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Lines of Credit

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Lines of Credit and Construction Loan Facility [Abstract]

NOTE 8 –LINES OF CREDIT

On December 21, 2022 the Company entered into a new line of credit for an aggregate amount of RMB 7,300,000 (approximately $1.0 million) with interest payable monthly at a rate of 3.9% with Bank of Communications. The Company received an advance on the line of credit in the amount of RMB 3,800,000 (approximately $0.56 million) on December 30, 2022. On February 24, 2023 the Company received an advance on the line in the amount of RMB 3,500,000 (approximately $0.51 million). The Company has no further availability on this line of credit. The line of credit was paid in full on December 15, 2023, five days before the due date of December 20, 2023. On December 20, 2023, the Company received a new line of credit in the amount of RMB 3,800,000 and an interest rate of 3.9% and is due December 15, 2024. In addition, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board personally guaranteed the new line of credit and pledged personal assets as collateral for the loan. Total interest expense under this facility for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 was $9,064 and $6,254, respectively. On February 2, 2024 the Company repaid RMB 3,500,000 under this line of credit. On February 22, 2024 the Company entered into a new agreement on identical terms and received an advance on the line in the amount of RMB 3,500,000 which is due of February 20, 2025.

On September 30, 2022 the Company received a line of credit for RMB 10,000,000 (approximately $1.54 million) with Bank of China. The loan bears interest at the rate of 3.45% and was due September 28, 2023. On September 22, 2023 the Company repaid this note in full. On September 25, 2023 the Company entered into a three-year revolving loan and received proceeds of RMB 10,000,000 (approximately $1.4 million). The interest rate for the loan is 3.35% for the first twelve months of the loan and adjusts based on the latest one-year loan market quotation rate less 10 basis points as published by the China National Interbank Funding Center on the working day prior to each twelve month anniversary of the loan. The loan is due on September 24, 2026. The loan is collateralized by the Company’s new production facility and the included production line equipment and machinery. In addition, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board personally guaranteed the new line of credit. Total interest paid on this loan was $11,922 and $12,596 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Principal payments required for the remaining terms of the loan facility and lines of credit as of March 31, 2024 are as follows:

Year	Lines of Credit
2025	$	1,028,894
2026		1,409,443
	$	2,438,337

Fair Value of Lines of Credit – Based on the borrowing rates currently available to the Company for bank loans with similar terms and maturities, the carrying amounts of the lines of credit outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 approximated their fair values because the underlying instruments bear an interest rate that approximates current market rates.