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China Jushi FY2013: Cash generation and working capital

Cash flows, receivables, inventory and accounting context.

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Reporting period ended 2013-12-31 / Filing published 2014-03-19
Content version 13 / f7359793ddea / PUBLISHED

Cash conversion, productive assets and earnings quality

Operating cash generation and the cash balance have different perimeters

Consolidated operating cash flow was CNY 1,425,846,462.25. The year-end cash-flow cash balance was CNY 1,841,420,934.84, compared with CNY 2,061,138,198.15 of balance-sheet monetary funds. The monetary-funds note identifies CNY 219,717,263.31 as restricted: this amount exactly explains the difference between the two reported balances. Other monetary funds of CNY 221,387,749.03 are not entirely restricted. The cash composition includes CNY 1,832,269,922.13 of bank deposits available for payment and CNY 1,670,485.72 of other available monetary funds. A year-end liquidity reading must distinguish funds available for payment from restricted deposits; it cannot treat the whole balance-sheet amount as freely deployable cash. Net cash increased CNY 59,097,855.64 over the year. The operating cash-flow reconciliation separately reports depreciation of CNY 697,252,380.74, whereas the fixed-asset movement note reports current depreciation of CNY 464,376,028.21. Both are retained as source-specific measures because the cited notes do not supply a bridge; their difference is not assigned to an invented expense category.

Reported operating cash flow / 2013 / consolidated
RMB 1,425,846,462.25
Reported monetary funds / 2013 / consolidated
RMB 2,061,138,198.15
Reported monetary funds restricted for bill deposits and term deposits / 2013 / consolidated
RMB 219,717,263.31
Reported monetary-funds balance / 2013 / cash flow composition
RMB 1,841,420,934.84
Reported other monetary funds / 2013 / consolidated
RMB 221,387,749.03
Reported depreciation / 2013 / operating cash flow reconciliation
RMB 697,252,380.74
Reported depreciation / 2013 / fixed asset movement
RMB 464,376,028.21

Receivables and inventory distinguish gross exposure, provisions and net carrying values

Year-end trade receivables were CNY 1,534,169,354.72 before bad-debt allowances of CNY 55,794,393.03, leaving a net carrying value of CNY 1,478,374,961.69. The report also records receivable write-offs of CNY 19,973,415.72; write-offs are separate from the closing allowance. The five largest receivable balances totaled CNY 250,192,978.59, or 16.31% of gross receivables. That concentration is a balance-sheet measure and is not the annual-sales concentration. Inventory was CNY 1,631,753,259.79 gross, with an impairment allowance of CNY 4,717,705.48 and a net carrying value of CNY 1,627,035,554.31. Finished goods accounted for CNY 1,275,800,240 of net inventory. The processing-materials row shows the same CNY 2,459,689.26 for gross inventory and allowance, while its net cell is blank; the blank cell is preserved rather than recorded as a reported zero. Management describes overseas credit periods and year-end sales promotion in explaining receivables, and stock preparation for later orders in explaining inventory. These explanations do not independently establish collection certainty or contracted future revenue.

Reported receivables gross / 2013 / trade receivables
RMB 1,534,169,354.72
Reported receivables allowance / 2013 / trade receivables
RMB 55,794,393.03
Reported receivables net / 2013 / trade receivables
RMB 1,478,374,961.69
Reported receivables writeoffs / 2013 / trade receivables
RMB 19,973,415.72
Reported gross inventory / 2013 / consolidated
RMB 1,631,753,259.79
Reported inventory allowance / 2013 / consolidated
RMB 4,717,705.48
Reported net inventory / 2013 / consolidated
RMB 1,627,035,554.31

Precious-metal forming equipment is material to the asset base and production costs

Platinum-rhodium forming bushings are used in glass-fiber production. The accounting policy does not depreciate the precious-metal content; metal losses during repair are charged to production cost. This treatment applies to the specified bushings, rather than all plant machinery. The fixed-asset note reports CNY 5,607,740,229.40 for metal forming bushings at year end, within total fixed-asset net carrying value of CNY 9,591,453,422.83. These are monetary book values, not the weight of recoverable metal or evidence of immediately saleable inventory. CNY 1,257,437,189.86 was transferred from construction in progress to fixed assets during the year. The transfer is an accounting movement and differs from cash capital expenditure. Finance-leased fixed assets had a net book value of CNY 338,223,473.42. The report says that the second phase of the Bettere factory building, completed in June 2012, was still obtaining its ownership certificate, with completion expected in 2014. That certificate statement is narrower than a finding about operating legality or a completed transfer of title.

Reported net fixed assets / 2013 / consolidated
RMB 9,591,453,422.83
Reported forming bushings book value / 2013 / metal forming bushings
RMB 5,607,740,229.4
Reported cip transfer / 2013 / fixed assets
RMB 1,257,437,189.86
Reported finance leased assets net / 2013 / consolidated
RMB 338,223,473.42

Reported profit growth includes a large nonrecurring component

Profit attributable to listed-company shareholders was CNY 319,128,114.98, while profit excluding nonrecurring items was CNY 130,691,336.71. The difference was CNY 188,436,778.27 of attributable nonrecurring items. The annual summary reports total attributable profit growth of 16.39% but a 34.88% decline in profit excluding nonrecurring items. The detailed nonrecurring schedule reports CNY 73,703,114.03 from noncurrent-asset disposals, CNY 131,565,408.92 of qualifying government grants and CNY 7,667,557.65 of other nonoperating income and expense, before tax and ownership attribution. Consolidated investment income of CNY 67,929,667.03 includes a CNY 26,461,233.39 gain on remeasurement of a previously held interest when control of Jianshi Juhong was obtained. That remeasurement gain is not cash received from a sale. These distinctions explain why growth in reported shareholder profit cannot alone establish stronger recurring glass-fiber operations. The source definitions of nonrecurring items are retained; they are not presented as an independent estimate of sustainable earnings.

Reported attributable profit / 2013 / listed company shareholders
RMB 319,128,114.98
Reported profit ex nonrecurring / 2013 / listed company shareholders
RMB 130,691,336.71
Reported nonrecurring profit / 2013 / listed company shareholders
RMB 188,436,778.27
Consolidated investment income or loss / 2013 / consolidated
RMB 67,929,667.03
Reported remeasurement gain / 2013 / jianshi juhong control acquisition
RMB 26,461,233.39

Government support is identified by purpose and accounting treatment

The income note recognizes CNY 136,585,408.92 of government grants during FY2013; the cash-receipts note separately reports the same amount received. The nonrecurring-items schedule includes CNY 131,565,408.92, a narrower measure than total recognized grants. Material named items include a CNY 40,000,000 industrial-upgrade grant and a CNY 20,000,000 capital-contribution reward for Panding, a CNY 12,000,000 headquarters-relocation reward, CNY 11,000,000 of financing-cost compensation and a CNY 10,000,000 research-institute grant. These disclosed purposes help explain support for industrial development and financing; they are not evidence of completed technological commercialization or a customer contract. A separate waste-utilization grant received in 2012 was deferred: CNY 463,439.24 was released to income in FY2013 and CNY 6,536,560.76 remained deferred at year end. That release is not another FY2013 grant receipt. Grant recognition, cash receipt and the nonrecurring classification therefore remain separately dated and scoped.

Reported government grants / 2013 / recognized in income
RMB 136,585,408.92
Reported government grants / 2013 / cash receipts
RMB 136,585,408.92
Reported government grants / 2013 / nonrecurring schedule
RMB 131,565,408.92
Reported deferred grant release / 2013 / waste utilization
RMB 463,439.24
Reported deferred grant balance / 2013 / waste utilization
RMB 6,536,560.76

Bill receivables explain a different part of customer settlement from trade accounts

Consolidated year-end bill receivables totaled CNY 880,002,747.13, comprising CNY 841,333,052.19 of bank-acceptance bills and CNY 38,669,694.94 of commercial-acceptance bills. The reported balance rose 39.94% from the beginning of the year. Management attributes the increase to more customers choosing bank-acceptance bills to settle purchases. This is settlement-instrument exposure alongside the separate trade-receivable balance. Bills held at year end are not cash already collected, annual revenue or new sales to add to the income statement. The table does not establish their individual maturity schedules or later payment. Its narrow statement about no bill balances from shareholders holding at least 5% does not erase other related-party settlement categories.

Reported bill receivables / 2013 / consolidated total
RMB 880,002,747.13
Reported bill receivables / 2013 / consolidated bank acceptance
RMB 841,333,052.19
Reported bill receivables / 2013 / consolidated commercial acceptance
RMB 38,669,694.94

Supplier advances tie up funds before delivery and retain a separate recovery allowance

Consolidated prepayments were CNY 288,406,497.01 before CNY 392,807.22 of allowances. The five largest named balances totaled CNY 78,830,774.60. Their stated unsettled reason was that delivery had not yet occurred under the agreements; the list includes refractory materials, construction, calcium materials, textile machinery and equipment installation suppliers. This identifies funds committed ahead of delivery rather than inventory already received or proof of a cancelled project. The note separately records CNY 8,882,140.58 of prepayment write-offs during FY2013 because the amounts could not be recovered. Annual write-offs and the closing allowance are different measures. The disclosed supplier balances are not assigned to individual furnaces without a source link, and the table does not establish later refunds or delivery completion.

Reported supplier prepayments / 2013 / consolidated gross
RMB 288,406,497.01
Reported supplier prepayments allowance / 2013 / consolidated closing
RMB 392,807.22
Reported supplier prepayments writeoffs / 2013 / consolidated annual
RMB 8,882,140.58

Other receivables include financing deposits and tax claims rather than only customer invoices

The consolidated other-receivable note reports CNY 103,857,012.59 gross and CNY 6,443,373.80 of allowances. The five largest balances totaled CNY 39,270,433.75, or 37.81% of the gross category. They include CNY 24,000,000 associated with CMB Financial Leasing and CNY 6,000,000 with BOCOM Financial Leasing, alongside a CNY 5,942,858.75 export-tax claim. The lease explanation separately identifies the CMB amount as a deposit. These items differ from fiber-customer trade invoices, and a tax receivable is not a cash refund already received. The note also records CNY 12,818,420.37 of annual other-receivable write-offs. Gross balances, allowances, deposits and write-offs remain distinct; the source does not support treating every claim as freely available liquidity or assuming subsequent recovery.

Reported other receivables / 2013 / consolidated gross
RMB 103,857,012.59
Reported other-receivable allowance / 2013 / consolidated closing
RMB 6,443,373.8
Reported other receivables writeoffs / 2013 / consolidated annual
RMB 12,818,420.37

Operating creditors and customer advances are separate from bank borrowing and revenue

At year end, consolidated trade payables were CNY 773,202,306.76, customer advances CNY 127,864,626.22 and other payables CNY 114,649,443.37. Bank-acceptance bills payable were CNY 89,951,426.07, with that amount due in the next accounting period. These balances explain operating settlement and funding obligations alongside borrowing, rather than another measure of bank-loan principal. The note identifies CNY 176,269,336.64 of large trade payables older than one year and CNY 37,459,899.95 of large other payables older than one year, saying their contractual payment dates had not yet arrived. Age alone therefore does not establish default. Large customer advances older than one year were CNY 4,667,226.19 for goods not yet dispatched, rather than sales already recognized. Named large other payables include equity-transfer consideration, electricity, natural gas and freight, so the category is not entirely unpaid production inputs. Accrued interest payable was CNY 52,814,572.76; this closing liability differs from annual interest expense and cash interest paid. The related-party subsets described separately are included within their categories and cannot be added again.

Reported trade payables / 2013 / consolidated closing
RMB 773,202,306.76
Customer advances in contract liabilities / 2013 / consolidated closing
RMB 127,864,626.22
Reported other payables / 2013 / consolidated closing
RMB 114,649,443.37
Bills payable / 2013 / consolidated closing
RMB 89,951,426.07
Reported aged trade payables / 2013 / consolidated over one year large not yet due
RMB 176,269,336.64
Reported aged other payables / 2013 / consolidated over one year large not yet due
RMB 37,459,899.95
Reported aged customer advances / 2013 / consolidated over one year large undispatched
RMB 4,667,226.19
Reported interest payable / 2013 / consolidated closing
RMB 52,814,572.76

Employee-cost movements distinguish recognized obligations from payments and staffing counts

The consolidated employee-compensation liability schedule records CNY 512,711,561.19 of additions during FY2013 and CNY 518,190,491.22 of payments, leaving CNY 12,735,774.96 payable at year end. Additions and payments are different measures: the movement also uses the opening liability, and neither amount is the closing debt to employees. The schedule includes wages and bonuses, welfare, social insurance, housing contributions, union and education funds, and termination compensation. It does not allocate the full amount to glass-fiber production, each factory or research activity. The company says no amounts in this category were overdue and reports the closing wage, bonus and allowance portion was paid in January 2014. This historical assertion is not a general finding about all labor conditions. The operating workforce explanation separately describes production and technical staffing; training activity counts are not used as evidence of measured productivity improvement.

Reported employee compensation additions / 2013 / consolidated liability movement
RMB 512,711,561.19
Reported employee compensation payments / 2013 / consolidated liability movement
RMB 518,190,491.22
Reported employee compensation payable / 2013 / consolidated closing
RMB 12,735,774.96

Distribution and management expenses explain costs beyond product gross margin

Consolidated selling expense was CNY 173,195,284.28 in FY2013, compared with CNY 174,633,902.79 a year earlier. Freight was its largest disclosed component at CNY 131,443,408.93, compared with CNY 133,477,126.10. This is expense recognized for distribution, distinct from the annual related-logistics transaction amounts and the cost of glass-fiber products. Management expense totaled CNY 505,129,816.92, compared with CNY 485,659,782.96. Its separate staff-compensation and technical-development lines provide overhead context; the already explained research-expenditure figure is not added again as an additional expense. Management attributes lower selling expense to reduced freight and travel costs, and higher management expense to staff compensation and intangible-asset amortization. These cost categories help explain why a product gross margin is not the same as operating profit. The notes do not establish how freight or overhead was allocated among individual grades, markets or factories, and routine travel, meeting and promotional sublines need no separate operating narrative.

Reported selling expense / 2013 / consolidated annual
RMB 173,195,284.28
Reported distribution freight expense / 2013 / consolidated annual
RMB 131,443,408.93
Reported management expense / 2013 / consolidated annual
RMB 505,129,816.92

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  • This page presents selected business disclosures from the FY2013 full annual report. It is not an exhaustive extraction of every disclosure.
  • Event dates stated in the text may differ from the reporting year. Later events disclosed before filing are identified explicitly; later annual reports are not inserted into this historical account.
  • The Chinese source was translated and compared with the cited pages in separate passes by the same assistant. Independent editorial review and publication approval remain pending.
  • Capacity, production, sales, project budgets and construction expenditure are different measures. Repairs and programme phases are not automatically incremental capacity.
  • Whole-year important selection covers historical issuer identity, products and qualification, production resources, markets, subsidiary ownership, every disclosed major project, operating performance, cash and assets, borrowing, approved contributions, tax, related operations and shareholder obligations. Project dates, budgets, currency labels and auxiliary accounting differences remain disclosed with their source-specific boundaries. Important content selected by same-assistant original-source comparison; this is not an independent editorial approval or a complete line-by-line translation. Source-use basis and independent editorial review remain pending.
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