IT TECH PACKAGING, INC. - Quarter Report: 2015 September (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015

or

☐ TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _______ to _______

Commission file number: 001-34577

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 ☒  No ☐

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). Yes ☒  No ☐

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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.): Yes ☐  No ☒

Number of shares of the registrant’s common stock, $.001 par value, outstanding as of November 6, 2015: 20,316,400. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND DECEMBER 31, 2014

(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014

(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014

(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(1) Organization and Business Background

Orient Paper, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Nevada on December 9, 2005, under the name “Carlateral, Inc.” Through the steps described immediately below, we became the holding company for Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Company Limited (“Orient Paper HB”), a producer and distributor of paper products in China, on October 29, 2007, and effective December 21, 2007, we changed our name to “Orient Paper, Inc.” to more accurately describe our business.

On October 29, 2007, pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”), the Company acquired Dongfang Zhiye Holding Limited (“Dongfang Holding”), a corporation formed on November 13, 2006 under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, and issued the shareholders of Dongfang Holding an aggregate of 7,450,497 (as adjusted for a four-for-one reverse stock split effected in November 2009) shares of our common stock, which shares were distributed pro-rata to the shareholders of Dongfang Holding in accordance with their respective ownership interests in Dongfang Holding. At the time of the Merger Agreement, Dongfang Holding owned all of the issued and outstanding stock and ownership of Orient Paper HB and such shares of Orient Paper HB were held in trust with Zhenyong Liu, Xiaodong Liu and Shuangxi Zhao, for Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu and Mr. Zhao (the original shareholders of Orient Paper HB) to exercise control over the disposition of Dongfang Holding’s shares in Orient Paper HB on Dongfang Holding’s behalf until Dongfang Holding successfully completed the change in registration of Orient Paper HB’s capital with the relevant PRC Administration of Industry and Commerce as the 100% owner of Orient Paper HB’s shares. As a result of the merger transaction, Dongfang Holding became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Dongfang Holding’s wholly owned subsidiary, Orient Paper HB, became an indirectly owned subsidiary of the Company.

Dongfang Holding, as the 100% owner of Orient Paper HB, was unable to complete the registration of Orient Paper HB’s capital under its name within the proper time limits set forth under PRC law. In connection with the consummation of the restructuring transactions described below, Dongfang Holding directed the trustees to return the shares of Orient Paper HB to their original shareholders, and the original Orient Paper HB shareholders entered into certain agreements with Baoding Shengde Paper Co., Ltd. (“Orient Paper Shengde”) to transfer the control of Orient Paper HB over to Orient Paper Shengde.

On June 24, 2009, the Company consummated a number of restructuring transactions pursuant to which it acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Shengde Holdings Inc, a Nevada corporation. Shengde Holdings Inc was incorporated in the State of Nevada on February 25, 2009. On June 1, 2009, Shengde Holdings Inc incorporated Orient Paper Shengde, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the PRC. Because Orient Paper Shengde is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shengde Holdings Inc, it is regarded as a wholly foreign-owned entity under PRC law.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

To ensure proper compliance of the Company’s control over the ownership and operations of Orient Paper HB with certain PRC regulations, on June 24, 2009, the Company entered into a series of contractual agreements (the “Contractual Agreements”) with Orient Paper HB and Orient Paper HB Equity Owners via the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary Shengde Holdings Inc (“Shengde Holdings”) a Nevada corporation and Baoding Shengde Paper Co., Ltd. (“Orient Paper Shengde”), a wholly foreign-owned enterprise in the PRC with an original registered capital of $10,000,000 (subsequently increased to $60,000,000 in June 2010). Orient Paper Shengde is mainly engaged in production and distribution of digital photo paper and is 100% owned by Shengde Holdings. Prior to February 10, 2010, the Contractual Agreements included (i) Exclusive Technical Service and Business Consulting Agreement, which generally provides that Orient Paper Shengde shall provide exclusive technical, business and management consulting services to Orient Paper HB, in exchange for service fees including a fee equivalent to 80% of Orient Paper HB’s total annual net profits; (ii) Loan Agreement, which provides that Orient Paper Shengde will make a loan in the aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 to Orient Paper HB Equity Owners in exchange for each such shareholder agreeing to contribute all of its proceeds from the loan to the registered capital of Orient Paper HB; (iii) Call Option Agreement, which generally provides, among other things, that Orient Paper HB Equity Owners irrevocably grant to Orient Paper Shengde an option to purchase all or part of each owner’s equity interest in Orient Paper HB. The exercise price for the options shall be RMB1 which Orient Paper Shengde should pay to each of Orient Paper HB Equity Owner for all their equity interests in Orient Paper HB; (iv) Share Pledge Agreement, which provides that Orient Paper HB Equity Owners will pledge all of their equity interests in Orient Paper HB to Orient Paper Shengde as security for their obligations under the other agreements described in this section. Specifically, Orient Paper Shengde is entitled to dispose of the pledged equity interests in the event that Orient Paper HB Equity Owners breach their obligations under the Loan Agreement or Orient Paper HB fails to pay the service fees to Orient Paper Shengde pursuant to the Exclusive Technical Service and Business Consulting Agreement; and (v) Proxy Agreement, which provides that Orient Paper HB Equity Owners shall irrevocably entrust a designee of Orient Paper Shengde with such shareholder’s voting rights and the right to represent such shareholder to exercise such owner’s rights at any equity owners’ meeting of Orient Paper HB or with respect to any equity owner action to be taken in accordance with the laws and Orient Paper HB’s Articles of Association. The terms of the agreement are binding on the parties for as long as Orient Paper HB Equity Owners continue to hold any equity interest in Orient Paper HB. An Orient Paper HB Equity Owner will cease to be a party to the agreement once it transfers its equity interests with the prior approval of Orient Paper Shengde. As the Company had controlled Orient Paper HB since July 16, 2007 through Dongfang Holding and the trust until June 24, 2009, and continues to control Orient Paper HB through Orient Paper Shengde and the Contractual Agreements, the execution of the Contractual Agreements is considered as a business combination under common control.

On February 10, 2010, Orient Paper Shengde and the Orient Paper HB Equity Owners entered into a Termination of Loan Agreement to terminate the above $10,000,000 Loan Agreement. Because of the Company’s decision to fund future business expansions through Orient Paper Shengde instead of Orient Paper HB, the $10,000,000 loan contemplated was never made prior to the point of termination. The parties believe the termination of the Loan Agreement does not in itself compromise the effective control of the Company over Orient Paper HB and its businesses in the PRC.

An agreement was also entered into among Orient Paper Shengde, Orient Paper HB and the Orient Paper HB Equity Owners on December 31, 2010, reiterating that Orient Paper Shengde is entitled to 100% of the distributable profit of Orient Paper HB, pursuant to the above mentioned Contractual Agreements. In addition, Orient Paper HB and the Orient Paper HB Equity Owners shall not declare any of Orient Paper HB’s unappropriated earnings as dividend, including the unappropriated earnings of Orient Paper HB from its establishment to 2010 and thereafter.

Orient Paper has no direct equity interest in Orient Paper HB. However, through the Contractual Agreements described above Orient Paper is found to be the primary beneficiary of Orient Paper HB and is deemed to have the effective control over Orient Paper HB’s activities that most significantly affect its economic performance, resulting in Orient Paper HB being treated as a controlled variable interest entity of Orient Paper in accordance with Topic 810 - Consolidation of the Accounting Standards Codification (the “ASC”) issued by the Financial Accounting Standard Board (the “FASB”). The revenue of the Company generated from Orient Paper HB for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were 99.53% and 98.60%, respectively. The revenue of the Company generated from Orient Paper HB for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were 99.82% and 97.18%, respectively. Orient Paper HB also accounted for 84.94% and 83.73% of the total assets of the Company as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, details of the Company’s subsidiaries and variable interest entities are as follows:

* Orient Paper HB is treated as a 100% controlled variable interest entity of the Company

(2) Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, certain information and notes required by the United States of America generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for annual financial statements are not included herein. These interim statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 of Orient Paper, Inc. a Nevada corporation, and its subsidiaries and variable interest entity (which we sometimes refer to collectively as “Orient Paper”, “we”, “us” or “our”).

Principles of Consolidation

Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position and results of operations. Such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature, unless otherwise noted. The balance sheet as of September 30, 2015 and the results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future period.

Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. These accounting principles require us to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We believe that the estimates, judgments and assumptions are reasonable, based on information available at the time they are made. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

Valuation of long-lived asset

The Company reviews the carrying value of long-lived assets to be held and used when events and circumstances warrants such a review. The carrying value of a long-lived asset is considered impaired when the anticipated undiscounted cash flow from such asset is separately identifiable and is less than its carrying value. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair market value of the long-lived asset and intangible assets. Fair market value is determined primarily using the anticipated cash flows discounted at a rate commensurate with the risk involved. Losses on long-lived assets and intangible assets to be disposed are determined in a similar manner, except that fair market values are reduced for the cost to dispose.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company estimates the fair value of financial instruments using the available market information and valuation methods. Considerable judgment is required in estimating fair value. Accordingly, the estimates of fair value may not be indicative of the amounts that the Company could realize in a current market exchange. As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the carrying value of the Company’s short term financial instruments, such as cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts and notes payable, short-term bank loans and balance due to a related party, approximate at their fair values because of the short maturity of these instruments; while long-term bank loans, loans from a related party and obligations under capital lease approximate at their fair value as the interest rates thereon are close to the market rates of interest published by the People’s Bank of China.

Liquidity and Going Concern

As of September 30, 2015, the Company had current assets of $21,101,202 and current liabilities of $27,815,091 (including amounts due to related parties of $3,944,771), resulting in a working capital deficit of approximately $6,713,889; while as of December 31, 2014, the Company had current assets of $26,554,862 and current liabilities of $44,470,148 (including amounts due to related parties of $3,376,120), resulting in a working capital deficit of approximately $17,915,286. We are currently seeking to restructure the term of our liabilities by raising funds through long-term loans to pay off liabilities with shorter terms. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon obtaining the necessary financing or negotiating the terms of the existing short-term liabilities to meet our current and future liquidity needs.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

On January 20, 2014, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) Mr. Zhenyong Liu agreed in writing to permit the Company to continue to postpone the repayment of the accrued interest on his loan to Orient Paper HB until the Company is able to pay its other creditors in its normal course of business. The accrued interest owned to Mr. Liu was approximately $1,311,592, which was recorded in other payables and accrued liabilities as part of the current liabilities in the condensed consolidated financial statement as of September 30, 2015 (see Note (11) below).

On January 21, 2015, Hebei Fangsheng, a real estate development company owned by Mr. Zhenyong Liu, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and his family, agreed in writing to permit the Company to continue to postpone the repayment of the accrued rental charged to Orient Paper HB until the earliest date on which the Company's quarterly or annual financial statements filed with the SEC show a satisfactory working capital level. The accrued rental owned to Hebei Fangsheng was approximately $337,120 and $227,900, which was recorded in as part of the current liabilities as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

On March 1, 2015, the Company entered an agreement with the CEO which allows Orient Paper HB to borrow from the CEO with an amount up to $18,864,069 (RMB120,000,000) for working capital purposes. The advances or funding under the agreement are due in three years from the date each amount is funded. The loan will be unsecured and carry an annual interest rate set on the basis of the primary lending rate of the People’s Bank of China at the time of the borrowing. On July 13, 2015, an unsecured loan of $4,716,017 was drawn from the facility, which carried an interest rate of 5.25%. The loan will be matured on July 12, 2018.

On March 9, 2015, Mr. Zhenyong Liu agreed in writing to permit the Company to postpone the repayment of the related party loan of $2,296,059 which will expire at December 31, 2015. (see Note (9) below).

On July 1, 2015, Orient Paper HB, Shijiazhuang Office of China Orient Asset Management Corporation (“China Orient”), the parent and assignee of the rights of China National Foreign Trade Financial & Leasing Co., Ltd (“CNFTFL”), and other guarantors of Lease Financing Agreement, entered into an agreement (the “2015 Agreement”), to amend and restate the Lease Financing Agreement entered into in 2013. The 2015 Agreement sets forth a modified and extended payment schedule with respect to the remaining payment obligation, with principal payable on the 21th of December 2015, June 2016, December 2016 and final payment on June 21, 2017.

Although management believes it can secure financial resources to satisfy the Company's current liabilities and the capital expenditure needs in the next 12 months, there are no guarantees that these financial resources will be secured. Therefore, there is a substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern that it may be unable to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. Our consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if we are unable to continue as a going concern.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(3) Restricted Cash

Restricted cash of $3,144,011 as of September 30, 2015 was presented for the cash deposited at the Commercial Bank of the City of Zhangjiakou for purpose of securing the bank acceptance notes from the bank (see Note (10)). The restriction will be lifted upon the maturity of the note payable on various dates starting from January 7 to 20, 2016.

Restricted cash of $8,873,999 as of December 31, 2014 was presented for the cash deposited at the Bank of Hebei, SPD Bank and the Commercial Bank of the City of Zhangjiakou for purpose of securing the bank acceptance notes from these banks (see Note (10)). The restriction was lifted upon the maturity of the notes payable from January 7, 2015 through April 23, 2015.

(4) Inventories

Raw materials inventory includes mainly recycled paper and coal. Finished goods include mainly products of corrugating medium paper and offset printing paper. Inventories consisted of the following as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:

(5) Prepayments and other current assets

Prepayments and other current assets consisted of the following as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:

(6) Prepayment on property, plant and equipment

As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, prepayment on property, plant and equipment consisted of $1,433,669 and $1,490,440, respectively in respect of prepaid land use right prepayment made on October 26, 2012 for the entitlement of land use right for some 65,023 square meters of land located in our Xushui County, Baoding plant. The purchase is expected to be completed in year 2016.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(7) Property, plant and equipment

As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, land use rights represented a parcel of state-owned land located in Xushui County of Hebei Province in China, with lease terms of 50 years expiring in 2061.

The Company entered into a sale-leaseback arrangement with a leasing company in China on June 16, 2013 for a total financing proceeds in the amount of RMB 150 million (approximately US$24 million). Under the sale-leaseback arrangement, Orient Paper HB sold certain of its paper manufacturing equipment to the leasing company for an amount of RMB 150 million (approximately US$24 million). Concurrent with the sale of equipment, Orient Paper HB leases back all of the equipment (“Leased Equipment”) sold to the leasing company for a lease term of three years. At the end of the lease term, Orient Paper HB may pay a nominal purchase price of RMB 15,000 (approximately $2,400) to the leasing company and buy back all of the Leased Equipment. The sale-leaseback is treated by the Company as a mere financing and capital lease transaction, rather than a sale of assets (under which gain or loss is immediately recognized) under ASC 840-40-25-4. All of the Leased Equipment are included as part of the property, plant and equipment of the Company as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014. As a result of the sale, a deferred gain on sale of Leased Equipment in the amount of $1,379,282 was created at the closing of the transaction and presented as a non-current liability. The deferred gain would be amortized by the Company during the lease term and would be used to offset the depreciation of the Leased Equipment, respectively. See “Financing with Sale-Leaseback” under Note (8), Loans Payable, for details of the transaction and asset collaterals. 

The depreciation of Leased Equipment has started in July 2013 and was included with the depreciation expense of the Company’s own assets in the consolidated statement of income. During the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, depreciation of Leased Equipment were $432,304 and $825,620, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, depreciation of Leased Equipment were $1,259,837 and $1,237,181, respectively. The accumulated depreciation of the leased asset were $3,616,303 and $2,486,615 as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014. During the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the gain realized on sale-leaseback transaction were $112,708 and $115,094, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the gain realized on sale-leaseback transaction were $344,130 and $345,981, respectively. The gain realized was recorded in cost of sales as a reduction of depreciation expenses. The unamortized deferred gains on sale-lease back are $334,451 and $695,389 as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. 

On July 1, 2015, Orient Paper HB, China Orient, and other guarantors of Lease Financing Agreement, entered into the 2015 Agreement, to amend and restate the Lease Financing Agreement entered into in 2013. The 2015 Agreement sets forth a modified and extended payment schedule with respect to the remaining payment obligation, with the final repayment date extended to June 21, 2017. In accordance with ASC 840-30-35, the present balances of the capital lease assets and obligations under capital lease were adjusted by an amount equal to the difference between the present value of the future minimum lease payments under the revised agreement (computed using the interest rate used to recognize the lease initially), which was approximately $1,617,574 at the date of the 2015 Agreement. 

Construction in progress mainly represents payments for the new 15,000 tonnes per year tissue paper manufacturing equipment PM8, the tissue paper workshops and general infrastructure and administrative facilities in the Wei County industrial park. The tissue paper development project at the Wei County Industrial Park is expected to be completed in the first half of 2016. For the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the amount of interest capitalized is $19,294 and $207,830, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the amount of interest capitalized is $116,494 and $717,058, respectively. 

As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, certain property, plant and equipment of Orient Paper HB with net values of $13,896,033 and $19,300,765 have been pledged for the long-term loan from credit union of Orient Paper HB, respectively. As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, certain of the Company’s property, plant and equipment in the amount of $30,163 and $29,995 have been pledged for the facility obtained from Bank of Hebei. See “Notes Payable” under Note (10) for details. In addition, land use right with net values of $6,947,979 and $7,339,399 as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was pledged for the sale-leaseback financing. See “Financing with Sale-Leaseback” under Note (8), Loans Payable, for details of the transaction and asset collaterals. 

As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, essentially all production equipment of Orient Paper Shengde with net value of $30,012,436 and $33,287,324 has been pledged for the guarantee of Orient Paper HB’s performance under the capital lease.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment was $4,969,341 and $2,010,130 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment was $10,061,558 and $5,877,824 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

(8) Loans Payable

Short-term bank loans

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

As of September 30, 2015, there were guaranteed short-term borrowings of $6,288,022. As of December 31, 2014, there were guaranteed short-term borrowings of $3,268,508 and secured bank loans of $6,537,016. The factoring facility was secured by the Company’s accounts receivable in the amount of $nil and $3,730,123 as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

The average short-term borrowing rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were approximately 7.93% and 7.24%, respectively. The average short-term borrowing rates for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were approximately 6.65% and 8.20%, respectively.

Long-term loans from credit union

As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, loans payable to Rural Credit Union of Xushui County, amounted to $5,281,939 and $5,907,828, respectively.

On April 16, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement with the Rural Credit Union of Xushui County for an amount that is $1,548,426 and $1,609,740 as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. The loan is guaranteed by an independent third party. Interest payment is due quarterly and bears the rate of 0.72% per month. The loan balance would be repayable by various installments from June 21, 2014 to November 18, 2018. In August 2015, after making proper notice to the bank in accordance with the terms on the agreement, the Company repaid a portion of the loan amounted to $196,501, within which $78,600 were due before the payment date and $117,901 were paid ahead of its original repayment schedule. Early repayment is allowed as long as the Company gives a 10-day notice to the bank. As of September 30, 2015, total outstanding loan balance was $1,351,925 and presented as non-current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2014, total outstanding loan balance was $1,609,740 with $65,370 becoming due within one year and presented as current portion of long term loans from credit union in the consolidated balance sheet.

On July 15, 2013, the Company entered into a new agreement with the Rural Credit Union of Xushui County for a term of 5 years, which is due and payable on various scheduled repayment dates between December 21, 2013 and July 26, 2018. The loan is secured by certain of the Company’s manufacturing equipment in the amount of $13,896,033 and $19,300,765 as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Interest payment is due quarterly and bears a fixed rate of 0.72% per month. In August 2015, after making proper notice to the bank in accordance with the terms on the agreement, the Company repaid a portion of the loan amounted to $204,361, within which $94,320 were due before the payment date and $110,041 were paid ahead of its original repayment schedule. Early repayment is allowed as long as the Company gives a 10-day notice to the bank. As of September 30, 2015, the total outstanding loan balance was $3,930,014 and presented as non-current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2014, the total outstanding loan balance was $4,298,088, with $81,713 becoming due within one year and presented as current portion of long term loans from credit union in the consolidated balance sheet.

Total interest expenses for the short-term bank loans and long-term loans for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were $184,748 and $307,746, respectively. Total interest expenses for the short-term bank loans and long-term loans for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were $845,751 and $778,472, respectively.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Financing with Sale-Leaseback

The Company entered into a sale-leaseback arrangement (the “Lease Financing Agreement”) with CNFTFL on June 16, 2013, for a total financing proceeds in the amount of RMB 150 million (approximately US$24 million). Under the sale-leaseback arrangement, Orient Paper HB sold the Leased Equipment to CNFTFL for RMB 150 million (approximately US$24 million). Concurrent with the sale of equipment, Orient Paper HB leases back all of the equipment sold to CNFTFL for a lease term of three years. At the end of the lease term, Orient Paper HB may pay a nominal purchase price of RMB 15,000 (approximately $2,400) to CNFTFL and buy back all of the Leased Equipment. The sale-leaseback is treated by the Company as a mere financing and capital lease transaction, rather than a sale of assets (under which gain or loss is immediately recognized) under ASC 840-40-25-4. All of the Leased Equipment are included as part of the property, plant and equipment of the Company for the periods presented; while the net present value of the minimum lease payment (including a lease service charge equal to 5.55% of the amount financed, i.e. approximately US$1.36 million) was recorded as obligations under capital lease and was calculated with CNFTFL’s implicit interest rate of 6.15% per annum and stated at $25,750,170 at the inception of the lease on June 16, 2013.

Orient Paper HB made all payments due according to the schedule prior to December 15, 2014. On December 15, 2014, Orient Paper HB stopped making principal payments and entered into negotiations with the CNFTFL regarding a modified payment schedule for the remaining obligations. During the course of negotiations, Orient Paper HB continued to make interest payments due (as well as a payment of a liquidated damage of approximately $9,200 on December 26, 2014). No remedial measures were taken by the lessor or its parent company. On May 19, 2015 and June 15, 2015, the Company made payments to the lessor of RMB 5,000,000 (approximately $0.8 million) and RMB 20,000,000 (approximately $3 million), respectively.

On July 1, 2015, Orient Paper HB, China Orient, and other guarantors of Lease Financing Agreement, entered into the 2015 Agreement, to amend and restate the Lease Financing Agreement entered into in 2013. The 2015 Agreement sets forth a modified and extended payment schedule with respect to the remaining payment obligation, with the final repayment date extended to June 21, 2017. Under the 2015 Agreement, the interest accrues at a rate of 15% per annum starting on June 16, 2015, and is payable on the 20th of every March, June, September and December until the principal is paid off, except for the first payment, which is due on July 31, 2015. The Company made all the payments on time according to the modified payment schedule under the 2015 Agreement in this period.

In accordance with ASC 840-30-35, the present balances of the capital lease assets and obligations under capital lease were adjusted by an amount equal to the difference between the present value of the future minimum lease payments under the revised agreement (computed using the interest rate used to recognize the lease initially), which is approximately $1,617,574 at the date of the 2015 Agreement. The balance of the long-term obligations under capital lease were $6,568,399 and $4,090,413 as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, which is net of its current portion in the amount of $6,323,396 and $12,258,488, respectively.

Total interest expenses for the sale-leaseback arrangement for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were $169,742 and $207,830, respectively. Total interest expenses for the sale-leaseback arrangement for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were $1,024,866 and $717,058, respectively.

As a result of the sale and leaseback of equipment on June 16, 2013, a deferred gain in the amount of $1,379,282 was recorded. The deferred gain is being amortized over the lease term and as an offset to depreciation of the Leased Equipment.

As part of the sale-leaseback transaction, Orient Paper HB entered into a Collateral Agreement with CNFTFL and pledged the land use right in the amount of approximately $6,947,979 on some 58,566 square meters of land as collateral for the lease. In addition to Orient Paper HB’s collateral, Orient Paper Shengde also entered into a Guarantee Contract with CNFTFL on June 16, 2013. Under the Guarantee Contract, Orient Paper Shengde agrees to guarantee Orient Paper HB’s performance under the lease and to pledge all of its production equipment as additional collateral. The net book value of Orient Paper Shengde’s asset guarantee was $30,012,436 and $33,287,324 as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

The future minimum lease payments of the capital lease as of September 30, 2015 were as follows:

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(9) Related Party Transactions

The Company’s CEO loaned money to Orient Paper HB for working capital purposes over a period of time. On January 1, 2013, Orient Paper HB and Mr. Liu renewed the three-year term loan previously entered on January 1, 2010, and extended the maturity date further to December 31, 2015. The balance was $2,296,059 and $2,386,978 as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. The unsecured loan carries an annual interest rate based on the People’s Bank of China and was set at 6.15% per annum. The entire balance is presented as current portion of long term loan from a related party in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2015.

On December 10, 2014, Mr. Liu loaned $9,432,034 and $9,805,524 as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, to Orient Paper HB for working capital purpose with an annual interest rate based on the People’s Bank of China and was set at 6.00% per annum. The unsecured loan will expire on December 10, 2017.

On March 1, 2015, the Company entered an agreement with the CEO which allows Orient Paper HB to borrow from the CEO with an amount up to $18,864,069 (RMB120,000,000) for working capital purposes. The advances or funding under the agreement are due in three years from the date each amount is funded. The loan will be unsecured and carry an annual interest rate set on the basis of the primary lending rate of the People’s Bank of China at the time of the borrowing. On July 13, 2015, an unsecured loan of $4,716,017 was drawn from the facility, which carried an interest rate of 5.25%. The loan will be matured on July 12, 2018.

As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, total amount of loans due to Mr. Liu were $16,444,110 and $12,192,502, respectively. The interest expenses incurred for above related party loans are $230,926 and $36,445 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The interest expenses incurred for above related party loans are $596,110 and $109,556 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. On January 20, 2015, the Company’s CEO agreed in writing to permit the Company to postpone the repayment of the loan and accrued interest on his loan to Orient Paper HB until the earliest date on which the Company's quarterly or annual financial statements filed with the SEC show a satisfactory working capital level. The accrued interest owned to Mr. Liu was approximately $1,311,592 and $761,242, which was recorded in other payables and accrued liabilities (see Note (11) below) as part of the current liabilities as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

During the nine months and three months ended September 30, 2015, the Company borrowed $390,000 and $90,000, respectively, from a shareholder to pay for various expenses incurred in the U.S. The amount was repayable on demand with interest free. The Company repaid the entire balance by the end of the period.

During the nine months and the three months ended September 30, 2014, the Company borrowed $643,500 and $300,000, respectively, from a shareholder to pay for various expenses incurred in the U.S. The amount was repayable on demand with interest free. The Company repaid the entire balance by the end of the period.

Sale of Headquarters Compound Real Properties to a Related Party

On August 7, 2013, the Company’s Audit Committee and the Board of Directors approved the sale of the land use right of the Headquarters Compound (the “LUR”), the office building and essentially all industrial-use buildings in the Headquarters Compound (the “Industrial Buildings”), and three employee dormitory buildings located within the Headquarters Compound (the “Dormitories”) to Hebei Fangsheng for cash prices of approximately $2.77 million, $1.15 million, and $4.31 million respectively. In connection with the sale of the Industrial Buildings, Hebei Fangsheng agreed to lease the Industrial Buildings back to the Company for its original use for a term of up to three years, with an annual rental payment of approximately $157,201 (RMB1,000,000). On January 21, 2015, Hebei Fangsheng agreed in writing to permit the Company to continue to postpone the repayment of the accrued rental charged to Orient Paper HB until the earliest date on which the Company's quarterly or annual financial statements filed with the SEC show a satisfactory working capital level. The accrued rental owned to Hebei Fangsheng was approximately $337,120 and $227,900, which was recorded as part of the current liabilities as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

The sale was conducted on an arms-length basis, and was reviewed by the Company’s Audit Committee and approved by the Board of Directors. The $2.77 million sale price of the industrial land use right was determined by the valuation from a government designated appraisal, which was 3.35% higher than a second independent appraisal commissioned by the Company. The $1.15 million sale price of the Industrial Buildings was determined by negotiation between the Company and Hebei Fangsheng and is equal to the appraised value based on the assumption that the use of the buildings would be continued until they are retired. Based on the assumption that such buildings would have to be torn down to comply with the re-zoning, a second independent appraisal obtained by the Company put the value at $0.4 million. Although the Company and Hebei Fangsheng agree to set the sale price of the Dormitories at the Company’s original construction cost of the three dormitory buildings for $4.31 million, an independent appraisal shows that the value for the three buildings as employee dormitories was $4.64 million.

As a condition for the sale of the Dormitories, Hebei Fangsheng agrees that it will act as an agent for the Company, which does not have the qualification to sell residential housing units in China, and that it is obligated to sell all of the 132 apartment units in the Dormitories to qualified employees of the Company at its acquisition price. Hebei Fangsheng further represents that it will not seek to profit from the resale of the Dormitories units and will allow the Company to inspect the books and records of the sale upon completion of the resale of the Dormitories units to ensure the objectives are achieved.

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Sales of the LUR and the Industrial Buildings were completed in year 2013. Sales of the dormitories, which was classified as assets held for sale as of December 31, 2013, was consummated on August 15, 2014 with a gain on disposal of approximately $203,488 recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014.

Land Use Right Pledged by Hebei Fangsheng

Independent from the above related party sale transaction, on March 3, 2014, Hebei Fangsheng entered into a Collateral Agreement with SPD Bank in connection with the Company’s bank acceptance note obtained from the SPD Bank (see Note (10) below). Under the Collateral Agreement, Hebei Fangsheng pledged certain land-use-right on a parcel of land located in Wei County, Hebei for the benefit of the SPD Bank as collateral to secure the credit facility of the bank acceptance note during the period from March 3, 2014 to March 2, 2016. As explained above, Hebei Fangsheng is controlled by the Company’s CEO.

(10) Notes payable

As of September 30, 2015, the Company bank acceptance notes of $6,288,023 from the Bank of Hebei, to one of its major suppliers for settling purchase of raw materials. The acceptance notes are used to essentially extend the payment of accounts payable and are issued under the banking facilities obtained from bank as well as the restricted bank deposit of $3,144,011 in the bank as mentioned in Note (3). The banking facility obtained from the Bank of Hebei was secured by certain of the Company’s property, plant and equipment in the amount of $30,163, and guaranteed by the Company’s CEO and his wife, two directors of the Company’s subsidiaries and five independent third parties. The bank acceptance notes from the bank bore interest rate at nil% per annum and 0.05% of notes amount as handling change. The acceptance notes will become due and payable on various dates starting from January 7 to 20, 2016.

As of December 31, 2014, the Company had eleven bank acceptance notes that totaled of $1,405,458, $6,537,016 and $8,171,270, respectively, from Bank of Hebei, SPD Bank and the Commercial Bank of the City of Zhangjiakou, respectively, to one of its major suppliers for settling purchase of raw materials. These acceptances notes were used to essentially extend the payment of accounts payable and were issued under the banking facilities obtained from these three banks as well as the restricted bank deposit of $8,873,999 in these three banks as mentioned in Note (3). In particular, the banking facility obtained from Bank of Hebei was secured by certain of the Company’s property, plant and equipment in the amount of $29,995 and guaranteed by the Company’s CEO and Hebei Fangsheng and two independent third parties. The banking facility obtained from SPD Bank was secured by land use right from a related party as mentioned in Note (9). The banking facility obtained from the Commercial Bank of the City of Zhangjiakou was guaranteed by the Company’s CEO and Shijiazhuang Baode Guarantee Service Company as mentioned in Note (8). The bank acceptance notes from those three banks bore interest rate at nil% per annum and 0.05% of notes amount as handling change. They were due and paid on various dates starting from January 7, 2015 to April 23, 2015.

(11) Other payables and accrued liabilities

Other payables and accrued liabilities consist of the following:

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(12) Common Stock

Issuance of common stock to investors 

On August 27, 2014, the Company issued 1,562,500 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase up to 781,250 shares of our common stock (the “Offering”). Each share of common stock and accompanying warrant was sold at a price of $1.60. Please refer to Note (13), Stock Warrants, for details. 

(13) Stock warrants

On August 27, 2014, the Company issued 1,562,500 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase up to 781,250 shares of our common stock. The warrants have an exercise price of $1.70 per share. These warrants are exercisable immediately upon issuance on September 3, 2014 and have a term of exercise equal to five years from the date of issuance till September 2, 2019. The fair value of these shares amounted to $780,000, is classified as equity at the date of issuance.

The fair value of the warrants issued was estimated by using the Binominal pricing model with the following assumptions:

In connection with the Offering, the Company issued warrants to its placement agent of this Offering, which can purchase an aggregate of up to 2.50% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock sold in the Offering, i.e. 39,062 shares. These warrants have substantially the same terms as the warrants issued to purchaser in the Offering, except that the exercise price is $2.00 per share and the expiration date is from September 3, 2014 to June 26, 2019. The fair value of these shares amounted to $35,191, is classified in the equity at the date of issuance to net off the proceeds from the issuance of the shares and warrants.

The fair value of the warrants issued was estimated by using the Binominal pricing model with the following assumptions:

The Company applied judgment in estimating key assumptions in determining the fair value of the warrants on the date of issuance. The Company used historical data to estimate stock volatilities and expected dividend yield. The risk-free rates are consistent with the terms of the warrants and are based on the United States Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of issuance.

A summary of stock warrant activities is as below:

The weighted average fair value of warrants granted for the period ended September 30, 2014 was $0.99 per share. No warrants were exercised, cancelled or expired during the period ended September 30, 2014. As of September 30, 2014, the aggregated intrinsic value of warrants outstanding and exercisable was $nil.

No warrants were issued, exercised, cancelled or expired during the period ended September 30, 2015. As of September 30, 2015, the aggregated intrinsic value of warrants outstanding and exercisable was $nil.

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(14) Earnings Per Share

For the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, basic and diluted net income per share are calculated as follows:

For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, basic and diluted net income per share are calculated as follows:

For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014, 820,312 shares related to warrants are excluded from the calculations of dilutive net income per share as their effects would have been anti-dilutive since the average share price for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014 were lower than the warrants exercise price.

For the three months ended September 30, 2015, 39,062 shares related to warrants are excluded from the calculations of dilutive net income per share as their effects would have been anti-dilutive since the average share price for the three months ended September 30, 2015 were lower than the warrants exercise price. For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, 820,312 shares related to warrants are excluded from the calculations of dilutive net income per share as their effects would have been anti-dilutive since the average share price for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 were lower than the warrants exercise price.

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(15) Income Taxes

United States

Orient Paper and Shengde Holdings are incorporated in the State of Nevada and are subject to the U.S. federal tax and state statutory tax rates up to 34% and 0%, respectively.

PRC

Orient Paper HB and Orient Paper Shengde are PRC operating companies and are subject to PRC Enterprise Income Tax. Pursuant to the PRC New Enterprise Income Tax Law, Enterprise Income Tax is generally imposed at a statutory rate of 25%.

The provisions for income taxes for three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

The provisions for income taxes for nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

During the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the effective income tax rate was estimated by the Company to be 25.3% and 27.0%, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the effective income tax rate was estimated by the Company to be 26.3% and 27.2%, respectively. The effective tax rate is lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 35% primarily because the undistributed earnings of our PRC subsidiary Orient Paper Shengde and the VIE, Orient Paper HB are considered or are expected to be indefinitely reinvested offshore to support our future capacity expansion.

The Company has adopted ASC Topic 740-10-05, Income Taxes. To date, the adoption of this interpretation has not impacted the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. The Company performed self-assessment and the Company’s liability for income taxes includes the liability for unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties which relate to tax years still subject to review by taxing authorities. Audit periods remain open for review until the statute of limitations has passed, which in the PRC is usually 5 years. The completion of review or the expiration of the statute of limitations for a given audit period could result in an adjustment to the Company’s liability for income taxes. Any such adjustment could be material to the Company’s results of operations for any given quarterly or annual period based, in part, upon the results of operations for the given period. As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, management considered that the Company had no uncertain tax positions affecting its consolidated financial position and results of operations or cash flows, and will continue to evaluate for any uncertain position in future. There are no estimated interest costs and penalties provided in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The Company’s tax positions related to open tax years are subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities and the major one is the China Tax Authority.

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(16) Stock Incentive Plans

Issuance of common stock pursuant to the 2011 Incentive Stock Plan and 2012 Incentive Stock Plan

On September 10, 2012, the Company’s Annual General Meeting approved the 2012 Incentive Stock Plan of Orient Paper, Inc. (the “2012 ISP”) as previously adopted by the Board of Directors on July 4, 2012. Under the 2012 ISP, the Company may grant an aggregate of 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to the Company’s directors, officers, employees or consultants. Specifically, the Board and/or the Compensation Committee have authority to (a) grant, in its discretion, Incentive Stock Options or Non-statutory Options, Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Purchase Offers; (b) determine in good faith the fair market value of the stock covered by any grant; (c) determine which eligible persons shall receive grants and the number of shares, restrictions, terms and conditions to be included in such grants; and (d) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the 2012 ISP's administration. 

On December 31, 2013, the Compensation Committee granted restricted common shares of 297,000, out of which 265,416 shares were granted under the 2011 ISP and 31,584 shares under the 2012 ISP, to certain officers, directors and employees of the Company when the stock was at $2.66 per share, as compensation for their services in the past years. Total fair value of the stock was calculated at $790,020 as of the date of grant. No stock or option was issued under the 2012 ISP subsequently.

2015 Incentive Plan

On August 29, 2015, the Company’s Annual General Meeting approved the 2015 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan of Orient Paper, Inc. (the “2015 ISP”) as previously adopted by the Board of Directors on July 10, 2015. Under the 2015 ISP, the Company may grant an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to the directors, officers, employees and/or consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries. No stock was issued under the 2015 ISP on or before September 30, 2015.

(17) Commitments and Contingencies

Operating Lease

Orient Paper leases 32.95 acres of land from a local government in Xushui County, Baoding City, Hebei, China through a real estate lease with a 30-year term, which expires on December 31, 2031. The lease requires an annual rental payment of approximately $18,864 (RMB 120,000). This operating lease is renewable at the end of the 30-year term.

On November 27, 2012, Orient Paper entered into a 49.4 acres land lease with an investment company in the Economic Development Zone in Wei County, Hebei Province, China. The lease term of the Wei County land lease commences on the date of the lease and lasts for 15 years. The lease requires an annual rental payment of $565,922 (RMB 3,600,000). The Company will be building two new tissue paper production lines and future production facilities in the leased Wei County land.

As mentioned in Note (9) Related Party Transactions, in connection with the sale of Industrial Buildings to Hebei Fangsheng, Hebei Fangsheng agrees to lease the Industrial Buildings back to Orient Paper at an annual rental of $157,201 (RMB 1,000,000), for a term of up to three years. The Company will continue its operations in the current location for a maximum of three years before the relocation completed.

Future minimum lease payments of all operating leases are as follows:

Capital commitment

As of September 30, 2015, the Company has signed several contracts for construction of equipment and facilities, including a new tissue paper production line PM8. Total outstanding commitments under these contracts were $13,522,167 and $24,561,228 as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. The Company expected to pay off all the balances within 1 year.

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(18) Segment Reporting

Since March 10, 2010, Orient Paper Shengde started its operations and thereafter the Company manages its operations through two business operating segments: Orient Paper HB, which produces offset printing paper and corrugating medium paper, and Orient Paper Shengde, which produces digital photo paper. They are managed separately because each business requires different technology and marketing strategies. 

The Company evaluates performance of its operating segments based on net income. Administrative functions such as finance, treasury, and information systems are centralized. However, where applicable, portions of the administrative function expenses are allocated between the operating segments based on gross revenue generated. The operating segments do share facilities in Xushui County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, China. All sales were sold to customers located in the PRC. 

Summarized financial information for the two reportable segments is as follows:

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(19) Concentration and Major Customers and Suppliers

For the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company had no single customer contributing over 10% of total sales.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company had no single customer contributing over 10% of total sales.

For the three months ended September 30, 2015, the Company had two major suppliers which primarily accounted for 60% and 20% of the total purchases. For the three months ended September 30, 2014, the Company had two major suppliers which primarily accounted for 52% and 21% of the total purchases.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company had two major suppliers which primarily accounted for 61% and 19% of the total purchases. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company had three major suppliers which primarily accounted for 62%, 13% and 8% of the total purchases.

(20) Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments for which the Company is potentially subject to concentration of credit risk consist principally of cash. The Company places its cash in reputable financial institutions in the PRC and the United States. Although it is generally understood that the PRC central government stands behind all of the banks in China in the event of bank failure, there is no deposit insurance system in China that is similar to the protection provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) of the United States as of December 31, 2014. On May 1, 2015, the new “Deposit Insurance Regulations” was effective in the PRC that the maximum protection would be up to RMB500,000 (US$78,600) per depositor per insured financial intuition, including both principal and interest. For the cash placed in financial institutions in the United States, the Company’s U.S. bank accounts are all fully covered by the FDIC insurance as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, while for the cash placed in financial institutions in the PRC, the balances exceeding the maximum coverage of RMB500,000 amounted to RMB25,122,279 (US$3,949,237) as of September 30, 2015.

(21) Risks and Uncertainties

Orient Paper is subject to substantial risks from, among other things, intense competition associated with the industry in general, other risks associated with financing, liquidity requirements, rapidly changing customer requirements, foreign currency exchange rates, and operating in the PRC under its various laws and restrictions.

(22) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which defers the effective date of ASU 2014-09 for all entities by one year. Public business entities, certain not-for-profit entities, and certain employee benefit plans should apply the guidance in ASU 2014-09 to annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. Earlier application is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. Currently, the Company is evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2014-09 and ASU 2015-14 on its consolidated financial statements and has not yet determined the method by which it will adopt the standard in year 2018.

Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company for the periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes to the financial statements that are included elsewhere in this quarterly report.

In this quarterly report, references to “Orient Paper,” “ONP,” “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Orient Paper, Inc. and its PRC subsidiary and variable interest entity unless the context requires otherwise.

We make certain forward-looking statements in this report. Statements concerning our future operations, prospects, strategies, financial condition, future economic performance (including growth and earnings), demand for our services, and other statements of our plans, beliefs, or expectations, including the statements contained under the captions “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” as well as captions elsewhere in this document, are forward-looking statements. In some cases these statements are identifiable through the use of words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “plan”, “project”, “target”, “can”, “could”, “may”, “should”, “will”, “would”, and similar expressions. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The forward-looking statements we make are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to various assumptions, risks, and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by these forward-looking statements. Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Indeed, it is likely that some of our assumptions may prove to be incorrect. Our actual results and financial position may vary from those projected or implied in the forward-looking statements and the variances may be material. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties, together with the other risks described from time to time in reports and documents that we file with the SEC should be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements.

In evaluating the forward-looking statements contained in this report, you should consider various factors, including, without limitation, the following: (a) those risks and uncertainties related to general economic conditions, (b) whether we are able to sustain or improve profitability in the future, (c) whether we are able to successfully fulfill our primary requirements for cash, (d) whether we are able to generate sufficient cash flow from operations or obtain financing to grow our business, and (e) whether we are able to manage our growth. We assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements, except as otherwise required under federal securities laws.

Results of Operations

Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014

Revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2015 was $32,406,877, a decrease of $8,347,328 or 20.48% from $40,754,205 for the same period in the previous year.

Revenue of Offset Printing Paper, Corrugating Medium Paper and Tissue Paper

Revenue from sales of offset printing paper, corrugating medium paper (“CMP”) and tissue paper products for the three months ended September 30, 2015 was $32,255,518, a decrease of $7,928,061, or 19.73%, from $40,183,579 for the third quarter of 2014. The decrease was primarily attributable to temporary suspension of the production of our regular CMP (the “Regular CMP”), light-weight CMP (the “Light-Weight CMP”) and offset printing paper from August 20 to September 4, 2015, mandated by the Baoding city government during the IAAF World Championship Games and the Military Parade Commemorating the 70^th Anniversary of the End of World War II in Beijing.

Total offset printing paper, CMP and tissue paper products sold during the three months ended September 30, 2015 was 76,772 tonnes, a decrease of 21,236 tonnes, or 21.67%, compared to 98,008 tonnes sold in the comparable period in the previous year. The decrease was mainly caused by the production suspension discussed above. The quantity of Light-Weight CMP produced and sold in the third quarter of 2015 was 10,138 tonnes, compared to 13,341 tonnes produced and sold in the third quarter of 2014. The quantities of our Regular CMP produced and sold decreased by 16,139 tonnes, as compared to the third quarter of 2014. Offset printing paper produced and sold dropped by 2,102 tonnes, as compared to the third quarter of 2014. We began the commercial production of tissue paper products in Wei County Industry Park in June 2015, and sold 208 tonnes of tissue paper products for $275,419 in the third quarter of 2015. The changes in revenue and in quantity sold for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 are summarized as follows:

Monthly sales revenue (excluding revenue of digital photo paper and tissue paper) for the 24 months ended September 30, 2015, are summarized below:

The ASPs (Average Selling Price) for our products excluding digital photo paper in the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2015, are summarized as follows:

The following chart shows the month-by-month ASPs (excluding the ASPs of the digital photo paper and tissue paper) for the 24 month period ended September 30, 2015:

Corrugating Medium Paper

Revenue from CMP was $22,667,432 (70.27% of total offset printing paper, CMP and tissue paper revenue) for the three months ended September 30, 2015, representing a decrease of $6,669,860, or 22.74%, from $29,337,292 for the comparable period in 2014. We sold 62,875 tonnes of CMP in the three months ended September 30, 2015, as compared to 82,217 tonnes for the same period in 2014, representing a 23.53% decrease in quantity sold. As explained above, the decrease was mainly due to the mandated production suspension from August 20 to September 4, 2015. ASP for Regular CMP rose from $355/tonne for the three months ended September 30, 2014 to $359/tonne for the three months ended September 30, 2015, representing a 1.13% increase over the comparable period. The quantity of Regular CMP produced and sold decreased by 16,139 tonnes, from 68,876 tonnes in the third quarter of 2014, to 52,737 tonnes in the third quarter of 2015.

For the third quarter of 2015, the ASP for Light-Weight CMP was $366/tonne, $3 lower than the ASP of $369/tonne for comparable period in 2014.

The government has been requiring outdated paper facilities to close since 2010 and is expected to continue to strictly enforce the mandatory closure of outdated capacity in the next few years. As a result, we estimate that the ASPs for CMP and other packaging paper will remain relatively stable for the rest of 2015 and also 2016 as outdated paper facilities being eliminated, and the paper industry will witness increased competition and higher standards for environmental protection measures.

We launched our PM6 production line in December 2011 and have been improving its output capacity in the past few years. The PM6 production line has a designated capacity of 360,000 tonnes/year. The utilization rates for the third quarter of 2015 and 2014 were 59.21% and 76.60%, respectively, showing a decrease of 17.38 percentage points.

Quantities sold for Regular CMP that was produced by the PM6 production line from October 2013 to September 2015 are as follows:

Offset Printing Paper

Revenue from offset printing paper was $9,312,667 (28.87% of total offset printing paper, CMP and tissue paper revenue) for the three months ended September 30, 2015, which represents a decrease of $1,533,620, or 14.14%, from $10,846,287 for the comparable period in 2014. We sold 13,689 tonnes of offset printing paper in the three months ended September 30, 2015, as compared to 15,791 tonnes in the comparable period in 2014, a decrease of 2,102 tonnes, or 13.31%. The decrease was mainly due to the mandated production suspension discussed above. We sold offset printing paper at an ASP of $680/tonne in the third quarter of 2015, which is 1.02% lower than the ASP of $687/tonne in the third quarter of 2014.

Tissue Paper Products

We began the commercial production of tissue paper products in Wei County Industry Park in June 2015. We process base tissue paper purchased from long-term cooperative third party and produce finished tissue paper products, including toilet paper, boxed and soft-packed tissues, handkerchief tissues, and paper napkins, as well as bathroom and kitchen paper towels that will be marketed and sold under the Orient Paper brand. We sold 208 tonnes of tissue paper products for $275,419 in the third quarter of 2015. We expect to see increase in production of our tissue paper products in the near future.

Revenue of Digital Photo Paper

Revenue generated from selling digital photo paper was $151,359, or 38 tonnes at an ASP of $3,983/tonnes, for the three months ended September 30, 2015, as compared to $570,626, or 146 tonnes at an ASP of $3,908/tonnes, for the three months ended September 30, 2014. In October 2014, we shut down and disassembled our digital photo paper production facilities (our PM4 and PM5 production lines) for relocation mandated by the local County government to a new workshop that we built across the street from our main production base, Xushui Paper Mill. We completed the relocation and resumed commercial production of our digital photo paper in August 2015. We expect to increase our digital photo paper production in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Changes in revenue and quantities sold of our digital photo paper for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 are summarized as follows:

Cost of Sales

Total cost of sales for CMP, offset printing paper and tissue paper products for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 was $25,697,894, a decrease of $8,084,102, or 23.93%, from $33,781,996 for the comparable period in 2014. Cost of sales for CMP was $17,655,425 for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, as compared to $24,860,805 for the same period in 2014. The decrease of $7,205,380 was mainly a result of the mandated production suspension discussed above. Average cost of sales per tonne for Regular CMP decreased from $311 in the third quarter of 2014 to $286 in the third quarter of 2015, representing a decrease of 8.04%, which was mainly attributable to a decline in raw material prices in the third quarter of 2015 (see details below) and the average cost of sales per tonne for offset printing paper increasing from $565 in the third quarter of 2014 to $568 during the quarter ended September 30, 2015, representing a slight increase of 0.53%. Changes in cost of sales and cost per tonne by product for the quarters ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 are summarized below:

Our average unit purchase costs (net of applicable value added tax) of recycled paper board (or Old Corrugated Cardboard, or “OCC”) and recycled white scrap paper in the third quarter of 2015 were RMB 974/tonne (approximately $157/tonne) and RMB 2,564/tonne (approximately $414/tonne), respectively, compared to RMB 1,026/tonne (approximately $167/tonne) and RMB 2,222/tonne (approximately $361/tonne), respectively, for the same period of 2014. These changes (in US dollars) represent a year-over-year decrease of 5.51% for the OCC and increase of 14.68% for the recycled white scrap paper, respectively. Our production process uses exclusively domestic recycled paper (sourced mainly from the Beijing-Tianjin metropolitan area). Though we do not rely on imported recycled paper, whose pricing tends to be volatile than domestic recycled paper, our experience suggests that the pricing of domestic recycled paper bears some correlation to the pricing of imported recycled paper. The “Operation Green Fence” policy, a strict inspection policy implemented by Chinese Customs for ten months from February to the end of 2013, that we had previously expected to be continued, was repealed by the Chinese government in January 2015. As a result, some paper mills went back to using imported recycled paper, which caused the drop in domestic recycled paper price in the third of 2015 as compared to the previous comparable period. But as the substitute raw material for tissue paper, the price of the recycled white scrap paper increase in the third quarter of 2015.

The pricing trends of our major raw materials for the 24 month period from October 2013 to September 2015 are shown below:

Electricity and coal are two main energy sources of our paper manufacturing activities. The price of coal has been subject to seasonal fluctuations in China, with the peaks often occurring in the winter months. Historically, electricity and coal accounted for approximately 12% and 16% of total sales, respectively. Because the average cost per tonne of coal went down from approximately $76.41 in third quarter of 2014 to approximately $62.67 in the third quarter of 2015, coal only accounted for approximately 3.61% of total sales in the third quarter of 2015. The monthly energy cost for electricity and coal as a percentage of total monthly sales of our main paper products for the 24 months ended September 30, 2015 are summarized as follows:

Gross Profit

Gross profit for the three months ended September 30, 2015 was $6,416,561 (19.80% of the total revenue), representing an increase of $5,713 or 0.09%, from the gross profit of $6,410,848 (15.73% of total revenue) for the three months ended September 30, 2014. This was a combined effect (i) lost of sales due to mandate suspension in production and (ii) decrease in cost per tonne for CMP for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015 as discussed earlier.

Corrugating Medium Paper, Offset Printing Paper and Tissue Paper

Gross profit for CMP, offset printing paper and tissue paper for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015 was $6,557,624, an increase of $156,041, or 2.44%, from $6,401,583 for the same period in 2014. The increase in gross profit of CMP, offset printing paper and tissue paper for the third quarter of 2015 was because drop in cost of sales is greater than drop in sales.

Gross profit margin for Regular CMP for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 was 20.43% (8.21 percentage points higher) compared to gross profit margin of 12.22% for the quarter ended September 30, 2014. Such increase was primarily the result of (i) a decline in the unit price of OCC, which is the raw material for the Regular CMP as discussed above. Our average unit purchase costs (net of applicable value added tax) of recycled paper board (or Old Corrugated Cardboard or “OCC”) in the third quarter of 2015 were RMB 974/tonne (approximately $157/tonne), compared to RMB 1,026/tonne (approximately $167/tonne) for the same period of 2014. These changes (in US dollars) represent a year-over-year decrease of 5.51% for the OCC; (ii) an increase in ASP of Regular CMP which was $359 for the third quarter of 2015 as compared to $355 for the third quarter of 2014; and (iii) a decrease in energy cost to sales as mentioned above.

The gross profit margin for Light-Weight CMP for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was 30.67% and 30.32%, respectively.

Gross profit margin for offset printing paper was 16.55% for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, a decrease of 1.2 percentage points, as compared to 17.75% for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, as the result of an increase in the unit price of the recycled white scrap paper, which is the raw material for the offset printing paper.

Gross profit and gross profit margin for tissue paper products for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 was $4,827 and 1.75%, respectively.

Monthly gross profit margins on the sales of our CMP and offset printing paper for the 24 month period ended September 30, 2015 are as follows:

Digital Photo Paper

Gross profit from the sales of digital photo paper for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 amounted to $-141,063, or -93.20% as a percentage of total digital photo paper sales, as compared to the gross profit of $9,265, or 1.62%, as a percentage of total digital photo paper sales for the three months ended September 30, 2014 representing a decrease of $150,328 in gross profit. As discussed above, we started the relocation of our PM4 and PM5 production lines in October 2014, and completed the relocation and resumed commercial production of our digital photo paper in August 2015. The sales during August to September 2015 were not sufficient to cover the depreciation cost charged to this period. We expect to increase our digital photo paper production in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 were $3,814,782, an increase of $2,819,169, or 283%, from $995,613 for the third quarter of 2014. The increase was mainly due to the increase in the depreciation expenses for the temporarily idle property, plant and equipment of our new tissue paper plant in our Wei County Industrial Park. We expected that our new tissue paper plant will reach its normal capacity in the second half of year 2016.

Income from Operations

Operating income for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 was $2,601,779, a decrease of $2,327,522, or 47.22%, from $4,929,301 for the same period in 2014. The decrease was primarily attributable to the factors discussed above.

Other Income and Expenses

Interest expense in the quarter ended September 30, 2015 increased by $221,931 from $344,191 in the third quarter of 2014 to $566,122 in the third quarter of 2015. The Company had total short-term and long-term interest-bearing loans, related party loan and leasing obligations that aggregated $40,905,866 as of September 30, 2015, as compared to $32,698,230 as of September 30, 2014. The increase was primarily related to the cost for certain purchase of raw materials and other working capital purposes. The interests incurred during the third quarter of 2015 and 2014, $19,294 and $207,830, respectively, were capitalized as construction-in-progress. All of the interest incurred in both periods was related to the sale-leaseback obligation with CNFTFL.

Net Income

Net income was $1,685,897 for the three months ended September 30, 2015, a decrease of $1,687,047, or 50.02%, from $3,372,944 for the comparable period in 2014. 

Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014

Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was $100,194,363, a decrease of $4,149,971, or 3.98%, from $104,344,334 for the same period in the previous year.

Revenue of Offset Printing Paper, Corrugating Medium Paper and Tissue Paper

Revenue of offset printing paper, CMP and tissue paper products for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was $100,017,223, a decrease of $1,385,359, or 1.37%, from $101,402,582 for the comparable period in 2014. The decrease was primarily a result of the temporary production suspension from August 20 to September 4, 2015, mandated by the Baoding city government during the IAAF World Championship Games and the Military Parade Commemorating the 70^th Anniversary of the End of World War II in Beijing.

Total offset printing paper, CMP and tissue paper products sold during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 236,335 tonnes, a decrease of 5,869 tonnes, or 2.42%, compared to 242,204 tonnes sold in the comparable period in the previous year. This was mainly caused by the temporary production suspension discussed above. The quantity of Light-Weight CMP produced and sold in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 31,623 tonnes, an increase of 14,067 tonnes, compared to 17,556 tonnes for the comparable period in the previous year. The increase was primarily attributable to the completion of the renovation of the PM1 production line, which commenced production in May 2014. The quantities of our Regular CMP produced and sold decreased by 16,025 tonnes as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Offset printing paper produced and sold decreased by 4,119 tonnes, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. This was mainly due to the interruption in production resulting from maintenance performed on our PM3 production line (one of the offset printing paper production lines) in March and April 2015 and also the temporary production suspension discussed above. We began commercial production of tissue paper products in Wei County Industry Park in June 2015, and we sold 208 tonnes of tissue paper products for $275,419 in the third quarter of 2015. We expect to see an increase in production in the near future.

The changes in revenue and in quantity sold for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 are summarized as follows:

Our quarter-over-quarter ASP for Regular CMP rose by $8/tonne, or 2.22%, from $361/tonne for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 to $369/tonne for the quarter ended September 30, 2015. We believe that the 2.22% increase was mainly related to the appreciation of RMB in relation to USD, the recovery of China’s economy that began at the start of 2015, and inflation.

Average ASPs for our products excluding digital photo paper in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 are summarized as follows:

Revenue of Digital Photo Paper

Revenue generated from selling digital photo paper was $177,140 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, as compared to $2,941,752 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. In October 2014, we shut down and disassembled our digital photo paper production facilities (our PM4 and PM5 production lines) for relocation mandated by the local County government, and completed the relocation and resumed commercial production of our digital photo paper in August 2015. We expect to increase our digital photo paper production in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Changes in revenue and quantities sold of our digital photo paper for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 are summarized as follows:

Cost of Sales

Total cost of sales for CMP, offset printing paper and tissue paper products for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was $77,993,486, a decrease of $6,771,366, or 7.99%, from $84,764,852 for the comparable period in 2014. Cost of sales for CMP was $56,293,394 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, as compared to $61,183,464 for the same period in 2014. The decrease in the cost of sales of $4,890,070 was in line with the temporary production suspension discussed above. Average cost of sales per tonne for Regular CMP decreased from $311 in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 to $290 in the comparable period of 2015, representing a decrease of 6.75%, which is mainly attributable to a decline in raw material prices in year 2015 and average cost of sales per tonne of offset printing paper increasing from $553 in the nine months ended September 30, 2014, to $556 during the comparable period in 2015, representing a slight increase of 0.54%. Changes in cost of sales and cost per tonne by product for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 are summarized below:

For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, cost of sales for digital photo paper was $314,069, as compared to $2,376,791 for the same period in year 2014. This is related to the mandatory relocation of our digital photo paper production facilities discussed above. We resumed commercial production in August 2015 and expect to increase our digital photo paper production in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Gross Profit

Gross profit for CMP, offset printing paper and tissue paper products for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was $22,023,737, an increase of $5,386,007, or 32.37%, from $16,637,730 for the comparable period in 2014. This was mainly attributable to the factors discussed above.

The overall gross profit margin for total CMP, offset printing paper and tissue paper products for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 increased by 5.61 percentage points from 16.41% for the first nine months in 2014 to 22.02% in the first nine months in 2015. Gross profit margin for the Regular CMP for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 21.45%, 7.49 percentage points higher compared to 13.96% for the comparable period in 2014. This increase is primarily related to a 2.22% increase in the ASP for Regular CMP over the period and a decline in raw materials price in year 2015.

The gross profit margin for our Light-Weight CMP for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was 31.38% and 28.53%, respectively. The 2.85 percentage points increase was mainly attributable to the 2.45% increase in the ASP for Light-Weight CMP over the period.

The gross profit margin for our offset printing paper for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was 19.36% and 19.25%, respectively.

Gross profit from the sales of digital photo paper for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $-136,929 and $564,961, respectively. And the gross profit margin for digital photo paper for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was -77.30% and 19.20%, respectively. As discussed above, we started the relocation of our PM4 and PM5 production lines in October 2014, and completed the relocation and resumed commercial production of our digital photo paper in August 2015. The sales during the period from August to September 2015 were not sufficient to cover the depreciation cost charged to this period. We expect to increase our digital photo paper production in the fourth quarter of 2015. 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 were $7,355,144, an increase of $4,461,316, or 154.17%, from $2,893,828 for the comparable period in 2014. The increase was mainly due to the increase in the depreciation expenses for our temporarily idle property, plant and equipment of our new tissue paper plant in our Wei County Industrial Park. We expected that our new tissue paper plant will reach its normal capacity in the second half of year 2016.

Income from Operations

Operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was $14,531,664, an increase of $708,735, or 5.13%, from $13,822,929 for the comparable period in 2014. The increase was primarily attributable to the increase in gross profit contributed by Regular CMP and Light-Weight CMP as discussed above.

Other Income and Expenses

Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 increased by $1,462,205 from $888,028 in the first nine months of 2014 to $2,350,233 in the comparable period of 2015. The Company had short-term and long-term interest-bearing loans, related party loan and leasing obligations that aggregated $40,905,866 as of September 30, 2015, as compared to $32,698,230 as of September 30, 2014. The increase was primarily related to the cost for certain purchase of raw materials and other working capital purposes. The interests incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, $116,494 and $717,058, respectively, were capitalized as soft-cost of construction-in-progress. All of the interest incurred in both periods was related to the sale-leaseback obligation with CNFTFL.

Net Income

Net income was $9,381,916 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, a decrease of $96,430, or 1.02%, from $9,478,346 for the comparable period in 2014. The slight decrease was primarily a result of (i) increased gross profit, (ii) greater depreciation charged for the property, plant and equipment in our Wei County Industrial Park, and (iii) higher interest expense incurred during the period.

Accounts Receivable

Net accounts receivable increased by $118,883, or 3.19%, to $3,849,006 as of September 30, 2015, compared with $3,730,123 as of December 31, 2014. We usually collect accounts receivable within 30 days of delivery and completion of sales.

Inventories

Inventories consist of raw materials (accounting for 80.58% of total value of ending inventory as of September 30, 2015) and finished goods. As of September 30, 2015, the recorded value of inventory increased by 29.65% to $9,256,819 from $7,139,599 as of December 31, 2014. The ending balance of recycled paper board, which is the main raw material for CMP, was $5,422,262 as of September 30, 2015, approximately $1,084,193, or 24.99%, higher than the balance as of December 31, 2014, primarily due to the temporary production suspension discussed above.

A summary of changes in major inventory items is as follows: