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Prepayments and other current assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

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,
		2020				2019
		US$’000				US$’000
Deposits paid			838				344
Prepayments			168				151
Other receivables			250				251
Other tax recoverable			258				2
			1,514				748

ZHEJIANG TIANLAN

Prepayments and other current assets

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

		December 31,
		2020				2019
		RMB’000				RMB’000
Prepayments			16,632				19,962
Other receivables			10,448				13,988
Deposits for finance leases			-				17,512
Other current assets			1,307				1,397
			28,387				52,859

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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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-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=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682

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