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Related Party Transactions and Balances
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions and Balances

Note 12 — Related party transactions and balances

Sales/ Purchase from a related party – consisted of the following:

    

    

Nature of

    

For the Year Ended December 31, 

Name of Related Party

Relationship

transactions

2023

2022

USD

USD

Focal Capital Holding Limited

An entity under common control

Purchase

$

7,003,714

$

9,850,083

Foremost Worldwide Co., Ltd

 

An entity under common control

 

Purchase

2,308,468

5,812,457

F.P.Z. FURNITURE (CAMBODIA) CO., LTD

An entity under common control

Purchase

575,061

Foremost Australasia Pty Ltd

An entity under common control

 

Purchase

409,777

RIZHAO FOREMOST WOODWORK MANUFACTURING CO. LTD

An entity under common control

 

Purchase

16,026

$

10,313,046

$

15,662,540

 

    

    

Nature of

For the Year Ended December 31, 

Name of Related Party

Relationship

transactions

2023

2022

USD

USD

Foremost Worldwide Co., Ltd

 

An entity under common control

 

Sales

$

$

593,578

$

$

593,578

 

The ending balance of such transactions as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, are listed of the following:

Prepayments — related parties

As of

As of

    

December 31, 

    

December 31, 

Name of Related Party

2023

2022

USD

USD

Focal Capital Holding Limited

$

6,658,498

$

3,806,873

Rizhao Foremost Woodwork Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

9,181

$

6,667,679

$

3,806,873

 

Accounts Payables — related parties

As of

As of

    

December 31, 

    

December 31, 

Name of Related Party

2023

2022

USD

USD

Foremost Worldwide Co., Ltd

 

$

735,308

$

104,442

$

735,308

$

104,442

 

Shared Service and Miscellaneous expenses – related party

 FGI Industries, Inc. is party to the FHI Shared Services Agreement with FHI. Total amounts provided to FHI under the FHI Share Services Agreement for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 were $821,864 and $1,122,996, respectively, which were booked under selling and distribution expenses and administration expenses.

FGI is party to the Worldwide Shared Services Agreement with Foremost Worldwide. Total amounts provided from Foremost Worldwide under the Worldwide Shared Services Agreement for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 were $304,103 and $126,745, respectively.

The ending balance as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, are listed of the following:

As of

As of

    

    

Nature of

    

December 31, 

    

December 31, 

Name of Related Party

Relationship

transactions

2023

2022

USD

USD

Foremost Home Inc. (“FHI”)

An entity under common control

Shared services and Miscellaneous
expenses

1,183,612

1,879,249

Foremost Worldwide Co., Ltd

An entity under common control

Shared services and Miscellaneous
expenses

(251,008)

(42,473)

$

932,604

$

1,836,776

 

Property purchase related party

In July 2022, FGI entered into a property purchase agreement with a common control related party to purchase a building and sub-lease the land use right with an initial term of 50 years in amount of $1,963,521. As building and sub-lease the land use right were recorded at historic cost in amount of $946,066 and $519,450, respectively. The excess payment over carrying value $498,005 was recorded under shareholders equity statement. 

Loan guarantee by a related party

Liang Chou Chen holds approximately 49.89% of the voting control of Foremost, the Company’s majority shareholder and guarantor of the loan obtained by FGI Industries from East West Bank under the Credit Agreement. See Note 8 for details.