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Risk factors and Derivative Instruments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Risk factors and Derivative Instruments | Financial risk factors The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: credit risk and foreign exchange rate risk. (i) Credit risk The Group has no significant concentration of credit risk, cash in banks in Hong Kong is insured under the Hong Deposit Protection Board with limit of approximately US$64,000 per bank per each depositor. Far East hold uninsured balance of approximately US$187,000 (2016: approximately US$335,000) in banks in Hong Kong. The Group has policies in place to ensure that sales of products are made to customers with an appropriate credit history. The Group has policies that limit the amount of credit exposure to any customers. Cash transactions are limited to hight credit quality banks. There is no policy for requiring collateral for the credit risk of financial instruments by the Group (2016: Nil). (ii) Foreign exchange rate risk The Group operates in Hong Kong, the PRC and trades with both local and overseas customers, and suppliers and is exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from various currency exposures, primarily with respect to purchases in Hong Kong dollar, Renminbi and Euro. Foreign exchange risk arises from committed and unmatched future commercial transactions, such as confirmed import purchase orders and sales orders, recognised assets and liabilities, and net investment in the PRC operations.
ZHEJIANG TIANLAN |
Risk factors and Derivative Instruments | The Group’s activities expose itself mainly to credit risk. The Group has no significant concentration of credit risk. The Group has policies in place to ensure that sales of products are made to customers with an appropriate credit history. The Group has policies that limit the amount of credit exposure to any customers.
ZHEJIANG JIAHUAN |
Risk factors and Derivative Instruments | The Group’s activities expose it mainly to credit risk. The Group has no significant concentration of credit risk. The Group has policies in place to ensure that sales of products are made to customers with an appropriate credit history. The Group has policies that limit the amount of credit exposure to any customers. Cash in banks is not insured in PRC. There is no policy for requiring collateral for the credit risk of financial instruments by the Group. (2016: Nil).

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- Definition The entire disclosure for derivative instruments and hedging activities including, but not limited to, risk management strategies, non-hedging derivative instruments, assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and methodologies and assumptions used in determining the amounts. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2229140 + Details
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