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Loans Payable (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Loans Payable [Abstract]  
Short-Term Bank Loans

 

          September 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China     (a)     $ -     $ 2,046,503  
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China     (b)       790,326       787,116  
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China     (c)       1,975,816       -  
Bank of Hebei     (d)       1,580,653       -  
Total short-term bank loans           $ 4,346,795     $ 2,833,619  

 

(a) On March 16, 2011, the Company obtained from the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China an accounts receivable factoring facility with a maximum credit limit of $2,046,503 as of December 31, 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 expired on February 27, 2012 and carried 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. The company paid off the balance of the factoring facility on February 24, 2012.

 

(b)

On August 18, 2011, the Company obtained from the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China an accounts receivable factoring facility with a maximum credit limit of $787,116 as of December 31, 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 expired on August 15, 2012 and carried an interest rate of 8.528% per annum. The Company paid off the 2011 factoring outstanding balance on August 15, 2012 and subsequently refinanced with the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China on September 4, 2012 under similar terms, except carries an interest rate of 6.6% per annum. The unpaid balance of the factoring facility was $790,326 as of September 30, 2012. This new factoring facility will expire on August 28, 2013.

 

(c) On March 13, 2012, the Company obtained from the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China another accounts receivable factoring facility with a maximum credit limit of $1,975,816 as of September 30, 2012. 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 January 4, 2013 and carries an interest rate of 8.856% per annum as of September 30, 2012, or 3.5% plus the prime rate for the loan set forth by the People's Bank of China at the time of funding.
   
(d) On September 19, 2012, the Company obtained from the Bank of Hebei a new banking facility with maximum credit limit on bank loans of $1,580,653 and on notes payable of $1,580,653, respectively. The facility is guaranteed by an independent third party. On the same day, the Company drew down from this banking facility a new working capital loan of $1,580,653 as of September 30, 2012. The loan bears interest at the rate of 6.6% per annum. Both the term of the banking facility and loan are for one year and expire on September 19, 2013.