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Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2009 September (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
 
x
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009
 
o
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ____________ to ____________
 
Commission file number:  0-28806
 
Ever-Glory International Group Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Florida
 
65-0420146
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
100 N. Barranca Ave. #810
West Covina, California 91791
 (Address of principal executive offices)
 
(626) 859-6638
 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes ¨    Nox

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   No  ¨    Yes  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. ¨
 
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller reporting company
x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes  ¨  No x
As of November  8, 2009, 13,560,240 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value, were issued and outstanding.
 
 
 

 

 
EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
FORM 10-Q

INDEX
 
 
Page
Number
   
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
3
   
PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
4
     
Item 1.
Financial Statements
4
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2009 (unaudited) and December 31, 2008
4
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 (unaudited)
5
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 (unaudited)
6
     
 
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
7
     
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
19
     
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
36
     
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
36
     
PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION
37
     
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
37
     
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
37
     
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
37
     
Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
37
     
Item 4.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
37
     
Item 5.
Other Information
37
     
Item 6.
Exhibits
38
     
SIGNATURES
38
 
 
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Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
 
Statements contained in this Quaterly Report on Form 10-Q, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements, as the term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements, whether expressed or implied, are subject to risks and uncertainties which can cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated, due to a number of factors, which include, but are not limited to:
 
 
·
 Competition within our industry;
 
·
Seasonality of our sales;
 
·
Success of our investments in new product development;
 
·
Our plans to open new retail stores;
 
·
Success of our acquired businesses;
 
·
Our relationships with our major customers;
 
·
The popularity of our products;
 
·
Relationships with suppliers and cost of supplies;
 
·
Financial and economic conditions in Asia, Japan, Europe and the U.S.;
 
·
Anticipated effective tax rates in future years;
 
·
Regulatory requirements affecting our business;
 
·
Currency exchange rate fluctuations;
 
·
Our future financing needs; and
 
·
Our ability to attract additional investment capital on attractive terms.
 
Forward-looking statements also include the assumptions underlying or relating to any of the foregoing or other such statements. When used in this report, the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “continue,” and similar expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements.
 
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s opinions only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements. Readers should carefully review the factors described in the following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation in this Form 10-Q in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and other documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘SEC’).

 
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PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
ITEM 1.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
 
EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 (UNAUDITED) AND DECEMBER 31, 2008

   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
   
(unaudited)
       
             
ASSETS
 
             
CURRENT ASSETS
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 3,561,116     $ 1,445,363  
Accounts receivable
    14,590,133       9,485,338  
Inventories
    7,232,455       3,735,227  
Value added  tax receivable
    802,120       -  
Other receivables and prepaid expenses
    480,667       945,191  
Advances on inventory purchases
    381,850       288,256  
Amounts due from related party
    10,475,672       11,565,574  
Total Current Assets
    37,524,013       27,464,949  
                 
LAND USE RIGHT, NET
    2,805,175       2,854,508  
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
    12,574,798       12,494,452  
INVESTMENT AT COST
    1,467,000       1,467,000  
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 54,370,986     $ 44,280,909  
                 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
 
                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
Bank loans
  $ 5,398,560     $ 6,542,820  
Loan from related party -short term
    500,000          
Accounts payable
    9,682,539       3,620,543  
Accounts payable and other payables- related parties
    739,437       754,589  
Other payables and accrued liabilities
    1,943,983       1,683,977  
Value added and other taxes payable
    371,655       368,807  
Income tax payable
    118,921       257,946  
Deferred tax liabilities
    304,670       80,009  
Total Current Liabilities
    19,059,765       13,308,691  
                 
                 
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
               
Loan from related party
    2,247,879       2,660,085  
TOTAL LIABILITIES
    21,307,644       15,968,776  
                 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
               
                 
EQUITY
               
Stockholders' equity of the Company
               
Preferred stock ($.001 par value, authorized 5,000,000 shares,
               
no shares issued and outstanding)
    -       -  
Common stock ($.001 par value, authorized 50,000,000 shares,
               
13,560,240 and 12,373,567 shares issued and outstanding
               
as of September 30,2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively)
    13,560       12,374  
Additional paid-in capital
    4,592,971       4,549,004  
Retained earnings
    20,541,793       15,807,539  
Statutory reserve
    3,437,379       3,437,379  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    3,919,913       3,956,860  
Total Stockholders' Equity of the Company
    32,505,616       27,763,156  
Noncontrolling interest
    557,726       548,977  
Total Equity
    33,063,342       28,312,133  
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
  $ 54,370,986     $ 44,280,909  

 
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EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 AND 2008 (UNAUDITED)

   
Three months ended
   
Nine months ended
 
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
                         
NET SALES
                       
Related parties
  $ 66,221     $ 17,582     $ 75,572     $ 510,145  
Third parties
    24,870,500       31,867,994       66,494,465       75,191,036  
Total net sales
    24,936,721       31,885,576       66,570,037       75,701,181  
                                 
COST OF SALES
                               
Related parties
    38,281       10,989       47,294       472,373  
Third parties
    20,264,735       27,284,216       52,667,322       62,563,564  
Total cost of sales
    20,303,016       27,295,205       52,714,616       63,035,937  
                                 
GROSS PROFIT
    4,633,705       4,590,371       13,855,421       12,665,244  
                                 
OPERATING EXPENSES
                               
Selling expenses
    1,097,840       563,971       2,903,655       1,210,063  
General and administrative expenses
    1,562,382       1,683,713       5,707,786       4,918,696  
Total Operating Expenses
    2,660,222       2,247,684       8,611,441       6,128,759  
                                 
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS
    1,973,483       2,342,687       5,243,980       6,536,485  
                                 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES)
                               
Interest income
    180,089       41,052       445,117       121,616  
Interest expense
    (94,016 )     (1,468,592 )     (332,900 )     (2,677,546 )
Other income
    269       571       45,252       53,656  
Total Other Income (Expenses)
    86,342       (1,426,969 )     157,469       (2,502,274 )
                                 
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE
    2,059,825       915,718       5,401,449       4,034,211  
                                 
INCOME TAX EXPENSE
    (130,479 )     (273,203 )     (692,206 )     (841,850 )
                                 
NET INCOME
    1,929,346       642,515       4,709,243       3,192,361  
                                 
ADD: NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE NONCONTROLING INTEREST
    7,552       4,666       25,011       1,417  
                                 
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE COMPANY
  $ 1,936,898     $ 647,181     $ 4,734,254     $ 3,193,778  
                                 
NET INCOME
  $ 1,929,346     $ 642,515     $ 4,709,243     $ 3,192,361  
                                 
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)
    46,364       107,468       (36,947 )     1,818,706  
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
    1,975,710       749,983       4,672,296       5,011,067  
                                 
COMPREHENSIVE (INCOME) LOSS  ATTRIBUTABLE TO
                               
THE NONCONTROLING INTEREST
    (6,752 )     34,441       8,749       11,419  
                                 
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO
                               
THE COMPANY
  $ 1,968,958     $ 784,424     $ 4,681,045     $ 5,022,486  
                                 
NET INCOME PER SHARE
                               
Attributable to the Company's common stockholders
                               
Basic
  $ 0.14     $ 0.05     $ 0.35     $ 0.27  
Diluted
  $ 0.14     $ 0.05     $ 0.35     $ 0.27  
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
                               
Basic
    13,558,326       11,914,825       13,546,116       11,692,604  
Diluted
    13,558,326       12,002,908       13,546,116       11,715,332  

 
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EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 AND 2008 (UNAUDITED)

   
2009
   
2008
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
           
Net income
  $ 4,709,243     $ 3,192,361  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    1,512,089       714,446  
Deferred income tax
    224,493          
Amortization of discount on convertible notes
            1,934,026  
Amortization of deferred financing costs
            318,196  
Stock issued for interest
            2,155  
Stock-based compensation
    22,181       12,855  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
               
Accounts receivable
    (5,100,967 )     (3,306,125 )
Accounts receivable - related parties
            153,420  
Inventories
    (3,494,605 )     (597,330 )
Value added  tax receivable
    (801,519 )        
Other receivables and prepaid expenses
    (123,094 )     (631,466 )
Other receivable - related parties
            (37,823 )
Advances on inventory purchases
    (93,524 )     (332,988 )
Amounts due from related party
    1,088,634       (4,059,141 )
Accounts payable
    6,057,452       4,325,070  
Accounts payable and other payables - related parties
    72,399       149,688  
Other payables and accrued liabilities
    259,657       435,963  
Value added and other taxes payable
    2,845       181,056  
Income tax payable
    (138,920 )     268,334  
Net cash provided by operating activities
    4,196,364       2,722,697  
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
Investment in La Chapelle
            (1,397,700 )
Purchase of property and equipment
    (984,346 )     (800,669 )
Proceeds from sale of equipment
    28,537       37,019  
Net cash used in investing activities
    (955,809 )     (2,161,350 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
Contribution from minority shareholders
            553,040  
Proceeds from bank loans
    11,991,062       11,354,904  
Repayment of bank loans
    (13,134,464 )     (10,695,402 )
Repayment of long term loan
            (1,844,164 )
Exercise of warrants
            219,635  
Net cash used in financing activities
    (1,143,402 )     (411,987 )
                 
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH
    18,600       91,449  
                 
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
    2,115,753       240,809  
                 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
    1,445,363       641,739  
                 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD
  $ 3,561,116     $ 882,548  
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
         
                 
Cash paid during the period for:
               
Interest expense
  $ 245,105     $ 295,562  
Income taxes
  $ 606,622     $ 573,557  

 
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EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 (UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1 BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. (the “Company”), together with its subsidiaries, is an apparel manufacturer, supplier and retailer in China, with wholesale and retail segments. The Company’s wholesale business consists of recognized brands for department and specialty stores located in Europe, Japan and the United States. The Company’s newly established retail business consists of 154 flagship stores and store-in-stores for the Company’s own-brand products located in 23 province in China. The Company’s wholesale operations are provided primarily through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Goldenway Nanjing Garments Co. Ltd. (“Goldenway”), Nanjing Catch-Luck Garments Co. Ltd. (“Catch-Luck”), Nanjing New-Tailun Garments Co. Ltd (“New-Tailun”) and Perfect Dream Limited (“Perfect-Dream”). The Company’s retail operations are provided through its 60%-owned subsidiary, Shanghai LA GO GO Fashion Company Limited (“LA GO GO”).

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, they have been condensed and do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be expected for the full fiscal year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. The Company has made certain reclassifications to the prior year’s condensed consolidated financial statements to conform to classifications in the current year. These reclassifications had no impact on previously reported results of operations.

Ever-Glory International Group Apparel Inc.(“Ever-Glory Apparel”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Goldenway, was incorporated in the PRC on January 6, 2009.  Goldenway invested approximately $735,000 (RMB 5.0 million) in cash. As of September 30, 2009, Goldenway has increased its investment to approximately $6,595,000 (RMB45.0 million). Ever-Glory Apparel is principally engaged in the import and export of apparel, fabric and accessories.

On March 23, 2009, Goldenway transfered all of its ownership interest in LA GO GO to Ever-Glory Apparel.

Ever-Glory International Group (HK) Ltd. (“Ever-Glory HK”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perfect-Dream, was incorporated in Samoa on September 15, 2009. Ever-Glory HK is principally engaged in the import and export of apparel, fabric and accessories.

NOTE 2 SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Financial Instruments

Management has estimated that the carrying amounts of non-related party financial instruments approximate their fair values due to their short-term maturities. The fair value of amounts due from (to) related parties is not practicable to estimate due to the related party nature of the underlying transactions.
 
Fair Value Accounting
 
Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”, previously FAS No.157, establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below:

 
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EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 (UNAUDITED)

 
Level 1      
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

 
Level 2      
Quoted prices in markets that are not active, or inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability;

 
Level 3      
Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).
 
At September 30, 2009, the Company’s financial assets consist of cash placed with financial institutions management considers to be of a high quality, which management considers to be a Level 1 measurement..
 
Effective January 1, 2008, the Company also adopted ASC 825-10 “Financial Instruments”, previously SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial LiabilitiesIncluding an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115”, which allows an entity to choose to measure certain financial instruments and liabilities at fair value on a contract-by-contract basis. Subsequent fair value measurement for the financial instruments and liabilities an entity chooses to measure will be recognized in earnings. As of September 30, 2009, the Company did not elect such option for its financial instruments and liabilities.
 
Foreign Currency Translation and Other Comprehensive Income

The reporting currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of Ever-Glory, Perfect Dream and Ever-Glory HK is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of Goldenway, New Tailun, Catch-luck, LA GO GO and Ever-Glory Apparel is the Chinese RMB.

For the subsidiaries whose functional currencies are the RMB, all assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate on the balance sheet date; stockholders’ equity is translated at the historical rates and items in the statement of operations are translated at the average rate for the period. Translation adjustments resulting from this process are included in accumulated other comprehensive income in the statement of stockholders’ equity. The resulting translation gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred and amounted to $3,062, $1,561, $72,094 and $289,539 for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 , respectively. Items in the cash flow statements are translated at the average exchange rate for the periods.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 Embedded Derivatives
(Included in ASC 815 “Derivatives and Hedging”, previously SFAS 133)
 
In June 2008, the FASB issued Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 07-5 “Determining whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) is indexed to an Entity’s Own Stock” (“EITF No. 07-5”). This Issue is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is not permitted. Paragraph 11(a) of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No 133 “Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 133”) specifies that a contract that would otherwise meet the definition of a derivative but is both (a) indexed to the Company’s own stock and (b) classified in stockholders’ equity in the statement of financial position would not be considered a derivative financial instrument. EITF No.07-5 provides a new two-step model to be applied in determining whether a financial instrument or an embedded feature is indexed to an issuer’s own stock and thus able to qualify for the SFAS 133 paragraph 11(a) scope exception. This standard triggers liability accounting on all options and warrants exercisable at strike prices denominated in any currency other than the functional currency of the operating entity in China (Renminbi). Adoption of EITF No. 07-5 did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 (UNAUDITED)
  
Business Combinations
(Included in ASC 805 “Business Combinations”, previously SFAS No. 141(R))

This ASC guidance revised SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations” and addresses the accounting and disclosure for identifiable assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and noncontrolling interests in a business combination. Adoption of this standard on January 1, 2009 did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements, as the Company did not enter into a business combination during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.

Noncontrolling Interests
(Included in ASC 810 “Consolidation”, previously SFAS No. 160 “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51)

SFAS 160 establishes accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. It clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial statements. The Company adopted SFAS 160 on January 1, 2009. As a result, the Company has reclassified financial statement line items within the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the prior period to conform to this standard.

Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments
(Included in ASC 825 “Financial Instruments”, previously FSP SFAS No. 107-1)

This guidance requires that the fair value disclosures required for all financial instruments within the scope of SFAS 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments”, be included in interim financial statements. This guidance also requires entities to disclose the method and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments on an interim and annual basis and to highlight any changes from prior periods. FSP 107-1 was effective for interim periods ending after September 15, 2009. The adoption of FSP 107-1 did not have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

Subsequent Events
(Included in ASC 855 “Subsequent Events”, previously SFAS No. 165)

SFAS No.165, “Subsequent Events” establishes accounting and disclosure requirements for subsequent events.  SFAS 165 details the period after the balance sheet date during which the Company should evaluate events or transactions that occur for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements, the circumstances under which the Company should recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements and the required disclosures for such events.  The Company adopted this statement and has evaluated all subsequent events through November 9, 2009.

FASB Accounting Standards Codification
(Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2009-1)

In June 2009, the FASB approved its Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification”) as the single source of authoritative United States accounting and reporting standards applicable for all non-governmental entities, with the exception of the SEC and its staff. The Codification is effective for interim or annual financial periods ending after September 15, 2009 and impacts the Company’s financial statements as all future references to authoritative accounting literature will be referenced in accordance with the Codification. There have been no changes to the content of the Company’s financial statements or disclosures as a result of implementing the Codification during the quarter ended September 30, 2009.
 
As a result of the Company’s implementation of the Codification during the quarter ended September 30, 2009, previous references to new accounting standards and literature are no longer applicable. In the current quarter financial statements, the Company will provide reference to both new and old guidance to assist in understanding the impact of recently adopted accounting literature, particularly for guidance adopted since the beginning of the current fiscal year but prior to the Codification.

 
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 (UNAUDITED)
 
NOTE 3 INVENTORIES

Inventories at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 consisted of the following:

   
2009
   
2008
 
Raw materials
  $ 874,029     $ 328,607  
Work-in-progress
    3,090,625       342,303  
Finished goods
    3,267,801       3,064,317  
Total inventories
  $ 7,232,455     $ 3,735,227  

NOTE 4 BANK LOANS

Bank loans represent amounts due to various banks and are due on demand or normally within one year. These loans generally can be renewed with the banks. As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, short-term bank loans consisted of the following:

   
2009
   
2008
 
Bank loan, interest rate at 0.4455% per month,
           
due December 31,2009
  $ 2,640,600        
Bank loan, interest rate at 0.4455% per month,
             
due January 14, 2010
    1,467,000        
Bank loan, interest rate at 0.4455% per month,
             
due March 11, 2010
    1,026,900        
Bank loan, interest rate at 0.4050% per month,
due November 24,2009
    264,060        
Bank loan, interest rate at 0.60225% per month,
             
paid in full, February 2009
          $ 5,809,320  
Bank loan, interest rate at 0.48825% per month,
               
paid in full, April 2009
            733,500  
Total bank loans
  $ 5,398,560     $ 6,542,820  

On July 31, 2008, Goldenway entered into a two-year revolving line of credit agreement with a PRC Bank, which allows the Company to borrow up to approximately $7.3 million (RMB50million). These borrowings are guaranteed by Jiangsu Ever-Glory, an entity controlled by Mr. Kang, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. These borrowings are also collateralized by the Company’s property and plant. In the third quarter of 2009 the company repaid $3.2 million and borrowed $5.1 million under this agreement. As of September 30, 2009, $5.1 million of bank loans are under this agreement and approximately $2.2 million was unused and available.

The bank loan for $264,060 due in November 2009 which was borrowed in the third quarter of 2009, is specifically for the development of LA GO GO.

On June 30, 2009, HSBC bank approved a revolving credit facility of $2.5 million to Perfect-Dream. To date nothing has been drawn down on this line of credit.

On July 3, 2009, Ever-Glory Apparel entered into one-year line of credit agreement for approximately $5.9 million (RMB40 million) with Nanjing Bank. In the third quarter of 2009 the Company borrowed $2.2 million and repaid $2.2 million under this agreement.

Total interest expense on bank loans amounted to $64,750, $245,105, $76,481 and $220,827 for the three and nine months ended September 30,2009 and 2008, respectively.

NOTE 5 INCOME TAX

Pre-tax income (loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30 2009 and 2008 was taxable in the following jurisdictions.

   
Three months ended
   
Nine months ended
 
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
PRC
  $ 880,545     $ 2,312,172     $ 4,271,595     $ 6,695,424  
Others
    1,179,280       (1,396,454 )     1,129,854       (2,661,213 )
    $ 2,059,825     $ 915,718     $ 5,401,449     $ 4,034,211  
 
 
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EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 (UNAUDITED)
 
The Company’s operating subsidiaries are governed by the Income Tax Law of the PRC concerning Foreign Investment Enterprises and Foreign Enterprises and various local income tax laws (“the Income Tax Laws”).

Beginning January 1, 2008, the new Enterprise Income Tax (“EIT”) law replaced the old laws for Domestic Enterprises (“DES”) and Foreign Invested Enterprises (“FIEs”).

The key changes are:

 
a.
The new standard EIT rate of 25% replaces the 33% rate applicable to both DES and FIEs, except for High-Tech companies that pay a reduced rate of 15%;

 
b.
Companies established before March 16, 2007 continue to enjoy tax holiday treatment approved by local governments for a grace period of either the next 5 years, or until the tax holiday term is completed, whichever is sooner.

Below is a summary of the income tax rate for each of our PRC subsidiaries in 2008 and 2009.

   
Goldenway
   
New-Tailun
   
Catch-Luck
   
LA GO GO
   
Ever-Glory Apparel
 
2008      25.0
%
    12.5 %     12.5 %     25.0 %     *  
2009      25.0 %     12.5 %     12.5 %     25.0 %     25.0 %

*Ever-Glory Apparel was established on January 6, 2009.

Perfect Dream was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on July 1, 2004, and has no liabilities to income tax.

Ever-Glory HK was incorporated in Samoa on September 15,2009, and has no liabilities to income tax.

Ever-Glory International Group Inc. was incorporated in the United States and has incurred net operating losses for income tax purposes through September 30, 2009. The net operating loss carry forwards for United States income taxes may be available to reduce future years’ taxable income. These carry forwards will expire, if not utilized, through 2029. Management believes that the realization of the benefits from these losses appears uncertain due to our limited operating history and continuing losses for United States income tax purposes. Accordingly, we have provided a 100% valuation allowance on the deferred tax asset to reduce the asset to zero.

Income tax expense was $130,479, $692,206, $273,203, and $841,850 for the three and nine months ended September 30,2009 and 2008 respectively.

The following table reconciles the PRC statutory rates to the Company’s effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008:

   
Three months ended
   
Nine months ended
 
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
PRC Statutory Rate
    25.0       25.0       25.0       25.0  
Income tax exemption
    (9.1 )     (13.0 )     (11.0 )     (12.0 )
Other
    (1.1 )             2.2          
Effective income tax rate
    14.8 %     12.0 %     16.2 %     13.0 %
 
 
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 (UNAUDITED)
 
Income tax expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 is as follows:

   
For the three months ended
September 30
   
For the nine months ended
September 30
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
Current
  $ 58,504     $ 273,203     $ 467,713     $ 841,850  
Deferred
    71,975       -       224,493       -  
Income tax expense
  $ 130,479     $ 273,203     $ 692,206     $ 841,850  

NOTE 6 EARNINGS PER SHARE

Earnings per share is calculated as follows:

   
For the three months ended
September 30
   
For the nine months ended
September 30
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
Net income attributable to the Company
  $ 1,936,898     $ 647,181     $ 4,734,254     $ 3,193,778  
Add: interest expense related to convertible notes
            756               2,252  
Subtract: Unamortized issuance costs and discount on convertible notes
            (44,350 )             (44,350 )
Adjusted net income for calculating EPS-diluted
  $ 1,936,898     $ 603,587     $ 4,734,254     $ 3,151,680  
                                 
Weighted average number of common stock – Basic
    13,558,326       11,914,825       13,546,116       11,692,604  
Effect of dilutive securities:
                               
   Convertible notes
            88,083               22,728  
Weighted average number of common stock – Diluted
    13,558,326       12,002,908       13,546,116       11,715,332  
                                 
Earnings per share - basic
  $ 0.14     $ 0.05     $ 0.35     $ 0.27  
Earnings per share -diluted
  $ 0.14     $ 0.05     $ 0.35     $ 0.27  

At September 30, 2009, the Company had 913,182 warrants outstanding. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, these outstanding warrants were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation as they are anti-dilutive as the average stock price was less than the exercise price of the warrants.  As of September 30, 2008, the Company included all shares issuable upon conversion of the convertible notes and warrants in diluted earnings per share.

NOTE 7 STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

On March 13, 2009 and March 25, 2009, the Company issued 21,085 shares of common stock to the Company’s three independent directors as compensation for their services in the third and fourth quarters of 2008. The shares were valued at $1.05 per share, being the average market price of the common stock for the five trading days before the grant date.

On April 28, 2009, the Company issued 1,153,846 shares of restricted common stock to a related party as part of the consideration for the acquisition of Catch-Luck.

On July 16, 2009, the Company issued 11,742 shares of common stock to the Company’s three independent directors as compensation for their services in the first and second quarters of 2009. The shares were valued at $1.86 per share, being the average market price of the common stock for the five trading days before the grant date.

 
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 (UNAUDITED)

NOTE 8 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Mr. Kang is the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Ever-Glory Hong Kong is the Company’s major shareholder. Shanghai La Chapell is the shareholder of the Company’s subsidiary LA GO GO. All transactions associated with the following companies controlled by Mr. Kang, Ever-Glory Hong Kong and Shanghai La Chapell are considered to be related party transactions. All related party outstanding balances are short-tem in nature and are expected to be settled in cash.
 
Sales and Cost of Sales to Related Parties
 
Sales and cost of sales for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 were from transactions with Nanjing Knitting, Jiangsu Ever-Glory and Shanghai La Chapell.
 
Purchases of raw materials and sub contractor agreements with Related Parties

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the Company purchased raw materials of $462,065, $818,214, $1,212,491, and $1,903,440, respectively, from Nanjing Knitting.

In addition, for the wholesale business the Company sub-contracted certain manufacturing work to related companies totaling $270,172, $1,173,830, $471,795 and $862,443 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The Company provided raw materials to the sub-contractors and was charged a fixed fee for labor provided by the sub-contractors.

Sub-contracts with related parties included in cost of sales for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are as follows:

   
Three Months Ended
September 30
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
Nanjing High-Tech Knitting & Weaving Technology Development Co., Ltd
  $ 111,654     $ 222,203     $ 520,598     $ 291,122  
Nanjing Ever-Kyowa Garment Washing Co., Ltd.,
    158,518       249,592       653,232       571,321  
    $ 270,172     $ 471,795     $ 1,173,830     $ 862,443  
 
For its retail business the Company purchased finished goods from a related party, Jiangsu Ever-Glory, totaling $554 and $19,695 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.

Amounts Due From Related Party

Jiangsu Ever-Glory International Group Corp., (“Jiangsu Ever-Glory”) is an entity engaged in importing/exporting, apparel-manufacture, real-estate development, car sales and other activities. Jiangsu Ever-Glory is controlled by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Because of restrictions on the Company’s ability to directly import and export products, the Company utilizes Jiangsu Ever-Glory as its agent, to assist the Company with its import and export transactions and its international transportation projects. Import transactions primarily consist of purchases of raw materials and accessories designated by the Company’s customers for use in garment manufacture. Export transactions consist of the Company’s sales to foreign markets such as Japan, Europe and the United States. As the Company’s agent, Jiangsu Ever-Glory’s responsibilities include managing customs, inspection, transportation, insurance and collections on behalf of the Company. Jiangsu Ever-Glory also manages transactions denominated in currencies other than the Chinese RMB at rates of exchange agreed between the Company and Jiangsu Ever-Glory and based upon rates of exchange quoted by the People’s Bank of China. In return for these services, Jiangsu Ever-Glory charges the Company a fee of approximately 3% of export sales.  For import transactions, the Company may make advance payments, through Jiangsu Ever-Glory, for the raw material purchases, or Jiangsu Ever-Glory may make advance payments on the Company’s behalf. For export transactions, accounts receivable for export sales are remitted by the Company’s customers through Jiangsu Ever-Glory, who forwards the payments to the Company. The Company and Jiangsu Ever-Glory have agreed that balances from import and export transactions may be offset.  Amounts due to (from) Jiangsu Ever-Glory are typically settled within 60-90 days. Interest of 0.5% is charged on net amounts due at each month end. Interest income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 was $179,560, $443,051, $37,752 and $113,216, respectively. Following is a summary of import and export transactions for the nine months ended September 30, 2009:

 
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EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 (UNAUDITED)
 
   
Accounts Receivable
   
Accounts Payable
   
Net
 
As of January 1,2009
  $ 17,938,281     $ 6,372,707     $ 11,565,574  
Sales/Purchases
  $ 52,789,443     $ 30,469,297          
Payments Received/Made
  $ 53,315,655     $ 29,905,606          
As of September 30,2009
  $ 17,412,069     $ 6,936,397     $ 10,475,672  

Approximately 53.8% of the receivable balance at September 30, 2009 was settled by October 31, 2009.

Accounts Payable and Other Payables Related Parties

 
As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, accounts payable and other payables due to related parties were as follows:.

   
2009
   
2008
 
Nanjing High-Tech Knitting & Weaving Technology Development Co., Ltd
  $ 30,714        
Ever-Glory Enterprise HK Limited
    415,323     $ 754,589  
Shanghai La Chapelle Garment and Accessories Company Limited
    293,400          
Total
  $ 739,437     $ 754,589  

The Company purchases raw materials from and subcontracts some of its production to related parties. Accounts payable to Nanjing Knitting was $30,714 at September 30, 2009.

As of September 30, 2009, $415,323 was due for legal and professional fees paid by Ever-Glory Enterprise HK Limited on behalf of the Company.

As of December 31, 2008, $200,000 was due for the purchase of Catch-Luck and $554,589 was due for legal and professional fees paid by Ever-Glory Enterprise HK Limited on behalf of the Company.

In February, July and August 2009, LA GO GO borrowed $293,400 (RMB 2 million) from Shanghai La Chapelle for operations. This loan is interest free and due on demand. Management expects to repay this loan in cash from operations within the next twelve months.

Long-Term Liability – Related Party

As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 the Company owed $2,747,879 ($500,000 is due within one year) and $2,660,085, respectively to Blue Power Holdings Limited, a company controlled by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Kang. Interest is charged at 6% per annum on the amounts due. The loans are due between September 2010 and December 2010. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the Company incurred interest expense of $29,265, $87,794, $29,265, and $145,836, respectively. The accrued interest is included in the carrying amount of the loan in the accompanying balance sheets.

NOTE 9 CONCENTRATIONS AND RISKS

The Company extends unsecured credit to its customers in the normal course of business and generally does not require collateral. As a result, management performs ongoing credit evaluations, and the Company maintains an allowance for potential credit losses based upon its loss history and its aging analysis. Based on management’s assessment of the amount of probable credit losses, if any, in existing accounts receivable, management has concluded that no allowance for doubtful accounts is necessary at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 . Management reviews the allowance for doubtful accounts each reporting period based on a detailed analysis of accounts receivable. In the analysis, management primarily considers the age of the customer’s receivable and also considers the credit worthiness of the customer, the economic conditions of the customer’s industry, and general economic conditions and trends, among other factors. If any of these factors change, the Company may also change its original estimates, which could impact the level of the Company’s future allowance for doubtful accounts.  If judgments regarding the collect ability of accounts receivable were incorrect, adjustments to the allowance may be required, which would reduce profitability.

 
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 (UNAUDITED)

For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009, the Company had two wholesale customers that represented approximately 29.0% and 12.8% of the Company’s  revenues. For the three-month period ended September 30, 2009, the Company had two wholesale customers that represented approximately 20.9% and 23.6% of the Company’s revenues. At September 30, 2009, approximately 4.9% and 30.7% of accounts receivable were due from these two customers. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, the Company had one customer that represented approximately 29.4% of the Company’s revenues. For the three-month period ended September 30, 2008, the Company had one customer that represented approximately 25.7% of the Company’s revenues. At September 30, 2008, approximately 2.5% of accounts receivable were due from this customer.
 
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, no vendor supplied more than 10% of total raw materials purchases.

For the wholesale business, during the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company relied on two different manufacturers for 17.9% and 11.4% of purchased finished goods. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Company relied on one manufacturer for 17.0% of purchased finished goods. During the three months ended September 30, 2009, the Company relied on two manufacturers for 15.1% and 17.7% of purchased finished goods. During the three months ended September 30, 2008, the Company relied on one manufacturer for 19.0% of purchased finished goods. No other manufacturers represented more than 10% of purchased finished goods.

For the retail business, during the three months ended September 30, 2009, the Company did not rely on any manufacturer for purchased finished goods.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company relied on one manufacturer for 10.0% of purchased finished goods.

The Company’s revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 were earned in the following geographic areas:

   
Three months ended September 30
   
Nine months ended September 30
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
The People’s republic of China
  $ 3,874,933     $ 3,978,707     $ 10,002,626     $ 8,049,002  
Europe
    11,973,636       14,924,436       35,450,762       42,178,290  
Japan
    3,106,221       6,925,551       10,347,924       12,739,050  
United States
    5,981,931       6,056,882       10,768,725       12,734,839  
Total
  $ 24,936,721     $ 31,885,576     $ 66,570,037     $ 75,701,181  

NOTE 10 SEGMENTS

The Company reports financial and operating information in the following two segments:

(a)  Wholesale segment

(b)  Retail segment

 
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 (UNAUDITED)

The Company also provides general corporate services to its segments and these costs are reported as "corporate and others."

 
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 (UNAUDITED)
 
   
Wholesale
segment
   
Retail segment
   
Corporate and
others
   
Total
 
Nine months ended September 30,2009
                       
Segment profit or loss:
                       
Net revenue from external customers
  $ 59,369,406     $ 7,188,520     $ -     $ 66,557,926  
Net revenue from related parties
  $ 12,111                     $ 12,111  
Income from operations
  $ 5,311,244     $ -67,264     $ -     $ 5,243,980  
Interest income
  $ 445,117     $ -     $ -     $ 445,117  
Interest expense
  $ 245,105             $ 87,795     $ 332,900  
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 753,866     $ 758,223             $ 1,512,089  
Income tax expense
  $ 692,206     $ -             $ 692,206  
Segment assets:
                               
Additions to property, plant and equipment
  $ 76,469     $ 907,877             $ 984,346  
Total assets
  $ 58,779,581     $ 5,529,624     $ 47,504,883     $ 111,814,088  
                                 
Nine months ended September 30,2008
                               
Segment profit or loss:
                               
Net revenue from external customers
  $ 73,779,891     $ 1,411,145     $ -     $ 75,191,036  
Net revenue from related parties
  $ 510,145                     $ 510,145  
Income from operations
  $ 6,748,702     $ -7,612     $ -204,605     $ 6,536,485  
Interest income
  $ 117,431     $ 4,072     $ 113     $ 121,616  
Interest expense
  $ 220,827             $ 2,456,719     $ 2,677,546  
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 712,737     $ 1,709             $ 714,446  
Income tax expense
  $ 841,850     $ -             $ 841,850  
Segment assets:
                               
Additions to property, plant and equipment
  $ 406,280     $ 394,389             $ 800,669  
Total assets
  $ 44,383,899     $ 3,086,252     $ 40,286,454     $ 87,756,605  
 
The reconciliations of segment information to the Company’s consolidated totals were as follows:
                 
   
September 30,2009
   
September 30,2008
                 
Revenues:
                               
Total reportable segments
  $ 66,570,037     $ 75,701,181                  
Elimination of intersegment revenues
    -                          
Total consolidated
  $ 66,570,037     $ 75,701,181                  
Income (loss) from operations:
                               
Total segments
  $ 5,243,980     $ 6,536,485                  
Elimination of intersegment profits
    -       -                  
Total consolidated
  $ 5,243,980     $ 6,536,485                  
Total assets:
                               
Total segments
  $ 111,814,088     $ 87,756,605                  
Elimination of intersegment receivables
    (57,443,102 )     (43,475,696 )                
Total consolidated
  $ 54,370,986     $ 44,280,909                  

 
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 (UNAUDITED)
 
   
Wholesale segment
   
Retail segment
   
Corporate and
others
   
Total
 
Three months ended September 30,2009
                       
Segment profit or loss:
                       
Net revenue from external customers
  $ 22,311,223     $ 2,622,738     $ -     $ 24,933,961  
Net revenue from related parties
  $ 2,760     $ -     $ -     $ 2,760  
Income from operations
  $ 1,992,626     $ -19,143     $ -     $ 1,973,483  
Interest income
  $ 180,088     $ -     $ 1     $ 180,089  
Interest expense
  $ 64,750     $ -     $ 29,266     $ 94,016  
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 250,528     $ 274,420     $ -     $ 524,948  
Income tax expense
  $ 130,479     $ -     $ -     $ 130,479  
Segment assets:
                               
Additions to property, plant and equipment
  $ 13,526     $ 847,941     $ -     $ 861,467  
Total assets
  $ 58,779,581     $ 5,529,624     $ 47,504,883     $ 111,814,088  
                                 
Three months ended September 30,2008
                               
Segment profit or loss:
                               
Net revenue from external customers
  $ 30,829,847     $ 1,038,147     $ -     $ 31,867,994  
Net revenue from related parties
  $ 17,582     $ -     $ -     $ 17,582  
Income from operations
  $ 2,363,116     $ -16,070     $ -4,359     $ 2,342,687  
Interest income
  $ 39,336     $ 1,698     $ 18     $ 41,052  
Interest expense
  $ 76,481     $ -     $ 1,392,111     $ 1,468,592  
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 331,498     $ 1,268     $ -     $ 332,766  
Income tax expense
  $ 275,911     $ -2,708     $ -     $ 273,203  
Segment assets:
                               
Additions to property, plant and equipment
  $ 73,332     $ 369,642     $ -     $ 442,974  
Total assets
  $ 44,383,899     $ 3,086,252     $ 40,286,454     $ 87,756,605  
 
The reconciliations of segment information to the Company’s consolidated totals were as follows:
                 
   
September 30,2009
   
September 30,2008
                 
Revenues:
                               
Total reportable segments
  $ 24,936,721     $ 31,885,576                  
Elimination of intersegment revenues
    -       -                  
Total consolidated
  $ 24,936,721     $ 31,885,576                  
Income (loss) from operations:
                               
Total segments
  $ 1,973,483     $ 2,342,687                  
Elimination of intersegment profits
    -       -                  
Total consolidated
  $ 1,973,483     $ 2,342,687                  
Total assets:
                               
Total segments
  $ 111,814,088     $ 87,756,605                  
Elimination of intersegment receivables
    (57,443,102 )     (43,475,696 )                
Total consolidated
  $ 54,370,986     $ 44,280,909                  

 
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ITEM 2.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements and corresponding notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Our discussion includes forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties, such as our plans, objectives, expectations, and intentions. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those set forth under the Risk Factors and Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements in this report. We use words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expect,” “believe,” “intend,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements.
 
Overview
 
Our Business
 
We are a leading apparel supply chain manager and retailer in China, and are listed on the NYSE Amex.
 
We classify our businesses into two segments: wholesale and retail. Our wholesale business consists of wholesale-channel sales made principally to established brands, department stores and specialty stores located throughout Europe, the U.S., Japan and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). We have a focus on well-known, middle-to-high grade casual wear, sportswear, and outerwear brands. Our retail business consists of retail-channel sales directly to consumers through full-price retail stores located throughout the PRC.
 
Although we have our own manufacturing facilities, we currently outsource most of the manufacturing to our strategic alliances as part of our overall business strategy.  Outsourcing allows us to maximize our production capacity and maintain flexibility while reducing capital expenditures and the costs of keeping skilled workers on production lines during low season. Our management oversees the long-term contractors and inspects products manufactured by them to ensure that they meet our high quality control standards and timely delivery. Our annual production capacity including outsourcing orders is in excess of 12 million pieces.
 
On January 6, 2009, we established Ever-Glory International Group Apparel Inc. (“Ever-Glory Apparel”) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goldenway. Ever-Glory Apparel is principally engaged in the import and export of apparel, fabric and accessories. On September 15, 2009, we established Ever-Glory International Group (HK) Ltd.(“Ever-Glory HK”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perfect Dream. Ever-Glory Apparel and Ever-Glory HK are principally engaged in the import and export of apparel, fabric and accessories. In order to reduce transaction related costs, we have been gradually shifting our import and export business to Ever-Glory Apparel and Ever-Glory HK. We previously utilized Jiangsu Ever-Glory International Group Corporation (“Jiangsu Ever-Glory”), an entity controlled by Mr. Edward Yihua Kang, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, to assist with our import and export transactions.
 
On March 23, 2009, Goldenway transferred all of its ownership interest in LA GO GO to Ever-Glory Apparel.
 
Wholesale Business
 
We conduct our original design manufacturing (ODM) operations through four wholly-owned subsidiaries which are located in the Nanjing Jiangning Economic and Technological Development Zone and Shang Fang Town in the Jiangning District in Nanjing, China: Ever-Glory International Group Apparel Inc. (“Ever-Glory Apparel”), Goldenway Nanjing Garments Company Limited (“Goldenway”), Nanjing New-Talent Garments Company Limited (“New Talent”), and Nanjing Catch-Luck Garments Co., Ltd. (“Catch-Luck”).

 
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Retail Business
 
We conduct our retail operations through Shanghai LA GO GO Fashion Company Limited (“LA GO GO”), a joint venture of Ever-Glory Apparel and Shanghai La Chapelle Garment and Accessories Company Limited, located in Shanghai, China. The business objective of the joint venture is to establish a leading brand of ladies’ garments and to build a retail and wholesale distribution channel for the mainland Chinese market.
 
Below is a summary of our store statistics:
 
   
3Q2008
   
FY2008
   
1Q2009
   
2Q2009
   
3Q2009
 
Total stores
    55       93       102       130       154  
Total square feet
    59,341       84,776       97,220       121,643       142,632  
Sales per square foot per month
  $ 7     $ 13     $ 12     $ 7     $ 8  

Business Objectives
 
We believe the strength of our wholesale business is due to our consistent emphasis on innovative and distinct product designs with exceptional styling and quality. We maintain long-term relationships with a portfolio of well-known, middle to higher class global brands, a strong and experienced management team and a proven ability to design, market and distribute our own brand through fast-growing retail channels in a highly populated country.
 
Wholesale Business
 
The primary business objective for our wholesale segment is to expand our portfolio into higher class brands, expand our customer base and improve margins. Opportunities and continued investment initiatives include:
 
 
·
Expand our global sourcing network;
 
·
Invest in our overseas low-cost manufacturing base (outside of mainland China);
 
·
Focus on value and continue our Average Selling Price uptrend;
 
·
Emphasize product design and new technology utilization; and
 
·
Seek strategic acquisitions of international distributors that could enhance global sales and our distribution network
     
Retail Business
 
The business objective for our retail segment is to further establish a leading brand of women’s apparel and to build a nationwide retail distribution channel in China. As of September 30, 2009 we operated 154 stores. During the first three quarters of 2009 we opened 63 stores and the Company’s goal is to open between 80-100  new stores in total in 2009.
 
 
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Opportunities and continued investment initiatives include:
 
 
·
Become a multi-brand operator;
 
·
Build the LA GO GO brand to become a major Chinese mid-end mass market in women's wear;
 
·
Seek opportunities for long-term cooperation with reputable international brands to expand our retail business;
 
·
Facilitate the entry of international brands into the PRC retail market;
 
·
Expand the LA GO GO retail network;
 
·
Improve the LA GO GO retail store efficiency and increase same store sales;
 
·
Strengthen the LA GO GO brand promotion; and
 
·
Launch LA GO GO flagship stores in Tier-1 Cities and increase penetration and coverage in Tier-2 and Tier-3 Cities
Despite the various risks and uncertainties associated with the current global economy, we believe our core strengths will continue to allow us to execute our strategy for long-term sustainable growth in revenue, net income and operating cash flow.
 
Seasonality of Business
 
Our business is affected by seasonal trends, with higher levels of wholesale sales in our third and fourth quarters and higher retail sales in our first and fourth quarters. These trends result primarily from the timing of seasonal wholesale shipments and holiday periods in the retail segment.
 
Collection Policy
 
Wholesale business
 
For our new customers, we generally require orders placed to be backed by letters of credit. For our long-term and established customers with a good payment track record, we generally provide payment terms between 30 to 120 days following delivery of finished goods.
 
Retail business
 
For store-in-store shops, we generally receive payments from the stores between 60-90 days following the time of register receipt. For our own stores, we receive payments at the point of sale. .
 
Global Economic Uncertainty
 
Our business is dependent on consumer demand for our products. We believe that the significant uncertainty in the global economy and a slowdown in the U.S. and the European economy have increased our clients’ sensitivity to the cost of our products as reflected in our revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 when compared to the same periods in 2008. We have experienced continued pricing pressure this year. If the global economic environment continues to be weak, these worsening economic conditions could have a negative impact on the Company’s sales growth and operating margins in our wholesale segment in this year.
 
In addition, economic conditions in the United States and in foreign markets in which we operate could substantially affect our sales and profitability and our cash position and collection of accounts receivable.  Global credit and capital markets have experienced unprecedented volatility and disruption. Business credit and liquidity have tightened in much of the world. Some of our suppliers and customers may face credit issues and could experience cash flow problems and other financial hardships. These factors currently have not had an impact on the timeliness of receivable collections from our customers. The Company cannot predict at this point in time how this situation will develop and whether accounts receivable may need to be allowed or for written off in the coming quarter.

 
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Summary of Critical Accounting Policies
 
We have identified critical accounting policies that, as a result of judgments, uncertainties, uniqueness and complexities of the underlying accounting standards and operation involved could result in material changes to our financial position or results of operations under different conditions or using different assumptions.
 
Revenue Recognition
 
We recognize revenue, net of value added taxes, upon delivery for domestic sales and upon shipment of the products for international sales, at which time title passes to the customer provided that there are no uncertainties regarding customer acceptance, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the sales price is fixed and determinable and collectability is deemed probable. Retail sales are recorded at the time of register receipt.
 
Estimates and Assumptions
 
In preparing our condensed consolidated financial statements, we use estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Our estimates are often based on complex judgments, probabilities and assumptions that we believe to be reasonable, but that are inherently uncertain and unpredictable. We are also subject to other risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ from estimated amounts. Significant estimates in 2009 and 2008 include the estimated residual value and useful lives of property and equipment, and the assumptions we made when we used the Black-Scholes option price model to value warrants granted.
 
Inventory
 
Inventories, consisting of raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods related to our products are stated at the lower of cost or market utilizing the specific identification method. From July 1, 2009 we purchased raw materials through Goldenway which previously purchased through Jiangsu Ever-Glory and then deliveried those raw materials to the factories for manufacturing. Those raw materials deliveried for manufacturing are included in work-in-process. Because of this change the raw material and work-in-process increased rapidly by the end of this quarter.
 
Details regarding our use of these policies and the related estimates are described in the accompanying notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies that impacted our financial condition or results of operations.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
 Embedded Derivatives
 
(Included in ASC 815 “Derivatives and Hedging”, previously SFAS 133)
 
 In June 2008, the FASB issued Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 07-5 “Determining whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) is indexed to an Entity’s Own Stock” (“EITF No. 07-5”). This Issue is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is not permitted. Paragraph 11(a) of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No 133 “Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 133”) specifies that a contract that would otherwise meet the definition of a derivative but is both (a) indexed to the Company’s own stock and (b) classified in stockholders’ equity in the statement of financial position would not be considered a derivative financial instrument. EITF No.07-5 provides a new two-step model to be applied in determining whether a financial instrument or an embedded feature is indexed to an issuer’s own stock and thus able to qualify for the SFAS 133 paragraph 11(a) scope exception. This standard triggers liability accounting on all options and warrants exercisable at strike prices denominated in any currency other than the functional currency of the operating entity in China (Renminbi). Adoption of EITF No. 07-5 did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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Business Combinations
 
(Included in ASC 805 “Business Combinations”, previously SFAS No. 141(R))
 
This ASC guidance revised SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations” and addresses the accounting and disclosure for identifiable assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and noncontrolling interests in a business combination. Adoption of this standard on January 1, 2009 did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements, as the Company did not enter into a business combination during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
 
Noncontrolling Interests
 
(Included in ASC 810 “Consolidation”, previously SFAS No. 160 “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51)
 
SFAS 160 establishes accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. It clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial statements. The Company adopted SFAS 160 on January 1, 2009. As a result, the Company has reclassified financial statement line items within the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the prior period to conform to this standard.
 
Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments
 
(Included in ASC 825 “Financial Instruments”, previously FSP SFAS No. 107-1)
 
This guidance requires that the fair value disclosures required for all financial instruments within the scope of SFAS 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments”, be included in interim financial statements. This guidance also requires entities to disclose the method and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments on an interim and annual basis and to highlight any changes from prior periods. FSP 107-1 was effective for interim periods ending after September 15, 2009. The adoption of FSP 107-1 did not have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Subsequent Events
(Included in ASC 855 “Subsequent Events”, previously SFAS No. 165)

SFAS No.165, “Subsequent Events” establishes accounting and disclosure requirements for subsequent events.  SFAS 165 details the period after the balance sheet date during which the Company should evaluate events or transactions that occur for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements, the circumstances under which the Company should recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements and the required disclosures for such events.  The Company adopted this statement and has evaluated all subsequent events through November 9, 2009.

FASB Accounting Standards Codification
 
(Accounting Standards Update “ASU”) 2009-1)
 
In June 2009, the FASB approved its Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification”) as the single source of authoritative United States accounting and reporting standards applicable for all non-governmental entities, with the exception of the SEC and its staff. The Codification is effective for interim or annual financial periods ending after September 15, 2009 and impacts the Company’s financial statements as all future references to authoritative accounting literature will be referenced in accordance with the Codification. There have been no changes to the content of the Company’s financial statements or disclosures as a result of implementing the Codification during the quarter ended September 30, 2009.

 
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As a result of the Company’s implementation of the Codification during the quarter ended September 30, 2009, previous references to new accounting standards and literature are no longer applicable. In the current quarter financial statements, the Company will provide reference to both new and old guidance to assist in understanding the impacts of recently adopted accounting literature, particularly for guidance adopted since the beginning of the current fiscal year but prior to the Codification.
 
Results of Operations for the three months ended September 30, 2009 as compared with the three months ended September 30, 2008.
 
The following table summarizes our results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008. The table and the discussion below should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report.
 
   
Three months ended September 30
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
   
(in U.S. Dollars, except for percentages)
 
Sales
  $ 24,936,721       100.0 %   $ 31,885,576       100.0 %
Gross Profit
    4,633,705       18.6       4,590,371       14.4  
Operating Expenses
    2,660,222       10.7       2,247,684       7.0  
Income From Operations
    1,973,483       7.9       2,342,687       7.3  
Other Income (Expenses)
    86,342       0.3       (1,426,969 )     (4.5 )
Income Tax Expense
    130,479       0.5       273,203       0.9  
Net Income
  $ 1,929,346       7.7 %   $ 642,515       2.0 %
 

 
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Revenue
 
The following table sets forth a breakdown of our total sales, by region, for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.
 
   
Three months
ended September 
30,2009
   
% of total 
sales
   
Three months
ended September
30,2008
   
% of total
sales
   
Growth(Decrease)
in 2009 compared
with 2008
 
Wholesale business
                             
The People’s Republic of China
  $ 1,250,316       5.0 %   $ 2,940,563       9.2 %     (57.5
)%
Europe
    11,973,636       48.0 %     14,924,436       46.8 %     (19.8 )
Japan
    3,106,221       12.5 %     6,925,551       21.7 %     (55.1 )
United States
    5,981,931       24.0 %     6,056,882       19.0 %     (1.2 )
Sub total
    22,312,104       89.5 %     30,847,432       96.7 %     (27.7 )
Retail business
    2,624,617       10.5 %     1,038,144       3.3 %     152.8  
Total
  $ 24,936,721       100.0 %   $ 31,885,576       100.0 %     (21.8 )%
 
We generate revenues primarily from our wholesale business from international markets. We also generate revenues from our retail business from the Chinese domestic market focusing on our own apparel brand: LA GO GO.
 
Total sales for the three months ended September 30, 2009 were $24.9 million a decrease of 21.8% from the three months ended September 30, 2008. Although sales in our retail business increased significantly during the third quarter of 2009, sales in our wholesale business decreased 27.7% due to the global economic slowdown.
 
Sales generated from our wholesale business contributed 89.5%% or $22.3 million of our total sales for the three months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $30.8 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008.
 
Sales generated from our retail business contributed 10.5% or $2.6 million of our total sales for the three months ended September 30, 2009, an increase of 152.8% compared to $1.0 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 due to we had 154 LA GO GO stores by the end of this quarter while 55 LA GO GO stores in the same time of 2008 . In the third quarter of 2009 we opened 25 new LA GO GO stores and closed one store.
 
Costs and Expenses
 
 Cost of Sales and Gross Margin
 
Cost of goods sold includes direct material cost, direct labor cost, and manufacturing overhead, which includes depreciation of production equipment, consistent with the revenue earned, as well as rent for store space used by our retail business.
 
The following table sets forth the components of our cost of sales and gross profit both in amounts and as a percentage of total sales for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.

 
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Three Months Ended September 30,
   
Growth(Decrease)
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009 compared
 
   
(in U.S. dollars, except for percentages)
   
with 2008
 
Wholesale sales
  $ 22,312,104       100.0 %   $ 30,847,432       100.0 %     (27.7 )%
Raw Materials
    10,907,279       48.9       13,735,548       44.5       (20.6 )
Labor
    808,145       3.6       849,187       2.8       (4.8 )
Outsourced Production Costs
    6,846,590       30.7       11,846,954       38.4       (42.2 )
Other and Overhead
    165,919       0.7       195,881       0.6       (15.3 )
Total Cost of Sales for Wholesale
    18,727,934       83.9       26,627,570       86.3       (29.7 )
Gross Profit for Wholesale
    3,584,170       16.1       4,219,862       13.7       (15.1 )
Net Sales for Retail
    2,624,617       100.0       1,038,144       100.0       152.8  
Production Costs
    686,195       26.1       212,659       20.5       222.7  
Rent
    888,887       33.9       454,976       43.8       95.4  
Total Cost of Sales for Retail
    1,575,082       60.0       667,635       64.3       135.9  
Gross Profit for Retail
    1,049,535       40.0       370,509       35.7       183.3  
Total Cost of Sales
    20,303,016       81.4       27,295,205       85.6       (25.6 )
Gross Profit
  $ 4,633,705       18.6 %   $ 4,590,371       14.4 %     0.9 %

There are two operational patterns in our apparel making and trading business CMT or “Cutting, Making and Trim”, and FOB or “Freight on Board”. Under the CMT model, our buyers supply us with the main raw materials, and we charge them for production, whereby cash flow are reduced. FOB is a generally adopted business model where the price is composed of both raw material and production charges.
 
Total raw materials costs decreased 20.6% to $10.9 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2009 versus $13.7 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2008. As a percent of sales, raw materials cost for our wholesale business accounted for 48.9% of our total wholesale sales in the three months ended September 30, 2009, an increase of 4.4% compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. This increase was primarily due to an increase in our FOB orders during the quarter.
 
Total labor costs decreased 4.8% to $808,145 during the three months ended September 30, 2009 versus $849,187 million during the three months ended September 30, 2008. As a percent of sales, labor costs for our wholesale business accounted for 3.6% of our total wholesale sales during the three months ended September 30, 2009, an increase of 0.8% compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. This increase was primarily due to decreased outsourcing orders during the quarter.
 
Total outsourced production costs decreased 42.2% to $6.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2009 versus $11.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2008. This decrease was primarily due to decreased sales during the quarter. As a percent of sales, outsourced production costs for our wholesale business accounted for 30.7% of our total sales during the three months ended September 30, 2009, a decrease of 7.7% compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008.
 
Total other costs and overhead decreased 15.3% to $0.17 million during the three months ended September 30, 2009 versus $0.20 million during the three months ended September 30, 2008. As a percent of sales, overhead and other expenses for our wholesale business accounted for 0.7% of our total sales during the three months ended September 30, 2009, a slight increase compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008.

 
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Production costs for our retail business were $0.67 million or 26.1% of our total retail sales during the three months ended September 30, 2009 versus $0.21 million or 20.5% during the three months ended September 30, 2008. The increase was due to the reduced selling prices and increasing the sales volume. Rent costs for our retail business were $0.89 million or 33.9% of our total retail sales during the three months ended June 30, 2009 versus $0.45 million or 43.8% during the three months ended September 30, 2008.The decrease in rent costs as a percentage of total retail sales was due to an increase of same store sales during the quarter ended September 30, 2009.
 
Total cost of sales for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was $20.3 million, a decrease of 25.6% compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. As a percentage of total sales, our cost of sales decreased to 81.4% of total sales for the three months ended September 30, 2009, compared to 85.6% of total sales for the three months ended September 30, 2008. Consequently, gross margins increased to 18.6% for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from 14.4% for the three months ended September 30, 2008.
 
Gross profit in our wholesale business for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was $3.6 million, a decrease of 15.1% compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. Gross margin was 16.1% for our wholesale business for the three months ended September 30, 2009 an increase of 2.4% compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. The increase in our gross margin was primarily because we decreased lower margin orders as a continued effort to pursue higher added value operation.
 
Gross profit in our retail business for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was $1.0 million and gross margin was 40.0%.  Gross profit in our retail business for the three months ended September 30, 2008 was $0.4 million and gross margin was 35.7%.The increase was primarily due to an increase in same store sales during the quarter ended September 30, 2009.
 
Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A) Expenses
 
Our selling expenses consist primarily of freight-out, unloading costs, product inspection charges, salaries for retail staff, store renovation and marketing expenses.

Our general and administrative (G&A) expenses consist primarily of payroll for executive, finance, accounting, and human resources personnel, office expenses and professional fees.
 
   
For the three months ended September 30,
       
   
2009
   
2008
   
Increase
(Decrease)
 
   
(in U.S. Dollars, except for percentages)
       
Gross Profit
  $ 4,633,705       18.6 %   $ 4,590,371       14.4 %     0.9 %
Operating Expenses:
                                       
Selling Expenses
    1,097,840       4.4       563,971       1.8       94.7  
General and Administrative Expenses
    1,562,382       6.3       1,683,713       5.3       (7.2 )
Total
    2,660,222       10.7       2,247,684       7.1       18.4  
Income from Operations
  $ 1,973,483       7.9 %   $ 2,342,687       7.3 %     (15.8 )%
 
Selling expenses were $1.1 million during the three months ended September 30, 2009 an increase of 94.7% or $0.53 million compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. The increase was attributable to an increase of approximately $0.29 million in salaries for retail staff, and approximately $0.24 million for store renovation and marketing expenses associated with the promotion of LA GO GO.
 
 
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G&A expenses were $1.6 million during the three months ended September 30, 2009 a decrease of 7.21% or approximately $0.12 million compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. Although we increased payroll for additional management, design and marketing staff as a result of our business expansion, the total G&A expenses decreased because non-occurrence of the expenses related to our AMEX listing which occured in the third quarter of 2008.
 
Income from Operations
 
Income from operations decreased 15.7% to $2.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from $2.3 million in the three months ended September 30, 2008 as a result of the increasing of our selling expenses.
 
Interest Expense
 
Interest expense was $0.09 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, a decrease of 93.6% compared to the same period during 2008. This decrease was mainly due to the conversion of convertible notes into common stock in 2008.
 
Income Tax Expense
 
Income tax expense was $0.13 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, a decrease of 52.2% compared to the same period of 2008. The decrease is primarily attributable to $1.2 million of pre-tax income being recorded by Perfect-Dream, a BVI company which has no liabilities to income tax.
 
Our PRC subsidiaries are governed by the Income Tax Law of the PRC concerning Foreign Investment Enterprises and Foreign Enterprises and various local income tax laws (“the Income Tax Laws”). Each of our consolidating entities files its own separate tax return.
 
Below is a summary of the income tax rate for each of our PRC subsidiaries in 2008 and 2009.
 
   
Goldenway
   
New-Tailun
   
Catch-Luck
   
LA GO GO
   
Ever-Glory Apparel
 
2008
    25.0 %     12.5 %     12.5 %     25.0 %     *  
2009
    25.0 %     12.5 %     12.5 %     25.0 %     25.0 %
 
*Ever-Glory Apparel was established on Jan 6, 2009.
 
Perfect Dream was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on July 1, 2004, and has no income tax.
 
Ever-Glory HK was incorporated in Samoa on September 15,2009, and has no income tax.
 
Ever-Glory International Group Inc. was incorporated in the United States and has incurred net operating losses for income tax purposes through September 30, 2009. The net operating loss carry forwards for United States income taxes may be available to reduce future years’ taxable income. These carry forwards will expire, if not utilized, through 2029. Management believes that the realization of the benefits from these losses appears uncertain due to our limited operating history and continuing losses for United States income tax purposes. Accordingly, we have provided a 100% valuation allowance on the deferred tax asset benefit to reduce the asset to zero.
 
 
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Net Income
 
Net income was $1.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 an increase of 200.3% compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. Our diluted earnings per share were $0.14 and $0.05 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
Results of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 as compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2008.
 
The following table summarizes our results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008. The table and the discussion below should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report.
 
   
Nine months ended September 30
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(in U.S. Dollars, except for percentages)
 
Sales
  $ 66,570,037      
100.0
%   $ 75,701,181       100.0 %
Gross Profit
    13,855,421       20.8       12,665,244       16.7  
Operating Expenses
    8,611,441       12.9       6,128,759       8.1  
Income From Operations
    5,243,980       7.9       6,536,485       8.6  
Other Income(Expenses)
    157,469       0.2       (2,502,274 )     (3.3 )
Income Tax Expense
    692,206       1.0       841,850       1.1  
Net Income
  $ 4,709,243       7.1 %   $ 3,192,361       4.2 %
 
Revenue
 
The following table sets forth a breakdown of our total sales, by region, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.
 
   
Nine months
ended
September
30,2009
   
% of
total
sales
   
Nine months
ended
September
30,2008
   
% of
total
sales
   
Growth(Decrease)
in 2009 compared
with 2008
 
Wholesale business
                             
The People’s Republic of China
  $ 2,814,106       4.2 %   $ 6,638,102       8.8 %     (57.6 ) %
Europe
    35,450,762       53.3 %     42,178,290       55.7 %     (16.0 )
Japan
    10,347,924       15.5 %     12,739,050       16.8 %     (18.8 )
United States
    10,768,725       16.2 %     12,734,839       16.8 %     (15.4 )
Sub total
    59,381,517       89.2 %     74,290,281       98.1 %     (20.1 )
Retail business
    7,188,520       10.8 %     1,410,900       1.9 %     409.5  
  Total
  $ 66,570,037       100.0 %   $ 75,701,181       100.0 %     (12.1 ) %
 
Sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 were $66.6 million, a decrease of 12.1% from the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Although sales in our retail business increased significantly during 2009, sales in our wholesale business decreased 20.1% due to the global economic slowdown.
 
Sales generated from our wholesale business contributed 89.2% or $59.4 million of our total sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $74.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008.

 
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Sales generated from our retail business contributed 10.8% or $7.2 million of our total sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $1.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008. In 2009 we opened 63 new LA GO GO stores. As of September 30, 2009, we had 154 LA GO GO retail stores open and average revenue per store was approximately $7,200 per month. 
 
Costs and Expenses
 
 Cost of Sales and Gross Margin
 
The following table sets forth the components of our cost of sales and gross profit both in amounts and as a percentage of total sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.
 
   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
   
Growth(Decrease)
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
in 2009 compared
 
   
(in U.S. dollars, except for percentages)
   
with 2008
 
Wholesale Sales
  $ 59,381,517       100.0 %   $ 74,290,281       100.0 %     (20.1 )%
Raw Materials
    26,962,460       45.4       34,860,446       46.9       (22.7 )
Labor
    2,265,873       3.8       2,232,520       3.0       1.5  
Outsourced Production Costs
    18,523,838       31.2       24,579,064       33.1       (24.6 )
Other and Overhead
    569,559       1.0       577,946       0.8       (1.5 )
Total Cost of Sales for Wholesale
    48,321,731       81.4       62,249,976       83.8       (22.4 )
Gross Profit for Wholesale
    11,059,786       18.6       12,040,305       16.2       (8.1 )
Net Sales for Retail
    7,188,520       100.0       1,410,900       100.0       409.5  
Production Costs
    1,800,716       25.0       330,985       23.5       444.0  
Rent
    2,592,169       36.1       454,976       32.2       469.7  
Total Cost of Sales for Retail
    4,392,885       61.1       785,961       55.7       458.9  
Gross Profit for Retail
    2,795,635       38.9       624,939       44.3       347.3  
Total Cost of Sales
    52,714,616       79.2       63,035,937       83.3       (16.4 )
Gross Profit
  $ 13,855,421       20.8 %   $ 12,665,244       16.7 %     9.4 %
 
Total raw materials costs decreased 22.7% to $27.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 versus $34.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. As a percent of sales, raw materials cost for our wholesale business accounted for 45.4% of our total sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, a decrease of 1.5% compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. This decrease was primarily due to our recently implemented centralized purchasing function to increase our negotiation power and the increased CMT orders in the second quarter. Because no material supplied by the buyers is included in the pricing, only production charges account for the sales volume. As a result the sales volume appears low while the gross profit is higher.
 
Total labor costs increased 1.5% to $2.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 versus $2.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. As a percent of sales, labor costs for our wholesale business accounted for 3.8% of our total sales in the nine months ended September 30, 2009, an increase of 80 basis points compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008.
 
Total outsourced production costs for our wholesale business decreased 24.6% to $18.5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2009 versus $24.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008. As a percent of sales, outsource production costs were 31.2% of our total sales in the nine months ended September 30, 2009, a 1.9% decrease compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. This decrease in total cost was primarily due to lower sales volume during the nine months ended September 30, 2009. 

 
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Overhead and other expenses for our wholesale business accounted for 1.0% of our total sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to 0.8% of total sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. This decrease was due to lower sales volume.
 
Production costs for our retail business were to $1.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to $0.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. As a percent of sales, retail production costs accounted for 25.0% of our total sales in the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to 23.5% of total sales in the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The increase was due to reduced selling prices in exchange for higher selling volume.
 
Rent costs for our retail business were $2.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $0.5 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. As a percent of sales, rent costs accounted for 36.1% of our total sales in the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to 32.2% of total sales in the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The increase was due to opening more flagship stores, which generally have a higher cost per square foot, during the nine months ended September 30, 2009. 
 
Total cost of sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $52.7 million, compared to $63.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, a decrease of 16.4%. As a percentage of total sales, cost of sales decreased to 79.2% of total sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to 83.3% of total sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Consequently, gross margin increased to 20.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from 16.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.

We purchase the majority of our raw materials directly from numerous local fabric and accessories suppliers. Some of our customers also furnish us with raw materials so that we can manufacture their products. For our wholesale business, purchases from our five largest suppliers represented approximately 18.3% and 21.2% of raw materials purchases for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. No one supplier provided more than 10% of our raw materials purchases for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008. For our retail business, purchases from our five largest suppliers represented approximately 31.8% and 49.1% of raw materials purchases for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. No supplier provided more than 10% of our total purchases for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Three suppliers provided 14.5%, 12.7%, 11.2% of our total purchases for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. We have not experienced difficulty in obtaining raw materials essential to our business, and we believe we maintain good relationships with our suppliers.
 
We also purchase finished goods from contract manufacturers. For our wholesale business, purchases from our five largest contract manufacturers represented approximately 41.6% and 37.9% of finished goods purchases for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Two contract manufacturers provided approximately 17.9% and 11.4% of our finished goods purchases for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. One contract manufacturer provided approximately 17.9% of our finished goods purchases for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. For our retail business, our five largest contract manufacturers represented approximately 37.8% and 67.9% of finished goods purchases for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. One contract manufacturer provided 10.0% of our finished goods purchases for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Two contract manufacturers provided 40.8% and 10.0% of our finished goods purchases for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. We have not experienced difficulty in obtaining finished products from our contract manufacturers and we believe we maintain good relationships with our contract manufacturers.

Gross profit in our wholesale business for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $11.1 million, a decrease of 8.1% compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Gross margin was 18.6% for our wholesale business for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 an increase of 2.4% compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The increase in our gross margin was primarily due to the increase in CMT orders versus FOB orders in 2009.

 
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Gross profit in our retail business for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 was $2.8 million and $0.62 million respectively. Gross margin in our retail business for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 was 38.9% and 44.3% respectively.
 
Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A) Expenses
 
Our selling expenses and general and administrative (G&A) expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are as follows:
 
   
For the nine months ended September 30,
       
   
2009
   
2008
   
Increase
(Decrease)
 
   
(in U.S. Dollars, except for percentages)
       
Gross Profit
  $ 13,855,421       20.8 %   $ 12,665,244       16.7 %     9.4  
Operating Expenses:
                                       
Selling Expenses
    2,903,655       4.4       1,210,063       1.6       140.0  
General and Administrative Expenses
    5,707,786       8.5       4,918,696       6.5       16.0  
Total
    8,611,441       12.9       6,128,759       8.1       40.5  
Income from Operations
  $ 5,243,980       7.9 %   $ 6,536,485       8.6 %     (19.8 )
 
Selling expenses were $2.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 an increase of 140% or $1.7 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The increase was attributable to an increase of approximately $0.86 million of salaries for retail staff, and approximately $0.87 million for store renovation and marketing expenses associated with the promotion of LA GO GO.
 
G&A expenses were $5.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 an decrease of 16.0% or approximately $0.78 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The increase was attributable to an increase of payroll for additional management, design and marketing staff as a result of our business expansion.
 
Income from Operations
 
Income from operations decreased 19.8% to $5.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from $6.5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 as the result of the increasing operating expenses.
 
Interest Expense
 
Interest expense was $0.33 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, a decrease of 87.6% compared to the same period of 2008. This decrease was mainly due to the conversion of convertible notes into common stock in 2008.
 
 
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Income Tax Expense
 
Income tax expense was $0.69 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, a decrease of 17.8% compared to the same period of 2008. The decrease is primarily attributable to $1.2 million of pre-tax income being recorded by Perfect-Dream, a BVI company which has no liabilities to income tax.
 
Net Income
 
Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $4.7 million, an increase of 47.5% compared to the same period of 2008. Our diluted earnings per share were $0.35 and $0.27 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
Noncontrolling Interest
 
On January 9, 2008, Goldenway entered into an Agreement with La Chapelle to form a joint venture to develop, promote and market a new line of women’s wear in China. Goldenway agreed to initially invest RMB 6 Million (approximately $826,200) in cash, and La Chapelle agreed to invest RMB 4 Million (approximately $553,040) in cash, for a 60%- and 40%- interest in the joint venture, respectively. The joint venture is included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements beginning in 2008, and the 40% interest held by La Chapelle is classified as noncontrolling interest. As of September 30, 2009, the carrying value in the noncontrolling interest was $557,726.
 
Summary of Cash Flows
 
Net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $4,196,364 compared with net cash provided by operating activities of $2,722,697 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. This increase was mainly attributable to increases in accounts receivable and inventories, partially offset by an increase in accounts payable and decreased amounts due from related parties as we began to purchase raw materials through Goldenway during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
 
Net cash used in investing activities was $955,809 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared with $2,161,350 during the nine months ended September 30, 2008. On January 9, 2008, Goldenway entered into a Capital Contribution Agreement with La Chapelle, pursuant to which Goldenway invested $1,397,700 in cash (RMB 10 million) in La Chapelle for a 10% ownership interest in La Chapelle resulting in the decrease used in net investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
 
Net cash used in financing activities was $1,143,402 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared with cash used in financing activities of $411,987 during the nine months ended September 30, 2008. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 we repaid $13,134,464 of bank loans while receiving loan proceeds of $11,991,062 from the bank. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008 we repaid $1,990,000 to Blue Power Holding Ltd, an entity controlled by Mr. Edward Yihua Kang, offset by $553,040 from La Chapelle’s investment in LA GO GO.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
As of September 30, 2009, we had cash and cash equivalents of $3,561,116, other current assets of $33,962,897 and current liabilities of $19,059,765. We presently finance our operations primarily from cash flow from operations and we anticipate that this will continue to be our primary source of funds to finance our short-term cash needs.
 
Bank Loan
 
In 2006, we acquired a fifty-year land use right for 112,442 square meters (approximately 1,209,876 square feet) of land in the Nanjing Jiangning Economic and Technological Development Zone, which houses our existing facility of 26,629 square meters (approximately 286,528 square feet), including our manufacturing facility and office space. In 2006, we completed the construction of our new facilities and moved our headquarters into the new office building and consolidated part of our operations into our new manufacturing facility in January 2007. The new manufacturing facility occupies an area of 10,000 square meters (approximately 107,600 square feet) and is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment. The land and building are being used as collateral for bank loans.
 
 
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On July 31, 2008, Goldenway entered into credit agreements with a PRC Bank which allows the Company to borrow up to $7.3 million (RMB50million) for a 24 month period. Bank loans are secured by our facilities and are used to fund daily operations. As of September 30, 2009, we had borrowed approximately $5.1 million which matures in December 31, 2009, January 14, 2010 and March 11, 2010, at an interest rate of 5.35% per annum. The maturity of these borrowings can be extended at our option.
 
On June, 30, 2009, HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited, Shanghai Branch,(“HSBC”)  granted revolving banking facilities in three tranches ( “Banking Facilities”) to Perfect Dream.  Term of these Banking Facilities is up to (and including) March 31, 2010, subject to annual review and renewal at the Lender's sole discretion.  Tranche I, import facilities of up to $0.5 million for up to 90 days, shall be solely used to facilitate the Borrower's raw material sourcing needs. Tranche II, a post-shipment finance of up to $1 million up to 60 days with an advance ratio of 85%, shall be solely used to finance receivables due from Tesco.  Tranche III, a pre-shipment finance of up to $1 million with maximum 90 days before shipment with 70% prepayment ratio, shall be solely used to finance sourcing and production against copy of purchase order from Tesco. The applicable interest rate for the Tranche I import facility and the Tranche III pre-shipment finance shall be 2.5% per annum over Singapore Interbank Money Market Offer Rate (SIBOR) of USD for 3 months or any other interest period as may be determined by the Lender and the principal and all accrued interests shall be paid on the due date of each drawing to the debit of Borrower’s account. The applicable interest rate for the Tranche II post shipment financing shall be 2% per annum over SIBOR of USD for 2 months or any other interest period as may be determined by the Lender and the principal and all accrued interests shall be paid on the due date of each drawing to the debit of the Borrower’s account.  The Company shall apply the loan proceeds for the purpose as set out above and shall comply with the relevant PRC laws and regulations. HSBC may, at its sole and absolute discretion, refuse to allow drawings under the facilities if the drawee is considered to be unacceptable and / or if the transaction in question does not meet HSBC’s operational requirements in respect of these Banking Facilities. HSBC may renegotiate any of the interest margins, fees and the applicable period of base rate in the event of any change occurring in any applicable law or regulation or in PRC's financial markets or the need to comply with any requirement of any regulatory/governmental authority. The Banking Facilities are secured by a guarantee of $2.75 million from Ever-Glory International Group, Inc., and a personal guarantee of up to $2.75 million from our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Edward Yihua Kang. To date nothing has been drawn down on this line of credit.
 
On July 3, 2009, Ever-Glory Apparel, entered into a one-year revolving line of credit agreement (“Revolving Line of Credit Agreement”) with Bank of Nanjing Co. Ltd., a PRC Bank, which allows the Company  to borrow up to approximately $5.9 million (RMB 40 million ) during the period from June 1, 2009 to June 1, 2010.  Borrower is required to apply for each loan when it needs to draw from this revolving line of credit.  The Revolving Line of Credit is guaranteed by Jiangsu Ever-Glory, and Goldenway pursuant to certain guaranty agreements. We did not pay any fee to Jiangsu Ever-Glory International Group Corporation or Goldenway for such security. In the third quarter of 2009 the company borrowed $2.2 million and repaid $2.2 million under this agreement.
 
Long-term Loan
 
As of September 30, 2009, the long-term loan to Blue Power was $2,247,879. Interest accrued on the loan to Blue power totaled $29,265 and $87,794 for the three and nine months ended September 30,2009.

Obligations under Material Contracts
 
Below is a table setting forth our material contractual obligations as of September 30, 2009:

   
All amounts in millions of U.S. dollars
 
       
   
Payments due by period
 
         
Less than
             
   
Total
   
1 year
   
1 - 3 years
   
3 - 5 years
 
Loan From Related Party
  $ 2.75     $ 0.50     $ 2.25     $  
Bank Loans
    5.40       5.40              
Operating Lease Obligations
    1.21       0.18       1.02       0.01  
    $ 9.36       6.08     $ 3.27     $ 0.01  
 
 
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Capital Commitments
 
We have a continuing program for the purpose of improving our manufacturing facilities and extending our LA GO GO stores. We anticipate that cash flows from operations and borrowings from banks will be used to pay for these capital commitments.

Uses of Liquidity
 
Our cash requirements through the end of 2009 will be primarily to fund daily operations and the growth of our business.
 
Sources of Liquidity
 
Our primary sources of liquidity for our short-term cash needs are expected to be from cash flows generated from operations, cash and cash equivalents currently on hand. We believe that we will be able to borrow additional funds if necessary.
 
We believe our cash flows from operations together with our cash and cash equivalents currently on hand will be sufficient to meet our needs for working capital, capital expenditure and other commitments through the end of 2009. No assurance can be made that additional financing will be available to us if required, and adequate funds may not be available on terms acceptable to us. If funding is insufficient at any time in the future, we will develop or enhance our products or services and expand our business through our own cash flows from operations.
 
As of September 30, 2009, we had access to a $7.3 million line of credit from a bank located in Nanjing China. Of this line of credit, $2.2 million was unused and is currently available. This credit facility include the standard covenants as contemplated in agreement of such nature.
 
Foreign Currency Translation Risk
 
Our operations are, for the most part, located in the PRC, which may give rise to significant foreign currency risks from fluctuations and the degree of volatility of foreign exchange rates between the United States dollar and the Chinese RMB. Most of our sales are in dollars. During 2003 and 2004 the exchange rate of RMB to the dollar remained constant at 8.26 RMB to the dollar. On July 21, 2005, the Chinese government adjusted the exchange rate from 8.26 to 8.09 RMB to the dollar. From that time, the RMB continued to appreciate against the U.S. dollar. As of September 30, 2009, the market foreign exchange rate had increased to 6.82 RMB to one U.S. dollar. We are continuously negotiating price adjustments with most of our customers based on the daily market foreign exchange rates, which we believe will reduce our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations in the future, and will pass some of the increased cost to our customers.
 
In addition, the financial statements of Goldenway, New-Tailun, Catch-Luck, Ever-Glory Apparel and LA GO GO (whose functional currency is the RMB) are translated into US dollars using the closing rate method. The balance sheet items are translated into US dollars using the exchange rates at the respective balance sheet dates. The capital and various reserves are translated at historical exchange rates prevailing at the time of the transactions while income and expenses items are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. All exchange differences are recorded within equity. The foreign currency translation (loss) gain for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 was $46,364 and $107,468, respectively. The foreign currency translation (loss) gain for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 was ($36,947) and $1,818,706, respectively.
 
 
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OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS 
 
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to our investors.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We do not use derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio and have no foreign exchange contracts. Our financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable, accounts payable and long-term obligations. We consider investments in highly-liquid instruments purchased with a remaining maturity of 90 days or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Interest Rates. Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our short-term investments and short-term obligations; thus, fluctuations in interest rates would not have a material impact on the fair value of these securities. On September 30, 2009, we had approximately $3,532,391 in cash and cash equivalents. A hypothetical 5% increase or decrease in either short term or long term interest rates would not have any material impact on our earnings or loss, or the fair market value or cash flows of these instruments.

Foreign Exchange Rates. We pay our suppliers and employees in Chinese RMB, however, we sell to customers in the U.S., Japan and Europe and we generate sales in U.S. Dollars, Euros and British Pounds. Accordingly, our business has substantial exposure to changes in exchange rates between and among the Chinese RMB, the U.S. Dollar,the Euro and the British Pound. In the last decade, the RMB has been pegged at 8.2765 RMB to one U.S. Dollar. On July 21, 2005 it was revalued to 8.11 per U.S. Dollar. Following the removal of the peg to the U.S. Dollar and pressure from the United States, the People’s Bank of China also announced that the RMB would be pegged to a basket of foreign currencies, rather than being strictly tied to the U.S. Dollar, and would be allowed to float trade within a narrow 0.3% daily band against this basket of currencies. The PRC government has stated that the basket is dominated by the U.S. Dollar, Euro, Japanese Yen and South Korean Won, with a smaller proportion made up of the British Pound, Thai Baht, Russian Ruble, Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar and Singapore Dollar. There can be no assurance that the relationship between the RMB and these currencies will remain stable over time, especially in light of the significant political pressure on the Chinese government to permit the free flotation of the RMB, which could result in greater and more frequent fluctuations in the exchange rate between the RMB, the U.S. Dollar and the Euro. On September 30, 2009, the exchange rate between the RMB and U.S. Dollar was 6.82RMB to one U.S. Dollar. For additional discussion regarding our foreign currency risk, see the section titled Risk Factors in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended on December 31, 2008.Fluctuation in the value of Chinese RMB relative to other currencies may have a material adverse effect on our business and/or an investment in our shares.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ( the “Exchange Act”)  is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

 
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As of September 30, 2009, the end of the fiscal quarter covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the foregoing, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were effective at the reasonable assurance level to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
 
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) during the quarter ended September 30, 2009 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
We know of no pending legal proceedings to which we are a party which are material or potentially material, either individually or in the aggregate. We are from time to time, during the normal course of our business operations, subject to various litigation claims and legal disputes. We do not believe that the ultimate disposition of any of these matters will have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
 
There has been no material changes in the information provided in Item 1A of Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended December 31,2008 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2009.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.
 
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.
 
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS 

None.
 
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

 
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are filed herewith:
 
Exhibit No. 
 
Description
10.1
 
Letter regarding Banking Facility between HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited Shanghai Branch and Perfect Dream Limited dated June 30, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 8, 2009);
     
10.2
 
Limited Guaranty provided by Ever-Glory International Group, Inc dated June 30, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 8, 2009);
     
10.3
 
Personal Guaranty provided by Edward Yihua Kang dated June 30, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 8, 2009);
     
10.4
 
Revolving Line of Credit Agreement between Ever-Glory International Group Apparel Inc. and Bank of Nanjing Co. Ltd. dated July 3, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 9, 2009);
     
10.5
 
Guaranty Agreement between Jiangsu Ever-Glory International Group Corporation and Bank of Nanjing Co. Ltd. dated July 3, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 9, 2009);
     
10.6
 
Guaranty Agreement between  Goldenway Nanjing Garment Co. Ltd. and Bank of Nanjing Co. Ltd. dated July 3, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 9, 2009);
     
31.1
 
Certifications pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. *
     
31.2
 
Certifications pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. *
     
32.1
 
Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. *
     
32.2
 
Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. *
 
*
Filed herewith.
 
SIGNATURES

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
November 9, 2009
EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
   
 
By:
/s/ Edward Yihua Kang
   
Edward Yihua Kang
   
Chief Executive Officer
   
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
By:
/s/ Yan Guo
   
Yan Guo
   
Chief Financial Officer
   
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 
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