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Loans Payable
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Loans Payable
(7) Loans Payable

Short-term bank loans
       
June 30,
2011
   
December 31,
2010
 
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
 
(a)
  $ -     $ 1,966,182  
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
 
(b)
    928,361       907,468  
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
 
(c)
    2,011,450       -  
Total short-term bank loans
      $ 2,939,811     $ 2,873,650  

(a)
During year 2009 and up to May 2010, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China provided two loans, which were secured by certain manufacturing equipment of the Company.  The Company paid off one of the loans in May 2010.  The remaining loan balance was in the amount of $1,966,182 as of December 31, 2010.  The interest was payable monthly at the fixed rate of 5.841% per annum for the remaining loan, which was due and paid off at maturity on January 11, 2011.

(b)
On July 28, 2010, the Company obtained from the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China a new accounts receivable factoring facility with a maximum credit limit of $928,361 as of June 30, 2011 and $907,468 as of December 31, 2010. Under the factoring agreement, the bank has recourse against the Company if the receivables, which remain in the Company’s books at all times, are not fully collected.  The term of the factoring facility expired on July 18, 2011 and carried an interest rate of 5.31% per annum.  See Note (19), Subsequent Events, for information of payoff of the factoring facility in July 2011.
 
 
(c)
On March 16, 2011, the Company obtained from the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China another accounts receivable factoring facility with a maximum credit limit of $2,011,450 as of June 30, 2011. Under the factoring agreement, the bank has recourse against the Company if the receivables, which remain in the Company’s books at all times, are not fully collected.  The term of the factoring facility expires on February 27, 2012 and carries an interest rate of 6.4236% per annum, which is 106% of the prime rate for the loan set forth by the People’s Bank of China at the time of funding.

As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, short-term borrowing were comprised of secured bank loans of $2,939,811 and $2,873,650, respectively, and no unsecured bank loans. The factoring facility was secured by essentially all of the Company’s accounts receivable in the amount of $3,830,874 and $1,064,187 as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, while the secured loan was secured by the Company’s manufacturing equipment of $10,573,729 and $4,928,033 as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 respectively.

As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had no credit facility with the banks. The average short-term borrowing rates for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 were approximately 5.85% and 5.81%, respectively.

Long-term loan from credit union

As of December 31, 2010, loan payable to Rural Credit Cooperative of Xushui County, amounted to $2,008,530. The loan is guaranteed by an unrelated third party company. The entire principal is due and payable at maturity on September 16, 2011 and thus the entire principal amount was reclassified as current portion of long-term loan and recorded under current liabilities as of December 31, 2010. Interest is paid monthly at the rate of 0.774% per month.

On March 31, 2011 the Company prepaid the entire principal and accrued interest of the Rural Credit Cooperative of Xushui County loan and entered into a new three-year term loan agreement with the Xushui County Rural Credit Union for $1,524,060.  The new loan is guaranteed by an independent third party.  Interest payment is due quarterly and bears the rate of 0.72% per month.

On June 10, 2011 the Company entered into a new term loan agreement with the Xushui County Rural Credit Union for $4,069,318.  The new loan is guaranteed by an independent third party and will mature on June 9, 2013.  Interest payment is due quarterly and bears the rate of 0.72% per month.

Total interest expenses for the short-term bank loans and long-term loan for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 was $73,504 and $138,421, respectively.For the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, the interest expenses for the short-term bank loans and long term loan were $141,190 and $222,217, respectively.


 
Future maturities of short term and long term loans payable were as follows as of June 30, 2011:

June 30,
 
Amount
 
2012
  $ 2,939,811  
2013
    4,069,318  
2014
    1,524,060  
      8,533,189