for 50.45% of our consolidated revenues for Q1 2016 as shown in the table below:

 

    three months ended March 31, 2016  
    % of total Revenue     Customer's Total Revenue  
Customer A     21.03 %     15,126,359  
Customer B     11.96 %     8,598,464  
Customer C     10.34 %     7,438,503  
Customer D     7.11 %     5,114,484  
                 
      50.44 %     36,277,810  

 

Customer A is Hunan City Bo Bo Go Super market Chain (“ BBG ”), which is a publicly traded company in China with more than 5,000 chain stores and 11,000 7/11 stores operating in various districts and cities of China. During Q1 2016, we sold $15 million of goods to BBG representing 21% of our total sales of goods revenue of $72 million derived mainly from CA’s fishery segment and part of SJAP (QZH)’s segment of beef.

 

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Customer B is WangJianWha, owner of Guangzhou Wholesale market (Store 17) who distributes our live prawns to over 30 other wholesalers at the same Guangzhou Wholesale Fish Markets. Although we sell our live prawns to one wholesaler (Mr. WangJianWha) that does not mean that our live prawns were sold by one wholesaler but by over 30 wholesalers. The purpose of using one main wholesaler as our main distributor is to have just one person responsible for payments to us such that we shall not need to collect sales proceeds from the 30 or more wholesalers. During Q1 2016, we sold to Mr. WangJianWha 11.96% of our total consolidated revenue (equivalent to $8,598,464 out of our total revenue of $71,913,054) derived from the sales of CA’s live prawns under the segment of Fishery.

 

Customer C is one of our main agents, namely Mr. Xian Zhiming (Legal representative of “Zhongshan City A Power Agriculture Development Co. Limited,” (ZSAPAD), the SFJVC of the Zhongshan new prawn farm). In our account, ZSAPAD’s legal representative is the person responsible for its company affair, such that we quote Customer B in the name of Xian Zhiming instead of ZSAPAD. As of 31 March 2016 all of its receivables to the Company are within trading terms of 60 to 90 days though we have agreed to extend trading terms between 120 days to 180 days in the interim until such time as we assist them to procure a project loan of up to $60 million targeting on or before September 30, 2016.

 

Customer D is Han Zhiqiang one of our main live seafood wholesalers operating from Store 8 Guangzhou seafood wholesale market and has been our customer since 2012 distributing majority of live fish and eels. We sold over $5 million (or 6.9% of total sales of live seafood’s revenue of $72 million) to Mr. Han during the quarter.

 

The Company had 4 major customers whose accounts receivable balance individually represented the following percentages of the Company’s total accounts receivable:

 

    March 31, 2016     December 31,2015  
             
Customer A     12.39 %     13.71 %
Customer B     10.93 %     10.12 %
Customer C     10.71 %     -  
Customer D     8.56 %     9.31 %
Customer E     -       11.31 %
                 
      42.59 %     44.45 %

 

As of March 31, 2016, amounts due from customers A, B and C are $15,504,621, $13,678,559, and $13,399,381, 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.

 

Customer A is same as Customer C above namely Mr. Zhen Runchi,

Customer B is same as Customer B above namely Mr. Xian Zhiming,

Customer D is “Li Hongzhen

Customer E is no longer applicable.

 

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Note (11.b). Other Receivables

 

Note 1 & 4: SIAF imports all of its seafood (from Madagascar) and beef and lamb (from Australia) using APNW’s import permits and licenses, such that, from time to time, we used APNW as the importer for part of these imported orders to give them a trading track record, and gave loan advances to APNW for such imports that in general would be offset by sales invoices upon the arrivals of corresponding shipments. At the same time, APNW is one of our major distributors and sales agents that we helped to establish aiming eventually to acquire its operation within our own marketing and distribution network, therefore, from time to time, we provide them with working capital to help them to leverage some of their trading terms extended to their customers, etc.

 

Note 2 & 5:

 

Note 3: 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 $82,747 per member that in the management’s opinion is a normal season to season process deemed fair and equitable.

 

Note (12) Property and equipment, net of accumulation depreciation

 

    As at March 31, 2016  
    $  
Plant and machinery     6,481,690  
Structure and lease hold improvements     90,612,871  
Mature seeds and herbage cultivation     16,599,717  
Furniture and equipment     704,153  
Motor vehicles     790,434  
      115,188,865  
         
Less: Accumulated depreciation     -9,129,843  
Net carrying amount     106,059,022  

 

Note (13) Construction in progress

 

    As at March 31, 2016  
    $  
Construction in progress        
- Oven room road for production of dried flowers     3,079,766  
- Office, warehouse and organic fertilizer plant in HSA.     29,518,576  
- Organic fertilizer and bread grass production plant and office building     12,867,960  
- Rangeland for beef cattle and office building     33,110,318  
- Fish pond     7,430,899  
         
      86,007,519  

 

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Note (14) Land Use Rights, net of accumulated amortization:

 

Item   Owner   Location   Acres     Date
Acquired
  Tenure   Expiry
dates
  Cost  $     Monthly
amortization  $
    2016.03.31
Balance  $
    Nature of
ownership
  Nature of
project
Hunan   lot1   HS.A   Ouchi Village, Fenghuo Town, Linli County     31.92     4/5/2011   43   4/4/2054     242,703       470       214,482     Lease   Fertilizer production
Hunan   lot2   HS.A   Ouchi Village, Fenghuo Town, Linli County     247.05     7/1/2011   60   6/30/2071     36,666,141       50,925       33,763,405     Management Right   Pasture growing
Hunan  lot3   HS.A   Ouchi Village, Fenghuo Town, Linli County     8.24     5/24/2011   40   5/23/2051     378,489       789       331,967     Land Use Rights   Fertilizer production
Guangdong  lot 1   JHST   Yane Village, Liangxi Town, Enping City     8.23     8/10/2007   60   8/9/2067     1,064,501       1,478       910,740     Management Right   HU Plantation
Guangdong  lot 2   JHST   Nandu Village of Yane Village, Liangxi Town, Enping City     27.78     3/14/2007   60   3/13/2067     1,037,273       1,441       880,242     Management Right   HU Plantation
Guangdong  lot 3   JHST   Nandu Village of Yane Village, Liangxi Town, Enping City     60.72     3/14/2007   60   3/13/2067     2,267,363       3,149       1,924,110     Management Right   HU Plantation
Guangdong  lot 4   JHST   Nandu Village of Yane Village, Liangxi Town, Enping City     54.68     9/12/2007   60   9/11/2067     2,041,949       2,836       1,749,837     Management Right   HU Plantation
Guangdong  lot 5   JHST   Jishilu Village of Dawan Village,Juntang Town, Enping City     28.82     9/12/2007   60   9/11/2067     960,416       1,334       823,023     Management Right   HU Plantation
Guangdong  lot 6   JHST   Liankai Village of Niujiang Town, Enping City     31.84     1/1/2008   60   12/31/2068     821,445       1,141       708,496     Management Right   Fish Farm
Guangdong  lot 7   JHST   Nandu Village of Yane Village, Liangxi Town, Enping City     41.18     1/1/2011   26   12/31/2037     5,716,764       18,323       4,562,417     Management Right   HU Plantation
Guangdong  lot 8   JHST   Shangchong Village of Yane Village, Liangxi Town, Enping City     11.28     1/1/2011   26   12/31/2037     1,566,393       5,020       1,250,102     Management Right   HU Plantation
Guangdong  lot 9   MEIJI   Xiaoban Village of Yane Village, Liangxi Town, Enping City     41.18     4/1/2011   20   3/31/2031     5,082,136       21,176       3,811,602     Management Right   Cattle Farm
Qinghai  lot 1   SJAP   No. 498, Bei Da Road, Chengguan Town of Huangyuan County,Xining City, Qinghai Province     21.09     11/1/2011   40   10/30/2051     527,234       1,098       469,019     Land Use Right & Building ownership   Cattle farm, fertilizer and livestock feed production
Guangdong lot 10   JHST   Niu Jiang Town, Liangxi Town, Enping City     6.27     3/4/2013   10   3/3/2023     489,904       4,083       338,850     Management Right   Processing factory
Guangdong lot 11   CA   Da San Dui Wei ,You Nan Village, Conghua District of Guangzhou City     33.28     10/28/2014   30   10/27/2044     4,453,665       12,371       4,230,982     Management  Right   Agriculture
    JHST   Land improvement cost incurred           12/1/2013             3,914,275       6,155       3,741,948          
Exchange difference                                 -973,389               -1,379,456          
                                                             
              654                   66,257,263       131,789       58,331,766          

 

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Note (16) Current Liabilities:

 

    As at March 31, 2016     Note
Current liabilities            
Accounts payable and accruals     8,432,026     16.A
Billings in excess of cost and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts     9,127,254      
Due to a director     621,587      16 B
Other payables     7,621,409      
Borrowings-Short term bank loan     4,184,378      
Negotiable promissory notes     872,644      
             
      30,859,298      

 

Note 16A: Accounts payables and accrued expenses clarification:

 

Our current trading environment is limited to a number of suppliers who 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 and accruals balance of $8.4 million, about 12% of total sales of $72 million for the reasons stated below:

 

Our main Account Payables during Q1 2016 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 goods sold averaging 41% for CA.

 

2. Implementation, supervision, training and associated management work and most of the building sub-contractors worked at fixed costs; consequently, 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 excellent credibility with all of our suppliers and sub-contractors.

 

3. Fish sales started gradually in late 2011, and the cost of sales was averaged at 76% for Q1 2016, 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 with cost of goods averaging 77% for Q1 2016. It is also customary in China to pay for the young live cattle by cash on delivery. The Enping cattle farm started to buy young cattle in 2011 and started sales of mature cattle in 2012; cost of sales is averaged at 95% for Q1 2016. 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 HSA, which is a developing stage company in fertilizer manufacturing, 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 is at 54% for Q1 2016. 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.

 

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  Note (16C): Analysis of Other Payables:

 

As of March 31, 2016, other payables totaling $12,418,741 was composed of the following:

 

During Q1 2016, the Company issued promissory notes amounting to $0 to unrelated third parties for advances granted by third parties collectively to the Company (and/or to its subsidiaries). During Q1 2016 we redeemed $ 0 of Promissory Notes for advances granted by third parties in fiscal year 2012 as well as in the early months of 2014 by the issuance of shares leaving a balance of $2,200,000 of promissory notes still due and outstanding as of March 31, 2016.

 

A grant of $2,279,797 was received from the Chinese government to SJAP for the development of a certain project; however if SJAP ultimately proves to be unable to complete the project, it will have to repay the grant to the Government. As of March 31, 2016, as work is in progress on the said project but it is not yet completed, the grant is recorded as other payables.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2016, other advances had been provided by other unrelated third parties collectively to our subsidiaries with no fixed term of repayment and interest free without promissory notes or agreements but instead, verbal understandings. These sums amount to $7,938,944 unpaid and outstanding as of March 31, 2016.

 

Income Taxes

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.

 

The Company failed to file US tax returns for the years ended December 31, 2007 through December 31, 2014 in compliance with US Treasury Internal Revenue Service Code. The Company has reviewed its tax position with the assistance US tax professionals and believes that there will be no taxes and no penalties assessed by the Internal Revenue Service in the United States of America. The Company has appointed a US tax professional to assist in filing these income tax returns.

 

No EIT has been provided in the financial statements of SIAF, CA, JHST, JHMC, JFD, HSA and SJAP since they are exempt from EIT for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 as they are within the agriculture, dairy and fishery sectors.

 

CA, CS and CH are international business companies incorporated in Belize, and are exempt from corporate tax in Belize.

 

No Hong Kong profits tax has been provided in the consolidated financial statements, since TRW did not earn any assessable profits arising in Hong Kong for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

No Macau Corporate income tax has been provided in the consolidated financial statements, since APWAM and MEIJI did not earn any assessable profits for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

No Sweden Corporate income tax has been provided in the consolidated financial statements, since SIAFS incurred a tax loss for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

 

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No deferred tax assets and liabilities have been assessed as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 since there was no difference between the financial statements carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities utilizing the enacted tax rates in effect for the period in which the differences are expected to reverse.

 

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements:

 

None.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of March 31 2016, unrestricted cash and cash equivalents amounted to $2,576,297 (see notes to the consolidated account), and our working capital as of March 31, 2016 was $319,228,189.

 

As of March 31 2016, our total long-term debts are as follows:

 

Contractual Obligations   Less than 1 year     1-3years     3-5 years     More than 5 years     Total  
Short Term Bank Loan     4,184,378                       4,184,378  
Convertible Note Payable             35,560,989                       35,560,989  
Long Term Debts     1,388,377                               1,388,377  
Promissory Notes     2,200,000                               2,200,000  
Debt loan             4,797,332                       4,797,332  

 

Cash provided by operating activities amounted to $14,716,994 for Q1 2016. This compares with cash provided by operating activities totaling $27,545,084 for Q1 2015. The decrease in cash flows from operations primarily resulted from the increase of deposits and prepaid expenses to $(12,381,674) for Q1 2016 from $(597,390) for Q1 2015.

 

Cash used in investing activities totaled $(19,818,653) for Q1 2016. This compares with cash used in investing activities totaling $(20,297,099) for Q1 2015. The decrease in cash flows used in investing activit i es primarily resulted from payment for construction in progress of $(15,966,419) in Q1 2016 from $(18,845,219) in Q1 2015. .

 

Cash used in financing activities totaled $(448,187) for Q1 2016. This compares with cash from financing activities totaling $(0) for Q1 2015. The increase cash provided by financing activities due to the decrease of long-term debts repaid of $(448,187) in Q1 2016 from $(0) in Q1 2015.

 

Acquisition of SFJVC’s and further acquisition plan:

 

An SFJVC agreement typically contains an option clause for further investment.  Initially, the China Developer of project companies invites us to invest in their venture. If management believes it to be advisable, it carries out an in-depth study of the target company including legal due diligence, business plan, budget and projected financial information. The final decision is made through the resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors. If the decision is made to proceed with an investment, there is first formed an SFJVC, within which the Company acquires further equity interest. The acquisition price of such interest is determined in accordance to the book value of the SFJVC as of the acquisition date. Consideration generally consists in part of cash and in part of contract against trade debts owed by the China Developer due to Consulting & Services fees charged to the China Developer by the Company in accordance with the Consulting & Services agreement.   Project companies record development cost as construction in progress and treat the amount due to us as partial investment in the new SFJVC.

 

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The Company’s expenditures as the consulting and service provider providing turnkey services to the China Developer for the development of the project include (i) administrative and operational expenses provided for and incurred in the project (charged and recorded under general and administrative operation expenses), billable to the China Developer, (ii) other development expenditures (inclusive of subcontractors’ and sub-suppliers’ costs plus mark-up) billable to the Developer, as well. Consulting & Services fees are exclusively billed to the third party China Developer, and not to the future SFJVC companies.

 

We plan to acquire further SFJVC’s at the time they will be formed officially after their approval by relevant China Authorities.

 

In accordance with our contract, prior to the official formation of the SFJVC’s the Company will pay an initial deposit and additional deposits as pre-payments to the developer (or owner) of the project as consideration toward future acquisition of the SFJVC upon its official formation.

 

The total consideration for each purchase of SFJVC is based on its book value at that time of official formation having injected all of the related project’s development assets and liabilities into the SFJVC.

 

As such, the required acquisition cost is funded partly by cash and partly by the offset of receivables due on the consulting and service fee.  

 

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Part F. Pro-forma on records of historical performances reflecting the Company’s “Free Cash Flow “derivation: (Inclusive of SIAF and subsidiaries in segments containing Non-GAAP derivation)

  

    2013     2014     2015     2016Q1     Total  
                               
Sale of goods     209       323       337       59       957  
Consulting income     52       81       92       13       276  
                                         
Cost of goods sold     139       231       261       44       682  
Cost of service     21       44       57       9       140  
                                         
EBITDA     98       119       101       17       384  
                                         
Depreciation & amortization     3       5       5       2       14  
                                         
Net income attributable to SIAF & subsidiaries     74       92       66       9       289  
                                         
Non - controlling interest     20       22       25       5       72  
                                         
Net Incomes of the group     94       114       91       14       361  
                                         
Total Assets     357       513       640       656          
                                         
Current assets     147       282       350       350          
                                         
Total liabilities     38       72       70       72          
                                         
Current liabilities     31       52       28       31          
                                         
Capital employed     326       461       611       625       -  
                                         
Total stockholders equity     319       441       569       584          
Internal transaction adjustment     0       -0       -0       -          
Total stockholders equity (adjustment )     319       440       569       584          
                                         
ROCE     49 %     59 %     49 %     35 %        
                                         
Total Capex     71       35       47       20       187  
1. property and equipment     22       21       43       4       104  
2. construction in progress     41       10       4       16       68  
3. land use right     4       4       -       -       11  
4. proprietary technologies     4       -       -       -       4  
                                         
Ending balance     116       230       322       319          
1.cash and cash equivalents     1       3       7       3          
2.inventories     8       46       63       62          
3.deposits and prepaid expenses     51       76       84       96          
4. account receivable     82       105       136       125          
5.other receivables     5       52       60       64          
6. account payables and accrued expenses     -11       -22       -9       -8          
7. short term loan     -4       -4       -4       -4          
8. other payables     -16       -26       -15       -19          
                                         
Total increase of wc     5       114       92       -3       264  
                                         
Total capex and increase of wc     76       149       139       17       451  
                                         
Free Cash Flow (FCF)     22       -30       -37       -0       -67  
                                         
Net Debt     -5       -20       -41       -46          
                                         
Total authorized common stocks     17       23       23       23          
                                         
Weighted average of total issue & outstanding common stocks                                        
Basic     12       16       17.89       20.13          
Diluted     13       17       18.29       20.13          
                                         
Earning per share (or EPS)                                        
Basic     6.14       5.79       3.63       0.47          
Diluted     5.76       5.55       3.59       0.47          

 

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E.2 on APWAM (holding company of SJAP).

 

    2013     2014     2015     2016Q1     Total  
                               
Sale of goods     62       102       144       26       335  
                                         
Cost of goods sold     38       68       111       18       235  
                                         
EBITDA     27       33       34       9       103  
                                         
Depreciation & amortization     -       1       1.01       0.57       2  
                                         
Net income attributable to SIAF & subsidiaries     12       14       15       4       44  
                                         
Non - controlling interest     15       17       18       4       55  
                                         
Net Incomes of the group     27       31       33       8       99  
                                         
Total Assets     88       158       200       213          
                                         
Current assets     35       83       105       108          
                                         
Total liabilities     15       28       17       17          
                                         
Current liabilities     14       16       14       14          
                                         
Capital employed     74       142       186       199          
                                         
Total stockholders equity     73       130       183       196          
Internal transaction adjustment     -32       -58       -78       -83          
Total stockholders equity (adjustment)     41       72       105       113          
                                         
ROCE     47 %     46 %     49 %     36 %        
                                         
Total Capex     38       20       21       10       93  
1. property and equipment     12       6       31       3       58  
2. construction in progress     24       14       -10       7       32  
3. land use right     -       -       -       -       1  
4. proprietary technologies     2       -       -       -       2  
                                         
Ending balance     21       67       91       97          
1.cash and cash equivalents     0.38       1       2       0          
2.inventories     4       27       34       37          
3.deposits and prepaid expenses     13       19       18       18          
4. account receivable     16       34       48       48          
5.other receivables     2       2       2       4          
6. account payables and accrued expenses     -5       -4       -5       -5          
7. short term loan     -4       -4       -4       -4          
8. other payables     -5       -8       -5       -2          
                                         
Total increase of wc     3       46       24       6       79  
                                      -  
Total capex and increase of wc     41       66       45       16       172  
                                      -  
Free Cash Flow (FCF)     -14       -33       -10       -7       -70  
                                         
Net Debt     -5       -7       -6       -6          

 

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E.3.SIAF’s Corporate Operational division

 

    2013     2014     2015   2016Q1     Total  
                               
Sale of goods     22       51       38       6       117  
Consulting income     9       5       4       -       18  
                                         
Cost of goods sold     19       45       33       5       102  
Cost of service     3       5       1       -       9  
                                         
EBITDA     6       6       0       -2       11  
                                         
Depreciation & amortization     -       0       0       -          
                                         
Net income attributable to SIAF & subsidiaries     6       6       -5       -2       5  
                                         
Non - controlling interest     -       -       -       -          
                                         
Net Incomes of the group     6       6       -5       -2       6  
                                         
Total Assets     19       43       95       96          
                                         
Current assets     10       39       76       75          
                                         
Total liabilities     8       13       39       42          
                                         
Current liabilities     6       10       1       8          
                                         
Capital employed     13       33       94       88          
                                         
Total stockholders equity     11       30       56       54          
Internal transaction adjustment     87       82       89       91          
Total stockholders equity (adjustment)     98       112       145       145          
                                         
ROCE     73 %     40 %     3 %     -12 %        
                                         
Total Capex     2       1       4       2       7  
1. property and equipment     -       -       -       -          
2. construction in progress     -       1       4       2       5  
3. land use right     -       -       -       -          
4. proprietary technologies     2       -       -       -       2  
                                         
Ending balance     4       29       76       67          
1.cash and cash equivalents             2       -       1          
2.inventories     -       -       4       -          
3.deposits and prepaid expenses     2       2       28       28          
4. account receivable     8       9       9       8          
5.other receivables     0       26       35       38          
6. account payables and accrued expenses     -1       -3       -       -          
7. short term loan     -       -       -       -          
8. other payables     -5       -7       -1       -8          
                                         
Total increase of wc     4       25       47       -9       58  
                                         
Total capex and increase of wc     6       26       51       -7       65  
                                         
Free Cash Flow (FCF)     0       -20       -51       5       -50  
                                         
Net Debt     -       -13       -35       -35          

 

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E.4. CA (Fishery Development Division)

 

    2013     2014     2015     2016Q1     Total  
    In rounded figures of $ million  
Sale of goods     47       54       47       8       184  
Consulting income     36       76       88       13       250  
                                         
Cost of goods sold     33       31       35       6       119  
Cost of service     13       39       56       9       131  
                                         
EBITDA     37       55       43       6       176  
                                         
Depreciation & amortization     -       -       0       -          
                                         
Net income attributable to SIAF & subsidiaries     37       55       43       6       176  
                                         
Non - controlling interest     -       -       -       -          
                                         
Net Incomes of the group     37       55       43       6       176  
                                         
Total Assets     81       111       123       124          
                                         
Current assets     54       79       85       85          
                                         
Total liabilities     7       20       10       10          
                                         
Current liabilities     4       20       10       10          
                                         
Capital employed     77       91       113       114          
                                         
Total stockholders equity     74       91       113       114          
Internal transaction adjustment     45       84       104       109          
Total stockholders equity (adjustment)     119       174       217       223          
                                         
ROCE     97 %     140 %     119 %                
                                         
Total Capex     3       4       -       3       7  
1. property and equipment     -       -       -       -       -  
2. construction in progress     3       -       -       3       3  
3. land use right     -       4       -       -       4  
4. proprietary technologies     -       -       -       -       -  
                                         
Ending balance     50       59       75       75          
1.cash and cash equivalents     -       -       -       -          
2.inventories     -       -       -       -          
3.deposits and prepaid expenses     16       32       23       25          
4. account receivable     36       28       44       43          
5.other receivables     2       19       19       17          
6. account payables and accrued expenses     -       -11       -1       -1          
7. short term loan     -       -       -       -          
8. other payables     -4       -9       -9       -9          
                                         
Total increase of wc     -       9       16       0       44  
                                         
Total capex and increase of wc     3       13       16       3       51  
                                         
Free Cash Flow (FCF)     34       42       27       3       119  
                                         
Net Debt     -       -       -       -          

 

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E.5. Tri-way (the holding company of Fish Farm (1))

 

    2013     2014     2015     2016Q1     Total  
                               
Sale of goods     25       52       39       8       124  
                                         
Cost of goods sold     19       41       33       6       99  
                                         
EBITDA     6       10       6       2       24  
                                         
Depreciation & amortization     0       1       0.79       0.22       2  
                                         
Net income attributable to SIAF & subsidiaries     5       8       3       1       17  
                                         
Non - controlling interest     1       2       2       0       6  
                                         
Net Incomes of the group     6       10       5       1       22  
                                         
Total Assets     21       21       24       26          
                                         
Current assets     6       -       13       13          
                                         
Total liabilities     -       -       -       -          
                                         
Current liabilities     -       -       -       -          
                                         
Capital employed     21       21       24       26          
                                         
Total stockholders equity     21       21       24       26          
Internal transaction adjustment     -7       2       4       3          
Total stockholders equity (adjustment)     13       23       28       29          
                                         
ROCE     53 %     97 %     87 %     62 %        
                                         
Total Capex     2       1       2       -       11  
1. property and equipment     -       2       2       -       10  
2. construction in progress     2       -1       -       -       1  
3. land use right     -       -       -       -       -  
4. proprietary technologies     -       -       -       -          
                                         
Ending balance     6       10       13       13          
1.cash and cash equivalents     -       -       5       1          
2.inventories     2       3       4       3          
3.deposits and prepaid expenses     4       4       2       6          
4. account receivable     -       -       -       -          
5.other receivables     -       3       3       3          
6. account payables and accrued expenses     -       -       -       -          
7. short term loan     -       -       -       -          
8. other payables     -       -       -       -          
                                         
Total increase of wc     -1       4       3       0       13  
                                         
Total capex and increase of wc     1       5       5       0       24  
                                         
Free Cash Flow (FCF)     5       5       1       1       4  
                                         
Net Debt     -       -                          

 

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E.6. MEIJI and Cattle Farm (Development and holding company of CF (1))

 

    2013     2014     2015     2016Q1     Total  
                               
Sale of goods     18       33       35       5       91  
Consulting income     7       -                       7  
                                         
Cost of goods sold     13       31       33       5       82  
Cost of service     5       -                       5  
                                         
EBITDA     5       2       3       1       10  
                                         
Depreciation & amortization     0       0       0.59       0.17       1  
                                         
Net income attributable to SIAF & subsidiaries     5       1       2       0       8  
                                         
Non - controlling interest     -       -       0       0       0  
                                         
Net Incomes of the group     5       1       2       0.4       8  
                                         
Total Assets     34       42       39       39          
                                         
Current assets     11       17       18       17          
                                         
Total liabilities     2       5       -       -          
                                         
Current liabilities     1       -       -       -          
                                         
Capital employed     33       42       39       39          
                                         
Total stockholders equity     32       37       39       39          
Internal transaction adjustment     -10       -14       -14       -14          
Total stockholders equity (adjustment)     22       23       25       25          
                                         
ROCE     43 %     36 %     21 %     9 %        
                                         
Total Capex     -       -       2       1       4  
1. property and equipment     -       -       2       1       2  
2. construction in progress     -       -       -       -       -  
3. land use right     -       -       -       -       2  
4. proprietary technologies                                        
                                         
Ending balance     10       17       18       17          
1.cash and cash equivalents     0.49       -       -       -          
2.inventories     1       1       4       5          
3.deposits and prepaid expenses     1       3       3       5          
4. account receivable     9       13       11       7          
5.other receivables     -       -       -       -          
6. account payables and accrued expenses     -       -       -       -          
7. short term loan     -       -       -       -          
8. other payables     -1       -       -       -          
                                         
Total increase of wc     2       7       1       -1       13  
                                         
Total capex and increase of wc     2       7       3       0       23  
                                         
Free Cash Flow (FCF)     3       -5       -0       1       -2  
                                         
Net Debt                                        

 

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E.7. MEIJI and JHST plantation division

 

    2013     2014     2015     2016Q1     Total  
                               
Sale of goods     23       11       14       -       48  
                                         
Cost of goods sold     10       4       4       -       18  
                                         
EBITDA     11       6       9       -0       26  
                                         
Depreciation & amortization     1       1       1.15       0.31       4  
                                         
Net income attributable to SIAF & subsidiaries     7       4       6       -0.42       16  
                                         
Non - controlling interest     3       1       2       -0.14       6  
                                         
Net Incomes of the group     10       5       8       -0.56       22  
                                         
Total Assets     37       39       45       42          
                                         
Current assets     19       24       21       20          
                                         
Total liabilities     -       1       1       1          
                                         
Current liabilities     -       1       -       -          
                                         
Capital employed     37       38       45       42          
                                         
Total stockholders equity     37       38       44       41          
Internal transaction adjustment     -13       -9       -7       -5          
Total stockholders equity (adjustment)     24       29       37       36          
                                         
ROCE     43 %     55 %     51 %     29 %        
                                         
Total Capex     10       1       5.1       -       19  
1. property and equipment     6       1       2.5       -       13  
2. construction in progress     -       -       2.6       -       3  
3. land use right     4       -       -       -       4  
4. proprietary technologies     -       -       -       -       -  
                                         
Ending balance     19       23       21       20          
1.cash and cash equivalents     -       -       -       -          
2.inventories     1       1       1       2          
3.deposits and prepaid expenses     9       11       6       9          
4. account receivable     9       11       12       8          
5.other receivables     -       1       1       1          
6. account payables and accrued expenses     -       -       -       -          
7. short term loan     -       -       -       -          
8. other payables     -       -1       -       -          
                                         
Total increase of wc     2       4       -2       -1       17  
                                         
Total capex and increase of wc     12       5       3       -1       36  
                                         
Free Cash Flow (FCF)     -1       1       6       0       -3  
                                         
Net Debt                                        

 

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E.8. HSA (the Hunan fertilizer Operation)

 

    2013     2014     2015     2016Q1     Total  
                               
Sale of goods     12       20       20       5       57  
                                         
Cost of goods sold     7       11       12       3       33  
                                         
EBITDA     4       7       7       2       19  
                                         
Depreciation & amortization     1       1       1.48       0.43       4  
                                         
Net income attributable to SIAF & subsidiaries     2       5       4       0.85       12  
                                         
Non - controlling interest     1       1       1       0.27       3  
                                         
Net Incomes of the group     3       6       5       1.12       15  
                                         
Total Assets     76       99       115       116          
                                         
Current assets     11       30       32       32          
                                         
Total liabilities     6       5       4       2          
                                         
Current liabilities     6       5       4       2          
                                         
Capital employed     70       94       111       114          
                                         
Total stockholders equity     70       94       111       114          
Internal transaction adjustment     -69       -87       -99       -101          
Total stockholders equity (adjustment)     1       7       12       13          
                                         
ROCE     2 %     9 %     10 %     5 %        
                                         
Total Capex     16       8       13       3       56  
1. property and equipment     4       12       6       -       22  
2. construction in progress     12       -4       7       3       27  
3. land use right     -       -                       7  
4. proprietary technologies     -       -                       -  
                                         
Ending balance     5       25       29       30          
1.cash and cash equivalents     -       -       -       0          
2.inventories     -       14       15       15          
3.deposits and prepaid expenses     6       5       5       5          
4. account receivable     4       10       12       11          
5.other receivables     1       1       1       1          
6. account payables and accrued expenses     -5       -4       -4       -2          
7. short term loan     -       -       -       -          
8. other payables     -1       -1       -       -          
                                         
Total increase of wc     -6       20       4       2       -2  
                                         
Total capex and increase of wc     10       28       17       5       55  
                                         
Free Cash Flow (FCF)     -6       -21       -10       -3       -35  
                                         
Net Debt                                        

 

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

The unaudited consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2016 have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“ US GAAP ”).

 

The unaudited quarterly financial statements for the three months ended March 31 2016 results are for the period then ended and do not necessarily indicate the 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, 2015.

 

BASIS OF CONSOLIDATION

 

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of SIAF, its subsidiaries Capital Award, CS, CH, TRW, MEIJI, JHST, JFD, JHMC, HSA, APWAM, SAFS and its variable interest entities SJAP and QZH. All material inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The results of companies acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the consolidated financial statements from the effective date of acquisition.

 

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

 

The Company adopted the accounting pronouncements relating to business combinations (primarily contained in ASC Topic 805 “Business Combinations”), including assets acquired and liabilities assumed arising from contingencies. These pronouncements established principles and requirements for how the acquirer of a business recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquire 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. Our adoption of these pronouncements will have an impact on the manner in which we account for any future acquisitions.

 

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 our consolidated financial statements.

 

USE OF ESTIMATES

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States 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 reliability of deferred tax assets and inventory reserves.

 

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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. Service revenue is recognized when services have been rendered to a buyer by reference to the stage of completion. License fee income is recognized on the accrual basis in accordance with the underlying agreements.

 

Government grants are recognized upon (i) the Company has substantially accomplished what we must be done pursuant to the terms of the policies and 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 or (iii) the amounts are received.

 

Multiple-Element Arrangements

 

To qualify as a separate unit of accounting under ASC 605-25“ Multiple Element Arrangements ”, the delivered item must have value to the customer on a standalone basis. The significant deliverables under the Company’s multiple-element arrangements are consulting and service under development contract, commission and management service.

 

Revenues from the Company's fishery development services contract 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 recognized 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, we 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.

 

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For fixed-price contracts, the Company uses the ratio of costs incurred to date on the contract (excluding uninstalled direct materials) 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 included 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 profitability 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 possible loss was identified.

 

The Company does not provide warranties to customers on a basis customary to the industry; however, the customers can claim warranty directly from product manufacturers for defects in equipment or products. Historically, the Company has experienced no warranty claims.

 

The Company’s fishery development consultancy services revenues are recognized when the relevant services are rendered, and are subject to a Chinese business tax at a rate of 0% of the gross fishery development contract service income approved by the Chinese local government.

 

COST OF GOODS SOLD AND SERVICES

 

Cost of goods sold consists primarily of direct purchase cost of merchandise goods, and related levies. Cost of services consists primarily of direct cost and indirect cost incurred to date for development contracts and provision for anticipated losses on development contracts.

 

SHIPPING AND HANDLING

 

Shipping and handling costs related to cost of goods sold are included in general and administrative expenses, which totaled $31 and $8,693 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

ADVERTISING

 

Advertising costs are included in general and administrative expenses, which totaled $666,258 and $708,843 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

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 People’s Republic of China (“P.R.C.”) 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 on that institution.

 

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. Terms of the sales vary. Reserves are recorded primarily on a specific identification basis.

 

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The standard credit period of the Company’s most of customers is three months. Any amount that has an extended settlement date of over one year is classified as a long term receivable. Management evaluates the collectability of the receivables at least quarterly. There were no bad debts written off for the twelve months ended March 31, 2016 or December 31, 2015.

 

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:

 

raw materials - purchase cost on a weighted average basis;
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
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 of completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale.

 

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. The assets’ residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at the end of each year.

 

Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the assets.

 

Milk cows   10 years
Plant and machinery   5 - 10 years
Structure and leasehold improvements   10 -20 years
Mature seed and herbage cultivation   20 years
Furniture, fixtures 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.

 

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GOODWILL

 

Goodwill is an asset representing the fair economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and 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 engaged in 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.

 

PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGIES

 

The Company has determined that technological feasibility is established at the time a working model of products is completed. Master license of stock feed manufacturing technology was acquired and the costs of acquisition were capitalized as proprietary technologies when technological feasibility had been established. Proprietary technologies are intangible assets of finite lives. Proprietary technologies are amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated lives of 25 years.

 

An aromatic cattle-feeding formula was acquired and the costs of acquisition are capitalized as proprietary technologies when technological feasibility has been established. Cost of acquisition on aromatic cattle-feeding formula is amortized using the straight-line method over its estimated life of 25 years.

 

The cost of sleepy cod breeding technology license is capitalized as proprietary technologies when technological feasibility has been established. Cost of granting sleepy cod breeding technology license is amortized using the straight-line method over its entitled life of 25 years.

 

Bacterial cellulose technology license and related trademark are capitalized as proprietary technologies when technological feasibility has been established. Cost of license and related trademark is amortized using the straight-line method over its estimated life of 20 years.

 

Management evaluates the recoverability of proprietary technologies on an annual basis of 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.

 

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.

 

LAND USE RIGHTS

 

Land use rights represent acquisition of land use right rights of agriculture land from farmers and are amortized on the straight-line basis over the respective lease periods. The lease period of agriculture land is in the range from 10 years to 60 years. Land use rights purchase prices were determined in accordance with the P.R.C Government’s minimum lease payments of agriculture land and mutually agreed between the company and the vendors. No independent professional appraiser performed a valuation of land use rights at the balance sheet dates.

 

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CORPORATE JOINT VENTURE

 

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 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 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.

 

VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY

 

An entity (investee) in which the investor has obtained less than a majority-owned interest, according to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). A variable interest entity (VIE) is subject to consolidation if a VIE is an entity meeting one of the following three criteria as elaborated in ASC Topic 810-10, Consolidation .

 

(a) the 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 interests.

 

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.

 

TREASURY STOCK

 

Treasury stock consists of a Company’s own stock which has been issued, but is subsequently reacquired by the Company. Treasury stock does not reduce the number of shares issued but does reduce the number of shares outstanding. These shares are not eligible to receive cash 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 and converting them into treasury shares must have a legitimate purpose. Some of the most common reasons for purchasing outstanding shares are as follows:

 

(i) to meet additional stock needs for various reasons, including newly implemented stock option plans, the issuance stock for convertible bonds or convertible preferred stock, or a stock dividend;

 

(ii) to eliminate the ownership interests of a stockholder;

 

(iii) to increase the market price of the stock that returns capital to shareholders; and

 

(iv) to potentially increase earnings per share of the stock by decreasing the shares outstanding on the same earnings.

 

The Company has adopted the cost method of accounting for treasury stock shares. The purchase of outstanding 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 treasury stock shares reacquired is charged to a contra account, in this case a contra equity account that reduces the stockholder equity balance.

 

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INCOME TAXES

 

The Company accounts for income taxes under the provisions of ASC 740 “Accounting for Income Taxes”. Under ASC 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 taxes area 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.

 

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 relates to items credited or charged directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also adjusted in the equity accounts. 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 740 also prescribes a more-likely-than-not threshold for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken, or expected to be taken, in a tax return. ASC 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 in tax expense.

 

POLITICAL AND BUSINESS RISK

 

The Company's operations are carried out in the P.R.C. Accordingly, the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environment in the P.R.C., and by the general state of the P.R.C.'s economy. The Company's operations in the P.R.C. 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.

 

IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

In accordance with ASC 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, at the end of each fiscal year. 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 March 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company determined no impairment losses were necessary.

 

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EARNINGS PER SHARE

 

As prescribed in ASC Topic 260 “ Earning 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 quarter ended March 2016 and 2015, basic earnings per share attributable to Sino Agro Food, Inc. and subsidiaries common stockholders amount to $0.43 and $1.39, respectively. For the quarter ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, diluted earnings per share attributable to Sino Agro Food, Inc. and its subsidiaries’ common stockholders amounted to $0.39 and $1.33, respectively.

 

FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION

 

The reporting currency of the Company is the U.S. dollars. The functional currency of the Company is the Chinese Renminbi (RMB). For those entities whose functional currency is other than the U.S. dollars, all assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate on the balance sheet date; shareholder 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 weighted 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 consolidated statements of equity.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2016

 

Translation 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. The balance sheet amounts with the exception of equity as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were translated at RMB6.46 to $1.00 and RMB6.14 to $1.00, respectively. The average translation rates applied to the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income and of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015 were RMB6.53 to $1.00 and RMB6.14 to $1.00, respectively.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2015

 

Translation 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. The balance sheet amounts with the exception of equity as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 were translated at RMB6.14 to $1.00 and RMB6.15 to $1.00, respectively. The average translation rates applied to the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income and of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2014 were RMB6.14 to $1.00 and RMB6.12 to $1.00, respectively

 

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.

 

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RETIREMENT BENEFIT COSTS

 

P.R.C. 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.

 

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

The Company adopts 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.

 

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 in accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (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:

 

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 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, there is no 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 releases 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. There is no material impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

 

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In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-11, "Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carry forward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carry forward Exists". These amendments provide that an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion thereof, should be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carry forward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carry forward, except to the extent that a net operating loss carry forward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carry forward is not available at the reporting date to settle any additional income taxes that would result from disallowance of a tax position, or the tax law does not require the entity to use, and the entity does not intend to use, the deferred tax asset for such purpose, then the unrecognized tax benefit should be presented as a liability. For public entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013. The adoption of ASU 2013-11 did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

 

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, “Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity,” which provides a narrower definition of discontinued operations than under existing U.S. GAAP. ASU 2014-08 requires that only a disposal of a component of an entity, or a group of components of an entity, that represents a strategic shift that has, or will have, a major effect on the reporting entity’s operations and financial results should be reported in the consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations. ASU 2014-08 also provides guidance on the consolidated financial statement presentations and disclosures of discontinued operations. The new guidance is effective prospectively for the Company to all new disposals of components and new classification as held for sale beginning April 1, 2015. The Company is evaluating the effects, if any, of the adoption of this guidance will have on the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued guidance related to revenue from contracts with customers. Under this guidance, revenue is recognized when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that is expected to be received for those goods or services. The updated standard will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance under GAAP when it becomes effective and permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. Early adoption is not permitted. The updated standard will be effective for us in the first quarter of 2017. We have not yet selected a transition method and we are currently evaluating the effect that the updated standard will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

 

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-10, “Development Stage Entities (Topic 915): Elimination of Certain Financial Reporting Requirements, Including an Amendment to Variable Interest Entities Guidance in Topic 810, Consolidation”. The guidance eliminates the definition of a development stage entity thereby removing the incremental financial reporting requirements from U.S. GAAP for development stage entities, primarily presentation of inception to date financial information. The provisions of the amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2014, and the interim periods therein. However, early adoption is permitted. Accordingly, the Company has adopted this standard as of July 31, 2014.

 

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, "Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern." ASU 2014-15 will explicitly require management to assess an entity's ability to continue as a going concern, and to provide related footnote disclosure in certain circumstances. This pronouncement is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016, and early adoption is permitted. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this pronouncement on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2014, FASB issued ASU No. 2014-17,  (Business Combinations (Topic 805): Pushdown Accounting (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force.)  The amendments in this update provide an acquired entity with an option to apply pushdown accounting in its separate financial statements upon occurrence of an event in which an acquirer obtains control of the acquired entity. The adoption of ASU 2014-17 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

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In January 2015, FASB issued ASU No. 2015-01,  Income Statement—Extraordinary and Unusual Items (Subtopic 225-20): Simplifying Income Statement Presentation by Eliminating the Concept of Extraordinary Items . This Update eliminates from GAAP the concept of extraordinary items. The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. A reporting entity may apply the amendments prospectively. A reporting entity also may apply the amendments retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. Early adoption is permitted provided that the guidance is applied from the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2015-01 to have material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by FASB that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

 

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ITEM 3.     QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

 

Market risk is the risk of loss to future earnings, to fair values or to future cash flows that may result from changes in the price of a financial instrument. The value of a financial instrument may change as a result of changes in interest rates, exchange rates, commodity prices, equity prices and other market changes.

 

Foreign Currency Risk

Currency fluctuations and restrictions on currency exchange may adversely affect our business, including limiting our ability to convert Chinese Renminbi (RMB) into foreign currencies and, if the RMB were to decline in value, reducing our revenue in U.S. dollar terms.

 

The Chinese government currently manages the exchange rate of the RMB. The value of our common stock is indirectly affected by the foreign exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the RMB. Appreciation or depreciation in the value of the RMB relative to the U.S. dollar does affect our financial results reported in U.S. dollar terms without giving effect to any underlying change in our business or results of operations.

 

Translation 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. The average translation rates applied to the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income and of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2012 through 2015 were RMB6.31, RMB6.19, RMB6.14, and RMB6.23, respectively.

 

Depository Insurance Risk

Cash and cash equivalents are held for working capital purposes and consist primarily of bank deposits. We do not enter into investments for trading or speculative purposes.

 

Banks and other financial institutions in the PRC do not provide insurance for funds held on deposit. A portion of our assets are in the form of cash deposited with banks in the PRC, and in the event of bank failure, we may not have access to, or may lose entirely, our funds on deposit. This exposure could result in our inability to immediately access funds to pay our suppliers, employees and/or other creditors.

 

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 March 31, 2016 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.

 

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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

 

None.

 

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

* furnished 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.
     
May 16, 2016 By: /s/ LEE YIP KUN SOLOMON
   

Lee Yip Kun Solomon

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

     
May 16, 2016 By: /s/ DANIEL RITCHEY
   

Daniel Ritchey

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial 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.

 

May 16, 2016 By: /s/ LEE YIP KUN SOLOMON
   

Lee Yip Kun Solomon

Chief Executive Officer, Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

May 16, 2016 By: /s/ TAN POAY TEIK
   

Tan Poay Teik

Chief Officer, Marketing

 

May 16, 2016 By: /s/ CHEN BORHANN
   

Chen Bor Hann

Corporate Secretary

 

May 16, 2016 By: /s/ YAP KOI MING
   

Yap Koi Ming

Director

 

May 16, 2016 By: /s/ NILS ERIK SANDBERG
   

Nils Erik Sandberg

Director

 

May 16, 2016 By: /s/ DANIEL RITCHEY
   

Daniel Ritchey

Director

 

May 16, 2016 By: /s/ SOH LIM CHANG
   

Soh Lim Chang

Director

 

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