3. PREPAID LAND LEASE	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Prepaid Land Lease
3. PREPAID LAND LEASE	The Company has the rights to use certain parcels of land located in Shouguang, Shandong , PRC, through lease agreements signed with local townships or the government authority. The production facilities and warehouses of the Company are located on these parcels of land. The lease term ranges from ten to fifty years. Some of the lease contracts were paid in one lump sum upfront and some are paid annually at the beginning of each anniversary date. These leases have no purchase option at the end of the lease term and were classified as operating leases prior to and as of January 1, 2019 when the new lease standard was adopted. Prior to January 2019, the prepaid land lease was amortized on a straight line basis. As of January 1, 2019, all the leases in which term has commenced and were in use were classified as operating lease right-of-use assets (“ROU”). See Note 6. In December 2017, the Company paid a one lump sum upfront amount of $9,115,276 for a 50-year lease of a parcel of land at Bohai Marine Fine Chemical Industrial Park (“Bohai”) for the new chemical factory to be built. There is no purchase option at the end of the lease term. This was classified as an operating lease prior to and as of January 1, 2019. The land use certificate was issued on October 25, 2019. The lease term expires on August 12, 2069. As of December 31, 2019, the construction of the chemical factory has not commenced. The amount paid was recorded as prepaid land leases, net of current portion in the consolidated balance sheet as of Dec 31, 2019 and 2018. No amortization of this prepaid land lease was recorded as of December 31, 2019. Amortization will commence when the factory is completed and placed in service. During the year ended December 31, 2018, amortization of prepaid land leases totaled $761,713, which amounts were recorded as direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown. 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 cover a total of approximately 38.6 square kilometers with an aggregate carrying value in prepaid land lease of $599,747 as at December 31, 2018.

3. PREPAID LAND LEASE

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

The Company has the rights to use certain parcels of land located in Shouguang, Shandong , PRC, through lease agreements signed with local townships or the government authority. The production facilities and warehouses of the Company are located on these parcels of land. The lease term ranges from ten to fifty years. Some of the lease contracts were paid in one lump sum upfront and some are paid annually at the beginning of each anniversary date. These leases have no purchase option at the end of the lease term and were classified as operating leases prior to and as of January 1, 2019 when the new lease standard was adopted. Prior to January 2019, the prepaid land lease was amortized on a straight line basis. As of January 1, 2019, all the leases in which term has commenced and were in use were classified as operating lease right-of-use assets (“ROU”). See Note 6.

In December 2017, the Company paid a one lump sum upfront amount of $9,115,276 for a 50-year lease of a parcel of land at Bohai Marine Fine Chemical Industrial Park (“Bohai”) for the new chemical factory to be built. There is no purchase option at the end of the lease term. This was classified as an operating lease prior to and as of January 1, 2019. The land use certificate was issued on October 25, 2019. The lease term expires on August 12, 2069. As of December 31, 2019, the construction of the chemical factory has not commenced. The amount paid was recorded as prepaid land leases, net of current portion in the consolidated balance sheet as of Dec 31, 2019 and 2018. No amortization of this prepaid land lease was recorded as of December 31, 2019. Amortization will commence when the factory is completed and placed in service.

During the year ended December 31, 2018, amortization of prepaid land leases totaled $761,713, which amounts were recorded as direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown.

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 cover a total of approximately 38.6 square kilometers with an aggregate carrying value in prepaid land lease of $599,747 as at December 31, 2018.