x
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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o
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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Delaware
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98-0381367
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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Room
2001, FanMei Building
No.
1 Naguan Zhengjie
Xi’an,
Shaanxi 710068
People’s
Republic of China
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Page
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PART
I
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Item
1.
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Business
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1
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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8
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Item
1B.
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Unresolved
Staff Comments
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13
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Item
2.
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Properties
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14
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Item
3.
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Legal
Proceedings
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14
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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15
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PART
II
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Item
5.
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Market
for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
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15
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Item
6.
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Selected
Financial Data
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16
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Item
7.
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Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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16
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Item
7A.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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19
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Item
8.
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
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20
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Item
9.
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Disagreements
With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
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21
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Item
9A.
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Controls
and Procedures
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22
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Item
9B.
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Other
Information
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24
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PART
III
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||||
Item
10.
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Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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24
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Item
11.
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Executive
Compensation
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26
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Item
12.
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters
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27
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Item
13.
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence
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29
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Item
14.
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Principal
Accounting Fees and Services
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29
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PART
IV
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||||
Item
15.
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Exhibits,
Financial Statement Schedules
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31
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Signatures
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32
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·
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Organic
compound fertilizers;
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·
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Liquid
fertilizers; and
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·
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Pesticides
and insecticides.
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·
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preserving
nitrogen and improving soil fertility;
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·
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allowing
phosphorus and potash fertilizer to gradually dissolve;
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·
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promoting
disease resistance; and
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·
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activating
and maintaining soil moisture
content.
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·
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Weather
patterns and field conditions (particularly during periods of high
fertilizer consumption);
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·
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Quantities
of fertilizers imported to primary markets;
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·
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Current
and projected grain inventories and prices, which are heavily influenced
by U.S. exports, worldwide grain markers, and domestic demands (food,
feed, biofuel);
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·
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Government
regulation, intervention and unexpected changes in government policies;
and
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·
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The
reputation of our products and company in the
marketplace.
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Name
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Age
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Position
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Bo
Chen
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51
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President,
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
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Chunsheng
Wang
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45
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Chief
Operating Officer
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Junyan
Tong
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37
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Chief
Financial Officer
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·
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actual or anticipated
fluctuations in our operating
results;
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·
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changes in financial estimates by
securities analysts;
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·
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market conditions, including new
product announcements by us or our competitors, changes in the economic
performance or market valuations of competitor companies, as well as
acquisition announcements;
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·
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additions or departures of key
personnel; and
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·
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legal and regulatory
developments.
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QUARTER
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HIGH
($)
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LOW
($)
|
||||||
1st
Quarter 2007
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$
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5.40
|
$
|
3.31
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||||
2nd
Quarter 2007
|
$
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3.43
|
$
|
1.75
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||||
3rd
Quarter 2007
|
$
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2.75
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$
|
0.87
|
||||
4th
Quarter 2007
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$
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2.92
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$
|
0.64
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||||
1st
Quarter 2008
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$
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1.01
|
$
|
0.65
|
||||
2nd
Quarter 2008
|
$
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0.80
|
$
|
0.40
|
||||
3rd
Quarter 2008
|
$
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0.65
|
$
|
0.11
|
||||
4th
Quarter 2008
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$
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0.55
|
$
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0.10
|
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·
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making up cumulative prior years’
losses, if any;
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|
·
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allocations to the “statutory
surplus reserve” of at least 10% of income after tax, as determined under
the People’s Republic of China’s accounting rules and regulations, until
the fund amounts to 50% of a company’s registered
capital;
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·
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allocations of 5-10% of income
after tax, as determined under the People’s Republic of China’s accounting
rules and regulations, to a company’s “statutory common welfare fund,”
which is established for the purpose of providing employee facilities and
other collective benefits to a company’s employees;
and
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|
·
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allocations to the discretionary
surplus reserve, if approved in the stockholders’ general
meeting.
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Page
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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F-1
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Financial
Statements:
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2008 and 2007
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F-2
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Loss for the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007
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F-3
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Consolidated
Statement of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2008
and 2007
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F-4
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2008 and
2007
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F-5
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
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F-6
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2008
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2007
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
CURRENT
ASSETS:
|
||||||||
Cash
& cash equivalents
|
$
|
90,716
|
$
|
617,406
|
||||
Accounts
receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $6,069,700 and
$25,447,689
|
719,607
|
618,052
|
||||||
Other
receivable
|
375,780
|
2,292,763
|
||||||
Inventory
|
2,629,280
|
1,179,448
|
||||||
Advances
to suppliers
|
-
|
9,741,090
|
||||||
Prepaid
expense and other current assets
|
803,091
|
5,066,015
|
||||||
Total
current assets
|
4,618,474
|
19,514,774
|
||||||
PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT, net
|
5,373,232
|
5,306,254
|
||||||
CONSTRUCTION
IN PROGRESS
|
17,542,626
|
7,722,756
|
||||||
MARKETABLE
SECURITY
|
6,191,304
|
14,239,999
|
||||||
INTANGIBLE
ASSETS, net
|
5,093,073
|
2,050,652
|
||||||
OTHER
ASSETS
|
3,669,063
|
3,720,785
|
||||||
LOAN
RECEIVABLE
|
-
|
2,439,275
|
||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
42,487,772
|
$
|
54,994,495
|
||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
||||||||
CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$
|
710,475
|
$
|
1,186,768
|
||||
Accrued
expenses
|
102,556
|
219,936
|
||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
813,031
|
1,406,704
|
||||||
STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY:
|
||||||||
Preferred
stock, $0.0001 per share; authorized 5,000,000 shares; nil issued and
outstanding
|
||||||||
Common
stock, $0.0001 per share; authorized 30,000,000 shares; issued and
outstanding 18,710,250 and 18,310,250
|
1,871
|
1,831
|
||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
33,945,822
|
33,860,062
|
||||||
Other
comprehensive income
|
11,440,962
|
16,520,775
|
||||||
Statutory
reserve
|
4,314,488
|
4,314,488
|
||||||
Retained
earnings
|
(8,028,402
|
)
|
(1,109,365
|
)
|
||||
Total
stockholders' equity
|
41,674,741
|
53,587,791
|
||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
$
|
42,487,772
|
$
|
54,994,495
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Net
Revenue
|
$
|
7,594,458
|
$
|
12,108,579
|
||||
Cost
of Revenue
|
7,189,223
|
6,762,370
|
||||||
Gross
profit
|
405,235
|
5,346,209
|
||||||
Operating
expenses
|
||||||||
Selling
expenses
|
2,558,396
|
1,772,544
|
||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
3,986,539
|
29,137,160
|
||||||
Write
down of assets
|
987,379
|
-
|
||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
7,532,314
|
30,909,704
|
||||||
Income
(loss) from operations
|
(7,127,079
|
)
|
(25,563,495
|
)
|
||||
Non-operating
income (expense):
|
||||||||
Other
income (expense), net
|
10,340
|
(69,519
|
)
|
|||||
Interest
income
|
155,936
|
348,113
|
||||||
Interest
expense
|
-
|
(4,318
|
)
|
|||||
Total
non-operating income (expense)
|
166,276
|
274,276
|
||||||
Loss
before provision for income taxes
|
(6,960,803
|
)
|
(25,289,219
|
)
|
||||
Provision
(benefit) for income taxes
|
(41,766
|
)
|
38,173
|
|||||
Net
loss
|
(6,919,037
|
)
|
(25,327,392
|
)
|
||||
Other
comprehensive income (loss)
|
||||||||
Foreign
currency translation gain
|
2,968,882
|
3,349,735
|
||||||
Unrealized
gain (loss) on marketable equity security
|
(8,048,695
|
)
|
7,739,130
|
|||||
Comprehensive
loss
|
$
|
(11,998,850
|
)
|
$
|
(14,238,527
|
)
|
||
Weighted
average shares outstanding :
|
||||||||
Basic
|
18,474,388
|
18,310,250
|
||||||
Diluted
|
18,474,388
|
18,310,250
|
||||||
Loss
per share:
|
||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
(0.37
|
)
|
$
|
(1.38
|
)
|
||
Diluted
|
$
|
(0.37
|
)
|
$
|
(1.38
|
)
|
Retained
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional
|
Other
|
Earnings/
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock
|
Paid
|
Comprehensive
|
Statutory
|
(Accumulated
|
Stockholders'
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
in
Capital
|
Income
|
Reserve
|
Deficit)
|
Equity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2006
|
18,310,250
|
$
|
1,831
|
$
|
33,860,062
|
$
|
5,431,910
|
$
|
4,314,488
|
$
|
24,218,027
|
$
|
67,826,318
|
|||||||||||||||
Change
in foreign currency translation gain
|
3,349,735
|
3,349,735
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in unrealized gain on marketable equity security
|
7,739,130
|
7,739,130
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(25,327,392
|
)
|
(25,327,392
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transfer
to statutory reserve
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
18,310,250
|
1,831
|
33,860,062
|
16,520,775
|
4,314,488
|
(1,109,365
|
)
|
53,587,791
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in foreign currency translation gain
|
2,968,882
|
2,968,882
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in unrealized gain on marketable equity security
|
(8,048,695
|
)
|
(8,048,695
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of 400,000 common stock for consulting services
|
400,000
|
40
|
59,960
|
60,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value
of warrants issued for consulting services
|
25,800
|
25,800
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(6,919,037
|
)
|
(6,919,037
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transfer
to statutory reserve
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2008
|
18,710,250
|
$
|
1,871
|
$
|
33,945,822
|
$
|
11,440,962
|
$
|
4,314,488
|
$
|
(8,028,402
|
)
|
$
|
41,674,741
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(6,919,037
|
)
|
$
|
(25,327,392
|
)
|
||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash
|
||||||||
provided
by (used in) operating activities:
|
||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
519,370
|
478,027
|
||||||
Allowance
for (recovery of )bad debts
|
(1,879,558
|
)
|
23,777,908
|
|||||
Write
down of assets
|
2,612,257
|
-
|
||||||
Common
stock issued for services
|
60,000
|
-
|
||||||
Value
of warrants issued for services
|
25,800
|
-
|
||||||
(Increase)
/ decrease in assets:
|
||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
(1,468,913
|
)
|
(4,965,277
|
)
|
||||
Other
receivable
|
2,041,625
|
(1,596,224
|
)
|
|||||
Inventory
|
(2,968,248
|
)
|
711,601
|
|||||
Deposits
|
-
|
(100,501
|
)
|
|||||
Advances
to suppliers
|
10,242,896
|
3,656,973
|
||||||
Prepaid
expense
|
4,442,283
|
(4,566,786
|
)
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
95,574
|
-
|
||||||
Increase
/ (decrease) in current liabilities:
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
(512,590
|
)
|
144,607
|
|||||
Other
payable
|
(129,760
|
)
|
(145,661
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
6,161,699
|
(7,932,725
|
)
|
|||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||
Acquisition
of property and equipment
|
(64,871
|
)
|
(94,607
|
)
|
||||
Additions
to construction in progress
|
(9,117,104
|
)
|
(3,648,750
|
)
|
||||
Acquisiton
of intangible assets
|
(306,981
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Repayment
of loans receivable
|
2,564,932
|
-
|
||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(6,924,024
|
)
|
(3,743,357
|
)
|
||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
235,635
|
469,161
|
||||||
NET
DECREASE IN CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
(526,690
|
)
|
(11,206,921
|
)
|
||||
CASH
& CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD
|
617,406
|
11,824,327
|
||||||
CASH
& CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD
|
$
|
90,716
|
$
|
617,406
|
||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
|
||||||||
Interest
paid
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||
Income
taxes paid
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||
Transfer
of land rights from other assets to intangible assets
|
$
|
2,696,003
|
$
|
-
|
||||
Receivables
exchanged for investment interest in Chinese company
|
$
|
3,291,264
|
$
|
-
|
Operating
equipment
|
10
years
|
Vehicles
|
8
years
|
Office
equipment
|
5
years
|
Buildings
|
30
years
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Operating
equipment
|
$
|
1,112,855
|
$
|
1,025,862
|
||||
Vehicles
|
760,694
|
722,360
|
||||||
Office
equipment
|
87,552
|
81,671
|
||||||
Buildings
|
5,120,667
|
4,735,665
|
||||||
7,081,768
|
6,565,558
|
|||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
(1,708,536
|
)
|
(1,259,304
|
)
|
||||
$
|
5,373,232
|
$
|
5,306,254
|
·
|
Level
1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for
identical assets or liabilities in active
markets.
|
·
|
Level
2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar
assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable
for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for
substantially the full term of the financial
instrument.
|
·
|
Level
3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to
the fair value measurement.
|
Description
|
Level
1
|
Level
2
|
Level
3
|
|||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||
Marketable
securities
|
$
|
6,191,304
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
For
the Years End December 31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Compound
fertilizer
|
$
|
7,435,718
|
$
|
5,882,663
|
||||
Liquid
fertilizer
|
94,084
|
4,225,933
|
||||||
Pesticide
|
64,656
|
1,999,983
|
||||||
$
|
7,594,458
|
$
|
12,108,579
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||||||||||
Per
Share
|
Per
Share
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
|||||||||||||
Basic earnings
per share
|
18,474,338
|
$
|
(0.37
|
)
|
18,310,250
|
$
|
(1.38
|
)
|
||||||||
Effect
of dilutive stock options
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Diluted
earnings per share
|
18,474,338
|
$
|
(0.37
|
)
|
18,310,250
|
$
|
(1.38
|
)
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Raw
Material
|
$
|
1,290,591
|
$
|
425,542
|
||||
Packaging
|
100,926
|
250,018
|
||||||
Finished
Goods
|
1,237,761
|
691,730
|
||||||
Consumables
|
—
|
336
|
||||||
2,629,278
|
1,367,626
|
|||||||
Less
: Obsolescence Reserve
|
—
|
(188,178
|
)
|
|||||
Net
Inventory
|
$
|
2,629,278
|
$
|
1,179,448
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Rights
to use land
|
$
|
5,061,427
|
$
|
1,873,929
|
||||
Fertilizers
proprietary technology rights
|
1,173,600
|
1,096,704
|
||||||
6,235,027
|
2,970,633
|
|||||||
Less
Accumulated amortization
|
(1,141,954
|
)
|
(919,981
|
)
|
||||
$
|
5,093,073
|
$
|
2,050,652
|
Options
outstanding
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
|
||||||||||
Outstanding,
December 31, 2006
|
136,000
|
$
|
5.39
|
$
|
50,000
|
|||||||
Granted
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Forfeited
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Outstanding,
December 31, 2007
|
136,000
|
$
|
5.39
|
$
|
0
|
|||||||
Granted
|
400,000
|
0.70
|
||||||||||
Forfeited
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Outstanding,
December 31, 2008
|
536,000
|
$
|
1.89
|
$
|
0
|
Outstanding
Options
|
Exercisable
Options
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
Price
|
Number
|
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
|
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Number
|
Average
Exercise
Price
|
|||||||||||||||||
$ |
5.00
|
100,000
|
0.68
|
$ |
5.00
|
100,000
|
$ |
5.00
|
||||||||||||||
$ |
5.80
|
10,000
|
1.25
|
$ |
5.80
|
10,000
|
$ |
5.80
|
||||||||||||||
$ |
6.72
|
26,000
|
2.00
|
$ |
6.72
|
26,000
|
$ |
6.72
|
||||||||||||||
$ |
0.70
|
400,000
|
2.25
|
$ |
0.70
|
400,000
|
$ |
0.70
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
2.05
|
%
|
||
Expected
life of the options
|
2.5
years
|
|||
Expected
volatility
|
128
|
%
|
||
Expected
dividend yield
|
0
|
%
|
i.
|
Making
up cumulative prior years’ losses, if
any;
|
ii.
|
Allocations
to the “Statutory surplus reserve” of at least 10% of income after tax, as
determined under PRC accounting rules and regulations, until the fund
amounts to 50% of the Company’s registered
capital;
|
iii.
|
Allocations
of 5-10% of income after tax, as determined under PRC accounting rules and
regulations, to the Company’s “Statutory common welfare fund,” which is
established for the purpose of providing employee facilities and other
collective benefits to the Company’s employees;
and
|
iv.
|
Allocations
to the discretionary surplus reserve, if approved in the stockholders’
general meeting.
|