What do the product margins actually measure?
Glass fiber and its products generated CNY 3,038,992,611.00 of main-business revenue and CNY 2,605,558,394.28 of cost. The product table reports a 14.26% margin. Although the original heading describes an operating-profit margin, the listed figures measure revenue less product cost as a share of revenue; selling, administrative and financing expenses are separate in the consolidated accounts. The other-product category contributed CNY 38,367,390.00 of revenue and CNY 18,184,783.53 of cost, with a reported 52.60% margin. This smaller category does not describe the economics of the glass-fiber business or each advanced formulation. The annual category totals do not identify E6 revenue, realized selling prices, plant utilization or the profitability of individual yarn grades.
- Reported business revenue / 2009 / glass fiber product main business
- RMB 3,038,992,611
- Reported business cost / 2009 / glass fiber product main business
- RMB 2,605,558,394.28
- Reported business revenue / 2009 / other product main business
- RMB 38,367,390
- Reported business cost / 2009 / other product main business
- RMB 18,184,783.53
- Reported product revenue cost margin / 2009 / glass fiber product main business
- 14.26%
- Reported product revenue cost margin / 2009 / other product main business
- 52.6%