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3. PREPAID LAND LEASES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
3. PREPAID LAND LEASES

The Company prepaid for land leases with lease terms for periods ranging from one to fifty years to use the land on which the production facilities and warehouses of the Company are situated. The prepaid land lease is amortized on a straight line basis.

 

During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, amortization of prepaid land leases totaled $107,461 and $131,544, respectively, which amounts were recorded as cost of net revenue. 

 

The Company has the rights to use certain parcels of land located in Shouguang, the PRC, through lease agreements signed with local townships or the government authority. For parcels of land that are collectively owned by local townships, the Company cannot obtain land use rights certificates. The parcels of land of which the Company cannot obtain land use rights certificates covers a total of approximately 54.97 square kilometers of aggregate carrying value of $858,871 and approximately 54.97 square kilometers of aggregate carrying value of $620,978 as at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.