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Commitments and Contingencies | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract] |
Commitments and Contingencies | (17) Commitments and Contingencies Xushui Land Lease The Company leases 32.95 acres of land from a local government in Xushui District, Baoding City, Hebei, China through a real estate lease with a 30-year term, which expires on December 31, 2031. The lease requires an annual rental payment of approximately $16,694 (RMB120,000). This lease is renewable at the end of the 30-year term.
December 31, |  | Amount |
2025 |  |  | 16,694 |
2026 |  |  | 16,694 |
2027 |  |  | 16,694 |
2028 |  |  | 16,694 |
2029 |  |  | 16,694 |
Thereafter |  |  | 33,387 |
Total operating lease payments |  | $ | 116,857 |
Sale of Headquarters Compound Real Properties On August 7, 2013, the Company’s Audit Committee and the Board of Directors approved the sale of the land use right of the Headquarters Compound (the “LUR”), the office building and essentially all industrial-use buildings in the Headquarters Compound (the “Industrial Buildings”), and three employee dormitory buildings located within the Headquarters Compound (the “Dormitories”) to Hebei Fangsheng for cash prices of approximately $2.77 million, $1.15 million, and $4.31 million respectively. Sales of the LUR and the Industrial Buildings were completed in year 2013. In connection with the sale of the Industrial Buildings, Hebei Fangsheng agreed to lease the Industrial Buildings back to the Company for its original use with an annual rental payment of approximately $139,113 (RMB1,000,000). The lease was recorded in lease assets and liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. Capital commitment As of December 31, 2024, the Company has entered into several contracts for the purchase of paper machine of a new tissue paper production line PM10 and the improvement of Industrial Buildings. Total outstanding commitments under these contracts were $3,436,091 and $3,499,936 as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company expected to pay off all the balances within 1-3 years. Guarantees and Indemnities The Company agreed with Baoding Huanrun Trading Co., a major supplier of raw materials, to guarantee certain obligations of this third party, and as of December 31, 2024, and 2023, the Company guaranteed its long-term loan from financial institutions amounting to $4,312,503 (RMB31,000,000) and $4,376,862 (RMB31,000,000), respectively, that matured at various times in 2028. If Huanrun Trading Co., were to become insolvent, the Company could be materially adversely affected. Pending legal proceeding of Jie Ping In November 2023, an individual plaintiff involved in a civil loan dispute filed a lawsuit against the defendants including Tengsheng Paper and Jie Ping, who served as the executive director and the legal representative of Tengsheng Paper, at the Lianchi District People’s Court of Baoding City, China. On December 1, 2023, the plaintiff sought property preservation measures, requesting the PRC Court to freeze RMB3.35 million worth of bank deposits held by Jie Ping and Tengsheng Paper. Following this request, on the same day, the PRC Court issued a ruling to immediately freeze the RMB3.35 million worth of bank deposits of Jie Ping and Tengsheng Paper. On June 14, 2024, the PRC Court ordered the defendants to repay the principal of the loan in the amount of RMB3,320,000 to the plaintiff, and Tengsheng Paper was jointly liable for repayment. Accrued litigation costs of $461,855 was recorded as current liabilities of consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024.

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