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Planet Green Holdings Corp. - Annual Report: 2010 (Form 10-K)

American Lorain Corp.: Form 10-K - Filed by newsfilecorp.com

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

[X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended: December 31, 2010

[  ]  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: 000-50883

AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada 87-0430320
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

Beihuan Zhong Road
Junan County
Shandong, People’s Republic of China, 276600
(Address of principal executive office and zip code)

(86) 539-7318818
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share NYSE AMEX

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes [  ]   No [X]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

Yes [  ]   No [X]


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 [X]   No [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website ,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 if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]

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. (Check one):

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 Act).

Yes [_]   No  [X]

The number of shares and aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter were 14,125,379 and $40,116,076, respectively.

There were 34,419,709 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 30, 2011.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

Information required by Part III will either be included in the registrant’s definitive information statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or in an amendment to this Form 10-K no later than 120 days after the end of the registrant’s fiscal year, to the extent required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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PART I

Item 1. BUSINESS

Conventions

In this annual report on Form 10-K:

  • “We,” “us” and “our” refer to the combined business of ALN, ILH and their direct and indirect Chinese operating subsidiaries.
  • “ALN” refers to American Lorain Corporation, a Nevada corporation (formerly known as Millennium Quest, Inc.).
  • “ILH” refers to International Lorain Holding, Inc., a Cayman Islands company that is wholly - owned by ALN.
  • “Junan Hongrun” refers to Junan Hongrun Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
  • “Luotian Lorain” refers to Luotian Green Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
  • “Beijing Lorain” refers to Beijing Green Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
  • “Shandong Lorain” refers to Shandong Green Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
  • “Dongguan Lorain” refers to Dongguan Green Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
  • “Shandong Greenpia” refers to Shandong Greenpia Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
  • “RMB” refers to Renminbi, the legal currency of China.
  • “U.S. dollar,” “$” and “US$” refer to the legal currency of the United States.
  • “China” and “PRC” refer to the People’s Republic of China.

Overview of Our Business

We are an integrated food manufacturing company headquartered in Shandong Province, China. We develop, manufacture and sell the following types of food products:

  • chestnut products,
  • convenience foods (including ready-to-cook, or RTC, foods, ready-to-eat, or RTE, foods and meals ready-to-eat, or MRE); and
  • frozen food products.

We conduct our production activities in China. Our products are sold in 26 provinces and administrative regions in China and 42 foreign countries. We derive most of our revenues from sales in China, Japan and South Korea. In 2010, our primary strategy was to expand our brand equity in the Chinese market for our convenience food products while maintaining the steady growth and brand recognition for our chestnut products and frozen products, which we will continue to execute in 2011. In addition, we are working to expand our marketing efforts in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. We currently have limited sales and marketing activity in the United States, although our long-term plan is to significantly expand our activities there.

Organizational Structure

ALN is a Nevada corporation that was incorporated on February 4, 1986 and was formerly known as Millennium Quest, Inc. Prior to May 3, 2007, when ALN completed a recapitalization, or reverse merger, with ILH, ALN did not engage in active business operations other than to search for a potential acquisition target. Effective November 16, 2009, ALN reincorporated in Nevada from Delaware.

ALN owns 100% of ILH. ILH wholly owns two Chinese operating subsidiaries, Luotian Lorain and Junan Hongrun, directly. Junan Hongrun, in turn, wholly owns Dongguan Lorain. In addition, together with Junan Hongrun, ILH wholly owns Beijing Lorain, Shandong Greenpia, and owns approximately 80% of Shandong Lorain (Shandong Economic Development Investment Co. Ltd. owns approximately 20%). We sometimes refer to our six Chinese operating subsidiaries throughout this annual report on Form 10-K as the Lorain Group Companies. Below is an organizational chart of ALN, ILH and the Lorain Group Companies:

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Products

Our products are categorized into the following three segments:

  • chestnut products,
  • convenience food products, and
  • frozen food products.

We produced 241 products in 2010, including 15 new products in our chestnut and convenience foods segment. We also discontinued 4 products in 2010 in the convenience segment due to slow sales.

Our chestnut products and convenience foods were our main profit centers in 2010. Our convenience foods segment has been the fastest growing portion of our business and was one of the main catalysts of our growth during 2010. Frozen food products accounted for a smaller portion of our revenues in 2010 as compared with 2009 because we have been more focused on generating revenues from higher margin chestnut and convenience food products.

Chestnut Products

We believe that we are the largest chestnut processor and manufacturer in China. We have developed brand equity for our chestnut products in China, Japan and South Korea over the past 10 to 15 years. We produced 57 high value-added processed chestnut products in 2010, including 5 new products such as aerated chestnut with skin and chestnut paste. In 2010 and 2009, this segment contributed 54.9% and 60.7% of our total revenues, respectively.

Our best selling products in 2010 included our aerated open-bottom chestnuts, which are chestnuts packaged with nitrogen; sweetheart chestnuts, which are sweet preserved chestnuts; chestnuts in syrup, which are very popular in Japan and South Korea; and golden chestnut kernels. The majority of our chestnut products are natural and do not contain chemical additives.

The chestnut, in contrast to many other tree nuts, contains small quantities of oil and is very high in complex carbohydrates. This makes them useful for a wider food range than other common nuts. Chestnuts are commonly steamed, boiled, sugar stir-fried, roasted or added into dishes or desserts as an ingredient.

China is the largest grower of chestnuts in the world, followed by South Korea and Japan. In recent years, the chestnut production in South Korea and Japan has declined. This has been attributed to the increasing labor costs and operational costs incurred in growing chestnuts. Because of the declining domestic production, South Korean and Japanese customers have grown to rely more on imported chestnut products. Our strategy is to take advantage of these trends.

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We differentiate our chestnut products based on flavor, size and method of packaging. For instance, some of our chestnut products that are sold in Japan are packaged in plastic bags or tin cans, each considered a different product. Similarly, some of our chestnut products are processed with hot water or cold water, each considered a different product.

Chestnut season in China lasts from September to January. We purchase and produce raw chestnuts during these months and store them in our refrigerated storage facilities throughout the year. Once we obtain a purchase order during the rest of the year, we remove the chestnuts from storage, process them and ship them within one day of production.

Convenience Foods

Our convenience food products are characterized as follows:

  • Ready-to-cook, or RTC, food products,
  • Ready-to-eat, or RTE, food products and
  • Meals ready-to-eat, or MRE, food products.

These products are intended to meet the current demands of our customers for safe, wholesome and tasty foods that are easily prepared.

RTCs can be served after a few easy cooking procedures. Typically, when preparing a RTC, customers need only to heat the food in a microwave or boil it for several minutes before eating. Our best selling RTCs in 2010 were beef and lamb products.

RTEs can be served without any cooking. Our best selling RTEs in 2010 were various bean products and pickle products.

MREs are meal kits with self-heating devices or microwavable kits, such as microwavable rice boxes. Our self heating MREs are primarily for military use since no cooking device or other ingredients are needed other than water. We also introduced microwavable MREs for civilian uses such as camping, traveling and other situations since only simple preparation and a cooking device such as a microwave oven is required.

We produce various MREs based on Chinese cuisine, the best sellers of which were our pork with garlic sauce over rice and kungpao chicken with rice in 2010. Other MREs are based on other styles of food, such as Italian cuisine. Many of our convenience products are natural and do not contain chemical additives.

We produced 127 convenience food products in 2010, including 10 new products such as self-heating MRE rice products for civilian uses, which was previously exclusively for the army. In 2010 and 2009, this segment contributed 30.8% and 23.6%, respectively, of our total revenues.

Our convenience foods segment has been the fastest growing portion of our business and was one of the main catalysts of our growth during 2010. We expect our convenience foods segment to continue to be an important area of growth for our business in the future.

Frozen Food Products

We produce a variety of frozen foods, including frozen vegetables, frozen fruits, frozen fish, and frozen meats. We produced 61 frozen food products in 2010. Our best selling frozen foods in 2010 were frozen asparagus and frozen corn.

Our frozen food business allows us to mitigate the significant production seasonality of chestnut products and to increase the utilization rate of our production capacity. Historically, our frozen food division has been a significant portion of our business. With the growth of our convenience food segment, however, revenues and profits from our frozen food products as percentage to total revenue have decreased. In 2010 and 2009, this segment contributed 14.3% and 15.7%, respectively, of our total revenues. Gross margins in this segment are lower than the margins for chestnut products and convenience foods. We expect that the proportionate contribution of this business segment to our total revenues will continue to decline.

Our Manufacturing Facilities

General

We currently manufacture our products in six facilities in China, three of which are located in Junan County, Shandong Province, one in Luotian County, Hubei Province, one in Miyun County, Beijing City and one leased facility in Dongguan, Guandong Province. The following table indicates the year that operations commenced at each of the facilities and the size of the facilities:

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  Year Operations Facility Size
Facility Commenced (square meters)
Junan Hongrun 2002 38,865
Shandong Lorain 1995 15,392
Beijing Lorain 2003 21,000
Luotian Lorain 2003 9,558
Dongguan 2008 9,250
Shandong Greenpia 2010 9,179

Production Lines

We currently manufacture our products using 26 production lines. Each production line is used to produce between 10 and 50 products. We currently run three types of product lines:

  • deep-freezing lines, which are used to freeze raw materials for year-round production and to produce frozen food;
  • canning lines, which are used to produce canned products, including chestnut products; and
  • convenience food lines, which are used for producing RTCs, RTEs and MREs, all of which have nitrogen preservation capacity.

The production process for our chestnut products initially involves sorting and cleaning the raw chestnuts purchased during the chestnut season. We then store the raw chestnuts in our refrigerated storage facilities throughout the year. Once we obtain a purchase order, we remove the chestnuts from storage and process them by steaming, decladding and deep-freezing the chestnuts, depending on the particular product. We then package and ship the processed chestnuts within one day of production.

The production process of our convenience products generally involves various steps, including soaking, boiling, coating, drying, deep freezing, packing, sealing and sterilizing.

The following table shows the number and types of production lines, the types of products produced and the production capacity at each facility:

Facilities
Production Lines
Product Portfolio
2010 Capacity
Junan Hongrun 1 Deep-freezing line
3 Convenience food lines
4 Canning lines
Chestnut products, frozen foods, beans, bean paste Multi-purpose production lines with 44,000 tons of production capacity and 11,400 tons of cold and frozen storage
Shandong Lorain 1 Deep-freezing line
1 Convenience food line
Chestnut products, convenience foods, frozen foods Multi-purpose production lines with 20,000 tons of production capacity and 3,500 tons of cold and frozen storage
Beijing Lorain 6 Convenience food lines
1 Deep-freezing line
Chestnut products, frozen foods Multi-purpose production lines with 34,000 tons of production capacity and 4,650 tons of cold and frozen storage
Luotian Lorain 3 Convenience food lines
2 Deep-freezing lines
Chestnut products, convenience foods, frozen foods Multi-purpose production lines with 24,000 tons of production capacity and 6,500 tons of cold and frozen storage
Dongguan factory 2 Convenience food lines Convenience food Multi-purpose production lines with 3,000 tons of production capacity and 2,250 tons of cold and frozen storage
Shandong Greenpia 2 Convenience food lines Chestnut products, convenience foods Multi-purpose production lines with 9,000 tons of production capacity and 1,500 tons of cold and frozen storage

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We allocate our production lines based upon the location of our facilities to take advantage of efficiencies in the transportation of required raw materials. For example, Junan Hongrun and Shandong Lorain, which manufacture primarily chestnut and frozen products, are located in Shandong Province, which is China’s largest supplier of fresh products by volume. Shandong Province is also a major chestnut producing region. Likewise, all of our fish products are manufactured by Luotian Lorain, because the Luotian region is an area that has an abundance of the fish that we use as raw material.

Our production lines and facilities have all been designed to meet the standards and requirements of our largest customers in Japan, which is our largest export market. We employ advanced methods of quality control and have obtained various certifications for many of our products, packages and processes, including ISO 9000 or ISO 9001 certification for certain of our chestnut and frozen vegetable products, BRC certification for certain of our frozen fruit and vegetable products and HACCP certification for certain of our frozen vegetable, fruit and chestnut products and our bottom-open chestnuts. We believe that our quality controls and standards of products distinguish our products both in domestic and international markets. The import approvals that we have obtained from the Japanese government for our chestnuts and other convenience foods have been helpful in advocating with the Chinese government for domestic approvals to increase our product offerings.

With limited exception, we operate our production lines year round. In the past, when our production was focused almost exclusively on chestnuts, we experienced seasonal underutilization of our product lines. However, our current facilities have a multiple-function design, allowing us to use our production lines for our convenience and frozen products when we are not producing chestnuts at full capacity. Consequently, as we have increased our processed and convenience food offerings over the last several years, we have generally been able to run our production lines at close to full capacity throughout the year.

Previously, most of our processed and convenience foods were produced at our Beijing Lorain plant. With the introduction of bean products in 2009, we expanded our facility in Junan Hongrun with the addition of three convenience food production lines designed specifically for bean products with current annual capacity of 13,500 metric tons.

We believe our facilities are adequate for our current levels of production. We anticipate, however, that we will require additional facilities and/or product lines as our business grows. We are exploring the possibility of alliances with one or more OEM partners for the production, in the short-term, of some of our convenience food products and frozen products should our facilities be inadequate to meet increasing demand. We are also exploring the possibility of leasing additional production lines to expand our production capacity. In 2008, we leased two convenience foods production lines in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, which increased production capacity by approximately 3,000 metric tons per year to meet our short-term needs. Given the relatively low cost to lease, we may continue to lease additional facilities in 2011, if needed. In the long-term, we plan to increase our own production capacity by acquiring or building new facilities, subject to the availability of adequate sources of funding.

Storage Capacity

Storage of our raw materials and inventory is a critical element of our business. Our raw materials and partially finished products need to be preserved in frozen storages (-18ºC to -20ºC) or constant temperature storages (-5ºC to 5ºC). Storage is particularly critical for our chestnut products because chestnuts are a seasonal fruit.

The following table illustrates on a facility by facility basis the type and capacity of our storage resources:

Facility Storage Type Number of Capacity
    Storage Units (metric tons)
Junan Hongrun Frozen Storage 13 6,600
  Constant Temperature 8 4,800
Shandong Lorain Frozen Storage 5 2,000
  Constant Temperature 3 1,500
Luotian Lorain Frozen Storage 8 4,500
  Constant Temperature 4 2,000
Beijing Lorain Frozen Storage 6 2,850
  Constant Temperature 3 1,800
Dongguan Frozen Storage 2 800
  Constant Temperature 2 1,450
Shandong Greenpia Constant Temperature 4 1,500
TOTAL   58 29,800

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As we have expanded our production capacity, we have also expanded our storage capacity. All of the listed storage facilities are owned by us. In 2009, we expanded our storage capacity in Junan Hongrun by an additional 3,600 metric tons. In 2010, we also expanded storage facility in Dongguan by 1,000 metric tons and, through our acquisition of Shandong Greenpia, we have added four additional storage units with an aggregate capacity of 1,500 square meters. We may also lease additional storage facilities from time to time should circumstance require.

Agricultural Operations

We grow or set up agricultural co-ops with local farmers to supply ourselves with a small portion of chestnut, fruit and vegetable products. For the year ended December 31, 2009 and 2010, the supplies coming from agricultural operations have been immaterial. We believe, however, that development of agricultural facilities is a good strategy for the long-term. We anticipate that self grown agricultural products will enable us to assure adequacy of supply, promote quality and reduce cost, particularly for our high margin offerings. For example, by growing Korean cultivar chestnuts domestically, we expect to significantly reduce our supply costs for this premium product, while ensuring superior quality.

Lands in which we grow our agricultural products for such products are shown in the following table.

  Area Location
Harvest (acres) (PRC)
Chestnut (South Korean, Japanese, Australian cultivar) 329 Shandong
Chestnut (Japanese cultivar) 165 Beijing
Sticky Corn 342 Beijing
Green Pea & Sweet Corn 165 Beijing
Pumpkin 197 Heilongjiang
Organic Chestnut 165 Beijing
Mixed Vegetables 650 Hebei
Japanese Pumpkin 329 Inner Mongolia
Strawberry 392 Shandong
Broccoli 165 Beijing
Green Asparagus 591 Beijing
White Asparagus 263 Shandong
Peach 329 Beijing
Apricot 411 Beijing
Pear 329 Beijing
Blackberry 165 Beijing

We began growing chestnuts in Shandong Province in 2003. Unlike most vegetables and fruits, chestnut trees have a 3-5 year growing phase before they can be harvested. Our current chestnut planting base has been self-supplying limited quantities of chestnuts to our production since 2007.

We began growing strawberries in 2008 in Shandong and peaches, apricots, pears and blackberries in 2009 in Beijing. We use these fruits in some of our frozen fruit products. We plan to continue to expand our agricultural operations over the next few years. Among other things, we plan to increase our self-production in China of Korean cultivar chestnuts. We expect to obtain funding for this expansion through a combination of commercial and government loans, including loans under Chinese government programs to promote agricultural industrialization. There is no assurance, however, that adequate funding for these purposes will be available to us.

Raw Materials

In 2010 and 2009, approximately 93% and 94% of our procured raw materials, respectively, consisted of agricultural products, including primarily chestnuts and vegetables, approximately 4% and 3%, respectively, consisted of packaging materials and approximately 3% consisted of condiments such as sugar, salt and flour.

Our Supply Sources

Our business depends on obtaining a reliable supply of various agricultural products, including chestnuts, vegetables, red meat, fish, eggs, rice and flour. Because of the diversity of available sources of these raw materials, we believe that our raw materials are currently in adequate supply and will continue to be so in the future.

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We obtain our agricultural raw materials from three sources: domestic procurement (excluding self-supply), overseas markets, and self-supply. Domestic and overseas procurement accounted 97% and 2%, respectively, of our total raw material costs in 2009, with self-supply accounted for the remaining 1%. We obtained substantially all of our agricultural raw materials from domestic sources during 2010.

In 2010 and 2009, respectively, we procured approximately 55,200 and 69,364 metric tons of chestnuts and approximately 44,500 and 48,380 metric tons of vegetables and other raw materials from a number of third party suppliers, domestic and overseas, and produced approximately 60 and 49 metric tons of chestnuts from our own agricultural operations.

We select suppliers based on price and product quality. We typically rely on numerous domestic and international suppliers, including some with whom we have a long-term relationship. Our top 10 suppliers accounted for 17.4% and 21.3%, respectively, of the total procurement in 2010 and 2009 in value terms. We purchase from suppliers and farmers pursuant to supply contracts and underlying purchase orders. We have not entered into any long-term contracts with any of our suppliers.

Our suppliers generally include wholesale agricultural product companies, agricultural associations and distributors. Some raw materials must be imported at higher costs, however. Occasionally, we also work directly with farmers. For instance, we operate an initiative which involves a series of cooperation and lease agreements between Shandong Lorain, Beijing Lorain and local farmers. This initiative involves approximately 1,000 acres of land which is used primarily to produce Japanese and Korean style chestnuts, sticky corn and pumpkins for our operations.

Procurement Cost and Quality Control

To control procurement costs, we have located our facilities near domestic sources of agricultural raw materials. For example, Junan Hongrun and Shandong Lorain are located in Shandong Province, which is China’s largest supplier of fresh products by volume. Shandong Province is also a major chestnut producing region. Likewise, all of our fish products are manufactured by Luotian Lorain, because the Luotian region is an area that has an abundance of the fish that we use as raw material. Local procurement reduces our costs, especially transportation costs. It also gives us first-hand harvest and market information, which provides us with an advantage in price negotiations with suppliers.

Some raw materials must be imported at higher cost. As discussed, we have begun to develop our agricultural capabilities in order to control costs, particularly with respect to imported raw materials such as Korean-style chestnuts.

Pricing for agricultural products reflects several external factors, such as weather conditions and commodity market fluctuations, which are beyond our control. We obtain contemporaneous information on local harvests and collect daily reported price information on harvests in other markets from which we procure our products. We also attempt to predict harvest yields in advance based on our information gathering. We use this harvest information to negotiate best pricing with our suppliers.

We impose strict standards on our suppliers. During the harvest season, our internal procurement function may visit our sources of supply to assure that the products we are purchasing comply with our standards.

Our Customers

We sell our products in 26 provinces and administrative regions in China and 42 foreign countries globally. In 2010 and 2009, approximately 73.3% and 70.5%, respectively, of our sales were made domestically and approximately 26.7% and 29.5%, respectively, were to international customers, primarily Japan and South Korea.

Our top ten customers contributed 20.5% and 26.2% of our total revenues in 2010 and 2009.  Approximately 11.2% in 2009 and 8.6% in 2010 were of our total sales were attributable to revenues from Shandong Lvan Import & Export Co., Ltd., a food trading company in China.

Domestic

In China, we sell our products through our own sales team and through third-party distributors. We have 36 sales offices in 21 provinces in China. In 2010 and 2009, we sold approximately 89% and 82%, respectively, of our products directly to our Chinese customers and approximately 11% and 18% through third-party distributors.

We sell our products in all first-tier cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Guangzhou, through our own sales efforts in order to capture the profit margin that would otherwise go to intermediate wholesalers and to enhance our brand recognition. Our sales team sells our products directly to supermarket chains, mass merchandisers, large wholesalers and others in these markets. In second-tier and third-tier cities, we currently sell our products to third-party distributors, such as food companies or trading companies with established distribution channels in such regions, rather than through our own sales team, in order to enable us to penetrate such markets more quickly without spending significant capital. We also sell to small customers through independent sales representatives.

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Generally, our direct sales customers are required to pay us on 30 to 60 day credit terms. Third-party distributors, however, generally do not pay on credit, allowing us to obtain quicker payment terms and thereby decrease our accounts receivables.

The terms of a typical sales contract between us and our distributors provide that we are responsible for transportation costs and the distributors are responsible for storage costs. Furthermore, the distributors have the right to return products that fail to satisfy specified quality standards, at our cost. The majority of such contracts require the distributors to pay us in cash in full upon delivery, and the remaining contracts provide for short-term credit, usually two to three weeks. In addition, we typically offer distributors performance-based incentives, such as a cash bonus equal to 1% of total revenues generated by such distributor which exceed previously established sales targets.

We plan to gradually increase the portion of sales to third party distributors in order to access new markets in China in a cost effective manner and to improve our cash position. Such plans are subject to our ability to restructure the sales force and manage the increased number of distributors without compromising our profit margins.

International

Our export sales destinations include:

  • Asia pacific, primarily Japan, South Korea and Malaysia, but also Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia and Australia;
  • Europe, primarily Belgium and the United Kingdom, but also France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, and Denmark
  • the Middle East, primarily Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Israel;
  • North America, including the United States and Canada

We generate most of our sales in Asia. In 2010 and 2009, respectively, approximately 92.7% and 94.0% of our international sales were in Asia and approximately 5.3% and 4.5% were in Europe.

We sell our products to international markets primarily through export and trading agents and companies in China, as well as our own sales team located in China. Our sales team sells directly to wholesalers, food processors and mass merchandisers. Many of our customers are well known in their local food market. We have established long-term relationships with many international customers, especially in Japan and South Korea. We currently have no sales offices outside of China and do not use alternative methods to sell our products outside of China. We attend trade shows in Europe and other international markets in order to promote our products.

In March 2011, the northern region of Japan experienced a severe earthquake followed by a tsunami. These geological events caused significant damage in that region and have adversely affected Japan's infrastructure and economy. Several of our customers are located in Japan and they may experience in the future shutdowns as a result of these events, and their operations may be negatively impacted by these events. Japan accounted for 10.7% and 12.9% of our total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. We do not expect the current crisis to harm our export sales to Japan because most of our products are distributed to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe and Kyoto, which did not suffer direct damages in the earthquake or tsunami. In addition, demand for chestnuts, as a substitute for certain staple foods which may be of inadequate supply in certain regions in Japan, may increase. Thus far, we have not seen any negative impact based on existing export orders to Japan and do not foresee severe disruptions to our business. However, should the situation in Japan worsen, our exports to Japan may be negatively impacted.

Our Sales and Marketing Efforts

We seek to expand our customer base by:

  • direct sales communications with our larger customers;
  • sales through distributors to new customer bases;
  • referrals from existing customers; and
  • participation in domestic and international food exhibitions and trade conferences.

We have not spent a significant amount of capital on advertising in the past, and our advertising budget continues to be limited. In 2010 our marketing and branding efforts included supermarket advertising, internet advertising and contract with a local celebrity to promote certain convenience food products. We intend to increase our advertising and branding efforts given the consumer nature for many of our products. For the near future, our marketing efforts will continue to focus primarily on the domestic Chinese market for our chestnut and convenience food products.

Competition and Market Position

The overall food market is diverse, both globally and in China. We do not have a significant market share in any of our business segments.

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Chestnut Products

We compete in the chestnut market primarily on the basis of the uniqueness of our products, quality, price and brand recognition. We also utilize our proprietary, patented and patent-pending technology in the production of our chestnut products to our competitive advantage.

The world market for chestnut products is highly fragmented. Our principal competitors in the chestnut product market are currently Hebei Liyuan, a Chinese company, and Foodwell Corporation, a South Korean company.

Convenience Food Products

Convenience food products market competition is based mostly upon quality and product variety. We attempt to use our modern food processing technology, such as nitrogen preservation, to produce a wide variety of high quality convenience foods.

The convenience food market in China is highly fragmented and we do not face competitive pressure from any particular competitor or small group of competitors.

Frozen Food Products

In the frozen food product market, competition is based primarily upon quality, ability to provide a reliable product supply and customer relationships.

Our strongest competitors in the frozen food products market are currently Weifang Langdong Food Co. Ltd., Yuyao Hongji Food Co. Ltd. and Yantai Pengshun Food Co. Ltd., all of which are located in China.

Competitive Advantages

We believe that we enjoy a number of competitive advantages, both domestically and internationally.

We have developed brand equity for our chestnut products in China, Japan and South Korea over the past 10 to 15 years. Our customers are willing to pay a premium for some of our chestnut products because of our brand equity. In addition, we believe that we have a strong distribution channel for our products in the markets in which we currently operate.

We believe that we are able to provide our customers with greater selection and a more reliable supply than many of our competitors, which is especially important for our supermarket chain and large wholesaler customers. We produced 52 chestnut products in 2010. We believe that we are the sole provider of certain bottom-open chestnut and sweetheart chestnut products in China.

Labor is a large portion of total operating costs for food companies. We believe that we have a lower labor cost structure and a more abundant labor supply than many of our international competitors.

We are focused on managing our costs in other ways as well. We seek to locate our production facilities in close proximity to our main domestic sources of raw materials supply to reduce transportation costs and give us first-hand knowledge of market factors affecting our cost of raw material supply. Our agricultural self-supply program, while modest at present, is expected to grow and to become a significant element of our cost containment efforts.

We use modern food processing technology and innovation in our formulations and manufacturing processes to create high quality products. Nitrogen preservation in particular, used in the production of convenience foods, is an innovative technology which has not been widely applied in China.

In 2008, we submitted an application for patent protection in the PRC for two of our technologies which support the production of our chestnut and convenience food products, with one successful patent grant and one denial. During 2009 and 2010, we submitted four additional patent applications, which are currently under review. These applications are still pending approval. (See “Intellectual Property” below.) We believe that our technology gives us an advantage over our Chinese competitors, allowing us to produce chestnut and convenience food products that are superior in quality and to offer more products varieties.

We believe that our reputation for quality also contributes to our competitiveness. We maintain high food safety standards, in order to satisfy both domestic and international requirements. We regularly test our products for quality and compliance with standards.

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Intellectual Property

Trademarks

We use the trademarks and on all of our products sold in China.

Patents

We have developed the following three proprietary technologies to support our chestnut and convenience food production:

  • The sweetheart chestnut is a premium product that is more expensive, and yields greater profit margins than our other chestnut products. Our proprietary technology relates to the process for evenly distributing throughout the chestnuts the syrup used to preserve the chestnuts. This technology enhances the texture of the chestnuts, preserves the natural form of the chestnuts and promotes the stability and uniformity of the chestnuts’ sweetness. In 2008, our patent application for this technology was approved by the State Intellectual Property Office of the PRC and is protected by PRC patent law for 20 years. We expect this technology to contribute to the growth of our sales of sweetheart chestnuts, which had been increasing at an annual rate of 25% to 30% over the past several years.

  • Oden is a popular traditional Japanese dish, typically consisting of boiled eggs, daikon radish, konnyaku and processed fish cakes stewed in a light, soy-flavored dashi broth. Our technology relates to the process used to control the sterilization of the packaging for oden eggs. Our technology enables us to deliver convenience food products with unique freshness and authentic taste. This technology has been an important factor in expanding the market for our convenience foods products, particularly in Japan. Our patent application for this product was approved by the State Intellectual Property Office in February 2009.

  • The pickle vegetable exhibition counter is ideal for shopping malls and supermarkets. It consists of the refrigerator cabinet which keeps the temperature low, and the exhibition cabinet, which sits above the refrigerator cabinet and with glass covers. The exhibition counter is intended for convenience observation and better preservation for the pickle vegetables. Our patent for this device was granted in April 2009.

We also have four patent applications pending with the State Intellectual Property Office of the PRC, including the preparation of aerated snack beans, frozen bottom open chestnuts, as well as the device and the preparation procedure for chestnut roasting within a high pressure cylinder device. The approval for patents typically takes 3 to 4 years.

We take reasonable steps to protect our proprietary information and trade secrets, such as limiting disclosure of proprietary plans, methods and the like on a need-to-know basis and requiring employees with access to our proprietary technology to enter into confidentiality arrangements. We believe that our proprietary technology and trade secrets are adequately protected.

Our Employees

As of December 31, 2010, we had a total of 2,050 full-time employees and 467 part-time employees. 696 of our full-time employees are directly employed by our subsidiary companies and the remaining employees are employed by Linyi Zhifu Labor Service Company, an outside company that leases employees to us to meet our staffing needs. As required by Chinese law, all employees are party to a written employment contract. We compensate the employees leased from Linyi Zhifu directly and pay Linyi Zhifu a service fee. Linyi Zhifu is responsible for the pension and social insurance benefits of the leased employees, as described below.

The following table sets forth the allocation of employees, both direct and leased, by job function.

                                           Department Number of
  Employees
   
Production 2,154
Quality Control 67
Domestic Sales 102
Human Resources 7
Research and Development 40
International Sales 35
Finance 40
Procurement 25
Administration 40
Strategic planning 7
Total 2,517

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We believe that the relationship between management and our employees is good. We have not experienced any significant problems or disruption to our operations due to labor disputes, nor have we experienced any difficulties in recruitment and retention of experienced staff.

Our Shandong Lorain subsidiary has an employee relations department for the purpose of advancing employee welfare, encouraging employee participation in decision making and enhancing relations among employees and between employees and our management team.

We compensate our production line employees by unit produced (piece work) and compensate other employees with a base salary and bonus based on performance. We also provide training for our staff from time to time to enhance their technical and product knowledge, including knowledge of industry quality standards.

Our employees in China participate in a state pension scheme organized by Chinese municipal and provincial governments. We were required to contribute to the scheme on behalf of our direct employees at a rate of 24% of the average monthly salary for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009. In addition, we are required by Chinese law to cover our employees with various types of social insurance. We made contributions to the social insurance scheme on behalf of our direct employees at a rate of 4% of the average monthly salary for each employee for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008. As indicated above, Linyi Zhifu is responsible for contributions on behalf of the leased employees.

Our Research and Development Activities

Our research and development efforts are focused on three objectives:

  • Superior product safety and quality;

  • Reduction of operating costs; and

  • Sustaining growth through the development of new products.

We have research and development staff at each of our facilities. In total, 40 employees are dedicated to research and development.

We rely heavily on customer feedback to assist us in the modification and development of our products. We also utilize customer feedback to assist us in the development of new products. Over the past several years, on average, we added 10 to 20 new varieties to our product portfolio each year. In 2010, we added 15 new products, most in our chestnut and convenience foods segment. In 2010, we discontinued 4 products,in the convenience food segment primarily due to slow sales..

The amount we spent on research and development activities during the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 was not a material portion of our total expenses for those years.

Government Regulation

As a manufacturer and distributor of food products, we are subject to regulations of China’s Agricultural Ministry. This regulatory scheme governs the manufacture (including composition and ingredients), labeling, packaging and safety of food. It also regulates manufacturing practices, including quality assurance programs, for foods through its current goods manufacturing practices regulations, and specifies the standards of identity for certain foods, including the products sold by us, and prescribes the format and content of many of the products sold by us, the format and content of certain nutritional information required to appear on food products labels and approves and regulates claims of health benefits of food products.

We have obtained approvals from Chinese authorities for the production of certain categories of products, including chestnuts, frozen vegetables and fruits, fish, and canned products. Production of new products that do not fall into approved categories of products would require separate approval from the appropriate Chinese authorities. We have consistently obtained such approvals for our newly developed products in the past and do not anticipate any difficulties in obtaining new approvals in the future if needed.

In addition, we are required to obtain governmental approval, and to register with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, in order to open a new facility in China. We have consistently obtained such approvals, and made such registrations, for our new facilities in the past and do not anticipate any difficulties in filing new registrations and obtaining new approvals in the future if needed.

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Under the relevant Provisions of the PRC on Sanitation of Food for Export (for Trial Implementation), unless an exporter’s products are exempted from inspection, products must be inspected in accordance with the Law of the PRC on Import and Export Commodity Inspection. We have not been exempted from inspection. In the past, we were authorized by the relevant authorities to conduct self-inspection of certain of our export products. However, currently, the relevant authorities have imposed tighter food safety control in China, and as a result, all of our exported food products must be inspected by qualifying government agencies. We believe that all of our exported products are currently in compliance with such requirements and we do not anticipate any difficulties in complying with such rules in the future.

In addition, we are required to obtain a license from the local branch of the Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of China for our exported products. We have consistently obtained such licenses in the past and we do not anticipate any difficulties in obtaining such licenses in the future.

Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

RISK FACTORS

From time to time, information provided by us, including but not limited to statements in this report, or other statements made by or on our behalf, may contain “forward-looking” information within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties, and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control, which may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from those anticipated. Set forth below are important factors that could cause our results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from those in any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf.

Business Risks

We may not be able to obtain an adequate supply of high quality raw materials.

Our business depends on obtaining a reliable supply of various agricultural products, including chestnuts, vegetables, fruits, red meat, fish, eggs, rice, flour and packaging products. During 2010, the cost of our raw materials increased from $81,501,168 to $102,751,348 for an increase of approximately 26.1% . We may have to increase the number of our suppliers of raw materials and expand our own agricultural operations in the future to meet growing production demands. Despite our efforts to control our supply of raw materials and maintain good relationships with our suppliers, we could lose one or more of our suppliers at any time. The loss of several suppliers may be difficult to replace and could increase our reliance on higher cost or lower quality suppliers, which could negatively affect our profitability. In addition, if we have to increase the number of our suppliers of raw materials in the future to meet growing production demands, we may not be able to locate new suppliers who could provide us with sufficient materials to meet our needs. Any interruptions to, or decline in, the amount or quality of our raw materials supply could materially disrupt our production and adversely affect our business and financial condition and financial prospects.

The prices that we have paid for our raw materials recently have experienced significant fluctuation. If these price fluctuations continue, our profit margins may be materially adversely affected.

The average price that we paid for chestnuts in 2010 and 2009 was approximately $1,286 per metric ton and $868 per metric ton, respectively, excluding value added taxes. We do not currently hedge against changes in our raw material prices. Consequently, if the costs of our raw materials increase further, and we are unable to offset these increases by raising the prices of our products, our profit margins and financial condition could be adversely affected.

Price inflation in China could affect our results of operation if we are unable to pass along raw material price increases to our customers.

Inflation in China has recently increased. Reports indicate that inflation in China increased to a 28-month high in November 2010. Because we purchase raw materials from suppliers in China, price inflation has recently caused an increase in the cost of our raw materials. Price inflation could affect our results of operation if we are unable to pass along raw material price increases to customers. In addition, if inflationary trends continue in China, China could lose its competitive advantage as a low-cost manufacturing venue, which could in turn lessen some of the competitive advantages of our being based in China. Accordingly, inflation in China may weaken our competitiveness domestically or in international markets.

Our sales and reputation may be affected by product liability claims, litigation or, product recalls in relation to our products.

The sale of products for human consumption involves an inherent risk of injury to consumers. We face risks associated with product liability claims, litigation, or product recalls, if our products cause injury or become adulterated or misbranded. Our products are subject to product tampering and contamination, such as mold, bacteria, insects, shell fragments and off-flavor contamination, during any of the procurement, production, transportation and storage processes. If any of our products were to be tampered with, or become tainted in any of these respects, and we were unable to detect this, our products could be subject to product liability claims or product recalls. Our ability to sell products could be reduced if certain pesticides, herbicides or other chemicals used by growers have left harmful residues on portions of our raw materials or if our raw materials have been contaminated by other agents.

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We have never had a product recall in the past but we have experienced product liability claims that were made by our customers. The amounts of such claims were immaterial. However, claims of product defect or product liability for material amounts, individually or in the aggregate, may be made in the future.

We have not procured a product liability or general liability insurance policy for our business, as the insurance industry in China is still in an early stage of development. To the extent that we suffer a loss of a type which would normally be covered by product liability or general liability insurance in the United States, we would incur significant expenses in defending any action against us and in paying any claims that result from a settlement or judgment against us. Product liability claims and product recalls could have a material adverse effect on the demand for our products and on our business goodwill and reputation. Adverse publicity could result in a loss of consumer confidence in our products.

We may be unable to manage future rapid growth.

We have grown rapidly over the last few years. Our sales increased from $27,735,833 in 2004 to $184,176,567 in 2010. The number of product types we sold increased from approximately 100 in 2004 to approximately 241 in 2010. We intend to continue to expand the volume and variety of products we offer, as well as the geographical scope of our sales and production facilities. Our business growth could place a significant strain on our managerial, operational and financial resources. Our ability to manage future growth will depend on our ability to continue to implement and improve operational, financial and management information systems on a timely basis and to expand, train, motivate and manage our workforce. Our personnel, systems, procedures and controls may not be adequate to support our future growth. Failure to effectively manage our expansion may lead to increased costs, a decline in sales and reduced profitability.

Our expansion strategy may not prove successful and could adversely affect our existing business.

Our growth strategy includes the expansion of our manufacturing operations, including new production lines and agricultural operations. We plan to expand our sales in China and internationally. We will need to engage in various forms of promotional and marketing activities in order to further develop the branding of our products and to increase our market share in new and existing markets. The implementation of this strategy may involve large transactions and present financial, managerial and operational challenges. We could also experience financial or other setbacks if any of our growth strategies incur problems of which we are not presently aware. If we fail to generate sufficient sales in new markets or increase our sales in existing markets, we may not be able to recover the production, distribution, promotional and marketing expenses, as well as administrative costs we have incurred in developing such markets.

Our results of operations could be affected by natural events in the locations in which our customers operate.

Several of our customers have operations in locations that are subject to natural disasters, such as severe weather and geological events, which could disrupt the operations of those customers and suppliers as well as our operations. For example, in March 2011, the northern region of Japan experienced a severe earthquake followed by a tsunami. These geological events caused significant damage in that region and have adversely affected Japan's infrastructure and economy. Several of our customers are located in Japan and they may experience in the future shutdowns as a result of these events, and their operations may be negatively impacted by these events. As a result, some or all of those customers may reduce their orders for our products, which could adversely affect our revenue and results of operations. In addition to the negative direct economic effects of recent events on the Japanese economy and on our customers and suppliers located in Japan, economic conditions in Japan could also adversely affect regional and global economic conditions. The degree to which these events, as well as future events, in Japan will adversely affect regional and global economies remains uncertain at this time. However, if these events cause a decrease in demand for our products, our financial condition and operations could be adversely affected.

The acquisition of other businesses could pose risks to our profitability.

We may try to grow through acquisitions in the future. Any proposed acquisition could result in accounting charges, potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities, and increased debt and contingent liabilities, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our existing business and the market price of our common stock. Acquisitions, in general, entail many risks, including risks relating to the failed integration of the acquired operations, diversion of management’s attention, and the potential loss of key employees of the acquired organizations. We may be unable to successfully integrate businesses or the personnel of any business that might be acquired in the future, and our failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business and on the market price of our common stock.

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We are subject to risks of doing business internationally. If the international market does not grow as we expect, our business and financial condition may be adversely affected.

We conduct a substantial amount of business internationally. Our export sales destinations include countries in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. Our international operations are subject to a number of inherent risks, including:

  • chestnut products may not be widely recognized internationally, especially in Western countries;
  • local economic and political conditions, including disruptions in trading markets;
  • restrictive foreign governmental actions, including restrictions on transfers of funds and trade;
  • protection measures, including export duties and quotas and customs tariffs;
  • currency exchange rate fluctuations;
  • earthquakes, tsunamis, floods or other major disasters may limit the imported food products; and
  • unexpected incidents related to food safety.

Any of the foregoing risks could have a material and adverse effect on our operating results.

A significant amount of our revenues is dependent on a limited number of customers and the loss of any one of our major customers could materially and adversely affect our growth and our revenues.

A significant portion of our revenues has historically been derived from a limited number of customers, particularly in our chestnut products segment. Sales to our five largest customers accounted for approximately 21% and 16% of our total revenues in 2009 and 2010, respectively. The loss of any one of these customers, or a material decrease in purchases by any one of these customers, could adversely impact our revenues.

We rely primarily on distributors to sell our products. Any delays in delivery or poor handling by our distributors or third-party transport operators may affect our sales and damage our reputation.

In 2010, we sold our products through over 100 distribution service providers. The services provided could be suspended and could cause interruption to the supply of our products to domestic or overseas customers. Delivery disruptions may occur for various reasons beyond our control, including poor handling by service providers or third party transport operators, transportation bottlenecks, natural disasters and labor strikes, and could lead to delayed, damaged or lost deliveries. If our products are not delivered in a timely manner, our reputation could be harmed. If our products are damaged in the process of being delivered, we may be liable to pay for such damages incurred.

Failure of the market to accept our new products, or failure to obtain regulatory approval for our new products, may cause us to lose our competitive position in the food industry.

We introduced 19 new products in 2009 and 15 new products in 2010. We plan to introduce approximately 10 to 20 new products in 2011. The success of the new products we introduce depends on our ability to anticipate the tastes and dietary habits of consumers and to offer products that appeal to their preferences. We intend to introduce new products as well as alternative flavors, sizes and packaging for our existing products. We may not be able to gain market acceptance for our new products. Consumer preferences change, and any new products that we introduce may fail to meet the particular tastes or requirements of consumers, or may be unable to replace their existing preferences. Our failure to anticipate, identify or react to these particular tastes or changes could result in reduced demand for our products, which could in turn cause us to be unable to recover our development, production and marketing costs.

We are dependent on certain key personnel and loss of these key personnel could have a material adverse effect on our research and development, operations and revenue.

The Lorain Group Companies were founded in 1995 by Si Chen, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Chen, together with other senior management, has been a key driver of our strategy and has been fundamental to our achievements to date. The successful management of our business is, to a considerable extent, dependent on the services of Mr. Chen and other senior management. We compete for qualified personnel with other food processing companies, food retailers and research institutions. Consequently, we may either lose key employees to our competitors or we may need to significantly increase the compensation of such employees in order to retain them. The loss of the services of any key management employee or failure to recruit a suitable or comparable replacement could have a significant impact upon our ability to manage our business effectively, and our business and future growth may be adversely affected.

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We face increasing competition from domestic and foreign companies.

The food industry in China is fragmented. Our ability to compete against other national and international enterprises is, to a significant extent, dependent on our ability to distinguish our products from those of our competitors by providing large volumes of high quality products that appeal to consumers’ tastes and preferences at reasonable prices. Some of our competitors have been in business longer than we have and are more established. Our competitors may provide products comparable or superior to those we provide or adapt more quickly than we do to evolving industry trends or changing market requirements. Increased competition may result in price reductions, higher raw materials prices, reduced margins and loss of market share, any of which could materially adversely affect our profit margins.

An increase in the cost of energy could affect our profitability.

Recently, we have experienced significant increases in energy costs, and energy costs could continue to rise, which would result in higher distribution, freight and other operating costs. Our future operating expenses and margins will be dependent on our ability to manage the impact of cost increases.

Our products are subject to counterfeiting or imitation, which could impact our reputation.

To date, we have experienced limited counterfeiting and imitation of our products. However, counterfeiting or imitation of our products may occur in the future and we may not be able to detect it and deal with it effectively. Any occurrence of counterfeiting or imitation could impact negatively upon our reputation, particularly if the counterfeit or imitation products cause sickness, or injury to consumers. In addition, counterfeit or imitation products could result in our need to incur costs with respect to the detection or prosecution of such activities.

We rely on an outside contractor to provide a majority of our labor.

We have hired Linyi Zhifu Labor Service Company to provide employees to our production facilities. Should Linyi Zhifu Labor Service Company be unable to continue to provide the number of employees we need, our production could be disrupted. In addition, Linyi Zhifu Labor Service Company could raise their service fees or terminate their relationship with us in the future, which may result in increased production costs.

Regulatory Risks

We are subject to extensive regulations by the Chinese government.

The food industry is subject to extensive regulations by Chinese government agencies. Among other things, these regulations govern the manufacturing, importation, processing, packaging, storage, exportation, distribution and labeling of our products. New or amended statutes and regulations, increased production at our existing facilities, and our expansion into new operations and jurisdictions may require us to obtain new licenses and permits and could require us to change our methods of operations at costs that could be substantial.

Our failure to comply with PRC environmental laws may require us to incur significant costs.

We carry on our business in an industry that is subject to PRC environmental protection laws and regulations. These laws and regulations require enterprises engaged in manufacturing and construction that may cause environmental waste to adopt effective measures to control such waste. In addition, such enterprises are required to pay fines, or to cease operations entirely under extreme circumstances, should they discharge waste substances. The Chinese government may also change the existing laws or regulations or impose additional or stricter laws or regulations, compliance with which may cause us to incur significant capital expenditures, which we may be unable to pass on to our customers through higher prices for our products.

Our failure to comply with PRC hygiene laws may require us to incur significant costs.

Manufacturers in the Chinese food industry are subject to compliance with PRC food hygiene laws and regulations. These food hygiene laws require all enterprises engaged in the production of chestnuts and various vegetables and fruits to obtain a hygiene license for each of their production facilities. Such laws also require manufacturers to comply with regulations with respect to food, food additives, packaging, and food production sites, facilities and equipment. Failure to comply with PRC food hygiene laws may result in fines, suspension of operations, loss of hygiene licenses and, in more extreme cases, criminal proceedings against an enterprise and its management. The Chinese government may also change the existing laws or regulations or impose additional or stricter laws or regulations, compliance with which may cause us to incur significant capital expenditures, which we may be unable to pass on to our customers through higher prices for our products.

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Financial Risks

Our operations are cash intensive, and our business could be adversely affected if we fail to maintain sufficient levels of working capital.

We spend a significant amount of cash on our operations, principally to procure raw materials for our products. Many of our suppliers, including chestnut, vegetable and fruit farmers, and suppliers of packaging materials, do not allow us to pay on credit. However, some of the suppliers with whom we have a long-standing business relationship allow us to pay on credit. We fund the majority of our working capital requirements out of cash flow generated from operations. If we fail to generate sufficient sales, or if our suppliers stop offering us credit terms, we may not have sufficient liquidity to fund our operating costs and our business could be adversely affected.

We also fund approximately 37% of our working capital requirements from the proceeds of short-term loans from Chinese banks. We expect to continue to do so in the future. Such loans are generally secured by our fixed assets, receivables and/or guarantees by third parties. Our average loan balance from short-term bank loans in 2009 was approximately $32.7 million. The term of almost all such loans is one year or less. Historically, we have rolled over such loans on an annual basis. However, we may not have sufficient funds available to pay all of our borrowings upon maturity. Failure to roll over our short-term borrowings at maturity or to service our debt could result in the imposition of penalties, including increases in rates of interest, legal actions against us by our creditors, or even insolvency. In addition, in 2007, 2008 and 2009, we funded approximately $8.8 million, in the aggregate, of our working capital requirements from the proceeds of two private placement transactions conducted in May 2007 and October 2009. We can provide no assurances that we will be able to enter into any future financing or refinancing agreements on terms favorable to us, especially considering the current instability of the capital markets.

Management anticipates that our existing capital resources and cash flows from operations and current and expected short-term bank loans will be adequate to satisfy our liquidity requirements through 2010. However, if available liquidity is not sufficient to meet our operating and loan obligations as they come due, our plans include considering pursuing alternative financing arrangements or further reducing expenditures as necessary to meet our cash requirements. However, there is no assurance that, if required, we will be able to raise additional capital or reduce discretionary spending to provide the required liquidity. Currently, the capital markets for small capitalization companies are difficult and banking institutions have become stringent in their lending requirements. Accordingly, we cannot be sure of the availability or terms of any third party financing.

We are subject to credit risk in respect of account receivables.

In 2008 and 2009, some of our customers, including some of our large supermarket customers, delayed their payments for up to 60 to 90 days beyond their term. Our cash flow suffered while waiting for such payments. Consequently, at times we had to delay payments to our suppliers and to postpone business expansion as a result of these delayed payments. Starting from 2008, we gradually shortened credit terms for many of our international and domestic customers from between 30 and 180 days to between 30 and 60 days. Our large customers may fail to meet these shortened credit terms, in which case we may not have sufficient cash flow to fund our operating costs and our business could be adversely affected.

The discontinuation of any preferential tax treatment or other incentives currently available to us in the PRC could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our subsidiaries are entitled to certain special or preferential tax treatments regarding foreign enterprise income tax in accordance with the “Income Tax Law of the PRC for Enterprises with Foreign Investment and Foreign Enterprises” and related rules.

Accordingly, we have been entitled to tax concessions whereby the profit for the first two financial years beginning with the first profit-making year (after setting off tax losses carried forward from prior years) is exempt from income tax in the PRC and the profit for each of the subsequent three financial years is taxed at 50% of the prevailing tax rates set by the relevant tax authorities. However, on March 16, 2007, the PRC’s National People’s Congress passed a new corporate income tax law, which became effective on January 1, 2008. This new corporate income tax unifies the corporate income tax rate, cost deduction and tax incentive policies for both domestic and foreign-invested enterprises. According to the new corporate income tax law, the applicable corporate income tax rate of our operating subsidiaries has been increased to a rate of 25% over a five-year grandfather period. This tax rate increase applies across the board, for all enterprises whether domestic or foreign. The PRC government has established a set of transition rules to allow enterprises that already started tax holidays before January 1, 2008, to continue utilizing the tax holidays until fully utilized. The discontinuation of any such special or preferential tax treatment or other incentives could have an adverse affect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, under current PRC tax law, regulations and rulings, dividends from our operations in China paid to us are not currently subject to PRC income tax. If these distributions become subject to tax in the future, our net income would be adversely affected.

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We may enter into additional financing agreements which may have a dilutive effect to our earnings per share and the rights of certain stockholders.

Additional financings could result in significant dilution to our earnings per share or the issuance of securities with rights superior to our current outstanding securities. For instance, we may grant registration rights to investors purchasing our equity or debt securities in the future.

We may be unable to raise additional capital.

If we are unable to raise additional financing when needed, we may be unable to implement our long-term business plan, develop or enhance our products and services, take advantage of future opportunities or respond to competitive pressures on a timely basis, if at all. In addition, a lack of additional financing could force us to substantially curtail or cease operations.

We may be exposed to potential risks relating to our internal control over financial reporting and our ability to have such controls attested to by our independent auditors.

The SEC, under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, adopted rules requiring public companies to provide in their annual reports on Form 10-K a report by management with respect to the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. We are currently required to comply with this requirement. In addition, such rules require the independent registered public accounting firm auditing a company’s financial statements to attest to the operating effectiveness of such company’s internal controls. However, we are not subject to the requirements of SOX 404(b) until our fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. We can provide no assurance that we will comply with all of the requirements imposed thereby. Further, we cannot assure that we will receive a positive attestation from our independent auditors. Investors and others may lose confidence in the reliability of our financial statements in the event we identify significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal controls that we cannot remediate in a timely manner or if we are unable to receive a positive attestation from our independent auditors with respect to our internal controls.

Risks Related To Doing Business In China

Changes in China’s political or economic situation could harm us and our operating results.

Economic reforms adopted by the Chinese government have had a positive effect on the economic development of the country. However, the Chinese government could change these economic reforms at any time. Such changes could negatively impact our operations and profitability.

The structure of the Chinese economy may inhibit our ability to expand our business.

The Chinese economy differs from the economies of most countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, in several ways. For example, state-owned enterprises constitute a large portion of the Chinese economy. In addition, weak corporate governance practices and the lack of flexible currency exchange policies continue to persist. As a result of these differences, we may not develop in the same way or at the same rate as might be expected if the Chinese economy were similar to those of the OECD member countries.

Our business is largely subject to the uncertain legal environment in China.

The Chinese legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes. Unlike common law systems, it is a system in which precedents set in earlier legal cases are not generally used. Laws, regulations and legal requirements relating to foreign investments in China are still evolving, and their interpretation and enforcement involve uncertainties. These uncertainties could limit the legal protections available to foreign investors, such as the right of foreign enterprises to hold required business licenses and permits.

It may be difficult for our stockholders to affect service of process against our subsidiaries or our officers and directors.

Our operating subsidiaries were organized under the laws of China and substantially all of their assets are located outside the U.S. In addition, our executive officers and directors are residents of China and substantially all of their assets are located outside the U.S. As a result, it could be difficult for our stockholders to affect service of process in the U.S., or to enforce a judgment obtained in the U.S., against our officers and directors.

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Restrictions on currency exchange may limit our ability to receive and use our revenues effectively.

The majority of our revenues are settled in Renminbi and U.S. dollars, and any future restrictions on currency exchanges may limit our ability to use revenue generated in Renminbi to fund any future business activities outside China or to make dividends or other payments in U.S. dollars. Although the Chinese government introduced regulations in 1996 to allow greater convertibility of the Renminbi for current account transactions, significant restrictions still remain. For instance, foreign enterprises may only buy, sell or remit foreign currencies after providing valid commercial documents at banks in China authorized to conduct foreign exchange business. In addition, conversion of Renminbi for capital account items, including direct investment and loans, is subject to governmental approval in China, and companies are required to open and maintain separate foreign exchange accounts for capital account items. The Chinese regulatory authorities may impose more stringent restrictions on the convertibility of the Renminbi in the future.

Failure to comply with PRC regulations relating to the establishment of offshore special purpose companies by PRC residents may have negative effects on our company.

In October 2005, the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or SAFE, issued the Notice on Relevant Issues in the Foreign Exchange Control over Financing and Return Investment Through Special Purpose Companies by Residents Inside China, generally referred to as Circular 75, which required PRC residents to register with the local SAFE branch before establishing or acquiring control over an offshore special purpose company, or SPV, for the purpose of engaging in an equity financing outside of China on the strength of domestic PRC assets originally held by those residents. Internal implementing guidelines issued by SAFE, which became public in June 2007 (known as Notice 106), further expanded the reach of Circular 75.

ILH acquired certain interests in the Lorain Group Companies controlled by Si Chen, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Pursuant to Notice No. 75 and Notice 106, if a PRC resident has completed a round-trip investment through its established SPV but has not yet completed the required procedures of SAFE registration for offshore investment of the SPV, he must retroactively register the SPV with SAFE.

In order to avoid such SAFE registration requirements, a Japanese individual, Hisashi Akazawa, was designated as a nominee holder of ILH when ILH was established. Mr. Akazawa granted an option to our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Chen, allowing Mr. Chen to buy 90% of Mr. Akazawa’s interest in the Company at a fixed price at a future time in accordance with the terms of an option agreement between the two parties. On December 22, 2008, Mr. Chen exercised this option. In addition, on that date, Mr. Chen acquired all of the remaining shares of our company held by Mr. Akazawa. As a result, Mr. Chen is the beneficiary of ILH and may be required to register with and obtain approvals from SAFE or its agency in connection with respect to the direct offshore investment activities related to the acquisition of the Lorain Group Companies.

If the failure to identify and characterize Mr. Chen as a beneficial owner of ILH is determined by the PRC authorities to be a serious violation of the requirements of the PRC Company Law and the PRC Regulation of Registration of Companies, the Lorain Group Companies may be ordered by the company registration authority in the PRC to make corrections on its filed registration, to be fined an amount no less than RMB 5,000 and no more than RMB 50,000 or, in the worse scenario, to have its company registration certificate revoked or its business licenses canceled.

Moreover, because of uncertainty over how Circular 75 will be interpreted and implemented, and how or whether SAFE will apply it to us, we cannot predict how it will affect our business operations or future strategies, such as our present and prospective PRC subsidiaries’ ability to conduct foreign exchange activities including the remittance of dividends and foreign currency-denominated borrowings. In addition, our PRC resident beneficial holders may be subject to compliance with Circular 75. Such holders may not be able to complete the necessary registration procedures required by Circular 75.

Our financial condition is affected by the foreign exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Renminbi.

Our financial condition is affected by the foreign exchange rates, primarily the rate between the U.S. dollar and the Renminbi. In the event that the Renminbi appreciates against the U.S. dollar, our costs will increase.

Risks Related To the Market For Our Stock

Certain of our stockholders have the ability to delay or prevent adoption of important business decisions based on their ownership of a significant percentage of our outstanding voting securities.

Mr. Chen is the record owner of approximately 47% of our outstanding voting securities. As a result, he possesses significant influence over our business. For instance, Mr. Chen may elect our board of directors, authorize significant corporate transactions or prevent a future change in control of our company.

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Certain provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation may make it more difficult for a third party to effect a change- in-control.

Our Certificate of Incorporation authorizes our board of directors to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock without stockholder approval. The preferred stock may be issued in one or more series, the terms of which may be determined at the time of issuance by the board of directors without further action by the stockholders. These terms may contain voting rights, including the right to vote as a series on particular matters, preferences as to dividends and liquidation, conversion rights and redemption rights provisions. The issuance of any preferred stock could diminish the rights of holders of our common stock, and therefore could reduce the value of such common stock. In addition, specific rights granted to future holders of preferred stock could be used to restrict our ability to merge with, or sell assets to, a third party. The ability of our board of directors to issue preferred stock could make it more difficult to acquire our company and could negatively affect the market price of our common stock.

The exercise of outstanding warrants issuable for shares of our common stock may cause dilution to existing shareholders.

There are currently warrants outstanding to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,336,179 shares of our common stock. The term of 1,753,909 of these warrants expire in April 2015, the term of 501,115 of these warrants expire in October 2012, and the term of 81,155 of these warrants expire in January 2014. The exercise prices of these warrants range from $2.81 to $4.25 per share, subject to adjustment. If holders of these warrants exercise the warrants in exchange for shares of our common stock, such issuances may have a dilutive effect on the stock ownership of existing shareholders and may harm the market price of our stock. Furthermore, if we were to attempt to obtain additional financing during the term of these warrants, the terms on which we obtain such financing may be adversely affected by the existence of these warrants.

We do not expect to pay dividends in the future, and any return on your investment may be limited to the value of the shares you acquire.

Other than a special cash dividend which we paid to holders of our common stock as of April 16, 2007, we have never declared or paid cash dividends. We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future and any return on your investment may be limited to the value of the shares of our common stock that you acquire. We currently intend to retain and use any future earnings for the development and expansion of our business.

Item 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

Item 2. PROPERTIES

Our primary facilities, which are owned except where otherwise indicated, are as follows:

Facility Location Approximate Size Owned or Leased
    (Square Meters)  
       
Junan Hongrun
Junan County, Shandong
Province, PRC
171,931
Owned
Shandong Lorain
Junan County, Shandong
Province, PRC
31,459
Owned
Beijing Lorain
Miyun County, Beijing
Province, PRC
22,677
Owned
Luotian Lorain
Luotian County, Hubei
Province, PRC
54,251
Owned
Dongguan Lorain
Dongguan County, Guandong
Province, PRC
5,472
Leased
Shandong Greenpia
Junan County, Shandong
Province, PRC
33,332
Owned

We also own or lease space for additional facilities, including refrigerated storage facilities, and smaller offices, including sales offices, located in China.

In the aggregate, we currently have land use rights to, or lease, 73 properties with approximately 319,122 square meters in the aggregate, consisting of manufacturing facilities, office buildings and land reserved for future expansion. We believe our current facilities provide adequate capacity for our current and projected needs.

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All land in China is owned by the State. Individuals and companies are permitted to acquire rights to use land or land use rights for specific purposes. In the case of land used for industrial purposes, the land use rights are granted for a period of up to 50 years. This period may be renewed at the expiration of the initial and any subsequent terms. Granted land use rights are transferable and may be used as security for borrowings and other obligations.

Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business. We are currently not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims that we believe will have a material adverse affect on our business, financial condition or operating results.

Item 4. (REMOVED AND RESERVED)

Not applicable.

PART II

Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

Market for our Common Stock

Our common stock is quoted on the NYSE AMEX under the symbol “ALN”. As of March 30, 2011 the closing price for our common stock was $2.51 per share.

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low sales prices of our common stock. These prices reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission, and may not represent actual transactions.

    Common Stock  
    Market Prices  
    High     Low  
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2010            
First Quarter $  4.02   $  2.79  
Second Quarter $  3.60   $  2.50  
Third Quarter $  3.39   $  2.55  
Fourth Quarter $  3.13   $  2.58  
             
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009            
First Quarter $  1.06   $  0.51  
Second Quarter   2.52     0.52  
Third Quarter   2.95     2.25  
Fourth Quarter   3.34     2.37  

Approximate Number of Holders of Our Common Stock

On December 31, 2010, there were 298 stockholders of record of our common stock.

Dividend Policy

We have not declared or paid cash dividends other than the payment of a dividend in April 2007 in connection with our reverse merger. Any future decisions regarding dividends will be made by our board of directors. We currently intend to retain and use any future earnings for the development and expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

Issuances of Unregistered Securities

On January 5, 2010, we issued warrants to three service providers. These warrants are exercisable into an aggregate of 81,155 shares of our common stock and the warrants expire in January 2014. Based upon certain representations made by the grantees of these warrants, as set forth in the warrants, the warrants were issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

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EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

Information for our equity compensation plans in effect as of the end of fiscal year 2010 is as follows:

    (a)     (b)     (c)  
    Number of     Weighted-average     Number of  
    securities to     exercise price of     securities  
    be issued     outstanding     remaining  
    upon     options, warrants     available for  
    exercise of     and rights     future  
    outstanding           issuance  
    options,           under equity  
    warrants           compensation  
    and rights           plans  
                (excluding  
                securities  
                reflected in  
                column (a))  
Plan category                  
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders   1,334,573     1.58     1,165,427  
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders   0     N/A     0  
Total   1,334,573     1.58     1,165,427  

Item 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
 
Not applicable.
 
Item 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
Overview
   

We are an integrated food manufacturing company headquartered in Shandong Province, China. We develop, manufacture and sell the following types of food products:

  • chestnut products,
  • convenience foods (including ready-to-cook, or RTC, foods, ready-to-eat, or RTE, foods and meals ready-to-eat, or MRE); and
  • frozen food products.

We conduct our production activities in China. Our products are sold in 26 provinces and administrative regions in China and 42 foreign countries. We believe that we are the largest chestnut processor and manufacturer in China. We have developed brand equity for our chestnut products in China, Japan and South Korea over the past 10 to 15 years. We produced 57 high value-added processed chestnut products in 2010. We derive most of our revenues from sales in China, Japan and South Korea. In 2010, our primary strategy was to expand our brand equity in the Chinese market for our convenience food products while maintaining the steady growth and brand recognition for our chestnut products and frozen products, we will continue to execute in 2011. In addition, we are working to expand our marketing efforts in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. We currently have limited sales and marketing activity in the United States, although our long-term plan is to significantly expand our activities there.

Production Factors that Affect our Financial and Operational Condition

Our business depends on obtaining a reliable supply of various agricultural products, including chestnuts, vegetables, fruits, red meat, fish, eggs, rice, flour and packaging products. During 2010, the cost of our raw materials increased from $81,501,168 to $102,751,348, for an increase of approximately 26.1% . We may have to increase the number of our suppliers of raw materials and expand our own agricultural operations in the future to meet growing production demands. Despite our efforts to control our supply of raw materials and maintain good relationships with our suppliers, we could lose one or more of our suppliers at any time. The loss of several suppliers may be difficult to replace and could increase our reliance on higher cost or lower quality suppliers, which could negatively affect our profitability. In addition, if we have to increase the number of our suppliers of raw materials in the future to meet growing production demands, we may not be able to locate new suppliers who could provide us with sufficient materials to meet our needs. Any interruptions to, or decline in, the amount or quality of our raw materials supply could materially disrupt our production and adversely affect our business and financial condition and financial prospects.

The average price that we paid for chestnuts in 2010 and 2009 was approximately $1,286 per metric ton and $868 per metric ton, respectively, excluding value added taxes. In past few years and most notably last year, increasing inflation pressures weighed on the Chinese economy, as well as on agricultural products. We do not have effective means and do not currently hedge against changes in our raw material prices. Consequently, if the costs of our raw materials increase further and we are unable to offset these increases by raising the prices of our products, our profit margins and financial condition could be adversely affected.

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Uncertainties that Affect our Financial Condition

We spend a significant amount of cash on our operations, principally to procure raw materials for our products. Many of our suppliers, including chestnut, vegetable and fruit farmers, and suppliers of packaging materials, require us to pay for their supplies in cash on the same day that such supplies are delivered to us. However, some of the suppliers with whom we have a long-standing business relationship allow us to pay on credit. We fund the majority of our working capital requirements out of cash flow generated from operations. If we fail to generate sufficient sales, or if our suppliers stop offering us credit terms, we may not have sufficient liquidity to fund our operating costs and our business could be adversely affected.

We also funded approximately 43.9% and 71.2% of our working capital requirements in 2010 and 2009, respectively, from the proceeds of short-term loans from Chinese banks. We expect to continue to do so in the future. Such loans are generally secured by our fixed assets, receivables and/or guarantees by third parties. Our average loan balance from short-term bank loans in 2010 and 2009 were approximately $36.3 million and $32.8 million, respectively. The term of almost all such loans is one year or less. Historically, we have rolled over such loans on an annual basis. However, commencing 2010, the Chinese government is implementing more stringent credit policies to curb inflation and soaring property prices, which could negatively impact our ability to obtain or roll over these short term loans, and hence not having sufficient funds available to pay all of our borrowings upon maturity. Failure to roll over our short-term borrowings at maturity or to service our debt could result in the imposition of penalties, including increases in rates of interest, legal actions against us by our creditors, or even insolvency. In addition, we completed two private placement financings in September 2010 and October 2009 with net proceeds of $9.0 million and $10.9 million, respectively, the proceeds of which were primarily used as working capital. We can provide no assurances that we will be able to enter into any future financing or refinancing agreements on terms favorable to us, especially considering the current instability of the capital markets.

We anticipate that our existing capital resources, cash flows from operations, current and expected short-term bank loans, as well as remaining proceeds from the September 2010 private placement and the loan from DEG will be adequate to satisfy our liquidity requirements through 2011. However, if available liquidity is not sufficient to meet our operating and loan obligations as they come due, our plans include considering pursuing alternative financing arrangements or further reducing expenditures as necessary to meet our cash requirements. However, there is no assurance that, if required, we will be able to raise additional capital or reduce discretionary spending to provide the required liquidity. Currently, the capital markets for small capitalization companies are difficult and banking institutions have become stringent in their lending requirements. Accordingly, we cannot be sure of the availability or terms of any third party financing.

The crisis of the financial and credit markets worldwide in the second half of 2008 has led to a severe economic recession worldwide. Furthermore, the European countries experienced severe debt crisis during 2010 which further weighed on the global economic conditions as well as the financial market. The outlook for 2011 is still uncertain, but continuation or worsening of unfavorable economic conditions, including the ongoing global economy and capital markets disruptions, could have an adverse impact on our business, operating results or financial condition in a number of ways. For example, we may experience declines in revenues, profitability and cash flows as a result of reduced orders, delays in receiving orders, delays or defaults in payment or other factors caused by the economic problems of our customers and prospective customers. We may experience supply chain delays, disruptions or other problems associated with financial constraints faced by our suppliers and subcontractors. In addition, changes and volatility in the equity, credit and foreign exchange markets and in the competitive landscape make it increasingly difficult for us to predict our revenues and earnings into the future.

In 2010 and 2009, some of our customers, including some of our large supermarket customers, delayed their payments for up to 60 to 90 days beyond their term. Our cash flow suffered while waiting for such payments. Consequently, at times we had to delay payments to our suppliers and to postpone business expansion as a result of these delayed payments. Starting from 2008, we gradually shortened credit terms for many of our international and domestic customers from between 30 and 180 days to between 30 and 60 days. Our large customers may fail to meet these shortened credit terms, in which case we may not have sufficient cash flow to fund our operating costs and our business could be adversely affected.

Results of Operations

The following tables set forth key components of our results of operations for the periods indicated, and the differences between the two periods expressed in dollars and percentages:

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    2010     2009     Increase / Decrease     Increase / Decrease  
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)               ($)     (%)  
Revenue   184,177     146,772     37,405     25.5%  
Cost of Revenue   (142,293 )   (114,064 )   (28,229 )   24.7%  
Gross profit   41,884     32,708     9,176     28.1%  
                         
Operating Expenses:                        
Selling and Marketing   (8,559 )   (6,455 )   (2,104 )   32.6%  
General and administrative   (5,807 )   (3,647 )   (2,160 )   59.2%  
Operating Income                        
                         
Income from continuing   27,518     22,606     4,912     21.7%  
operations                        
                         
Non-operating Income                        
(Expenses):                        
Government grant   1,271     356     915     257.0%  
Interest income   10     73     (63 )   -85.8%  
Other income   1,047     175     872     498.0%  
Other expense   (416 )   (327 )   (89 )   27.2%  
Interest Expense   (4,352 )   (3,352 )   (1,000 )   29.8%  
                         
Income before taxes   25,079     19,531     5,548     28.4%  
Income Taxes   (5,830 )   (4,223 )   (1,607 )   38.1%  
Income before Minority   19,248     15,308     3,940     25.7%  
Interest                        
Minority Interest   (1,409 )   (900 )   (509 )   56.5%  
                         
Net Income   17,839     14,408     3,431     23.8%  

Year Ended December 31, 2010 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2009

Revenue

Net Revenues. Net revenues increased by $37.4 million, or approximately 25.5%, to $184.2 million in 2010 from $146.8 million in 2009. This increase was attributable to the increased revenues generated from sales of each of our product segments, as reflected in the following table:

(in thousands   2010     2009     Increase /     Increase /  
of U.S. dollars)   Revenues     Revenues     Decrease     Decrease  
    ($)     ($)     ($)     (%)  
Chestnut Products 101,165 89,117 12,009 13.5%
Convenience Products 56,752 34,624 22,128 63.9%
Frozen Products 26,259 23,031 3,228 14.0%
Total   184,177     146,772     37,405     25.5%  

The greatest increase in volume sold in 2010, as compared to 2009, was in the domestic PRC market. Revenues from sales in the Chinese domestic market increased by approximately $31.5 million, or approximately 30.5%, in 2010. As a percentage of total revenues, revenues from sales in the domestic PRC market increased to approximately 73.3% from approximately 70.5% in 2009.

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In addition, in 2010, revenues from sales to Malaysia, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and United States as well as other countries increased, in the aggregate, approximately $11.1 million, or 48.3%, compared to 2009, partially offset by a decrease of an aggregate of $5.2 million, or 25.4%, of sales to Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea as well as other countries compared to 2009. See Note 16 to the financial statements contained elsewhere in this report for more information on the breakdown of our sales per geographic region.

Cost of Revenues. Our cost of revenues increased $28.2 million, or approximately 24.7%, to $142.3 million in 2010 from $114.1 million in 2009. This increase was attributable to the following factors, by percentage:

Category   Allocation of  
    Increase in  
    Cost  
    of Revenues  
    (%)  
Raw Materials   26.1  
Other Allocated Overhead   11.3  
(depreciation, utilities, freight, equipment consumables)      
Wages   5.5  

Raw material costs increased to $102,751,348, or approximately 26.1%, in 2010 from $81,501,168 in 2009, primarily reflecting our increase operation and sales. Overhead expenses increased primarily due to increased depreciation expenses related to our new production lines in Junan Hongrun as well as the new storage facility in Dongguan Lorain. Wages increased due to increased employee base.

The following table reflects the changes in our cost of revenues in 2010 as compared to 2009 among our different segments:

(thousands of U.S. dollars)   2010 Cost of     2009 Cost of     Increase/  
    Revenues     Revenues     (Decrease)  
    ($)     ($)     (%)  
Chestnut Products   77,136     68,263     13.0  
Convenience Products   44,117     26,947     63.7  
Frozen Products   21,040     18,854     11.6  
Total   142, 293     114,064     24.7  

Gross Profit. Our gross profit increased $9.2 million, or 28.1%, to $41.9 million in 2010 from $32.7 million in 2009 as a result of higher net revenues, partially offset by higher cost of revenues, for the reasons indicated above.

Operating Expenses

Selling and Marketing Expenses. Our selling and marketing expenses increased approximately $2.1 million, or 32.6%, to $8.6 million in 2010 from $6.5 million in fiscal year 2009. The following table reflects the main factors that contributed to this increase as well as the dollar amount that each factor contributed to this increase:

(in U.S. dollars)   Increase in  
    costs in 2010  
    over 2009  
Wages (sales personnel)   539,736  
Transportation   1,285,529  
Advertising   143,324  
Customer Entertainment   137,198  
Port Fee   232,478  

The increases listed in the table above were partially offset by an aggregate of $624,925 decreases of other factors, including utility, commission and sea transportation.

General and Administrative Expenses. Our general and administrative expenses increased approximately $2.2 million, or 59.2%, to $5.8 million in 2010 from $3.6 million in 2009. The following table reflects the main factors that contributed to this increase as well as the dollar amount that each factor contributed to this increase:

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Increase in
costs in 2010
over 2009

Wage and Social Security 540,983
Employee Welfare 236,924
Appraisal Expenses 48,588
Stock Option Expense 837,512

Government Subsidy Income

Government subsidy income increased from approximately $0.4 million in 2009 to approximately $1.3 million in 2010, representing grants received from the Hubei government, Junan County government and Miyun County government to assist us in our research and business development.

Income Before Taxation and Minority Interest

Income before taxation and minority interest increased $5.5 million, or 28.4%, to $25.1 million in 2010 from $19.5 million in 2009 as a result of higher revenues, partially offset by higher costs of revenues and operating expenses, for the reasons indicated above.

Income Taxes

Income taxes increased $1.6 million, or 38.1%, to $5.8 million in 2010, as compared to $4.2 million in 2009. This increase was attributable to the higher income earned in 2010 as compared to 2009. Effective January 1, 2008, the PRC government implemented a new 25% tax rate across the board for all enterprises, without any tax holiday. However, the PRC government has established a set of transition rules to allow enterprises that already started tax holidays before January 1, 2008 to continue utilizing such tax holidays until they are fully utilized. The income tax rates applicable to our Chinese operating subsidiaries in 2009, 2010, and 2011 are depicted in the following table:

    2009     2010     2011  
Income Tax                  
Junan Hongrun   25%     25%     25%  
Luotian Lorain   15%     15%     25%  
Beijing Lorain   15%     15%     15%  
Shangdong Lorain   25%     25%     25%  
Dongguan Lorain   -     25%     25%  
Shandong Greenpia   -     25%     25%  

Minority Interest.

Shandong Economic Development Investment holds 19.8% of the equity of our subsidiary Shandong Lorain, which is reflected in the minority interest of $1.4 million in 2010 and $0.9 million in 2009.

Net Income.

Net income increased $3.4 million, or 23.8%, to $17.8 million in 2010 from $14.4 million in fiscal year 2009, as a result of the factors described above.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

General

Our primary capital needs have been to fund the working capital requirements necessitated by our sales growth, adding new products and expanding our facilities. In the past, our primary sources of financing have been cash generated from operations and short-term loans from banks in China. In October 2009 and September 2010, we obtained approximately $11 million and 9 million, respectively, from two private placement transactions. We also secured a $15 million loan from Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellshaft (“DEG”) in May 2010 which we have drawn down $5 million as of December 2010. Proceeds from the private placement transactions and cash drawn down from the DEG loan, together with cash generated from operations and short-term bank loans, have been primarily used to fund our working capital needs, as well as addition to our construction in progress and purchase of fixed assets. At December 31, 2010 and 2009, cash and cash equivalents (including restricted cash) were $15.0 million $13.4 million, respectively.

We expect to continue to finance our operations and working capital needs in 2011 from cash generated from operations and short-term bank loans. In addition, we currently plan to finance or refinance approximately $8.8 million in the form of short-term bank loans in 2011. We expect that anticipated cash flows from operations and short-term bank loans will be sufficient to fund our operations through at least the next twelve months.

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If available liquidity is not sufficient to meet our operating and loan obligations as they come due, our plans include pursuing alternative financing arrangements or reducing expenditures as necessary to meet our cash requirements. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to raise additional capital or reduce discretionary spending to provide liquidity, if needed. Currently, the capital markets for small capitalization companies are difficult. Accordingly, we cannot be sure of the availability or terms of any alternative financing arrangements.

The following table provides detailed information about our net cash flow for all financial statements periods presented in this report.

Cash Flows Data:            
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)   For year ended December 31,  
    2010     2009  
Net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities   24,429     (10,843 )
Net cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities   (35,649 )   (7,280 )
Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities   7,837     26,503 )

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities for 2010 was $24.4 million and net cash used in operating activities for 2009 was $10.8 million. The increase of approximately $35.3 million in net cash flows provided in operating activities resulted primarily from an increase in net income of $3.9 million, an additional decrease in prepayments of $25.9 million, and a lower decrease in accounts and other payables of $6.2 million, partially offset by additional increase in inventory of $1.2 million.

Investing Activities

During 2010, our uses of cash for investment activities are primarily purchase of plant and equipment as well as addition to constructions in progress related to the production lines and employee dormitory in Junan Hongrun as well as the storage facility in Dongguan Lorain. Net cash used in investing activities for 2010 and 2009 were $35.6 million and $7.3 million, respectively, with the increase of approximately $28.4 million resulted primarily from an increase of $15.7 million for the purchase of plant and equipment and an increase of $10.7 million for payments of construction in progress.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities for 2010 and 2009 were $7.8 million and $26.5 million, respectively. The decrease of approximately $18.7 million in net cash provided by financing activities resulted primarily from an increase of $38.1 million for repayment of bank borrowings, partially offset by an increase of approximately $11.9 million in proceeds from bank borrowings and $9.5 million additional increase in bank note financings.

Loan Facilities

As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, we carried $25.2 million and $35.5 million short term bank loans from Chinese domestic banks. Please refer to Note 9 of the consolidated financial statements for details.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires our management to make assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements, including the notes thereto, and related disclosures of commitments and contingencies, if any. We consider our critical accounting policies to be those that require the more significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of financial statements, including the following:

Method of Accounting -- We maintain our general ledger and journals with the accrual method accounting for financial reporting purposes. The financial statements and notes are representations of management. Accounting policies adopted by us conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and have been consistently applied in the presentation of financial statements, which are compiled on the accrual basis of accounting.

Use of estimates -- The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates 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 periods. Management makes these estimates using the best information available at the time the estimates are made; however, actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

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The use of estimates is critical to carrying value of asset accounts such as accounts receivable, inventory, fixed assets, and intangible assets. We use estimates to account for the related bad debt allowance, inventory impairment charges, depreciation and amortization of our assets. In the food processing industry these accounts have a significant impact on the valuation of our balance sheet and the results of our operations.

Principles of consolidation -- The consolidated financial statements are presented in US Dollars and include the accounts of the Company and its commonly controlled entity. All significant inter-company balances and transactions are eliminated in combination.

As of December 31, 2010, the particulars of the commonly controlled entities are as follows:

    Place of     Attributable equity     Registered  
Name of Company   incorporation     interest %     capital  
Shandong Lorain Co., Ltd   PRC     80.2   $  12,234,145  
Luotian Lorain Co., Ltd   PRC     100     3,830,848  
Junan Hongrun Foodstuff Co., Ltd   PRC     100     42,252,427  
Beijing Lorain Co., Ltd   PRC     100     1,512,447  
Shandong Greenpia Foodstuff Co.,Ltd   PRC     100     2,323,119  
Dongguan Lorain Co,,Ltd   PRC     100     151,245  
International Lorain Holding Inc.   Cayman Islands     100     47,065,474  

Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets -- The long-lived assets held and used by us are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of assets may not be recoverable. It is reasonably possible that these assets could become impaired as a result of technology or other industry changes. Determination of recoverability of assets to be held and used is by comparing the carrying amount of an asset to future net undiscounted cash flows to be generated by the assets.

If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.

During the reporting years, there was no impairment loss.

Revenue recognition -- Our revenue recognition policies are in compliance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 104. Sales revenue is recognized at the date of shipment to customers when a formal arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, the delivery is completed, we have no other significant obligations and collectability is reasonably assured. Payments received before all of the relevant criteria for revenue recognition are satisfied are recorded as unearned revenue.

Our revenue consists of invoiced value of goods, net of a value-added tax (VAT). No product return or sales discount allowance is made as products delivered and accepted by customers are normally not returnable and sales discount is normally not granted after products are delivered.

We believe that when custody and title of goods has been passed to our customers, or third party transporters revenue is recognized. Our industry does not call for revenue recognition under multiple deliverable arrangements.

Financial Instruments

Our financial instruments are cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other receivable, advances to suppliers, advances to employees, bank loans and notes, accounts payable, other payable, accrued liabilities, and long-term liabilities. The recorded values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other receivable, advances to suppliers, advances to employees, bank loans and notes, accounts payable, other payable, and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values based on their short-term nature. The recorded values of long-term liabilities approximate their fair values, as interest approximates market rates.

We have the accounting policy regarding financial instruments for our financial statements in 2009 and 2010. We consider it critical because our business is becoming more global in nature and the use of fair value for financial instruments has been widely adopted by accounting bodies around the globe. With financial statements that are widely accepted and comparable in many jurisdictions we will have greater access to capital locally.

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Recent accounting pronouncements

In June 2009, FASB issued FASB Statement No. 166, Accounting for Transfers for Financial Assets (FASB ASC 860 Transfers and Servicing) and FASB Statement No. 167 (FASB ASC 810 Consolidation), a revision to FASB Interpretation No. 46 (Revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (FASB ASC 810 Consolidation).

Statement 166 is a revision to FASB Statement No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities (FASB ASC 860 Transfers and Servicing), and will require more information about transfers of financial assets, including securitization transactions, and where entities have continuing exposure to the risks related to transferred financial assets. It eliminates the concept of a “qualifying special-purpose entity,” changes the requirements for derecognizing financial assets, and requires additional disclosures. Statement No. 166 (FASB ASC 860 Transfers and Servicing) must be applied as of the beginning of each reporting entity’s first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009, for interim periods within that first annual reporting period and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. Earlier application is prohibited. This Statement must be applied to transfers occurring on or after the effective date. The Company has evaluated and determined that there was no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of the operations.

Statement 167 is a revision to FASB Interpretation No. 46 (Revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (FASB ASC 810 Consolidation), and changes how a reporting entity determines when an entity that is insufficiently capitalized or is not controlled through voting (or similar rights) should be consolidated. The determination of whether a reporting entity is required to consolidate another entity is based on, among other things, the other entity’s purpose and design and the reporting entity’s ability to direct the activities of the other entity that most significantly impact the other entity’s economic performance. Statement No. 167 (FASB ASC 810 Consolidation) shall be effective as of the beginning of each reporting entity’s first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009, for interim periods within that first annual reporting period, and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. Earlier application is prohibited. The Company has evaluated and determined that there was no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of the operations.

On June 30, 2009, FASB issued FASB Statement No. 168, Accounting Standards Codification™ ( FASB ASC 105 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162 the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. On the effective date of this standard, FASB Accounting Standards Codification™ (ASC) became the source of authoritative U.S. accounting and reporting standards for nongovernmental entities, in addition to guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This statement is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. If an accounting change results from the application of this guidance, an entity should disclose the nature and reason for the change in accounting principle in their financial statements. This new standard flattens the GAAP hierarchy to two levels: one that is authoritative (in FASB ASC) and one that is non-authoritative (not in FASB ASC). Exceptions include all rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under the authority of federal securities laws, which are sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants, and certain grandfathered guidance having an effective date before March 15, 1992. Statement No. 168 is the final standard that will be issued by FASB in that form. There will no longer be, for example, accounting standards in the form of statements, staff positions, Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) abstracts, or AICPA Accounting Statements of Position. The Company has adopted the new accounting standard and determined that there was no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of the operations.

In April 2010, the FASB issued an Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No.2010-13,”Compensation-Stock Compensation” (Topic 718): Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades,” which address the classification of a share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which the underlying equity security trades. Topic 718 is amended to clarify that a share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which a substantial portion of the entity’s equity securities trades shall not be considered to contain a market, performance, or service condition. Therefore, such an award is not to be classified as a liability if it otherwise qualifies as equity classification. The amendments in this update should be applied by recording a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. The cumulative-effect adjustment should be calculated for all awards outstanding as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which the amendments are initially applied, as if the amendments had been applied consistently since the inception of the award. ASU 2010-13 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010 and is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of the operations.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance arrangements.

Item 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK

Not applicable.

Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL DATA

The full text of our audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2010 begins on page F-2 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

None.

Item 9A CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information that would be required to be disclosed in Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including to our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2010. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of December 31, 2010, and as of the date that the evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures was completed, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to satisfy the objectives for which they are intended.

Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based upon the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on that evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, as of December 31, 2010.

Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation performed during the fiscal year covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Attestation Report

This annual report does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 9B OTHER INFORMATION.

The final voting results of each of the matters submitted to a vote of security holders during the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders held on December 29, 2010 were as follows:

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1. Election of Directors:

  For Withheld
Si Chen 21,636,685 17,419
Yundong Lu 21,636,389 17,715
Maoquan Wei 21,630,795 23,309
Dekai Yin 21,630,795 23,309
Yongjun Li 21,631,295 22,809
Tad M. Ballantyne 21,636,835 17,269

2. Ratification of Samuel H. Wong & Co., LLP as registered pubic accountants:

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
26,920,190 399,402 38,587 -

3. Ratification and approval of the transfer of shares by Mr. Si Chen to certain purchasers:

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
21,584,152 46,750 23,202 5,704,075

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PART III

Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Information required under this Item will be contained in our definitive information statement or in an amendment to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which will be filed within 120 days of December 31, 2009, our most recent fiscal year end, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 11 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Information required under this Item will be contained in our definitive information statement or in an amendment to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which will be filed within 120 days of December 31, 2009, our most recent fiscal year end, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

Information required under this Item will be contained in our definitive information statement or in an amendment to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which will be filed within 120 days of December 31, 2009, our most recent fiscal year end, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.

Information required under this Item will be contained in our definitive information statement or in an amendment to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which will be filed within 120 days of December 31, 2009, our most recent fiscal year end, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.

Information required under this Item will be contained in our definitive information statement or in an amendment to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which will be filed within 120 days of December 31, 2009, our most recent fiscal year end, and is incorporated herein by reference.

PART IV

Item 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a) The financial statements contained in the “Audited Financial Statements” beginning on page F-2 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

(b) Exhibits

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Exhibit No. Description
3.1

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the registrant as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on May 9, 2007.

3.2

Bylaws of the registrant, adopted on March 31, 2000. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form 10SB12G filed on October 19, 2001.

4.1

Certificate of Designation of Series A Voting Convertible Preferred Stock of the registrant as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 9, 2007. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8- K filed on May 9, 2007 in commission file number 0- 31619.

4.2

Certificate of Designation of Series B Voting Convertible Preferred Stock of registrant as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 30, 2007. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on May 9, 2007.

4.3

Form of Series A Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on October 29, 2009.

4.4

Form of Series B Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on October 29, 2009.

4.5

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2009. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on October 29, 2009.

4.6

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2010, by and among American Lorain Corporation and the purchasers named therein. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on September 13, 2010.

4.7

Stockholder Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2010, by and among American Lorain Corporation, the purchasers named therein and Si Chen. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on September 13, 2010.

10.1

Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of October 28, 2009, by and between American Loan Corporation and the purchasers named therein. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on October 29, 2009.

10.2

Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of September 9, 2010, by and among American Loan Corporation, Si Chen and the purchasers named therein. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on September 13, 2010.

10.3

Make Good Escrow Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2010, by and among American Lorain Corporation, the purchasers named therein, Si Chen and the collateral agent named therein. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on September 13, 2010.

10.4

Loan Agreement, dated May 31, 2010, between Junan Hongrun Foodstuff Co. Ltd. and DEG-Deutsche Investitions Und Entwicklungsgesellschaft MBH. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the registrant’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on August 11, 2010.

10.5 Employment Agreement by and between American Lorain Corporation and David She, dated October 22, 2010*
14

Business Ethics Policy and Code of Conduct, adopted on April 30, 2007. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on May 9, 2007.

21

List of subsidiaries of the registrant. *

23.1

Consent of Samuel H. Wong & Co., LLP *

31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 *

31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 *

32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 *

32.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 *

* Filed herewith

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

    AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
     
    By:/s/ Si Chen
March 31, 2011   Si Chen
(Date Signed)   President, Director and Chief Executive
    Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this annual report has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature   Title   Date
         
         
/s/ Si Chen President , Director and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) March 31, 2011
Si Chen        
         
/s/ David She Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) March 31, 2011
David She        
         
/s/ Yundong Lu   Chief Operating Officer and Director   March 31, 2011
Yundong Lu        
         
/s/ Dekai Yin   Director   March 31, 2011
Dekai Yin        
         
/s/ Yongjun Li   Director   March 31, 2011
Yongjun Li        
         
/s/ Maoquan Wei   Director   March 31, 2011
Maoquan Wei        
         
/s/ Tad M. Ballantyne   Director   March 31, 2011
Tad M. Ballantyne        

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION

AUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009

(Stated in US Dollars)

 


AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION

CONTENTS PAGES
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM F-1
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS F-2 – F-3
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME F-4
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS F-5 – F-6
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY F-7 – F-8
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F- 9 – F-30


REPORT OF REGISTERED INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To: The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
  American Lorain Corporation

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of American Lorain Corporation as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the years then ended. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of American Lorain Corporation as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

San Mateo, California Samuel H. Wong & Co., LLP
March 21, 2011 Certified Public Accountants

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AT DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

    Note     At December 31,     At December 31,  
ASSETS         2010     2009  

Current assets

                 

Cash and cash equivalents

  2(d) $  12,730,626   $  12,111,532  

Restricted cash

  3     2,308,898     1,299,889  

Short-term investment

        9,447,585     7,320,248  

Trade accounts receivable

  4     33,226,612     23,025,772  

Other receivables

  5     1,492,850     8,440,791  

Inventory

  6     29,807,198     26,400,117  

Advance to suppliers

        7,744,976     16,938,872  

Prepaid expenses and taxes

        434,061     905,266  

Deferred tax asset

        103,713     199,867  

Security deposits and other Assets

        693,858     -  

Total current assets

      $  97,990,377   $  96,642,354  
                   

Non-current assets

                 

Property, plant and equipment, net

  7     72,095,007     41,280,407  

Land use rights, net

  8     4,877,438     3,871,547  

Deposit

        20,297     16,088  
TOTAL ASSETS       $  174,983,119   $  141,810,396  
                   
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                  

Current liabilities

                 

Short-term bank loans

  9   $  25,164,469   $  35,488,212  

Long-term debt – current portion

  13     218,935     -  

Notes payable

  10     4,249,977     -  

Accounts payable

        6,284,532     2,614,515  

Taxes payable

  11     3,266,502     2,235,341  

Accrued liabilities and other payables

  12     1,335,947     6,422,492  

Customers deposits

        89,370     13,842  

Total current liabilities

      $  40,609,733   $  46,774,402  
                   

Long-term liabilities

                 

Long-term bank loans

  13     5,030,930     294,873  
                   
TOTAL LIABILITIES       $  45,640,663   $  47,069,275  

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AT DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

          At December 31,     At December 31,  
    Note     2010     2009  
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                  

Preferred Stock, $.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively

- -
                   

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized; 34,419,709 and 30,240,202 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively

14 34,420 30,240

Additional paid-in capital

  14     52,371,481     35,268,603  

Statutory reserves

  2(r)   11,340,739     8,895,477  

Retained earnings

        48,688,375     38,455,349  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

        9,475,745     6,068,569  

Non-controlling interests

  15     7,431,697     6,022,883  
                   
TOTAL STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY                       $ 129,342,457   $  94,741,121  
                   
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY $ 174,983,119 $ 141,810,396

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
FOR YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

          December 31,     December 31,  
    Note     2010     2009  
                   
Net revenues   2(t),16 $  184,176,567   $  146,772,442  
Cost of revenues         (142, 292,716 )   (114,064,067 )

Gross profit

      $  41,883,851   $  32,708,375  
                   
Operating expenses                  
Selling and marketing expenses         (8,559,003 )   (6,454,953 )
General and administrative expenses         (5,807,074 )   (3,646,815 )
          (14,366,077 )   (10,101,768 )
                   
Operating income       $  27,517,774   $  22,606,607  
                   
Government subsidy income         1,270,957     355,656  
Interest income         10,375     73,186  
Other income         1,047,234     175,117  
Other expenses         (415,877 )   (327,281 )
Interest expense         (4,351,714 )   (3,351,606 )
                   
Earnings before tax       $  25,078,749   $  19,531,679  
                   
Income tax   2(q),17   (5,830,472 )   (4,222,705 )
                   
Net income       $  19,248,277   $  15,308,974  
Net income attributable to:                  
                   
-Common stockholders       $  17,839,463   $  14,408,112  
-Non-controlling interest         1,408,814     900,862  
        $  19,248,277   $  15,308,974  
                   
                   
Earnings per share   2(u), 18            

- Basic

      $  0.57   $  0.55  

- Diluted

      $  0.55   $  0.55  
                   
Weighted average shares outstanding                  

- Basic

        31,507,044     26,075,413  

- Diluted

        32,204,555     26,264,794  

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
FOR YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

  December 31, December 31,
  2010 2009

Cash flows from operating activities

           

Net income

$  19,248,277 $  15,308,974

Stock and share based compensation

  890,210     166,398  

Depreciation of fixed assets

1,360,134 1,270,783

Amortization of intangible assets

  144,611     202,539  

Write down of short-term investments

587,117 -

Gain on acquisition of subsidiary

  (383,482 )   -  

Change in assets and liabilities net of effects from acquisition of Shandong Greenpia:

(Increase)/decrease in accounts & other receivables

  (2,549,494 )   (1,800,407 )

(Increase)/decrease in inventories

(2,812,750 ) (1,572,195 )

Decrease/(increase) in prepayment

  9,665,103     (16,200,484 )

Decrease/(increase) in deferred tax asset

96,155 (199,867 )

Increase/(decrease) in accounts and other payables

  (1,816,937 )   (8,018,565 )

Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities

24,428,943 (10,842,825 )
             

Cash flows from investing activities

   

Shandong Greenpia acquisition net of cash acquired

  (1,695,315 )   -  

Purchase of plant and equipment

(17,566,907 ) (1,868,300 )

Payment of construction in progress

  (11,188,400 )   (481,203 )

Sales (investment) in short term investment fund

- 105,756

(Increase)/decrease in restricted cash

  (1,009,009 )   2,416,109  

Payments for the purchase of land use rights

(190,109 ) (123,157 )

Payments for security deposits

  (698,067 )   (16,088 )

Purchase of land for short-term investment

(3,301,571 ) (7,312,935 )

Net cash used in investing activities

  (35,649,378 )   (7,279,819 )

Cash flows from financing activities

           

Issuance of common stock

8,955,673 10,920,254

Repayment of notes

  -     (5,208,485 )

Proceeds from issuance of notes

4,249,977 -

Proceeds from bank borrowings

  85,074,357     73,132,782  

Repayment of bank borrowings

(90,443,107 ) (52,341,668 )

Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities

$  7,836,900   $  26,502,883  
     

Net Increase/(decrease) of Cash and Cash Equivalents

  (3,383,535 )   8,380,239  

Effect of foreign currency translation on cash and cash equivalents

3,994,293 889,953

 

           

Cash and cash equivalents–beginning of year

12,111,532 2,841,339

Cash and cash equivalents–end of year

$  12,722, 290   $  12,111,532  

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

F-5



AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
FOR YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

Supplementary cash flow information:

           

Interest received

$  10,375   $  73,186  

Interest paid

$  4,457,597   $  3,351,606  

Income taxes paid

$  5,157,436   $  4,174,385  

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

F-6



AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(STATED IN US DOLLARS)

                                  Accumulated              
    Number           Additional                 Other     Non-        
    Of     Common     Paid-in     Statutory     Retained     Comprehensive     Controlling        
    Shares     Stock     Capital     Reserves     Earnings     Income     Interests     Total  

Balance, January 1, 2009

  25,172,640   $  25,172   $ 24,187,019   $  5,438,723   $ 27,503,991   $  5,178,616   $  5,122,021   $  67,455,542  

Issuance of share based compensation

56,393 57 166,341 - - - - 166,398

Issuance of common stock for cash

  5,011,169     5,011     12,002,150     -     -     -     -     12,007,161  

Issuance cost of common stock

              (1,086,907 )   -     -     -     -     (1,086,907 )

Net income

  -     -     -     -     15,308,974     -     -     15,308,974  

Appropriations to statutory reserves

  -     -     -     3,456,754     (3,456,754 )   -     -     -  

Allocation to non-controlling interests

- - - - (900,862 ) - 900,862 -

Foreign currency translation adjustment

- - - - - 889,953 - 889,953

Balance, December 31, 2009

  30,240,202   $  30,240   $ 35,268,603   $ 8,895,477   $ 38,455,349   $  6,068,569   $  6,022,883   $  94,741,121  

 

                                               

Balance, January 1, 2010

  30,240,202   $  30,240   $ 35,268,603   $ 8,895,477   $ 38,455,349   $  6,068,569   $  6,022,883   $  94,741,121  

Issuance of share based compensation

7,000 7 890,203 - - - - 890,210

Issuance of common stock for cash

  3,440,800     3,441     9,630,800     -     -     -     -     9,634,241  

Issuance cost of common stock

  -     -     (678,567 )   -     -     -     -     (678,567 )

Appropriations to additional paid in capital

- - 5,161,175 - (5,161,175 ) - - -

Acquisition of Shandong Greenpia

  731,707     732     2,099,267     -     -     -     -     2,099,999  

Net income

  -     -     -     -     19,248,277     -     -     19,248,277  

Appropriations to statutory reserves

  -     -     -     2,445,262     (2,445,262 )   -     -     -  

Allocation to non-controlling interests

- - - - (1,408,814 ) - 1,408,814 -

Unrealized gain (loss) on investment

  -     -     -     -     -     (587,117 )   -     (587,117 )

Foreign currency translation adjustment

- - - - - 3,994,293 - 3,994,293

Balance, December 31, 2010

  34,419,709   $  34,420   $ 52,371,481   $ 11,340,739   $ 48,688,375   $ 9,475,745   $  7,431,697   $ 129,342,457  

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

F-7



AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(STATED IN US DOLLARS)

    December 31,     December 31,  
    2010     2009  
             
Comprehensive Income            
Net Income $  19,248,277   $  15,308,974  
Other Comprehensive Income            
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment   3,994,293     889,953  
Total Comprehensive Income $  23,242,570   $  16,198,927  

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

F-8



AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

1. ORGANIZATION, BASIS OF PRESENTATION, AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

  (a)

Organization history of American Lorain Corporation (formerly known as Millennium Quest, Inc.)

   

 

 

American Lorain Corporation (the “Company” or “ALN”) was originally a Delaware corporation incorporated on February 4, 1986. From inception through May 3, 2007, the Company did not engage in any active business operations other than in search and evaluation of potential business opportunity to become an acquiree of a reverse-merger deal. On May 3, 2007, the Company entered into a share exchange agreement as described under “Reverse-Merger” below. On November 12, 2009, the Company filed a statement of merger in the state of Nevada to transfer the Company’s jurisdiction from Delaware to Nevada.

   

 

  (b)

Organization History of International Lorain Holding Inc. and its subsidiaries

   

 

 

ALN owns 100% of the equity of International Lorain Holding Inc. (“ILH”). ILH is a Cayman Islands company incorporated on August 4, 2006 and was wholly-owned by Mr. Hisashi Akazawa until May 3, 2007. ILH presently has two direct wholly-owned subsidiaries, Junan Hongrun and Luotian Lorain, and three indirectly wholly-owned subsidiaries through Junan Hongrun, which are Beijing Lorain, Dongguan Lorain, and Shandong Greenpia Foodstuff Co., Ltd. (“Shandong Greenpia”).

   

 

 

In addition, the Company directly and indirectly has 80.2% ownership of Shandong Lorain. The rest of the 19.8%, which is owned by the State under the name of Shandong Economic Development Investment Co. Ltd., is not included as a part of the Group.

   

 

 

On April 9, 2009, the Company, through its Junan Hongrun subsidiary, invested cash to establish Dongguan Lorain. Dongguan Lorain is indirectly 100% beneficially owned by the Company.

   

 

 

On June 28, 2010, the Company signed an equity transfer agreement with Shandong Greenpia. Shandong Greenpia was originally directly owned by Taebong Inc. and Shandong Luan Trade Company. The Company paid $2,100,000 to Korean Taebong Inc. for 50% equity of Shandong Greenpia on September 20, 2010. On September 23, 2010, the Company issued 731,707 shares of restricted stock at an agreed price of $2.87 per share to the owner of Shandong Luan Trade Company, Mr. Ji Zhenwei, for the remaining 50% equity of Shandong Greenpia. Since September 23, 2010, Shandong Greenpia was directly owned by both Junan Hongrun and ILH. As a result, Shandong Greenpia is 100% owned by the Company. Accordingly, the Company booked a gain of $383,482 which is included in the statement of income as other income.

   

 

  (c)

Reverse-Merger

   

 

 

On May 3, 2007, the Company entered into a share exchange agreement with ILH whereby the Company consummated its acquisition of ILH by issuance of 697,663 Series B voting convertible preferred shares to the shareholders of ILH in exchange of 5,099,503 ILH shares. Concurrently on May 3, 2007, the Company also entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors and Mr. Hisashi Akazawa and Mr. Si Chen (each a “beneficial owner”) whereby the Company issued 319,913 (after reverse-split at 32.84 from 10,508,643) common shares to its shareholders as consideration of the Company’s reverse-merger with Lorain.

   

 

 

The share exchange transaction is sometimes referred to hereafter as the “reverse-merger transaction.” The share exchange transaction has been accounted for as a recapitalization of ALN where the Company (the legal acquirer) is considered the accounting acquiree and ILH (the acquiree) is considered the accounting acquirer. As a result of this transaction, the Company is deemed to be a continuation of the business of ILH.

   

 

 

Accordingly, the accompanying consolidated financial statements are those of the accounting acquirer, ILH. The historical stockholders’ equity of the accounting acquirer prior to the share exchange has been retroactively restated as if the share exchange transaction occurred as of the beginning of the first period presented. See also Note 14 Capitalization.

F-9



AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

  (d)

Business Activities

   

 

 

The Company develops, manufactures, and sells convenience foods (including ready-to-cook (or RTC) foods; ready-to-eat (or RTE) foods and meals ready-to-eat (or MRE); chestnut products; and frozen foods, in hundreds of varieties. The Company operates through indirect Chinese subsidiaries. The products are sold in 26 provinces and administrative regions in China and 42 foreign countries. Food products are categorized into three types: (1) chestnut products, (2) convenience food, and (3) frozen food.


2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

  (a)

Method of Accounting

   

 

 

The Company maintains its general ledger and journals with the accrual method accounting for financial reporting purposes. The financial statements and notes are representations of management. Accounting policies adopted by the Company conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and have been consistently applied in the presentation of financial statements, which are compiled on the accrual basis of accounting.

   

 

 

The Company regrouped certain accounts in its presentation of changes in assets and liabilities in the statement of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2010 in order to be consistent with the presentation provided for the year ended December 31, 2009. There was no impact in earnings for the regrouping.

   

 

  (b)

Principles of consolidation

   

 

 

The consolidated financial statements which include the Company and its subsidiaries are compiled in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The consolidated financial statements include 100% of assets, liabilities, and net income or loss of those wholly-owned subsidiaries; ownership interests of minority investors are recorded as minority interests.

   

 

 

As of December 31, 2010, the detailed identities of the consolidating subsidiaries are as follows:


      Place of     Attributable equity     Registered  
  Name of Company   incorporation     interest %     capital  
  Shandong Lorain Co., Ltd   PRC     80.2   $  12,234,145  
  Luotian Lorain Co., Ltd   PRC     100     3,830,848  
  Junan Hongrun Foodstuff Co., Ltd   PRC     100     42,252,427  
  Beijing Lorain Co., Ltd   PRC     100     1,512,447  
  Shandong Greenpia Foodstuff Co.,Ltd   PRC     100     2,323,119  
  Dongguan Lorain Co,,Ltd   PRC     100     151,245  
  International Lorain Holding Inc.   Cayman Islands     100     47,065,474  

  (c)

Use of estimates

   

 

 

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates 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 periods. Management makes these estimates using the best information available at the time the estimates are made; however actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

   

 

  (d)

Cash and cash equivalents

F-10



AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

   

 

(e)

Investment securities

   

 

The Company classifies securities it holds for investment purposes into trading or available-for-sale. Trading securities are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term. All securities not included in trading securities are classified as available-for-sale.

   

 

Trading and available-for-sale securities are recorded at fair value. Unrealized holding gains and losses on trading securities are included in the net income. Unrealized holding gains and losses, net of the related tax effect, on available for sale securities are excluded from net income and are reported as a separate component of other comprehensive income until realized. Realized gains and losses from the sale of available-for-sale securities are determined on a specific-identification basis.

   

 

A decline in the market value of any available-for-sale security below cost that is deemed to be other-than- temporary results in a reduction in carrying amount to fair value. The impairment is charged as an expense to the statement of income and comprehensive income and a new cost basis for the security is established. To determine whether impairment is other-than-temporary, the Company considers whether it has the ability and intent to hold the investment until a market price recovery and considers whether evidence indicating the cost of the investment is recoverable outweighs evidence to the contrary. Evidence considered in this assessment includes the reasons for the impairment, the severity and duration of the impairment, changes in value subsequent to year end, and forecasted performance of the investee.

   

 

Premiums and discounts are amortized or accreted over the life of the related available-for-sale security as an adjustment to yield using the effective-interest method. Dividend and interest income are recognized when earned.

   

 

(f)

Trade receivables

   

 

Trade receivables are recognized and carried at the original invoice amount less allowance for any uncollectible amounts. An estimate for doubtful accounts is made when collection of the full amount is no longer probable. Bad debts are written off as incurred.

   

 

(g)

Inventories

   

 

Inventories consisting of finished goods and raw materials are stated at the lower of cost or market value. Finished goods are comprised of direct materials, direct labor and an appropriate proportion of overhead.

   

 

(h)

Customer deposits and advances to suppliers

   

 

Customer deposits were received from customers in connection with orders of products to be delivered in future periods.

   

 

Advance to suppliers is a good faith deposit paid to the supplier for the purpose of committing the supplier to provide product promptly upon delivery of the Company’s purchase order for raw materials, supplies, equipment, building materials etc. Pursuant to the Company’s arrangements with its suppliers, this deposit is generally 20% of the total amount contracted for. This type of transaction is classified as a prepayment category under the account name “Advance to Suppliers” until such time as the Company’s purchase order is delivered, at which point this account is reduced by reclassification of the applicable amount to the appropriate asset account such as inventory or fixed assets or construction in progress.

   

 

(i)

Property, plant and equipment

F-11



AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

Plant and equipment are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method. Estimated useful lives of the plant and equipment are as follows:

  Buildings   40 years  
  Landscaping, plant and tree   30 years  
  Machinery and equipment   10 years  
  Motor vehicles   10 years  
  Office equipment   5 years  

 

The cost and related accumulated depreciation of assets sold or otherwise retired are eliminated from the accounts and any gain or loss is included in the statement of income. The cost of maintenance and repairs is charged to income as incurred, whereas significant renewals and betterments are capitalized.

   

 

  (j)

Construction in progress

   

 

 

Construction in progress represents direct and indirect construction or acquisition costs. The construction in progress is transferred to plant and equipment when substantially all the activities necessary to prepare the assets for their intended use are completed. No depreciation is provided until the asset is completed and ready for intended use.

   

 

  (k)

Land Use Rights

   

 

 

Land use rights are carried at cost and amortized on a straight-line basis over a specified period.

   

 

  (l)

Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

   

 

 

The long-lived assets held by the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of assets may not be recoverable. It is reasonably possible that these assets could become impaired as a result of technology or other industry changes. An impairment is present if carrying amount of an asset is less than its undiscounted cash flows to be generated.

   

 

 

If an asset is considered impaired, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair market value of the asset. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. The Company believes no impairment has occurred to its assets during 2010.

   

 

  (m)

Advertising

   

 

 

All advertising costs are expensed as incurred.

   

 

  (n)

Shipping and handling

   

 

 

All shipping and handling are expensed as incurred.

   

 

  (o)

Research and development

   

 

 

All research and development costs are expensed as incurred.

   

 

  (p)

Retirement benefits

   

 

 

Retirement benefits in the form of contributions under defined contribution retirement plans to the relevant authorities are charged to the consolidated statement of income as incurred.

   

 

  (q)

Income taxes

F-12



AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

The Company accounts for income tax using an asset and liability approach and allows for recognition of deferred tax benefits in future years. Under the asset and liability approach, deferred taxes are provided for the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. A valuation allowance is provided for deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not these items will either expire before the Company is able to realize their benefits, or that future realization is uncertain.

The Company has implemented Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. Income tax liabilities computed according to the United States and People’s Republic of China (PRC) tax laws are provided for the tax effects of transactions reported in the financial statements and consists of taxes currently due plus deferred taxes related primarily to differences between the basis of fixed assets and intangible assets for financial and tax reporting. The deferred tax assets and liabilities represent the future tax return consequences of those differences, which will be either taxable or deductible when the assets and liabilities are recovered or settled. Deferred taxes also are recognized for operating losses that are available to offset future income taxes. A valuation allowance is created to evaluate deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that these items will either expire before the Company is able to realize that tax benefit, or that future realization is uncertain.

Effective January 1, 2008, PRC government implemented a new 25% tax rate across the board for all enterprises regardless of whether domestic or foreign enterprise without any tax holiday which is defined as "two-year exemption followed by three-year half exemption" hitherto enjoyed by tax payers. As a result of the new tax law of a standard 15% tax rate, tax holidays terminated as of December 31, 2007. However, PRC government has established a set of transition rules to allow enterprises already started tax holidays before January 1, 2008, to continue enjoying the tax holidays until being fully utilized.

The Company is subject to United States Tax according to Internal Revenue Code Sections 951 and 957. Corporate income tax is imposed on progressive rates in the range of: -

      Taxable Income  
  Rate   Over     But Not Over     Of Amount Over  
  15%   0     50,000     0  
  25%   50,000     75,000     50,000  
  34%   75,000     100,000     75,000  
  39%   100,000     335,000     100,000  
  34%   335,000     10,000,000     335,000  
  35%   10,000,000     15,000,000     10,000,000  
  38%   15,000,000     18,333,333     15,000,000  
  35%   18,333,333     -     -  

  (r)

Statutory reserves

   

 

 

Statutory reserves are referring to the amount appropriated from the net income in accordance with laws or regulations, which can be used to recover losses and increase capital, as approved, and are to be used to expand production or operations. The Company transferred $2,445,262 from retained earnings to statutory reserves during 2010. PRC laws prescribe that an enterprise operating at a profit, must appropriate, on an annual basis, an amount equal to 10% of its profit. Such an appropriation is necessary until the reserve reaches a maximum that is equal to 50% of the enterprise’s PRC registered capital.

   

 

  (s)

Foreign currency translation

   

 

 

The accompanying financial statements are presented in United States dollars. The functional currency of the Company is the Renminbi (RMB). The financial statements are translated into United States dollars from RMB at year-end exchange rates as to assets and liabilities and average exchange rates as to revenues and expenses. Capital accounts are translated at their historical exchange rates when the capital transactions occurred.

F-13



AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)
               
      12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Year end RMB : US$ exchange rate   6.6118     6.8372  
  Average yearly RMB : US$ exchange rate   6.7788     6.8408  

 

The RMB is not freely convertible into foreign currency and all foreign exchange transactions must take place through authorized institutions. No representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted into US Dollars at the rates used in translation.

   

 

  (t)

Revenue recognition

   

 

 

The Company's revenue recognition policies are in compliance with Staff accounting bulletin (SAB) 104. Sales revenue is recognized at the date of shipment to customers when a formal arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, the delivery is completed, no other significant obligations of the Company exist and collectibility is reasonably assured. Payments received before all of the relevant criteria for revenue recognition are satisfied are recorded as unearned revenue.

   

 

 

The Company's revenue consists of invoiced value of goods, net of a value-added tax (VAT). The Company allows its customers to return products if they are defective. However, this rarely happens and amounts returned have been de minimis.

   

 

 

The Company gradually switched its sales model from direct sales to third party distributor model and issues 1% sales incentive to distributors. The Company modified it accounting policy for the recognition of revenue accordingly. Given the circumstances of how the Company conducts its incentive program, the Company books the payments settled in cash as a contra account to Gross Revenue, and includes the amount in its reported “net revenue”. The Company has considered the guidance in FASB ASC 605-50 (EITF 01-9) and will account for its sales incentive program accordingly.

   

 

  (u)

Earnings per share

   

 

 

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the sum of the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding and potential dilutive securities during the year. During the years ended December 31, 2010, 81,155 warrants were issued to certain service providers. During the year ended December 31, 2009, 1,334,573 stock options were granted to employees pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plan; 2,255,024 warrants were issued to investors in connection with a PIPE financing. These warrants and options could be potentially dilutive if the market price of the Company’s common stock exceeds the exercise price for these securities.

   

 

 

The Company computes earnings per share (“EPS”) in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, “Earnings per share” (“SFAS No. 128”), and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 98 (“SAB 98”). SFAS No. 128 requires companies with complex capital structures to present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is measured as the income or loss available to common shareholders divided by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is similar to basic EPS but presents the dilutive effect on a per share basis of potential common shares (e.g., convertible securities, options, and warrants) as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods presented, or issuance date, if later. Potential common shares that have an anti-dilutive effect (i.e., those that increase income per share or decrease loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS.

   

 

  (v)

Financial Instruments

F-14



AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

 

The Company’s financial instruments are cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other receivable, advances to suppliers, advances to employees, bank loans and notes, accounts payable, other payable, dividend payable, accrued liabilities, and long-term liabilities. The recorded values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other receivable, advances to suppliers, advances to employees, bank loans and notes, accounts payable, other payable, dividend payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values based on their short-term nature. The recorded values of long-term liabilities approximate their fair values, as interest approximates market rates.

   

 

  (w)

Commitments and contingencies

   

 

 

Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines and penalties and other sources are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated.

   

 

  (x)

Comprehensive income

   

 

 

Comprehensive income is defined to include all changes in equity except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Among other disclosures, all items that are required to be recognized under current accounting standards as components of comprehensive income are required to be reported in a financial statement that is presented with the same prominence as other financial statements. The Company’s current component of other comprehensive income includes the foreign currency translation adjustment and unrealized gain or loss.

   

 

  (y)

Recent accounting pronouncements

   

 

 

In June 2009, FASB issued FASB Statement No. 166, Accounting for Transfers for Financial Assets (FASB ASC 860 Transfers and Servicing) and FASB Statement No. 167 (FASB ASC 810 Consolidation), a revision to FASB Interpretation No. 46 (Revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (FASB ASC 810 Consolidation).

   

 

 

Statement 166 is a revision to FASB Statement No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities (FASB ASC 860 Transfers and Servicing), and will require more information about transfers of financial assets, including securitization transactions, and where entities have continuing exposure to the risks related to transferred financial assets. It eliminates the concept of a “qualifying special-purpose entity,” changes the requirements for derecognizing financial assets, and requires additional disclosures. Statement No. 166 (FASB ASC 860 Transfers and Servicing) must be applied as of the beginning of each reporting entity’s first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009, for interim periods within that first annual reporting period and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. Earlier application is prohibited. This Statement must be applied to transfers occurring on or after the effective date. The Company has evaluated and determined that there was no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of the operations.

   

 

 

Statement 167 is a revision to FASB Interpretation No. 46 (Revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (FASB ASC 810 Consolidation), and changes how a reporting entity determines when an entity that is insufficiently capitalized or is not controlled through voting (or similar rights) should be consolidated. The determination of whether a reporting entity is required to consolidate another entity is based on, among other things, the other entity’s purpose and design and the reporting entity’s ability to direct the activities of the other entity that most significantly impact the other entity’s economic performance. Statement No. 167 (FASB ASC 810 Consolidation) shall be effective as of the beginning of each reporting entity’s first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009, for interim periods within that first annual reporting period, and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. Earlier application is prohibited. The Company has evaluated and determined that there was no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of the operations.

F-15



AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

 

On June 30, 2009, FASB issued FASB Statement No. 168, Accounting Standards Codification™ ( FASB ASC 105 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162 the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. On the effective date of this standard, FASB Accounting Standards Codification™ (ASC) became the source of authoritative U.S. accounting and reporting standards for nongovernmental entities, in addition to guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This statement is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. If an accounting change results from the application of this guidance, an entity should disclose the nature and reason for the change in accounting principle in their financial statements. This new standard flattens the GAAP hierarchy to two levels: one that is authoritative (in FASB ASC) and one that is non-authoritative (not in FASB ASC). Exceptions include all rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under the authority of federal securities laws, which are sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants, and certain grandfathered guidance having an effective date before March 15, 1992. Statement No. 168 is the final standard that will be issued by FASB in that form. There will no longer be, for example, accounting standards in the form of statements, staff positions, Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) abstracts, or AICPA Accounting Statements of Position. The Company has adopted the new accounting standard and determined that there was no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of the operations.

 

 

 

In April 2010, the FASB issued an Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No.2010-13,”Compensation-Stock Compensation” (Topic 718): Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades,” which address the classification of a share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which the underlying equity security trades. Topic 718 is amended to clarify that a share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which a substantial portion of the entity’s equity securities trades shall not be considered to contain a market, performance, or service condition. Therefore, such an award is not to be classified as a liability if it otherwise qualifies as equity classification. The amendments in this update should be applied by recording a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. The cumulative-effect adjustment should be calculated for all awards outstanding as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which the amendments are initially applied, as if the amendments had been applied consistently since the inception of the award. ASU 2010-13 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010 and is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of the operations.

 

 

3.

RESTRICTED CASH

 

 

 

Restricted Cash represents interest bearing deposits placed with banks to secure banking facilities in the form of loans and notes payable. The restriction of funds is based on time. The funds that collateralize loans are held for 60 days in savings account that pay interest at the prescribed national daily savings account rate. For funds that underline notes payable, the cash is deposited in six month time deposits that pay interest at the national time deposit rate.

 

 

4.

TRADE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE


      12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Trade accounts receivable $  33,562,514   $  23,293,362  
  Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts   (335,902 )   (267,590 )
    $  33,226,612   $  23,025,772  

  Allowance for bad debt:   12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Beginning balance $  (267,590 ) $  (127,967 )
  Additions to allowance   (68,312 )   (139,623 )
  Bad debt written-off   -     -  
  Ending balance $  (335,902 ) $  (267,590 )

The Company offers credit terms of between 30 to 60 days to most of their domestic customers, including supermarkets and wholesalers, around 90 days to most of their international customers, and between 0 to 15 days for most of the third-party distributors the Company works with.

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

5.

OTHER RECEIVABLES

 

 

Other receivables consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:


      12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Advances to employees for purchase of materials $  -   $  4,041,986  
  Advances to employees for job/travel disbursements   764,725     627,006  
  Amount due by a non-related enterprise   215,685     1,999,671  
  Other non-related receivables   512,440     1,772,128  
    $  1,492,850   $  8,440,791  

Advances to employees for job/travel disbursements consisted of advances to employees for transportation, meals, client entertainment, commissions, and procurement of certain raw materials. The advances issued to employees may be carried for extended periods of time because employees may spend several months out in the field working to procure new sales contracts or fulfill existing contracts.

Specifically, the company uses every available employee to arrange purchases with desirable chestnut or other raw material growers. However, because many of these growers are in rural farming areas of China where traditional banking and credit arrangements are difficult to implement, the Company must utilize cash purchases and also must contract for its future needs by placing a good faith deposit in cash with the growers. However none of these advances to employees for delivery to the growers on behalf of the Company are “personal loans” to the employees. Advances to employees for purchase of materials in other receivables are adjusted to advances to suppliers as of December 31, 2010.

Related party receivable consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

      12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Chen Si $  123,467   $  541,245  
  Lu Yundong   -     32,358  
  Liu Gang   -     29,513  
    $  123,467   $  603,116  

Related party receivable represented advances issued by management for job or travel disbursement in the normal course of business. The receivable had no impact on earnings. As with other employees, officers sign notes when cash is issued to them as job or travel disbursement.

 

 

6.

INVENTORIES

 

 

Inventories consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:


      12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Raw materials $  18,128,883   $  12,014,402  
  Finished goods   11,678,315     14,385,715  
    $  29,807,198   $      26,400,117  

7.

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

 

Property, plant, and equipment consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:


      12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  At Cost:            
       Buildings $  48,612,643   $  29,181,372  

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

       Landscaping, plant and tree   2,852,998     2,758,944  
       Machinery and equipment   9,544,910     7,783,775  
       Office equipment   501,977     466,411  
       Motor vehicles   420,020     357,902  
                                                                                                                        $  61,932,548   $  40,548,404  
  Less: Accumulated depreciation            
       Buildings   (2,729,161 )   (1,811,423 )
       Landscaping, plant and tree   (23,775 )      
       Machinery and equipment   (3,998,121 )   (3,226,015 )
       Office equipment   (312,872 )   (264,039 )
       Motor vehicles   (225,832 )   (230,341 )
      (7,289,761 )   (5,531,818 )
               
  Construction in Progress   17,452,220     6,263,821  
                                                                                                                        $  72,095,007   $  41,280,407  

Construction in progress is mainly comprised of capital expenditures for construction of the Company’s new corporate campus, including offices, factories, and staff dormitories located at Junan Hongrun. Capital commitments for the construction are immaterial for the two years above.

 

 

Landscaping, plants, and trees accounts for the orchards that the Company has developed for agricultural operations. These orchards as well as the young trees which were purchased as nursery stock are capitalized into fixed assets. The depreciation is then calculated on a 30-year straight-line method when production in commercial quantities begins. The orchards have begun production in small quantities and the Company has accounted for depreciation commencing July 1, 2010.

 

 

8.

LAND USE RIGHTS, NET

 

 

Land use rights consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:


      12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Land use rights, at cost   5,509,925      4,359,423  
 

Less: Accumulated amortization

  (632,487 )   (487,876 )
    $  4,877,438   $  3,871,547  

All lands are owned by the government in China. Land use rights represent the Company’s purchase of usage rights for a parcel of land for a specified duration of time, typically 50 years. The land use rights are then amortized over the period of usage. Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 were $144,611 and 202,538, respectively.

9.

SHORT-TERM BANK LOANS

Short-term bank loans consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

    Remark     12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
Loans from Junan County Construction Bank,                  
       • Interest rate at 5.346% per annum due1/18/2010                 $  -   $  212,075  
       • Interest rate at 5.346% per annum due 1/24/2010         -     144,796  
       • Interest rate at 5.346% per annum due 1/28/2010         -     153,572  
       • Interest rate at 5.346% per annum due 3/8/2010         -     153,571  
       • Interest rate at 5.346% per annum due 3/25/2010         -     153,572  
       • Interest rate at 5.346% per annum due 1/22/2010         -     394,899  
       • Interest rate at 5.346% per annum due 1/10/2010         -     394,898  
       • Interest rate at 5.346% per annum due 1/12/2010         -     475,340  
       • Interest rate at 5.841% per annum due 12/27/2010         -     716,667  
       • Interest rate at 5.346% per annum due 9/1/2010         -     1,170,073  
       • Interest rate at 5.346% per annum due 1/7/2010         -     1,462,587  
       • Interest rate at 5.610% per annum due 1/6/2011         128,558     -  
       • Interest rate at 5.841% per annum due 1/14/2011         483,983     -  
       • Interest rate at 5.610% per annum due 1/28/2011         3,223     -  
       • Interest rate at 5.841% per annum due 3/4/2011         393,236     -  
       • Interest rate at 5.841% per annum due 9/9/2011         1,209,958     -  
                   
Loan from Junan County Agriculture Bank,                  
       • Interest rate at 7.965% per annum due 8/23/2010         -     1,608,846  
       • Interest rate at 7.965% per annum due 9/22/2010         -     1,447,961  
       • Interest rate at 6.804% per annum due 3/3/2010         -     1,462,587  
       • Interest rate at 7.965% per annum due 11/22/2010         -     643,538  
       • Interest rate at 6.804% per annum due 3/11/2010         -     2,193,881  
       • Interest rate at 6.804% per annum due 3/08/2010         -     1,755,104  
       • Interest rate at 7.965% per annum due 3/17/2010         -     3,363,950  
       • Interest rate at 6.903% per annum due 3/30/2011         95,284     -  
       • Interest rate at 7.434% per annum due 8/23/2011   A     1,512,447     -  
                   
Loan from Junan County Industrial and Commercial Banks,                  
       • Interest rate at 5.346% per annum due1/8/2010         -     438,776  
       • Interest rate at 5.346% per annum due1/14/2010         -     541,157  
       • Interest rate at 5.346% per annum due1/25/2010         -     614,287  
       • Interest rate at 3.240% per annum due 3/15/2010         -     463,640  
       • Interest rate at 5.100% per annum due 1/18/2011         756,224     -  
       • Interest rate at 5.100% per annum due 1/20/2011         756,224     -  
       • Interest rate at 5.100% per annum due 1/26/2011         1,134,336     -  
       • Interest rate at 5.100% per annum due 2/8/2011         635,228     -  
       • Interest rate at 5.100% per annum due 2/22/2011         1,240,207     -  

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

       • Interest rate at 4.860% per annum due 3/15/2011   B     1,134,336     -  
                   
Loan from Junan County Agricultural Financial Institution,                  
       • Interest rate at 10.939% per annum due 1/22/2010         -     1,170,070  
                   
Loan from Linyi Commercial Bank,                  
       • Interest rate at 9.293% per annum due 1/19/2010         -     658,164  
       • Interest rate at 8.496% per annum due 12/21/2010         -     687,416  
       • Interest rate at 11.340% per annum due 12/16/2010         -     1,462,587  
       • Interest rate at 11.340% per annum due 12/14/2010         -     1,462,587  
       • Interest rate at 11.510% per annum due 1/21/2011   C     680,601     -  
       • Interest rate at 11.676% per annum due 12/15/2011   C     680,601     -  
                   
Beijing Miyun County Shilipu Rural                  
Financial Institution,                  
       • Interest rates at 7.434% per annum due 1/20/2010         -     1,462,587  
       • Interest rates at 6.903% per annum on demand         -     2,778,915  
                   
China Merchants Bank, Beijing,                  
       • Interest rate at 5.310% per annum on demand         -     731,294  
                   
Loan from China Agricultural Bank, Luotian Branch                  
       • Interest rate at 6.372% per annum due 8/25/2010         -     1,901,363  
       • Interest rate at 6.372% per annum due 9/12/2011         1,134,336     -  
                   
Bank of Beijing,                  
       • Interest rate at 6.903% per annum due 7/29/2010         -     292,517  
       • Interest rate at 6.672% per annum due 10/28/2011         302,489     -  
                   
East West Bank (Formerly United Commercial Bank), China Branch,
       • Interest rate at 5.494% per annum due 1/14/2011   D     897,052     1,050,137  
                   
HSBC Miyun Branch,                  
       • Interest rate at 6.804% per annum due 4/08/2010         -     292,517  
       • Interest rate at 5.840% per annum due 6/09/2011   E     302,489     -  
       • Interest rate at 6.372% per annum due 6/29/2011         983,091        

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

       • Interest rate at 6.804% per annum due 4/8/2011   E     302,489     -  
                   
Shenzhen Development Bank,                  
       • Interest rate at 5.576% per annum due 12/29/2010         -     1,462,587  
       • Interest rate at 5.310% per annum due 9/14/2011         756,224     -  
                   
China Development Bank,                  
       • Interest rate at 5.841% per annum due 6/27/2011   F     3,024,895     -  
                   
Luotian Agricultural Development Bank,                  
       • Interest rate at 0.670% per annum due 12/11/2010         113,433     109,694  
                   
Luotian Sanliqiao Credit Union,                  
       • Interest rate at 6.300% per annum due 11/5/2011         756,224     -  
                   
Beijing Rural Commercial Bank, Shilibao Branch,                  
       • Interest rate at 7.434% per annum due 8/10/2011         2,571,161     -  
                   
China Agricultural Bank, Shandong Branch                  
       • Interest rate at 7.2280% per annum due 12/27/2011         1,512,447        
                   
Shandong Junan Rural Credit Union                  
       Interest rate at 9.1155% per annum due 2/07/2011         1,209,958        
Beijing International Trust Co., Ltd., (“BITIC”)                  
       • Interest rate at 6.600% per annum due 12/14/2011         453,734     -  
                  $  25,164,469   $  35,488,212  

The short-term loans, which are denominated in the functional currency Renminbi (RMB), were primarily obtained for general working capital.

 

 

Remark:

 

 

A: A parcel of 12,726 square meters land use right and an 8,162 square meters building was used as collateral for this loan.

 

 

B: Accounts Receivable in the amount of $1,650,000 was used as collateral for this loan

C: Machinery of $857,737 was used as collateral for these two loans.

 

 

D: A parcel of 19,507 square meters land use right, owned by Sishui Xinlu, was used as collateral for this loan.

 

 

E: Machinery and equipment was used as collateral for this loan.

F: A land of 25,463 square meters was used as collateral

 

 

10.

NOTES PAYABLE

 

 

Notes payable consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

      12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Junan County Construction Bank,            
         • due at 1/26/2011 $  378,112   $  -  
         • due at 1/30/2011   846,971     -  
               
  Qingdao Evergrowing Bank,            
         • due at 6/13/2011   3,024,895     -  
    $  4,249,977   $  -  

Certain notes payable, as indicated above, do not have a stated rate of interest. These notes are payable on demand to the Company’s creditors.

 

 

11.

TAXES PAYABLES

 

 

Taxes payable consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:


      12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Value added tax payable $  377,562   $  328,608  
  Corporate income tax payable   2,808,466     1,842,751  
  Employee payroll tax withholding   5,096     3,449  
  Property tax payable   38,819     12,279  
  Stamp tax payable   4,679     359  
  Sales tax payable   76     -  
  Land use tax payable   24,943     41,260  
  Import tariffs   6,861     6,635  
    $  3,266,502   $  2,235,341  

12. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLE
 

 

Accrued expenses and other payables consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:


      12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Accrued salaries and wages $  -   $  500,390  
  Accrued utility expenses   24,825     263,492  
  Accrued interest expenses   38,353     9,264  
  Accrued transportation expenses   472,836     344,841  
  Other accruals   110,683     184,860  
  Business and other taxes   479,850     2,344,746  
  Disbursement payable   177,543     2,750,547  
  Accrued staff welfare   31,857     24,352  
    $  1,335,947   $  6,422,492  

13.

LONG-TERM DEBT

 

 

Current portions of long-term debt consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

      12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Loans from Luotian Agricultural Development Bank            
   • Interest rate at 2.100% per annum due 12/11/2011   26,468     -  
               
  Loans from East West Bank (Formerly United Commercial            
  Bank), China Branch            
   • Interest rate at 5.494% per annum due 1/14/2011   192,467     -  
               
                                                                                                                                                $  218,935   $                    -  

Non-current portions of long-term debt consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

      12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Loans from Luotian Agricultural Development Bank            
   • Interest rate at 2.100% per annum due 12/11/2011   -     25,595  
               
  Loans from East West Bank (Formerly United Commercial            
  Bank), China Branch            
   • Interest rate at 5.494% per annum due 1/14/2011   -     269,278  
               
  Loans from Deutsche Investitions-und            
  Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (“DEG”)            
   • Interest rate at 5.510% per annum due 9/16/2016   5,030,930     -  
                                                                                                                                                $  5,030,930    $ 294,873  

The Company’s loan with DEG will be repaid in semi-annual installments beginning September 15, 2012. The loan was collateralized with the following terms:

  (a.)

Create and register a first ranking mortgage in the amount of about USD 12,000,000 on its land and building in favor of DEG.

  (b.)

Undertake to provide a share pledge of Mr. Si Chen shares in the sponsor in the amount of about USD 12,000,000 and being the majority shareholder in the sponsor in form and substance satisfactory to DEG

  (c.)

The total amount of the first ranking mortgage as indicated in the Loan Agreement (Article 12(1)(a)) and the value of the pledged shares of Mr. Si Chen (Loan Agreement (Article 12(1)(a))) should be at least USD 24,000,000.

  (d.)

Undertake to provide a guarantee from the Shareholder in form and substance satisfactory to DEG


14.

CAPITALIZATION

 

 

Dating back to May 3, 2007, the Company underwent a reverse-merger and a concurrent financing transaction that resulted in 24,923,178 shares of outstanding common stock that remained unchanged until through December 31, 2007. In connection with the financing, the Company also issued 1,037,858 and 489,330 warrants to the PIPE investors and placement agent, respectively. During 2008, several holders of warrants issued in connection with the financing transaction exercised their rights to purchase shares at the prescribed exercise price. The holders of the warrants exercised the right to purchase a total of 360,207 shares; however, because the holders did not pay in cash for the warrants, 110,752 of those shares were cancelled as consideration in lieu of the warrant holders paying in cash. Ultimately, 249,455 of new shares were issued to those who exercised their warrant. The Company also made an adjustment to its outstanding share count for rounding errors as result of the split and reverse splits made at the time of the reverse merger. The number of shares in the adjustment was an addition of seven shares. The Company believes the adjustment of seven shares is immaterial to both prior and current earnings per share calculation. As detailed in the table below, the total number of outstanding shares at December 31, 2010 was 31,419,709.

 

 

During the year 2009, the Company issued 56,393 shares of stock to its employees and vendors and 5,011,169 shares to investors. The Company issued 1,334,573 stock options to employees on July 28, 2009. 1,753,909 shares of Series A warrants and 501,115 shares of Series B warrants were issued to investors on October 28, 2009.

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

During the year 2010, the Company issued 2,000 shares to a service provider on February 10, 2010 and 81,155 warrants to various service providers on January 5, 2010. The Company issued to investors 3,440,800 shares at an agreed price of $2.80 per share for a PIPE financing on September 10, 2010. This financing brought $8,955,730 net proceeds to the Company. The Company issued 5,000 shares to its employee on 9/23/2010. 731,707 shares of restricted stock were issued to the owner of Shandong Greenpia, Mr. Ji Zhenwei on September 24, 2010 as part of acquisition cost. The total number of shares issued and outstanding is 34,419,709 as of December 31, 2010.

During the year 2010, the Company transferred 5,161,176 from retained earnings to additional paid up capital and 2,445,262 from retained earnings to statutory reserve. These transfers are to be used for future company development, recovery of losses and increase of capital, as approved, to expand production or operations.

American Lorain Corporation
Capitalization Reconciliation Table

      Par value authorized     Issuance date     Shares outstanding  
  Common stock at 1/1/2009   200,000,000           25,172,640  
  New shares issued to employees and vendors during 2009 Various dates 56,393
  New shares issued to PIPE investors         10/28/2009     5,011,169  
  New shares issued to service provider during 2010 2/10/2010 2,000
  New shares issued to PIPE investors         9/10/2010     3,440,800  
  New shares issued to employee         9/23/2010     5,000  
  New shares issued as acquisition consideration 9/24/2010 731,707
  Common stock at 12/31/2010               34,419,709  

      Number of warrants              
  Warrants and options   or options     Issuance date     Expiration date  
  Warrants issued to investors in 2007 PIPE   1,037,858     5/3/2007     5/2/2010  
  Warrants issued to placement agent in 2007 PIPE 489,330 5/3/2007 5/2/2010
  Employee stock options   1,334,573     7/28/2009     7/27/2014  
  Warrants issued to investors in 2009 PIPE - Series A 1,753,909 10/28/2009 4/28/2015
  Warrants issued to investors in 2009 PIPE - Series B 501,115 10/28/2009 10/28/2012
  Issued to service provider A during 2010   50,722     1/5/2010     1/2/2014  
  Issued to service provider B during 2010   20,289     1/5/2010     1/2/2014  
  Issued to service provider C during 2010   10,144     1/5/2010     1/2/2014  
  Total warrants and options   5,197,940              

15.

NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS

 

 

The non-controlling interest represents the 19.8% equity of Shandong Lorain held by the Shandong Economic Development Investment Corporation, which is a state-owned interest.

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

16. SALES BY PRODUCT TYPE
   
Sales by categories of product consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

  Category   12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Chestnut $  101,165,457   $  89,117,729  
  Convenience food   56,751,766     34,623,978  
  Frozen food   26,259,344     23,030,735  
  Total $  184,176,567   $  146,772,442  

Revenue by geography consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

  Country   12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Australia $  327,087   $  162,213  
  Belgium   2,979,263     4,093,828  
  Canada   57,088     -  
  Chile   18,126     -  
  China   135,028,823     103,504,689  
  Denmark   16,221     -  
  France   910,881     973,620  
  Germany   920,178     454,225  
  Hong Kong   470,434     594,533  
  Indonesia   172,118     -  
  Israel   426,437     -  
  Japan   19,649,089     18,898,539  
  Kuwait   165,499     -  
  Malaysia   2,177,511     944,475  
  Netherlands   1,558,792     251,870  
  Philippines   314,125     -  
  Poland   185,264     -  
  Saudi Arabia   144,216     1,156,734  
  Singapore   862,862     2,373,203  
  South Korea   9,816,362     11,030,072  
  Spain   540,546     279,851  
  Taiwan   1,910,243     492,147  
  United Kingdom   2,609,928     571,247  
  United States   2,915,474     854,348  
  Yemen   -     136,848  
  Total $  184,176,567   $  146,772,442  

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

17.

INCOME TAXES

 

 

All of the Company’s operations are in the PRC, and in accordance with the relevant tax laws and regulations of PRC, the corporate income tax rate is 25%.

 

 

The following tables provide the reconciliation of the differences between the statutory and effective tax expenses for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009.


      12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Income attributed to PRC $  26,384,934   $  19,976,285  
  Loss attributed to US*   (1,306,185 )   (444,606 )
  Income before tax   25,078,749     19,531,679  
               
  PRC Statutory Tax at 25% Rate   5,906,670     4,422,546  
  Effect of tax exemption granted   (76,199 )   (199,841 )
  Income tax $  5,830,472   $  4,222,705  

Per Share Effect of Tax Exemption

      12/31/2010     12/31/2009  
  Effect of tax exemption granted $ 76,199   $ 199,841  
  Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding Basic   31,507,044     26,075,413  
  Per share effect $  0.002   $  0.008  

The difference between the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate and the Company’s effective tax rate was as follows for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009:

      2010     2009  
  U.S. federal statutory income tax rate $  35%   $  35.00%  
  Lower rates in PRC, net   -10%     -10.00%  
  Tax holiday for foreign investments   -1.75%     -3.38%  
  The Company’s effective tax rate $  23.25%   $  21.62%  

Effective January 1, 2008, the PRC government implemented a new 25% tax rate across the board for all enterprises regardless of whether domestic or foreign enterprise without any tax holiday which is defined as “two-year exemption followed by three-year half exemption” hitherto enjoyed by tax payers. As a result of the new tax law of a standard 25% tax rate, tax holidays were terminated as of December 31, 2007. However, PRC government has established a set of transition rules to allow enterprises already started tax holidays before January 1, 2008, to continue enjoying the tax holidays until being fully utilized.

The Company has accrued a deferred tax asset as a result of its net operating loss in 2009 because the Company planned to setup operations in the United States. The company anticipates that the operations within the United States will generate income in the future so that it will be able to take full advantage of the accrued asset. Accordingly the Company has not provided a valuation allowances for the accrued tax asset.

The Company’s has detailed the tax rates for its subsidiaries for 2010 and 2009 in the following table.

  Income Tax Rate   2010     2009  
  International Lorain   0%     0%  
  Junan Hongran   25%     25%  
  Luotian Lorain   15%     15%  
  Beijing Lorain   15%     15%  
  Shandong Lorain   25%     25%  
  Shandong Greenpia   25%     0%  
  Dongguan Lorain   25%     25%  

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

18.

EARNINGS PER SHARE

 

 

Components of basic and diluted earnings per share were as follows:


      12 months     12 months  
      ended     ended  
      December 31,     December 31,  
      2010     2009  
               
  Basic Earnings Per Share Numerator            
           Net Income $  17,839,463   $  14,408,112  
               
           Income Available to Common Stockholders $  17,839,463   $  14,408,112  
               
  Diluted Earnings Per Share Numerator            
           Income Available to Common Stockholders $  17,833,959   $  14,408,112  
               
  Income Available to Common Stockholders on Converted Basis $  17,833,959   $  14,408,112  
               
  Original Shares:            
  Additions from Actual Events            
  -Issuance of Common Stock   31,507,044     26,075,413  
  Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding   31,507,044     26,075,413  
               
  Dilutive Shares:            
  Additions from Potential Events            
  Exercise of Investor Warrants & Placement Agent Warrants   22,638     -  
  Exercise of Employee & Director Stock Options   674,873     189,381  
  Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding:   32,204,555     26,264,794  
               
  Earnings Per Share            
  - Basic $  0.57   $  0.55  
  - Diluted $  0.55   $  0.55  
               
  Weighted Average Shares Outstanding            
  - Basic   31,507,044     26,075,413  
  - Diluted   32,204,555     26,264,794  

19.

SHARE BASED COMPENSATION

 

 

On July 27, 2009, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted the American Lorain Corporation 2009 Incentive Stock Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan provides that the maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock that may be issued under the Plan is 2,500,000 shares. The Company’s employees, directors, and service providers are eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company recorded a total of $166,346 of shared based compensation expense. The Company issued warrants that upon exercise would result in the issuance of 1,334,573 common shares. These stock options vest over three years, where 33.33% vest annually. The expense related to the stock options was $107,375. The Company also recorded expense of $58,971 for the issuance of 56,393 common shares to participants, respectively. The common shares vested immediately.

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

Given the materiality and nature of share based compensation, the entire expense has been recorded as general and administrative expenses.

During the period ended December 31, 2010, the Company recorded a total of $890,209 stock option and its related general and administrative expenses.

The range of the exercise prices of the stock options granted since inception of the plan are shown in the following table:

  Price Range Number of Shares
  $0 - $4.99 1,334,573 shares
  $5.00 - $9.99 0 shares
  $10.00 - $14.99 0 shares

No tax benefit has yet to be accrued or realized. For the period ended December 31, 2010 the Company has yet to repatriate its earnings, accordingly it has not recognized any deferred tax assets or liability in regards to benefits derived from the issuance of stock options.

The Company used the Black-Scholes Model to value the warrants granted. The following shows the weighted average fair value of the grants and the assumptions that were employed in the model:

  Weighted-average fair value of grants: $  1.5955  
  Risk-free interest rate:   2.01%  
  Expected volatility:   5.11%  
  Expected life in months:   42.00  

19.

LEASE COMMITMENTS

 

 

The Company has entered into an operating lease agreement leasing a factory building located in Dongguan, China. The lease was signed by Shandong Lorain on behalf of Dongguan Lorain and expires on August 9, 2018.

 

 

The minimum future lease payments for this property at December 31, 2010 are shown in the following table:


  From   To     Lease payment  
  1/1/2011   12/31/2011   $  84,259  
  1/1/2012   12/31/2012     84,259  
  1/1/2013   12/31/2013     87,536  
  1/1/2014   12/31/2014     92,685  
  1/1/2015   12/31/2015     92,685  
  1/1/2016   12/31/2016     92,685  
  1/1/2017   12/31/2017     92,685  
  1/1/2018   8/9/2018     56,641  
          $  683,435  

The outstanding lease commitment as of December 31, 2010 was $683,435.

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

The minimum future lease payments for this property at December 31, 2009 are shown in the following table:

  From   To     Lease payment  
  1/1/2010   12/31/2010   $  84,245  
  1/1/2011   12/31/2011     84,245  
  1/1/2012   12/31/2012     84,245  
  1/1/2013   12/31/2013     87,521  
  1/1/2014   12/31/2014     92,670  
  1/1/2015   12/31/2015     92,670  
  1/1/2016   12/31/2016     92,670  
  1/1/2017   12/31/2017     92,670  
  1/1/2018   8/9/2018     56,631  
          $  767,567  

The outstanding lease commitment as of December 31, 2009 was $767,567.

 

 

20.

RISKS


  A.

Credit risk

   

 

 

Since the Company’s inception, the age of account receivables have been less than one year indicating that the Company is subject to minimal risk borne from credit extended to customers.

   

 

  B.

Interest risk

   

 

 

The company subject to the interest rate risk when their short term loans become due and require refinancing.

   

 

  C.

Economic and political risks

   

 

 

The Company’s operations are conducted in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations may be influenced by changes in the political, economic, and legal environments in the PRC.

   

 

 

The Company’s operations in the PRC are subject to special considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in North America and Western Europe. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic and legal environment and foreign currency exchange. The Company’s results may be adversely affected by changes in the political and social conditions in the PRC, and by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion, remittances abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things.

   

 

  D.

Environmental risks

   

 

 

The Company has procured environmental licenses required by the PRC government. The Company has both a water treatment facility for water used in its production process and secure transportation to remove waste off site. In the event of an accident, the Company has purchased insurance to cover potential damage to employees, equipment, and local environment.

   

 

  E.

Inflation Risk

   

 

 

Management monitors changes in prices levels. Historically inflation has not materially impacted the company’s financial statements; however, significant increases in the price of raw materials and labor that cannot be passed on the Company’s customers could adversely impact the Company’s results of operations.

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION

CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009

(Stated in US Dollars)


AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION

CONTENTS PAGES
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM S-1
BALANCE SHEETS S-2
STATEMENTS OF INCOME S-3
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS S-4
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY S-5
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS S-6 - S-9


REPORT OF REGISTERED INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To: The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
  American Lorain Corporation

We have audited the accompanying condensed balance sheets of American Lorain Corporation as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the related condensed statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the years then ended. These condensed financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these condensed financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the condensed financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the condensed financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of American Lorain Corporation as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

San Mateo, California Samuel H. Wong & Co., LLP
March 21, 2011 Certified Public Accountants

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

    Note     At December 31,     At December 31,  
ASSETS         2010     2009  

Current assets

                 

Cash and cash equivalents

  2(d) $  8,646   $  6,056  

Intercompany receivables

  3     2,404,451     190,000  

Related party receivables

  4     67,523     69,037  

Prepaid expenses

        -     34,375  

Prepaid taxes

        -     33,028  

Deferred tax asset

  5     -     151,166  

Total current assets

      $  2,516,620   $  483,662  
                   
Non-current assets                  

Investments in subsidiaries

  6     43,172,816     34,634,945  
TOTAL ASSETS       $  45,689,436   $  35,118,607  
                   
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                  

Current liabilities

                 

Wage payable

      $  7,941   $  -  

Other payables

        15,000     -  

Intercompany payables

  7     137,261     113,261  

Accrued liabilities

        80,000     -  

Total current liabilities

      $  240,202   $  113,261  
                   
TOTAL LIABILITIES       $  240,202   $  113,261  
                   
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                  

Preferred Stock, $.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively

- -

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized; 34,419,709 and 30,240,202 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively

$ 34,420 $ 30,240

Additional paid-in capital

        47,210,306     35,268,603  

Retained earnings

        (1,795,492 )   (293,440 )
TOTAL STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY       $  45,449,234   $  35,005,403  
                   
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY $ 45,689,436 $ 35,118,607

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
FOR YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

          December 31,     December 31,  
                                                                                                                                            Note     2010     2009  
                   
Net revenues       $  -   $  -  
Cost of revenues         -     -  

Gross profit

      $  -   $  -  
                   
Operating expenses                  
Selling and marketing expenses         -     -  
General and administrative expenses         1,350,886     444,663  
Total operating expenses         (1,350,886 )   (444,663 )
                   
Operating income/(loss)       $  (1,350,886 ) $  (444,663 )
                   
Interest income         -     57  
                   
Loss before tax       $  (1,350,886 ) $  (444,606 )
                   
(Income tax)/ Deferred tax benefit         (151,166 )   151,166  
                   
Net loss       $  (1,502,052 ) $  (293,440 )
                   
Earnings Per Share                  
-Basic         (0.05 ) $  (0.01 )
-Diluted         (0.05 )   (0.01 )
                   
Weighted average shares outstanding                  
-Basic         31,507,044     26,075,413  
-Diluted         32,204,555     26,518,515  

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

    December 31,     December 31,  
    2010     2009  
Cash flows from operating activities            
Net loss $  (1,502,052 ) $  (293,440 )

Stock and share based compensation

  890,210     166,398  

Decrease/(increase) in intercompany receivables

  (2,250,450 )   (190,000 )

Decrease/(increase) in intercompany receivables

  1,514     (69,037 )

Decrease/(increase) in prepaid expenses

  34,375     (34,375 )

Decrease/(increase) in prepaid taxes

  33,028     (33,028 )

Decrease/(increase) in deferred tax asset

  151,166     (151,166 )

Increase/(decrease) in wage payable

  7,941     -  

Increase/(decrease) in other payables

  15,000     -  

Increase/(decrease) in intercompany payables

  24,000     113,261  

Increase/(decrease) in accrued liabilities

  80,000     -  

Net cash used in operating activities

  (2,515,268 )   (491,387 )
             
Cash flows from investing activities            

Investments in subsidiaries

  (8,537,871 )   (10,422,504 )

Net cash used in investing activities

  (8,537,871 )   (10,422,504 )
             
Cash flows from financing activities            

Issue of common stock

  11,055,729     10,919,947  

Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities

$  11,055,729   $  10,919,947  
             

Net Increase of Cash and Cash Equivalents

  2,590     6,056  
             
Cash and cash equivalents–beginning of year   6,056     -  
             
Cash and cash equivalents–end of year $  8,646   $  6,056  
Supplementary cash flow information:            
Interest received   -     57  
Interest paid   -     -  
Income taxes paid $  -   $  -  

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

 

  Number           Additional              

 

  Of     Common     Paid-in     Retained        

 

  Shares     Stock     Capital     Earnings     Total  

Balance, January 1, 2009

  25,172,640   $  25,172   $ 24,187,019     -   $  24,212,191  

Issuance of share based compensation

  56,393     57     166,341     -     166,398  

Issuance of common stock for cash

  5,011,169     5,011     12,002,150     -     12,007,161  

Issuance cost of common stock

              (1,086,907 )   -     (1,086,907 )

Net loss

  -     -     -     (293,440 )   (293,440 )

Balance, December 31, 2009

  30,240,202   $  30,240   $ 35,268,603   $ (293,440 ) $  35,005,403  

 

                             

Balance, January 1, 2010

  30,240,202   $  30,240   $ 35,268,603   $ (293,440 ) $  35,005,403  

Issuance of share based compensation

  7,000     7     890,203     -     890,210  

Issuance of common stock for cash

  3,440,800     3,441     9,630,800     -     9,634,241  

Issuance cost of common stock

  -     -     (678,567 )   -     (678,567 )

Acquisition of a new company

  731,707     732     2,099,267     -     2,099,999  

Net loss

  -     -     -     (1,502,052 )   (1,502,052 )

Balance, December 31, 2010

  34,419,709   $  34,420   $ 47,210,306   $ (1,795,492 ) $ 45,449,234  

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

1. ORGANIZATION, BASIS OF PRESENTATION, AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

  (a)

Organization History of American Lorain Corporation and its subsidiaries

   

 

 

American Lorain Corporation (the “Company” or “ALN”) is a corporation incorporated on February 4, 1986 and was formerly known as Millennium Quest, Inc. From inception through May 3, 2007, the Company did not engage in any active business operations other than in search and evaluation of potential business opportunity to become an acquiree of a reverse-merger deal. On May 3, 2007, the Company entered into a share exchange agreement. On November 12, 2009, the Company filed a statement of merger in the state of Nevada to transfer the Company’s jurisdiction from Delaware to Nevada.

   

 

 

On May 3, 2007, the Company entered into a share exchange agreement with International Lorain Holding Inc. (“ILH”), whereby the Company consummated its acquisition of ILH by issuance of 697,663 Series B voting convertible preferred shares to the shareholders of ILH in exchange of 5,099,503 ILH shares. Concurrently on May 3, 2007, the Company also entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors and Mr. Hisashi Akazawa and Mr. Si Chen (each a “beneficial owner”) whereby the Company issued 319,913 (after reverse-split at 32.84 from 10,508,643) common shares to its shareholders as consideration of the Company’s reverse-merger with Lorain. The Company owns 100% of ILH.

   

 

 

ALN owns 100% of the equity of International Lorain Holding Inc. (“ILH”). ILH is a Cayman Islands company incorporated on August 4, 2006 and was wholly-owned by Mr. Hisashi Akazawa until May 3, 2007. ILH presently has two direct wholly-owned subsidiaries, Junan Hongrun and Luotian Lorain, and three indirectly wholly-owned subsidiaries through Junan Hongrun, which are Beijing Lorain, Dongguan Lorain, and Shandong Greenpia Foodstuff Co., Ltd. (“Shandong Greenpia”).

   

 

  (b)

Business Activities

   

 

 

Prior to May 3, 2007, when ALN completed a reverse merger with ILH, ALN did not engage in any active business operations other than in search and evaluation of potential business acquisition target. Currently, ALN mainly serves as holding company of its subsidiaries through the reverse-merger.


2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

  (a)

Method of Accounting

   

 

 

The Company maintains its general ledger and journals with the accrual method accounting for financial reporting purposes. The financial statements and notes are representations of management. Accounting policies adopted by the Company conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and have been consistently applied in the presentation of financial statements, which are compiled on the accrual basis of accounting. These financial statements have been prepared without consolidating the Company’s subsidiaries which constitutes a departure from GAAP.

   

 

  (b)

Use of estimates

   

 

 

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates 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 periods. Management makes these estimates using the best information available at the time the estimates are made; however actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

   

 

  (c)

Economic and political risks

   

 

 

The Company’s subsidiaries operate in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environment in the PRC, and by the general state of the PRC economy.

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

 

The Company’s subsidiaries in the PRC are subject to special considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in North America and Western Europe. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic and legal environment and foreign currency exchange. The subsidiaries’ results may be adversely affected by changes in the political and social conditions in the PRC, and by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion, remittances abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things.

   

 

  (d)

Cash and cash equivalents

   

 

 

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

   

 

  (e)

Income taxes

   

 

 

The Company accounts for income tax using an asset and liability approach and allows for recognition of deferred tax benefits in future years. Under the asset and liability approach, deferred taxes are provided for the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. A valuation allowance is provided for deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not these items will either expire before the Company is able to realize their benefits, or that future realization is uncertain.

   

 

 

The Company’s subsidiaries are subject to PRC tax laws.

   

 

  (f)

Earnings per share

   

 

 

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the sum of the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding and dilutive potential ordinary shares during the years.

   

 

 

The Company computes earnings per share (“EPS”) in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, “Earnings per share” (“SFAS No. 128”), and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 98 (“SAB 98”). SFAS No. 128 requires companies with complex capital structures to present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is measured as the income or loss available to common shareholders divided by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is similar to basic EPS but presents the dilutive effect on a per share basis of potential common shares (e.g., convertible securities, options, and warrants) as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods presented, or issuance date, if later. Potential common shares that have an anti-dilutive effect (i.e., those that increase income per share or decrease loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS.

   

 

  (g)

Financial Instruments

   

 

 

The Company’s financial instruments are cash and cash equivalents, intercompany receivables, related party receivables, prepaid expenses, prepaid taxes and related party payables. The recorded values of cash and cash equivalents, related party receivables, prepaid expenses, prepaid taxes, intercompany receivables and related party payables represent approximate their fair values based on their short-term nature.

   

 

  (h)

Recent accounting pronouncements

   

 

 

On June 30, 2009, FASB issued FASB Statement No. 168, Accounting Standards Codification™ ( FASB ASC 105 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162 the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. On the effective date of this standard, FASB Accounting Standards Codification™ (ASC) became the source of authoritative U.S. accounting and reporting standards for nongovernmental entities, in addition to guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This statement is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. If an accounting change results from the application of this guidance, an entity should disclose the nature and reason for the change in accounting principle in their financial statements. This new standard flattens the GAAP hierarchy to two levels: one that is authoritative (in FASB ASC) and one that is non-authoritative (not in FASB ASC). Exceptions include all rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under the authority of federal securities laws, which are sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants, and certain grandfathered guidance having an effective date before March 15, 1992. Statement No. 168 is the final standard that will be issued by FASB in that form. There will no longer be, for example, accounting standards in the form of statements, staff positions, Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) abstracts, or AICPA Accounting Statements of Position. The Company has adopted the new accounting standard and determined that there was no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of the operations.

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

In April 2010, the FASB issued an Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No.2010-13,”Compensation-Stock Compensation” (Topic 718): Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades,” which address the classification of a share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which the underlying equity security trades. Topic 718 is amended to clarify that a share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which a substantial portion of the entity’s equity securities trades shall not be considered to contain a market, performance, or service condition. Therefore, such an award is not to be classified as a liability if it otherwise qualifies as equity classification. The amendments in this update should be applied by recording a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. The cumulative-effect adjustment should be calculated for all awards outstanding as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which the amendments are initially applied, as if the amendments had been applied consistently since the inception of the award. ASU 2010-13 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010 and is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of the operations.

2.

INTERCOMPANY RECEIVABLES

 

 

Intercompany receivables consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:


      2010     2009  
  Shandong Lorain Co., Ltd.   190,000     190,000  
  Junan Hongrun Foodstuff Co., Ltd.   2,250,450     -  
    $  2,440,450   $  190,000  
   
3.

RELATED PARTY RECEIVABLES

Related party receivables consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

      2010     2009  
  Chen Si   67,523     69,037  
    $  67,523   $  69,037  

4.

DEFERRED TAX ASSET

 

 

The Company has a net operating loss of 1,502,052 and 444,606 during the years of 2010 and 2009. As the Company accounts for income tax using an asset and liability approach and allows for recognition of deferred tax benefits in future years, so the deferred tax asset is calculated as following:


      Taxable Income     Taxable Income Not        
  Tax Rate   Over     Over     Deferred Tax Asset  
  15%   0     50,000   $  7,500  
  25%   50,000     75,000     6,250  
  34%   75,000     100,000     8,500  
  39%   100,000     335,000     91,650  
  34%   335,000     10,000,000     37,266  
  Deferred Tax Asset Total             $  151,166  

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AMERICAN LORAIN CORPORATION
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009
(Stated in US Dollars)

Since the Company re-domiciled its jurisdiction from Delaware to Nevada and the Company has not implemented a plan to have any business transactions within the United States, the deferred tax asset was reversed and no allowance was made.

 

 

6.

INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES

 

 

Investment consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

 
      2010     2009  
  International Lorain Holding, Inc.   43,172,816     34,634,945  
    $  43,172,816   $  34,634,945  

ALN made investments to Junan Hongrun Foodstuff Co., Ltd. during the year after the financing transaction of American Lorain Corporation from a private placement.

 

 

7.

INTERCOMPANY PAYABLES

 

 

Intercompany payables consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

 
2010 2009
Shandong Lorain Co., Ltd.   137,261     113,261  
$  137,261 $  113,261

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