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Prepayments and other current assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Prepayments and other current assets

Prepayment and other current assets mainly represent deposits for purchases and services, rental and utilities deposits, and prepaid expenses.

		December 31,
		2019				2018
		US$’000				US$’000
Deposits paid			344				259
Prepayments			151				59
Other receivables			251				156
Other tax recoverable			2				73
			748				547

ZHEJIANG TIANLAN

Prepayments and other current assets

Prepayments and other current assets mainly represent deposits for bidding projects, purchases, services and finance leases and prepaid expenses.

		December 31,
		2019				2018
		RMB’000				RMB’000
Prepayments			19,962				18,702
Other receivables			13,988				8,791
Deposits for finance leases			17,512				-
Other current assets			1,397				1,485
			52,859				28,978

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the amounts paid in advance for capitalized costs that will be expensed with the passage of time or the occurrence of a triggering event, and will be charged against earnings within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer; the aggregate carrying amount of current assets, not separately presented elsewhere in the balance sheet; and other deferred costs.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.17)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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