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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
 
[X]
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013

[   ]
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: 001-34502

SKYPEOPLE FRUIT JUICE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Florida
 
98-0222013
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
16F, China Development Bank Tower, No. 2,
Gaoxin 1st Road, Xi’an, PRC
710075
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)
 
     
 
86-29-88377161
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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 Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes [X]    No [   ]

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [   ]    No [X]
 
Class
 
Outstanding at November 12, 2013
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
 
26,661,499
 
 


 

 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1.    Financial Statements
SKYPEOPLE FRUIT JUICE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
September 30, 2013
   
December 31, 2012
 
   
(Unaudited)
       
ASSETS
           
             
CURRENT ASSETS
           
    Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 87,176,550     $ 77,560,278  
    Restricted cash
    813,273       -  
    Accounts receivables, net of allowance of $47,686 and $46,643 as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively
    17,895,932       49,435,961  
    Other receivables
    938,203       201,417  
    Inventories
    8,351,708       7,278,191  
    Deferred tax assets
    419,345       90,576  
    Advances to suppliers and other current assets
    58,239       71,536  
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
    115,653,250       134,637,959  
                 
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET
    50,583,734       52,180,097  
LAND USE RIGHT, NET
    6,514,383       6,508,149  
OTHER ASSETS
    40,565,792       1,892,806  
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 213,317,159     $ 195,219,011  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
    Accounts payable
  $ 4,873,919     $ 14,399,282  
    Accrued expenses
    2,316,302       2,050,675  
    Income tax payable
    1,147,095       3,127,245  
    Advances from customers
    1,068,004       530,437  
    Notes payable -bank
    1,496,422       -  
    Short-term loan - related party
    8,000,000       -  
    Short-term bank loans
    18,932,986       11,661,761  
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
    37,834,728       31,769,400  
                 
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
                 
SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc, stockholders' equity
               
    Series B Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012
    -       -  
    Common stock, $0.001 par value; 66,666,666 shares authorized; 26,661,499 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012
    26,661       26,661  
    Additional paid-in capital
    59,189,860       59,189,860  
    Retained earnings
    90,305,651       82,793,585  
    Accumulated other comprehensive income
    17,988,439       14,500,860  
    Total SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. stockholders' equity
    167,510,611       156,510,966  
    Non-controlling interests
    7,971,820       6,938,645  
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
    175,482,431       163,449,611  
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
  $ 213,317,159     $ 195,219,011  
                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
SKYPEOPLE FRUIT JUICE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)
 
 
For the Three Months Ended September 30,
   
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
   
2012
   
2013
   
2012
 
Revenue
  $ 19,472,130     $ 28,563,469     $ 48,433,495     $ 56,394,242  
Cost of goods sold
    12,254,866       20,038,559       30,221,343       38,861,942  
Gross profit
    7,217,264       8,524,910       18,212,152       17,532,300  
                                 
Operating Expenses
                               
    General and administrative expenses
    1,628,699       960,617       4,216,128       3,092,992  
    Selling expenses
    997,213       732,751       2,951,300       1,779,867  
    Research and development expenses
    -       142,077       18,980       427,447  
Total operating expenses
    2,625,912       1,835,445       7,186,408       5,300,306  
                                 
Income from operations
    4,591,352       6,689,465       11,025,744       12,231,994  
                                 
Other income (expenses)
                               
    Interest income
    76,775       77,846       231,295       234,551  
    Subsidy income
    194,587       615,997       981,400       1,699,108  
    Interest expenses
    (475,190 )     (213,847 )     (1,103,246 )     (616,991 )
Total other income (expenses)
    (203,828 )     479,996       109,449       1,316,668  
                                 
Income before income tax
    4,387,524       7,169,461       11,135,193       13,548,662  
    Income tax provision
    1,130,388       1,917,425       2,937,007       3,710,098  
Net income
    3,257,136       5,252,036       8,198,186       9,838,564  
                                 
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests
    243,260       219,934       686,120       486,653  
                                 
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO SKYPEOPLE FRUIT JUICE, INC.
    3,013,876       5,032,102       7,512,066       9,351,911  
                                 
Other comprehensive Income
                               
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    904,683       (382,371 )     3,834,634       (940,896 )
Comprehensive income
    3,918,559       4,649,731       11,346,700       8,411,015  
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests
    81,879       (47,755 )     347,055       (70,891 )
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO SKYPEOPLE FRUIT JUICE, INC.
  $ 3,836,680     $ 4,697,486     $ 10,999,645     $ 8,481,906  
                                 
Earnings per share:
                               
    Basic earnings per share
  $ 0.11     $ 0.19     $ 0.28     $ 0.35  
    Diluted earnings per share
  $ 0.11     $ 0.19     $ 0.28     $ 0.35  
                                 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
                               
    Basic
    26,661,499       26,251,920       26,661,499       25,922,298  
    Diluted
    26,661,499       26,661,499       26,661,499       26,661,499  
                                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
SKYPEOPLE FRUIT JUICE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
   
For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
             
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
           
Net income
  $ 8,198,186     $ 9,838,564  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
               
    Depreciation and amortization
    3,084,199       3,376,671  
    Deferred income tax assets
    (328,769 )     142,638  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
               
    Accounts receivable
    32,292,692       6,551,325  
    Other receivable
    (724,588 )     (113,858 )
    Advances to suppliers and other current assets
    14,436       (47,955 )
    Inventories
    (131,997 )     (296,284 )
    Accounts payable
    (9,740,930 )     3,849,078  
    Accrued expenses
    227,166       (2,683,737 )
    Income tax payable
    (2,027,925 )     (170,942 )
    Advances from customers
    520,020       (178,401 )
Net cash provided by operating activities
    31,382,490       20,267,099  
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
    Additions to property, plant and equipment
    (663,182 )     (3,829,822 )
    Prepayment for other assets
    (38,531,578 )     (1,460,764 )
Net cash used in investing activities
    (39,194,760 )     (5,290,586 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
    (Increase) Decrease in restricted cash
    (804,480 )     283,929  
    Short-term notes payable
    1,480,242       (283,929 )
    Proceeds from rleated party loan
    8,000,000       -  
    Proceeds from short-term bank loans
    13,649,887       6,332,120  
    Repayment of short-term bank loans
    (6,715,275 )     (1,137,847 )
Net cash provided by financing activities
    15,610,374       5,194,273  
                 
Effect of change in exchange rate
    1,818,168       (455,603 )
                 
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
    9,616,272       19,715,183  
    Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    77,560,278       61,154,007  
    Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 87,176,550     $ 80,869,190  
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
               
    Cash paid for interest
  $ 852,705     $ 640,184  
    Cash paid for income taxes
  $ 5,293,700     $ 3,740,987  
                 
SUPPLEMENTARY DISCLOSURE OF SIGNIFICANT NON-CASH TRANSACTION
         
    Transferred from other assets to property, plant and equipment and construction in process
  $ 318,606     $ 5,217,366  
                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
SKYPEOPLE FRUIT JUICE, INC
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

1.  Basis of Presentation
 
The unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the opinion of management, the unaudited financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual financial statements and reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the financial position as of September 30, 2013 and the results of operations and cash flows for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012. The financial data and other information disclosed in these notes to the interim financial statements related to these periods are unaudited. The results for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any subsequent periods or for the entire year ending December 31, 2013. The balance sheet at December 31, 2012 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and regulations. These unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2012 as included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Certain amounts of prior period were reclassified to conform with current period presentation.
 
2.  Business Description and Significant Accounting Policies
 
The principal activities of the Company consist of production and sales of fruit juice concentrates, fruit juice beverages, and other fruit-related products in the PRC and overseas markets. All activities of the Company are principally conducted by subsidiaries operating in the PRC.
 
Organizational Structure
 
Current organizational structure is set forth in the diagram below:
 
(1)  
Xi’an Qinmei Food Co., Ltd., an entity not affiliated with the Company, owns the other 8.85% of the equity interest in Shaanxi Qiyiwangguo.
(2)  
Formerly known as Shaanxi Tianren Organic Food Co. Ltd.
(3)  
SkyPeople Juice Group Yidu Orange Products Co., Ltd. was established on March 13, 2012. Its scope of business includes deep processing and sales of oranges.
(4)  
Hedetang Fruit Juice Beverages (Yidu) Co., Ltd. was established on March 13, 2012. Its scope of business includes production and sales of fruit juice beverages.
(5)  
SkyPeople (Suizhong) Fruit and Vegetable Products Co., Ltd. was established on April 26, 2012. Its scope of business includes initial processing, quick-frozen and sales of agricultural products and related by-products.
(6)  
SkyPeople Juice Group (Mei County) Kiwi Fruit and Farm Products Trading Market Co., Ltd. was established on April 19, 2013. Its scope of business includes preliminary processing of agricultural and subsidiary products; establishment of trading market, etc.
(7)  
Shaanxi Guo Wei Mei Kiwi Deep Processing Co., Ltd. was established on April 19, 2013. Its scope of business includes producing kiwi fruit juice, kiwi puree and cider beverages, etc.
 
Principles of Consolidation
 
Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
The consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. This basis differs from that used in the statutory accounts of SkyPeople (China), Shaanxi Qiyiwangguo, Huludao Wonder, Yingkou, Hedetang Juice Beverages, Orange Products, SkyPeople Suizhong, Kiwi Fruit & Farm Products and Guo Wei Mei, which were prepared in accordance with the accounting principles and relevant financial regulations applicable to enterprises in the PRC. All necessary adjustments have been made to present the financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
 
Uses of estimates in the preparation of financial statements
 
The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and this 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 consolidated financial statements and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. The significant areas requiring the use of management estimates include, but not limited to, the allowance for doubtful accounts receivable, estimated useful life and residual value of property, plant and equipment, provision for staff benefit, valuation of change in fair value of warrant liability, recognition and measurement of deferred income taxes and valuation allowance for deferred tax assets. Although these estimates are based on management’s knowledge of current events and actions management may undertake in the future, actual results may ultimately differ from those estimates.
 
Impairment of long-lived assets
 
In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 360-10, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, long-lived assets, such as property, plant and equipment and purchased intangibles subject to amortization are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable, or it is reasonably possible that these assets could become impaired as a result of technological or other industrial changes. The determination of recoverability of assets to be held and used is made by comparing the carrying amount of an asset to future undiscounted cash flows to be generated by the assets.
 
If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured as 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 cost to sell. During the reporting periods there was no impairment loss of long-lived assets recognized.
 

Inventories
 
Inventories consist of raw materials, packaging materials (which include ingredients and supplies) and finished goods (which include finished juice in the bottling and canning operations). Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market. We determine cost on the basis of the weighted average method. The Company periodically reviews inventories for obsolescence and any inventories identified as obsolete are reserved or written off. During the period ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, there was no inventory markdown allowance recorded.
 
Revenue Recognition
 
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 605, Revenue Recognition. Revenue from sales of products is recognized upon shipment or delivery to customers, provided that persuasive evidence of sales arrangements exist, title and risk of loss have been transferred to the customers, the sales amounts are fixed and determinable and collection of the revenue is reasonably assured. Customers have no contractual right to return products. Historically, the Company has not had any returned products. Accordingly, no provision has been made for returnable goods. The Company is not required to rebate or credit a portion of the original fee if it subsequently reduces the price of its product and the distributor still has rights with respect to that product.
 
Shipping and Handling Costs
 
Shipping and handling amounts billed to customers in related sales transactions are included in sales revenues and shipping expenses incurred by the Company are reported as a component of selling expenses. The shipping and handling expenses of $371,699 and $409,095 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively; and $1,077,340 and $940,441 for nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, are reported in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income as a component of selling expenses.
 
Foreign Currency and Other Comprehensive Income
 
The financial statements of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are measured using the local currency as the functional currency; however, the functional currency and the reporting currency of the Company are the United States dollar (“USD”). Assets and liabilities of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries have been translated into USD using the exchange rate at the balance sheet date while equity accounts are translated using the historical exchange rate. The average exchange rate for the period has been used to translate revenues and expenses. Translation adjustments are reported separately and accumulated in a separate component of equity (cumulative translation adjustment).
 
Other comprehensive income for nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 represented foreign currency translation adjustments and were included in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.
 
Income Taxes
 
We use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes.” Under this method, income tax expense is recognized for the amount of: (i) taxes payable or refundable for the current year and (ii) deferred tax consequences of temporary differences resulting from matters that have been recognized in an entity’s financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided to reduce the deferred tax assets reported if based on the weight of the available positive and negative evidence, it is more likely than not some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

ASC Topic 740.10.30 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. ASC Topic 740.10.40 provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. We have no material uncertain tax positions for any of the reporting periods presented.
 
Earnings per share
 
Under ASC 260-10, Earnings Per Share, basic EPS excludes dilution for Common Stock equivalents and is calculated by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of Common Stock outstanding for the period. Our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is a participating security. Consequently, the two-class method of income allocation is used in determining net income available to common stockholders.
 
Diluted EPS is calculated by using the treasury stock method, assuming conversion of all potentially dilutive securities, such as stock options and warrants. Under this method, (i) exercise of options and warrants is assumed at the beginning of the period and shares of Common Stock are assumed to be issued, (ii) the proceeds from exercise are assumed to be used to purchase Common Stock at the average market price during the period, and (iii) the incremental shares (the difference between the number of shares assumed issued and the number of shares assumed purchased) are included in the denominator of the diluted EPS computation. The numerators and denominators used in the computations of basic and diluted EPS are presented in the following table.
 
 
For the Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
NUMERATOR FOR BASIC AND DILUTED EPS
               
Net income (numerator for Diluted EPS)
$ 3,013,876   $ 5,032,102   $ 7,512,066   $ 9,351,911  
Net income allocated to Preferred Stock holders
  -     (77,304 )   -     (259,286 )
Net income allocated to Common Stock holders
  3,013,876     4,954,798     7,512,066     9,092,625  
                         
DENOMINATORS FOR BASIC AND DILUTED EPS
                       
Weighted average Common Stock outstanding
  26,661,499     26,251,920     26,661,499     25,922,298  
DENOMINATOR FOR BASIC EPS
  26,661,499     26,251,920     26,661,499     25,922,298  
                         
Add: Weighted average Preferred Stock, as if converted
        409,579           739,201  
Add: Weighted average stock warrants outstanding
  -  
 
    -  
 
 
DENOMINATOR FOR DILUTIVED EPS
  26,661,499     26,661,499     26,661,499     26,661,499  
                         
EPS - Basic
$ 0.11   $ 0.19   $ 0.28   $ 0.35  
EPS - Diluted
$ 0.11   $ 0.19   $ 0.28   $ 0.35  
 
The diluted earnings per share calculation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 did not include the warrants to purchase up to 175,000 shares of common stock, because their effect was anti-dilutive.
 
3. Inventories
 
Inventories by major categories are summarized as follows:
   
September 30, 2013
   
December 31, 2012
 
Raw materials
 
$
1,340,611
   
$
295,789
 
Packaging materials
   
1,249,868
     
677,350
 
Working-in-process
   
815,917
     
-
 
Finished goods
   
4,945,312
     
6,305,052
 
Total
 
$
8,351,708
   
$
7,278,191
 

4. Note Payable

On July 9, 2013, Bank of Xi'an issued a series of bank accepted bills to the Company. The valid period for each of them is six months. The due date of the notes is January 9, 2014. As of September 30, 2013, total amount of outstanding bank accepted bills is $1,496,422.
 
5.  Short-term Loan - Related Party
 
On February 18, 2013, SkyPeople (China) entered into a loan agreement with SkyPeople International Holdings Group Limited (the "Lender"). The Lender indirectly holds 50.2% interest in the Company. Mr. Yongke Xue ("Y. K. Xue"), the Chairman of the board of directors of the Company (the "Board"), and Mr. Hongke Xue, the newly elected Chief Executive Officer of the Company and director of the Board, indirectly and beneficially own 80.0% and 9.4% of equity interest in the Lender, respectively. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Lender agrees to extend to the Company a one-year unsecured term loan with a principal amount of $8.0 million at an interest rate of 6% per annum.
 
During nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company received $8.0 million from the Lender. As of September 30, 2013, amount payable to SkyPeople International Holdings Group Limited was $8.0 million. Interest of $209,897 was accrued for nine months ended September 30, 2013.
 
5.  Short-term Bank Loans
 
Short-term bank loans consist of the following loans collateralized by assets of the Company:
   
September 30, 2013
   
December 31, 2012
 
             
Loan payable to Huludao Bank, Suizhong branch due on June 28, 2013, bearing interest at 9.465% per annum, collateralized by the buildings, machinery and land usage rights of Huludao Wonder.  This loan is currently in default.  The Company is negotiating the renewal of the loan with the bank.
  $ 5,416,395     $ 5,297,907  
                 
Loan payable to Bank of Chongqing, Xi'an branch due on March 20, 2013, bearing interest at 8.528% per annum, collateralized by the buildings and land usage rights of SkyPeople (China). This loan was paid off on March 25, 2013.
    -       3,181,927  
                 
Loan payable to China Construction Bank due on May 15, 2013, bearing interest at 6.56% per annum, collateralized by the buildings and machinery of SkyPeople (China) This loan was paid off on May 15, 2013.
    -       2,386,445  
                 
Loan payable to China Construction Bank due on May 19, 2014, bearing interest at 6% per annum, collateralized by the buildings of SkyPeople (China)
    2,130,774       -  
                 
Loan payable to Bank of Xi'an due on May 22, 2013, bearing interest at 8.528% per annum, guaranteed by a third party Shaanxi Bo Ai Medical Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd. This loan was paid off on May 29, 2013.
    -       795,482  
                 
Loan payable to Bank of Xi'an due on June 17, 2014, bearing interest at 7.8% per annum, guaranteed by a third party Shaanxi Bo Ai Medical Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    1,626,545       -  
                 
Loan payable to Shanghai Pudong Development Bank due on April 6, 2014, bearing interest at 6.6% per annum, collateralized by the buildings of SkyPeople (China)
    4,879,636       -  
                 
Loan payable to Bank of Beijing due on July 1, 2014, bearing interest at 7.8% per annum, collateralized by the buildings of a third party, Shaanxi Bo Ai Medical Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    4,879,636       -  
                 
    $ 18,932,986     $ 11,661,761  


7.  Related Party Transactions
 
The Company’s subsidiary sold fruit beverages to a related entity, Shaanxi Fullmart Convenient Chain Supermarket Co., Ltd. ("Fullmart") for approximately $2,051,500 and $1,776,200 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The accounts receivable balances were approximately $1,186,000 and $624,000 as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Fullmart is a company indirectly owned by our Chairman, Mr. Yongke Xue.
 
8.  Commitments and Contingencies
 
On April 20, 2011, plaintiff Paul Kubala (on behalf of his minor child N.K.) filed a securities fraud class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York against the Company, certain of its individual officers and/or directors, and Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, the underwriter of the Company’s follow-on public offering consummated in August 2010, alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. On June 20, 2011, plaintiff Benjamin Padnos filed a securities fraud class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York against the Company, certain of its current and former officers and/or directors, the Company’s former independent auditors Child Van Wagner & Bradshaw, PLLC and BDO Limited, and Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, the underwriter of the Company’s follow-on public offering consummated in August 2010, alleging violations of Sections10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. On August 30, 2011, the Court consolidated the foregoing two actions and appointed Zachary Lewy as Lead Plaintiff. On September 30, 2011, pursuant to the Court’s order, Lead Plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint, which names the Company, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, BDO Limited, Child Van Wagoner & Bradshaw PLLC and certain of the Company’s current and former directors and/or officers and majority shareholders as defendants, and alleges violations of Sections 11, 12 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act, and the rules promulgated thereunder. The Consolidated Complaint seeks, among other things, compensatory damages, and reasonable costs and expenses incurred in the action. On December 21, 2011, the Company and certain of the individual defendants filed a motion to dismiss the Consolidated Complaint. On May 3, 2012, Lead Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the claims against BDO Limited and Child Van Wagoner & Bradshaw PLLC. On September 10, 2012, the Court granted in part and denied in part the Company’s motion to dismiss the Consolidated Complaint. On January 11, 2013, defendant Rodman & Renshaw LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and, on January 18, 2013, the court imposed an automatic stay on Lead Plaintiff’s claims against Rodman & Renshaw, LLC pursuant to Section 326(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.  The Company believes the allegations against the Company are baseless and has contested the case vigorously.  On June 28, 2013, Lead Plaintiff moved to certify the action as a class action on behalf of classes consisting of (i) all persons who purchased or acquired shares of SkyPeople stock between March 31, 2010, and June 1, 2011, and (ii) all persons who bought shares in, or pursuant and/or traceable to the Company’s registration statement declared effective on August 24, 2010.  Prior to the close of briefing on Lead Plaintiff’s motion for class certification, the parties entered into a class-wide settlement.  The settlement has been preliminarily approved by the Court, and is subject to final approval.  The Company has made no accrual for any potential contingencies.
 
On August 5, 2011, we received a shareholder demand letter from counsel for a purported shareholder. The letter was addressed to the Company’s Board of Directors and requested the Board of Directors to take a number of actions in order to repair the alleged “harm” caused to the Company by certain of its directors and officers, as well as its current and former auditors. The Board of Directors has been reviewing this shareholder demand letter and considering appropriate action that the Company should undertake. On November 7, 2011, Baosheng Lu and Tao Wang were appointed to serve as directors of the board and the independent directors of the board appointed them to serve as the members of the evaluation committee. The evaluation committee is in the process of evaluating the actions demanded by the shareholder and retaining counsel to respond to the shareholder inquiry. No formal shareholder derivative complaint has been filed to date on behalf of the Company. The Company believes any such suit would be without merit and would vigorously defend its position in this regard.  The Company has made no accrual for any potential contingencies.
 
On July 8, 2011, the Company brought suit against Absaroka Capital Management, LLC (“Absaroka”) and its principal Kevin Barnes in the U.S. District Court of Wyoming under the caption SkyPeople, Inc. v. Absaroka Capital Management, LLC, et al., No. 11-cv-238. Absaroka is a purported independent investment analyst who, while holding a short position in our stock, issued a so-called research report (the “Report”) asserting, inter alia, that the Company had inflated revenues. We brought suit alleging three causes of action for libel per se, libel per quod and intentional interference with a prospective business relationship. In or around November, 2011, Absaroka and Barnes brought counterclaims against us for defamation per se, defamation per quod and abuse of process. On June 22, 2012, the Company and Absaroka reached an out-of-court settlement of litigation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming. The settlement includes a dismissal of all claims and counterclaims filed by the Parties, with neither party admitting any wrongdoing or liability. As part of the settlement agreement, Absaroka has agreed to remove the Report from its website, undertake best efforts to remove the Report from third-party sites, and refrain from issuing any further articles, public statements, or research reports concerning the Company.



Other than the above, from time to time we may be a party to various litigation proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business, none of which, in the opinion of management, is likely to have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
 
9.  Income Tax

The Company is incorporated in the United States of America and is subject to United States federal taxation. No provisions for income taxes have been made, as the Company had no U.S. taxable income for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.

The Company has not provided deferred taxes on undistributed earnings attributable to its PRC subsidiaries as they are to be permanently reinvested. On February 22, 2008, MOF, and SAT, jointly issued Cai Shui 2008 Circular 1, “Circular 1.” According to Article 4 of Circular 1, distributions of accumulated profits earned by foreign investment enterprises, (“FIE”) prior to January 1, 2008 to their foreign investors will be exempt from withholding tax, (“WHT”) while distribution of the profits earned by a FIE after January 1, 2008 to its foreign investors shall be subject to WHT.

Dividend payments by PRC subsidiaries are limited by certain statutory regulations in the PRC. No dividends may be paid by PRC subsidiaries without first receiving prior approval from SAFE. Dividend payments are restricted to 90% of after tax profits.

Since the Company intends to reinvest its earnings to further expand its businesses in mainland China, its PRC subsidiaries do not intend to declare dividends to their immediate foreign holding companies in the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any deferred taxes in relation to WHT on the cumulative amount of undistributed retained earnings since January 1, 2008.

The Company had no material adjustments to its liabilities for unrecognized income tax benefits according to the provisions of ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes. Since SkyPeople (China) intends to reinvest its earnings to further expand its businesses in mainland China, its PRC subsidiaries do not intend to declare dividends to their immediate foreign holding companies in the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any deferred taxes in relation to US tax on the cumulative amount of undistributed retained earnings since January 1, 2008.
 
The reconciliation of income tax expense at the U.S. statutory rate of 35% in 2013 and 2012, to the Company's effective tax rate is as follows:

   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
U.S. Statutory rate
  $ 3,897,318     $ 4,745,244  
Tax rate difference between China and U.S.
    (1,168,760 )     (1,450,547 )
Change in Valuation Allowance
    175,717       331,411  
Permanent difference
    32,732       83,990  
Effective tax rate
  $ 2,937,007     $ 3,710,098  

 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
Current
  $ 3,265,775     $ 3,567,191  
Deferred
    (328,768 )     142,907  
Total
  $ 2,937,007     $ 3,710,098  
 
10.  Concentrations
 
(1)  
Concentration of customers

Sales to five largest customers accounted for approximately 20% and 29% of our net sales during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. There was no single customer representing 10% of total sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
 
Sales to our five largest customers accounted for approximately 25% and 30.8% of our net sales during the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. There was no single customer representing 10% of total sales for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 
(2)  
Concentration of suppliers
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, two suppliers accounted for 38% and 12% of our purchases. During nine months ended September 30, 2012, one supplier accounted for 20%, of our purchases. There was no other single supplier representing 10% of purchase during both periods.

During the three months ended September 30, 2013, one supplier accounted for 14% of our purchases. During the three months ended September 30, 2012, one supplier accounted for 21%, of our purchases, respectively. There was no other single supplier representing 10% of purchase during both periods.
 
10.  Segment Reporting
 
The Company operates in six segments: concentrated apple juice and apple aroma, concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree, concentrated pear juice, fruit juice beverages and fresh fruits and vegetables, and others. Our concentrated apple juice and apple aroma is primarily produced by the Company’s Huludao Wonder factory; concentrated pear juice is primarily produced by the Company’s Jiangyang factory. However, as the Company use the same production line to manufacture concentrated apple juice and concentrated pear juice. In addition, both Shaanxi Province, where the factory of Jianyang factory is located, and Liaoning Province, where the factory of Huludao Wonder is located, are rich in fresh apple and pear supplies, Jinagyang factory also produces concentrated apple juice and Huludao Wonder factory also produces concentrated pear juice when necessary. Concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree is primarily produced by the Company’s Qiyiwangguo factory, and fruit juice beverages is primarily produced by the Company’s Qiyiwangguo factory. The Company’s other products include fructose, concentrated turnjujube juice, and other by products, such as kiwifruit seeds.

Concentrated fruit juice is used as a basic ingredient for manufacturing juice drinks and as an additive to fruit wine and fruit jam, cosmetics and medicines. The Company sells its concentrated fruit juice to domestic customers and exported directly or via distributors. The Company believes that its main export markets are the United States, the European Union, South Korea, Russia and the Middle East to North America, Europe.  The Company sells its Hedetang branded bottled fruit beverages domestically primarily to supermarkets in the PRC. The Company sells its fresh fruit and vegetables to supermarkets and whole sellers in the PRC.
 
Some of these product segments might never individually meet the quantitative thresholds for determining reportable segments and we determine the reportable segments based on the discrete financial information provided to the chief operating decision maker. The chief operating decision maker evaluates the results of each segment in assessing performance and allocating resources among the segments. Since there is an overlap of services provided and products manufactured between different subsidiaries of the Company, the Company does not allocate operating expenses and assets based on the product segments. Therefore, operating expenses and assets information by segment are not presented.  Segment profit represents the gross profit of each reportable segment.

(Amount in thousands)
 
For the Three Months
Ended September 30, 2013
 
Concentrated apple juice and apple aroma
   
Concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree
   
Concentrated pear juice
   
Fruit juice beverages
   
Fresh fruits and vegetables
   
Other 
 
Total
 
Reportable segment revenue
 
$
102
   
$
328
   
$
6,716
   
$
12,995
   
$
1
  $
147 
 
$
20,289
 
Inter-segment revenue
   
(47)
     
(59
)
   
(560
)
   
(151
)
   
-
   
   
(817
)
Revenue from external customers
   
55
     
269
     
6,156
     
12,844
     
1
   
147
   
19,472
 
Segment gross profit
 
$
(20)
   
$
187
   
$
2,213
   
$
4,846
   
$
-
  $
(9) 
 
$
7,217
 
 
(Amount in thousands)
For the Three Months
Ended September 30, 2012
 
Concentrated apple juice and apple aroma
   
Concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree
   
Concentrated pear juice
   
Fruit juice beverages
   
Fresh fruits and vegetables
   
Other
   
Total
Reportable segment revenue
 
$
4,211
   
$
444
   
$
11,382
   
$
10,498
   
$
707
 
$
1,653
  $
28,895
 
Inter-segment revenue
   
(249
)
   
(45)
     
-
     
(38)
     
-
         
 (332
)
Revenue from external customers
   
3,962
     
399
     
11,382
     
10,460
     
707
   
1,653
   
 28,563
 
Segment gross profit
 
$
679
   
$
189
   
$
3,469
   
$
3,951
   
$
218
 
$
19
  $
8,525
 
 
(Amount in thousands)
For the Nine Months
Ended September 30, 2013
 
Concentrated apple juice and apple aroma
   
Concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree
   
Concentrated pear juice
   
Fruit juice beverages
   
Fresh fruits and vegetables
   
Other
   
Total
Reportable segment revenue
 
$
1,887
   
$
3,818
   
$
12,613
   
$
30,363
   
$
803
 
$
153
  $
49,637
 
Inter-segment revenue
   
(144
)
   
(120
)
   
(600
)
   
(340
)
   
-
   
-
   
 (1,204
)
Revenue from external customers
   
1,743
     
3,698
     
12,013
     
30,023
     
803
   
153
   
 48,433
 
Segment gross profit
 
$
88
   
$
2,306
   
$
3,933
   
$
11,505
   
$
388
 
$
(8)
  $
18,212
 
 
(Amount in thousands)
For the Nine Months
Ended September 30, 2012
 
Concentrated apple juice and apple aroma
   
Concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree
   
Concentrated pear juice
   
Fruit juice beverages
   
Fresh fruits and vegetables
   
Others
 
Total
 
Reportable segment revenue
 
$
8,594
   
$
4,885
   
$
20,045
   
$
20,234
   
$
1,295
 
$
3,150
 
$
58,203
 
Inter-segment revenue
   
(1,373
)
   
(236
)
   
(162
)
   
(38)
     
-
   
-
   
(1,809
)
Revenue from external customers
   
7,221
     
4,649
     
19,883
     
20,196
     
1,295
   
3,150
   
56,394
 
Segment gross profit
 
$
1,186
   
$
2,099
   
$
6,709
   
$
6,924
   
$
514
 
$
100
 
$
17,532
 
 
 
The following table reconciles reportable segment profit to the Company’s condensed consolidated income before income tax provision for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:
 
   
Three Months ended September 30,
   
2013
 
2012
Segment profit
 
$
7,217,264
 
$
8,524,910
Unallocated amounts:
           
Operating expenses
   
(2,625,912
)
 
(1,835,445)
Other income/(expenses)
   
(203,828
)
 
479,996
Income before tax provision
 
$
4,387,524
 
$
7,169,461
 
   
Nine Months ended September 30,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
Segment profit
 
$
18,212,152
   
$
17,532,300
 
Unallocated amounts:
               
Operating expenses
   
(7,186,408)
     
(5,300,306)
 
Other income/(expenses)
   
109,449
     
1,316,668
 
Income before tax provision
 
$
11,135,193
   
$
13,548,662
 
 
11.  Subsequent Events

In accordance with ASC 855, “Subsequent Events,” the Company has evaluated subsequent events that have occurred through the date of issuance of these financial statements and has determined that there was no material event that occurred after the date of the balance sheets included in this report.

Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
 
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements and Notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.
 
DISCLAIMER REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
The following discussion and analysis of the condensed consolidated financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes in Item I above and with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes, and with the information under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results could differ materially from the results described in or implied by these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those discussed in this report and under the heading “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.
 
Overview of Our Business
 
We are engaged in the production and sales of fruit juice concentrates (including fruit purees, concentrated fruit purees and concentrated fruit juices), fruit beverages (including fruit juice beverages and fruit cider beverages), and other fruit related products (including organic and non-organic fresh fruits) in and from the PRC. Our fruit juice concentrates, which include apple, pear and kiwifruit concentrates, are sold to domestic customers and exported directly or via distributors. We sell our Hedetang branded bottled fruit beverages domestically primarily to supermarkets in the PRC. For the three months ended September 30, 2013, sales of our fruit concentrates, fruit beverages, fresh fruits and other fruit related products represented 33%, 66% and 1% of our revenue, respectively, compared to 56%, 36% and 8%, respectively, for the same period of 2012.
 
We export our products as well as sell them domestically. We sell our products either through distributors with good credit or to end users directly. We believe that our main export markets are the Asia, North America, Europe, Russia and the Middle East. We sell our other fruit related products to domestic customers.

 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we exported our Hedetang-branded fruit juice beverages to Mongolia and Canada. We currently market our Hedetang brand fruit beverages in only certain regions of the PRC. We plan to expand the market presence of Hedetang over a broader geographic area in the PRC. In particular, we plan to expand our glass bottle production line to produce higher margin portable fruit juice beverages targeting consumers in more populated Chinese cities. Currently we produce six flavors of fruit beverages in 280 ml glass bottles, 418 ml glass and 500 ml glass bottles and BIB package, including apple juice, pear juice, kiwifruit juice, mulberry juice, kiwifruit cider and mulberry cider.  We currently sell our fruit beverages to over 100 distributors and more than 20,000 retail stores in approximately 20 provinces. Our products are sold through distributors in stores such as Hualian Supermarket in Beijing, RT-Mart in Shenyang, Carrefour in Chongqing and Shenyang and Lianhua Supermarket in Shanghai, etc.
 
We plan to continue to focus on creating new products with high margins to supplement our current product offering.

We believe that continuous investment in research and development is a key component to being a leader in fruit juice concentrate and fruit beverage quality. As of September 30, 2013, we are in the process of building our internal research and development team, and we used to retain external experts and research institutions for additional consultation when necessary. During nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, our research and development expenses were $18,980 and $427,447, respectively. During third quarter of 2013, the Company decided to suspend four research and development contracts that are currently in effect but concentrate on building up a research and development team of itself.
 
Our business is highly seasonal and can be greatly affected by weather because of the seasonal nature in the growing and harvesting of fruits and vegetables. Our core products are apple, pear and kiwifruit juice concentrates, which are produced from July or August to April of the following year. The squeezing season for (i) apples is from August to January or February; (ii) pears is from July or August until April of next year; and (iii) kiwifruit is from September through January. Typically, a substantial portion of our revenues is earned during our first and fourth quarters. To minimize the seasonality of our business, we make continued efforts in identifying new products with harvesting seasons complementary to our current product mix. Our goal is to lengthen our squeezing season, thus increasing our annual production of fruit juice concentrates and fruit beverages. In the first quarter of 2009, we introduced mulberry and kiwifruit cider beverages in the Chinese market. Unlike fruit juice concentrates, which can only be produced during the squeezing season, such fruit beverages are made out of fruit juice concentrates and can be produced and sold in all seasons. With continuous efforts in marketing of our beverages in domestic market, we believe that our seasonality will be reduced.
 
Fresh fruits are the primary raw materials needed for the production of our products. Our raw materials mainly consist of apples, pears and kiwifruits. Other raw materials used in our business include pectic enzyme, amylase, auxiliary power fuels and other power sources such as coal, electricity and water.

We purchase raw materials from local markets and fruit growers that deliver directly to our plants. We have implemented a fruit-purchasing program in areas surrounding our factories. In addition, we organize purchasing centers in rich fruit production areas, helping farmers deliver fruit to our purchasing agents easily and in a timely manner. We are then able to deliver the fruit directly to our factory for production. We have assisted local farmers in their development of kiwifruit fields to help ensure a high quality product throughout the production channel. Our raw material supply chain is highly fragmented and raw fruit prices are highly volatile in China. Fruit concentrate and fruit juice beverage companies generally do not enter into purchasing agreements. In addition to raw materials, we purchase various ingredients and packaging materials such as sweeteners, glass and plastic bottles, cans and packing barrels. We generally purchase our materials or supplies from multiple suppliers.
 
Shaanxi and Liaoning Provinces, where our manufacturing facilities are located, are large fruit producing provinces. We own and operate four manufacturing facilities in the PRC, all of which are strategically located near fruit growing centers so that we can better preserve the freshness of the fruits and lower our transportation costs. To take advantage of economies of scale and to enhance our production efficiency, generally, each of our manufacturing facilities has a focus on products made from one particular fruit according to the proximity of such manufacturing to the sources of supply for that fruit.  Our kiwifruit processing facilities are located in Zhouzhi County of Shaanxi Province, which has the largest planting area of apples and kiwifruit in the PRC. Our pear processing facilities are located in Shaanxi Province, which is the main pear-producing province in the PRC. Our apple processing facilities are located in Liaoning Province, a region that abounds with high acidity apples. As we use the same production line for concentrated apple juice and concentrated pear juice and both Shaanxi Province and Liaoning Province are rich in fresh apple and pear production, our Liaoning facilities also produced concentrated apple juice and our Shaanxi Province facilities also produced concentrated apple juice based on customer need. We believe that these regions provide adequate supply of raw materials for our production needs in the foreseeable future.

 
On August 30, 2010, we closed the public offering of 5,181,285 shares of our Common Stock at a price of $5.00 per share for approximately $25.9 million. We received an aggregate of approximately $24 million as net proceeds after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses. As of September 30, 2013, we had spent approximately $12 million on various capital projects in Huludao Wonder as described in projects (4) and (5) below. The following table presents the capital projects on which we currently plan to use the proceeds from this offering. We review these projects and capital expenditures on a quarterly basis based on the market conditions and associated costs of these projects.
 
Capital Wonder Projects
Subsidiary
 
No.
 
Priority Projects
 
Progress
 
Estimated capital expenditure
(in Millions)
SkyPeople Suizhong
 
(1)
 
Construction of a refrigeration storage unit for the storage of concentrated fruit juices and fresh fruits and vegetables
 
The design of the facility has been completed.
Construction has started during the third quarter of 2012. The Company suspended the construction of the refrigeration storage unit to apply land use right certificate from local government. It is expected that the certificate of land use right will be granted to the Company in the second half of 2013.
 
$
2.7
Huludao Wonder
 
(2)
 
Construction of concentrated fruit juice mixing center
 
The design of the facility has been completed.
The first stage of construction has started. During the fourth quarter of 2012, the civil work has been completed. The Company is currently in the process of purchasing equipment. It is expected the entire project will be completed within 2013.
   
1.9
Huludao Wonder
 
(3)
 
Construction of a 30 ton/hour comprehensive fruits and vegetables processing line
 
The construction of this 30 ton/hour comprehensive fruits and vegetables processing line was delayed. The installation and adjustment of machinery has been completed during the fourth quarter of 2012. The newly installed machinery are under acceptance check.
   
3
Huludao Wonder
 
(4)
 
Construction of a fruit juice beverage production line of 6,000 bottles/hour
 
The construction of the production line was completed and the production line commenced operation in the second quarter of 2012.
   
3
Huludao Wonder
 
(5)
 
Environmental project (waste water treatment facility for concentrated apple juice production line)
 
The construction of the environmental project was completed in the third quarter of 2012.
   
8
Total Capital Expenditure
         
$
18.6
 
(1)  
Our initial plan was to construct both the refrigeration storage (see Project (1) above) and fruit juice mixing center (see Project (2) above) in Huludao, Liaoning Province, for which the original estimated total capital expenditure was $4.4 million. We initially planned to start the construction of the refrigeration storage unit and a concentrated fruit juice-mixing center in the fourth quarter of 2011. However, the construction of the refrigeration storage unit has been delayed due to a change of plan. Management concluded that it is in the best interest of the Company to build the refrigeration storage unit in Suizhong, Liaoning Province, which is in close geographic proximity of Huludao Wonder in Liaoning Province. The total estimated capital expenditure for Projects (1) and (2) based on the changed plan is expected to be $4.6 million. The Company is now in the process of evaluating the new plan and in negotiation with the local government to acquire land use right for approximately 7.8 acres for consideration of approximately$290,000 per acre. In April 2012, the Company paid partial consideration of approximately $1,200,000. As of the date of this report, the certificate of land use right has not been granted to the Company. The Company suspended the construction of the refrigeration storage unit to apply land use right certificate from local government. It is expected that the certificate of land use right will be granted to the Company in the second half of 2013.
 
(2)  
The fruit juice-mixing center will be built in Huludao Wonder. The design of the fruit juice-mixing center has been completed. The first stage of construction has started. During the fourth quarter of 2012, the civil work has been completed. The Company is currently in the process of purchasing equipment. It is expected the entire project will be completed within 2013.
 
(3)  
Our initial plan was to construct a 50 ton/hour concentrated apple juice production line in Huludao Wonder. We later decided to cancel the plan due to certain amendment to the Catalogue of Industry Structure Adjustment effective in June 2011, which classified concentrated apple juice business in the category of Restricted Industry. To avoid exposure to potential government restrictions on the expansion of this industry by, among other things, putting limitations on the increase in production capacity, increasing the product quality standard, reducing government financial support, we decided to change our existing 30 ton/hour concentrated apple juice line into a 30 ton/hour comprehensive fruits and vegetables processing line by adding additional equipment and machinery. The 30 ton/hour comprehensive fruits and vegetables processing line is expected to process a variety of fruits and vegetables (including apple, pear, and other fruits and vegetables) into juices. The estimated investment for this project is $3.0 million. We believe that this project could provide us more flexibility. The newly installed machinery are under acceptance check.
 
(4)  
We started the construction of infrastructure for the fruit juice beverage production line on September 28, 2010. The construction of a fruit juice beverage production line with maximum production capacity of 6,000 bottles per hour has been substantially finished. Trail operation of the new production line has been conducted. On April 25, 2012, “China Food Production License” for production of Beverage (including fruit juice and vegetable juice) has been granted to Huludao Wonder by Liaoning Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision. Huludao Wonder commenced operation of this new production line on April 28, 2012.
 
(5)  
The environmental project mainly consists of a wastewater processing facility that is required in our production of fruit and vegetable juice concentrates. The construction of the environmental project (waste water treatment facility for concentrated apple juice production line) has been completed in the third quarter of 2012.
  
Shaanxi Qiyiwangguo Projects
 
We previously identified several projects for our Shaanxi Qiyiwangguo factory, which we expected to finance by using our operating cash flow. These projects included a 24,000 PET bottle/hour fruit juice beverage aseptic cold-filling line, and a PET bottle blowing machine system. Based on the current market conditions and other potential opportunities, management has decided to delay these projects to a future date when appropriate.
 
Other Projects
 
Investment/Service Agreement with Yidu Municipal People’s Government
 
On October 29, 2012, SkyPeople (China) entered into an investment/service agreement (the “Investment Agreement”) with Yidu Municipal People’s Government in Hubei Province of China.
 
Under the Investment Agreement, the parties agree to invest and establish an orange comprehensive deep processing zone in Yidu.

 
The Company will be responsible for the establishment, construction and financing of the project with a total investment of RMB 300 million (approximately $48 million), in fixed assets and the purchase of land use rights, while Yidu government agrees to provide a parcel of land for the project that is approximately 280 mu in size located at Gaobazhou Town of Yidu for a fee payable by the Company. The consideration for transferring the land use right for the project land shall be RMB 0.3 million per mu.
 
The main scope of the Yidu project includes the establishment of:
 
1.  one modern orange distribution and sales center (the “distribution center”);
 
2.  one orange comprehensive utilization deep processing zone (the “deep processing zone”), including:
 
      a)  one 45 ton/hour concentrated orange juice and byproduct deep processing production line;
 
      b)  one bottled juice drink production line with a capacity to produce 6,000 glass bottles per hour;
 
     c)  one storage freezer facility with a capacity to store 20,000 tons of concentrated orange juice; and
 
     d)  general purpose facilities within the zone, office space, general research and development facilities, service area, living quarters and other ancillary support areas
 
3.  one research and development center for orange varietal improvement and engineering technology (the “R&D center”); and
 
4.  one standardized orange plantation (the “orange plantation”).
 
The total amount of RMB 300 million (approximately $48 million) will mainly be used to establish the distribution center and the deep processing zone on the project land of approximately 280 mu. SkyPeople and Yidu Municipal People’s Government agreed to discuss the investment amount and location for establishing the R&D center and the orange plantation in the future.
 
Yidu Municipal People’s Government is in the process of demolition buildings on project land. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company has made partial payment of RMB 75 million (approximately $12 million) the consideration to acquire the land use right. The Company is actively working with various bodies of Yidu Municipal People's Government making preparations for the start of the project.

Investment/Service Agreement with Mei County National Kiwi Fruit Wholesale Trading Center
 
On April 3, 2013, SkyPeople (China) entered into an Investment Agreement (the "Agreement") with the Managing Committee of Mei County National Kiwi Fruit Wholesale Trading Center (the "Committee").  The Committee has been authorized by the People’s Government of Mei County to be in charge of the construction and administration of the Mei County National Kiwi Fruit Wholesale Trading Center (the “Trading Center”).  

Under the Agreement, the parties agreed to invest and establish a kiwi fruit comprehensive deep processing zone and kiwi fruit and fruit-related materials trading zone in Yangjia Village, Changxing Town of Mei County with a total planned area of total planned area of 286 mu (approximately 47 acres) (the “Project”).  

Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company will be responsible for the construction and financing of the Project with a total investment of RMB 445.6 million (approximately $ 71.9 million) in buildings and equipment.  In addition, the Company agreed to pay for the land use rights for the Project land a fee of RMB 0.3 million per mu.  The Committee is responsible for financing and constructing the basic infrastructure surrounding the Project, such as the main water supply, main water drainage, natural gas, electricity, sewage, access roads to the Project, natural gas and communications networks.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company has made partial payment of RMB 98 million (approximately $16 million) the consideration to acquire the land use right and construction facilities. The Company is actively working with the Committee making preparations for the start of the project

 
Suizhong Project

On July 15, 2011, SkyPeople entered into a Letter of Intent with the People’s Government of Suizhong County, Liaoning Province, to establish a fruit and vegetable industry chain and further processing demonstration zone in Suizhong County, Liaoning Province (the “Suizhong project”).

The Suizhong project may include one or more of the following: the construction and operation of fruit juice production lines, vegetable and fruit flash freeze facility, refrigeration storage facility and warehouse, a world class food safety testing center, fruit and vegetable modern supply chain and e-commerce platform, fruit and vegetable finished products processing center and exhibition center, etc. The implementation of the project is subject to government approval of the project.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company finished the feasibility study and submitted detailed project proposal to local government. Both parties decided to continue the project. The Company paid RMB 52 million (approximately $8.5 million) as partial payment to acquire land use right from local government.

Results of Operations
 
Comparison of Three Months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:
 
Revenue
 
The following table presents our consolidated revenues for each of our main products for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively (in thousands):
   
Three months ended September 30,
   
Change
 
   
2013
   
2012
   
Amount
   
%
 
Concentrated apple juice and apple aroma
 
$
55
   
$
3,962
   
$
(3,907
)
   
(99
%)
Concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree
   
269
     
399
     
(130
)
   
(33
%)
Concentrated pear juice
   
6,156
     
11,382
     
(5,226
)
   
(46
%)
Fruit juice beverages
   
12,844
     
10,460
     
2,384
     
23
%
Fresh fruits and vegetables
   
1
     
707
     
(706
   
(100
%)
Other
   
147
     
1,653
     
(1,506
)
   
 (91
%)
Total
 
$
19,472
   
$
28,563
   
$
(9,091
 )
   
(32
%)
 
Our gross revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2013 was $19.5 million, a decrease of $9.1 million, or 32%, from $28.6 million for the same period of 2012. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in sales of all product lines except fruit juice beverages, which generated more sales revenue during the third quarter of 2013 than same period of 2012.
 
Sales from apple related products decreased by $3.9 million, or 99%, to $0.055 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013, from $4.0 million for the same period of 2012. During the third quarter of 2013, the Company sold approximately 50 tons of concentrated apple juice decreased from approximately 2,050 tons of concentrated apple juice sold in the same period of 2012.

Sales from concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree were $0.269 million for the third quarter of 2013, a decrease of $0.13 million, or 33%, from $0.399 million in the same quarter of 2012. During the three months ended September 30, 2013, the Company sold approximately 221.2 tons of kiwi-related products. During the third quarter of 2012, the Company did not produce any concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree due to a shortage of fresh kiwi supply resulting from seasonal factors, and all sales of concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree were made out of the inventories.
 
Sales of concentrated pear juice decreased to $6.2 million in the third quarter of 2013, a decrease of $5.2 million, or 46%, from $11.4 million in the same quarter of 2012. During the second quarter of 2013 and 2012, the Company sold 3,802 and 6,000 tons of concentrated pear juice, respectively.

 
Revenue from our fruit juice beverages in the PRC increased to $12.8 million, an increase of $2.3 million or 23%, from $10.5 million for the same period of 2012, primarily due to bigger market share gained from our continuous efforts of expanding sales channel.
 
Revenue from our fresh fruits and vegetables in the PRC were $0.001 million and $0.7 for the third quarter of 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Revenue from other products decreased to $0.1 million, a decrease of $1.6 million or 91%, from $1.7 million for the same period of 2012. The amount of sales of other products is expected to be unstable and is generally not indicative of our future sales of other products.
 
Gross Margin
 
The following table presents the consolidated gross profit of each of our main products and the consolidated gross profit margin, which is gross profit as a percentage of the related revenues, for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively (in thousands for the gross profit):
   
Three months ended September 30,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
   
Gross profit
   
Gross margin
   
Gross profit
   
Gross margin
 
Concentrated apple juice and apple aroma
 
$
(20)
     
(36
%)
 
$
679
     
17
%
Concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree
   
187
     
70
%
   
189
     
47
%
Concentrated pear juice
   
2,213
     
36
%
   
3,469
     
30
%
Fruit juice beverages
   
4,846
     
38
%
   
3,951
     
38
%
Fresh fruits and vegetables
   
-
     
-
     
218
     
31
%
Other
   
(9)
     
(6%
)
   
19
     
1
%
Total/Overall (for gross margin)
 
$
7,217
     
37
%
 
$
8,525
     
30
%
 
The consolidated gross profit for the three months ended September 30, 2013 was $7.2 million, a decrease of $1.3 million, or 15%, from $8.5 million for the same period of 2012, primarily due to less amount of gross profit generated from our concentrated pear juice and apple-related products segments.
 
The consolidated gross profit margin for the three months ended September 30, 2013 was 37%, an increase of 7%, from 30% for the same period of 2012, primarily due to an increase in gross profit margin of concentrated pear juice and kiwi-related products, which was partially offset by a decrease in gross margin of apple-related products and other products.
 
The gross loss margin of concentrated apple juice and apple aroma was 36% for the three months ended September 30, 2013 compared to a gross profit margin of 17% for the same period of 2012, primarily due to significantly lower selling price of concentrated apple juice.
 
The gross profit margin of the concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree increased from 47% for the three months ended September 30, 2012 to 70% for the same period of 2013, primarily due to lower cost of fresh kiwi purchased in three months ended September 30, 2013 as compared to the same period of 2012.
 
The gross margin of the concentrated pear juice increased from 30% to 36% for third quarter of 2012 to 2013, mainly due to lower cost of raw materials for the current period than that of same period of 2012.
 
The gross profit margin of our fruit juice beverages remains stable of 38% for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
 
Gross margin for the fruits and vegetables was 31% for the third quarter of 2012, during the same period of 2013, the Company sold minimum fresh fruits and vegetables.

The gross loss margin for other products was 6% for the three months ended September 30, 2013 compared to a gross profit margin of 1% for the same period of 2012. Given the relatively low production volume and sales of other products, the gross profit margin is expected to change from time to time.

 
Operating Expenses
 
The following table presents our consolidated operating expenses and operating expenses as a percentage of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively:
 
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
2013
 
2012
 
Amount
 
% of revenue
 
Amount
 
% of revenue
General and administrative
$
1,628,699
 
8%
 
$
960,617
 
3%
Selling expenses
 
997,213
 
5%
   
732,751
 
3%
Research and development
 
-
 
0%
   
142,077
 
0%
Total operating expenses
$
2,625,912
 
13%
 
$
1,835,445
 
6%
 
Our operating expenses consist of general and administrative expenses, selling expenses and research and development expenses. Operating expenses increased $790,467 or 43% for the three months ended September 30, 2013 compare to the corresponding period in 2012.
 
General and administrative expenses increased by $668,082, or 70%, to $1,628,699 for the three months ended September 30, 2013, from $960,617 for the same period of 2012. The increase in general and administrative expenses was mainly due to depreciation for property, plant and equipment in Yingkou that has not been used during the current period charged into general and administrative expenses for approximately $548,000.
 
Selling expenses increased by $264,462, or 36%, to $997,213 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $732,751 for the same period of 2012, mainly due to an increase in the payroll and related expenses as a result of an increase in our headcount to the handle the increased sales of fruit juice beverages.

During the third quarter of 2013, the Company suspended research and development work thus did not incur any research and development costs; comparably, the Company incurred $142,077, research and development expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2012. In the third quarter of 2013, the Company suspended four research and development agreements with research institutions and currently intends to concentrate on building up an internal research and development team.
 
Income from Operations
 
Income from operations decreased to $4,591,352, a decrease of 31% or $2,098,113, for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from $6,689,465 for the same period of 2012. The decrease in the income from operations was mainly due to decrease in both revenue as well as gross margin and increase in the operating expenses.
 
Other Income (Expense)
 
Other expense was $203,828 for the three months ended September 30, 2013, during the same period of 2012, the Company recognized other income of $479,996, primarily due to a decrease of $421,410 or 68% in subsidy income, which was coupled by an increase of $261,343 or 122% increase in interest expenses. The subsidy income was provided with respect to the value added tax rebates on our exports in the third quarters of 2013 and 2012.
 
Income Tax
 
Our provision for income taxes was $1,130,388 and $1,917,425 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, a decrease of $787,037, or 41%. The decrease in tax provision was due to less income before taxes in the third quarter of 2013. Our consolidated income tax rates were 26% and 27% for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Net Income
 
Net income was $3,257,136 for the three months ended September 30, 2013, a decrease of $1,994,900, or 38%, from $5,252,036 for same period of 2012, primarily due to the 15% decrease in gross profit, coupled with 43% increase in total operating expenses and other factors discussed above.

 
Noncontrolling Interests
 
As of September 30, 2013, SkyPeople (China) held a 91.15% interest in Shaanxi Qiyiwangguo and Pacific held a 99.78% interest in SkyPeople (China). Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, which is deducted from our net income, was $243,260 and $219,934 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The increase in the net income attributable to noncontrolling interests was mainly due to the increase in the net income generated from SkyPeople (China).
 
Net Income Attributable to SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc.
 
Net income attributable to the Company was $3,013,876 for the three months ended September 30, 2013, a $2,018,226 or 40% decrease from $5,032,102 for the same period of 2012 for the reasons described above.

Comparison of Nine Months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:
 
Revenue
 
The following table presents our consolidated revenues for each of our main products for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively (in thousands):
 
   
Nine months ended
September 30,
   
Change
 
   
2013
   
2012
   
Amount
   
%
 
Concentrated apple juice and apple aroma
 
$
1,743
   
$
7,221
   
$
(5,478
)
   
(76
%)
Concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree
   
3,698
     
4,649
     
(951
)
   
(20
%)
Concentrated pear juice
   
12,013
     
19,883
     
(7,870
)
   
(40
%)
Fruit juice beverages
   
30,023
     
20,196
     
9,827
     
49
%
Fresh fruits and vegetables
   
803
     
1,295
     
(492)
     
(38
%)
Other
   
153
     
3,150
     
(2,997
)
   
(95
%)
Total
 
$
48,433
   
$
56,394
   
$
(7,961
   
(14
%)
 
Our gross revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $48.4 million, a decrease of $8.0 million, or 14%, from $56.4 million for the same period of 2012. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in sales of all product lines except fruit juice beverages, which generated more sales revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 than same period of 2012.
 
Sales from apple related products decreased by $5.5 million, or 76%, to $1.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, from $7.2 million for the same period of 2012. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company sold approximately 1,060 tons of concentrated apple juice decreased from approximately 3,736 tons of concentrated apple juice sold in the same period of 2012.
 
Sales from concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree were $3.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, a decrease of $1.0 million, or 20%, from $4.7 million in the same period of 2012, primarily due to decrease in both amount sold and unit price.
 
Sales of concentrated pear juice decreased to $12 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, a decrease of $7.9 million, or 40%, from $19.9 million in the same period of 2012. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company sold 7,701 and 11,085 tons of concentrated pear juice, respectively.
 
Revenue from our fruit juice beverages in the PRC increased to $30.0 million, an increase of $10 million or 49%, from $20 million for the same period of 2012, primarily due to bigger market share gained from our continuous efforts of expanding sales channel.
 
Revenue from our fresh fruits and vegetables in the PRC were $0.8 and $1.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Revenue from other products decreased to $0.2 million, a decrease of $3 million or 95%, from $3.2 million for the same period of 2012. The amount of sales of other products is expected to be unstable and is generally not indicative of our future sales of other products.

 
Gross Margin
 
The following table presents the consolidated gross profit of each of our main products and the consolidated gross profit margin, which is gross profit as a percentage of the related revenues, for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively (in thousands for the gross profit):
 
   
Nine months ended September 30,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
   
Gross profit
   
Gross margin
   
Gross profit
   
Gross margin
 
Concentrated apple juice and apple aroma
 
$
88
     
5
%
 
$
1,186
     
16
%
Concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree
   
2,306
     
62
%
   
2,099
     
45
%
Concentrated pear juice
   
3,933
     
33
%
   
6,709
     
34
%
Fruit juice beverages
   
11,505
     
38
%
   
6,924
     
34
%
Fresh fruits and vegetables
   
388
     
48
%
   
514
     
40
%
Other
   
(8)
     
(5
%)
   
100
     
3
%
Total/Overall (for gross margin)
 
$
18,212
     
38
%
 
$
17,532
     
31
%
 
The consolidated gross profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $18.2 million, an increase of $0.7 million, or 4%, from $17.5 million for the same period of 2012, primarily due to increased amount of gross profit generated from our kiwi-related products and fruit juice beverages.
 
The consolidated gross profit margin for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 was 38% and 31%, respectively, primarily due to increased amount of gross profit generated, which was partially offset by increased amount of revenue. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, gross margin of kiwi-related products, fruit juice beverages and fresh fruit and vegetable increased; however, gross margin of concentrated apple juice and apple aroma, concentrated pear juice and other products decreased.
 
The gross margin of concentrated the apple juice and apple aroma decreased to 5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from 16% for the same period of 2012, primarily due to lower selling price of concentrated apple juice.
 
The gross profit margin of the concentrated kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree increased from 45% for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to 62% for the same period of 2013, primarily due to lower cost of fresh kiwi purchased in nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared to the same period of 2012.
 
The gross margin of the concentrated pear juice decreased from slightly from 34% to 33% for nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the same period of 2013.
 
The gross profit margin of our fruit juice beverages increased from 34% for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, to 38% for the same period of 2013, primarily due to lower cost of packaging materials and auxiliary materials purchased in the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared to the same period of 2012.
 
Gross margin for the fruits and vegetables was 48% and 40% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The gross loss margin for other products was 5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013; compared to a gross profit margin of 3% for the same period of 2012. Given the relatively low production volume and sales of other products, the gross profit margin is expected to change from time to time.

 
Operating Expenses
 
The following table presents our consolidated operating expenses and operating expenses as a percentage of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively:
 
 
Nine months ended September 30,
 
2013
 
2012
 
Amount
 
% of revenue
 
Amount
 
% of revenue
General and administrative
$
4,216,128
 
9%
   
3,092,992
 
5%
Selling expenses
 
2,951,300
 
6%
   
1,779,867
 
3%
Research and development
 
18,980
 
<1%
   
427,447
 
1%
Total operating expenses
$
7,186,408
 
15%
   
5,300,306
 
9%
 
Our operating expenses consist of general and administrative expenses, selling expenses and research and development expenses. Operating expenses increased $1,886,102 or 36% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 compared to the corresponding period in 2012.
 
General and administrative expenses increased to $4,216,128, representing 9% of our revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, from $3,092,992 or 5% of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively. The increase in general and administrative expenses was mainly due to increased amount of legal fees related to our current pending litigation and depreciation for property, plant and equipment in Yingkou that has not been used during the current period charged into general and administrative expenses for approximately $548,000.
 
Selling expenses increased to $2,951,300, or 6% of our revenue, from $1,779,867 or 3% of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The increase in selling expenses mainly due to an increase in the payroll and related expenses as a result of an increase in our headcount to the handle the increased sales of fruit juice beverages.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company incurred $18,980 and $427,447 research and development expense. In the third quarter of 2013, the Company suspended four research and development agreements with research institutions and currently intends to concentrate on building up an internal research and development team.
 
Income from Operations
 
Income from operations decreased to $11,025,744, a decrease of 10% or $1,206,250, for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $12,231,994 for the same period of 2012. The decrease in the income from operations was mainly due to decrease in revenue and an increased amount of operating expenses.
 
Other Income (Expense)
 
Other income, net was $109,449 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, a decrease of $1,207,219 or 92% from other income of $1,316,668 in the same period of 2012, primarily due to a decrease of $717,708 in subsidy income and an increase of $486,255 of interest expenses. The subsidy income was provided with respect to the value added tax rebates on our exports in the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
 
Income Tax
 
Our provision for income taxes was $2,937,007 and $3,710,098 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, a decrease of $773,091. The decrease in tax provision was due to decreased amount of income before taxes in the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Our consolidated income tax rates were 26% and 27% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
 
Net Income
 
Net income was $8,198,186 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, a decrease of $1,640,378, or 17%, from $9,838,564 for same period of 2012, primarily due to the 36% increase in total operating expenses, which was partially offset by a 4% increase in gross profit and other factors discussed above.

 
Noncontrolling Interests
 
As of September 30, 2013, SkyPeople (China) held a 91.15% interest in Shaanxi Qiyiwangguo and Pacific held a 99.78% interest in SkyPeople (China). Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, which is deducted from our net income, was $686,120 and $486,653 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The increase in the net income attributable to noncontrolling interests was mainly due to the increase in the net income generated from SkyPeople (China).
 
Net Income Attributable to SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc.
 
Net income attributable to the Company was $7,512,066 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, a $1,839,845 or 20% decrease from $9,351,911 for the same period of 2012 for the reasons described above.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
As of September 30, 2013, we had cash, cash equivalents of $87,176,550, an increase of $9,616,272, or 12%, from $77,560,278 as of December 31, 2012. We expect the projected cash flows from operation, anticipated cash receipts, cash on hand, and trade credit to provide necessary capital to meet our projected operating cash requirements at least for the next 12 months, which does not take into account any potential expenditures related to the potential expansion of our current production capacity.
 
Our working capital has historically been generated from our operating cash flows, advances from our customers and loans from bank facilities. Our working capital was $77,818,522 as of September 30, 2013, a decrease of $25,050,037, from working capital of $102,868,559 as of December 31, 2012, mainly due to an increase in short-term bank loans and loans from related party and decrease of accounts receivables. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, our operating activities generated net cash inflow of $31,382,490, an increase of $11,115,391 or 55% from $20,267,099, net cash inflow from operating activities of same period of 2012.
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, our investing activities used net cash of $39,194,760, including $36,604,084 of deposits to land use right, as compared to $1,204,179 in the same period of 2012.
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, our financing activities generated net cash inflow of $15,610,374, as compare to $5,194,273 in the same period of 2012.
 
On February 18, 2013, SkyPeople (China) entered into a loan agreement with SkyPeople International Holdings Group Limited (the "Lender"). The Lender indirectly holds 50.2% interest in the Company. Mr. Yongke Xue ("Y. K. Xue"), the Chairman of the board of directors of the Company (the "Board"), and Mr. Hongke Xue, the newly elected Chief Executive Officer of the Company and director of the Board, indirectly and beneficially own 80.0% and 9.4% of equity interest in the Lender, respectively. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Lender agrees to extend to the Company a one-year unsecured term loan with a principal amount of $8.0 million at an interest rate of 6% per annum. During nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company received $8.0 million from the Lender.
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company borrowed $13,649,887 and repaid $6,715,275 bank loans; comparably, during the same period of 2012, the Company borrowed $6,332,120 and repaid $1,137,847 bank loans.
 
Off-balance sheet arrangements
 
As of September 30, 2013, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
 
Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
 
Not applicable.

 
Item 4.  Controls and Procedures
 
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
An evaluation was carried out by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of September 30, 2013, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of September 30, 2013, and as of the date that the evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures were completed, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in providing reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives for the three months ended September 30, 2013.
 
Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
 
There have been no changes to the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended September 30, 2013 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
  
PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1.  Legal Proceedings
 
On April 20, 2011, plaintiff Paul Kubala (on behalf of his minor child N.K.) filed a securities fraud class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York against the Company, certain of its individual officers and/or directors, and Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, the underwriter of the Company’s follow-on public offering consummated in August 2010, alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. On June 20, 2011, plaintiff Benjamin Padnos filed a securities fraud class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York against the Company, certain of its current and former officers and/or directors, the Company’s former independent auditors Child Van Wagner & Bradshaw, PLLC and BDO Limited, and Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, the underwriter of the Company’s follow-on public offering consummated in August 2010, alleging violations of Sections10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. On August 30, 2011, the Court consolidated the foregoing two actions and appointed Zachary Lewy as Lead Plaintiff. On September 30, 2011, pursuant to the Court’s order, Lead Plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint, which names the Company, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, BDO Limited, Child Van Wagoner & Bradshaw PLLC and certain of the Company’s current and former directors and/or officers and majority shareholders as defendants, and alleges violations of Sections 11, 12 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act, and the rules promulgated thereunder. The Consolidated Complaint seeks, among other things, compensatory damages, and reasonable costs and expenses incurred in the action. On December 21, 2011, the Company and certain of the individual defendants filed a motion to dismiss the Consolidated Complaint. On May 3, 2012, Lead Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the claims against BDO Limited and Child Van Wagoner & Bradshaw PLLC. On September 10, 2012, the Court granted in part and denied in part the Company’s motion to dismiss the Consolidated Complaint. On January 11, 2013, defendant Rodman & Renshaw LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and, on January 18, 2013, the court imposed an automatic stay on Lead Plaintiff’s claims against Rodman & Renshaw, LLC pursuant to Section 326(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.  The Company believes the allegations against the Company are baseless and has contested the case vigorously.  On June 28, 2013, Lead Plaintiff moved to certify the action as a class action on behalf of classes consisting of (i) all persons who purchased or acquired shares of SkyPeople stock between March 31, 2010, and June 1, 2011, and (ii) all persons who bought shares in, or pursuant and/or traceable to the Company’s registration statement declared effective on August 24, 2010.  Prior to the close of briefing on Lead Plaintiff’s motion for class certification, the parties entered into a class-wide settlement.  The settlement has been preliminarily approved by the Court, and is subject to final approval.  The Company has made no accrual for any potential contingencies.

 
On August 5, 2011, we received a shareholder demand letter from counsel for a purported shareholder. The letter was addressed to the Company’s Board of Directors and requested the Board of Directors to take a number of actions in order to repair the alleged “harm” caused to the Company by certain of its directors and officers, as well as its current and former auditors. The Board of Directors has been reviewing this shareholder demand letter and considering appropriate action that the Company should undertake. On November 7, 2011, Baosheng Lu and Tao Wang were appointed to serve as directors of the board and the independent directors of the board appointed them to serve as the members of the evaluation committee. The evaluation committee is in the process of evaluating the actions demanded by the shareholder and retaining counsel to respond to the shareholder inquiry. No formal shareholder derivative complaint has been filed to date on behalf of the Company. The Company believes any such suit would be without merit and would vigorously defend its position in this regard.  The Company has made no accrual for any potential contingencies.
 
On July 8, 2011, the Company brought suit against Absaroka Capital Management, LLC (“Absaroka”) and its principal Kevin Barnes in the U.S. District Court of Wyoming under the caption SkyPeople, Inc. v. Absaroka Capital Management, LLC, et al., No. 11-cv-238. Absaroka is a purported independent investment analyst who, while holding a short position in our stock, issued a so-called research report (the “Report”) asserting, inter alia, that the Company had inflated revenues. We brought suit alleging three causes of action for libel per se, libel per quod and intentional interference with a prospective business relationship. In or around November, 2011, Absaroka and Barnes brought counterclaims against us for defamation per se, defamation per quod and abuse of process. On June 22, 2012, the Company and Absaroka reached an out-of-court settlement of litigation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming. The settlement includes a dismissal of all claims and counterclaims filed by the Parties, with neither party admitting any wrongdoing or liability. As part of the settlement agreement, Absaroka has agreed to remove the Report from its website, undertake best efforts to remove the Report from third-party sites, and refrain from issuing any further articles, public statements, or research reports concerning the Company.
 
Other than the above, from time to time we may be a party to various litigation proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business, none of which, in the opinion of management, is likely to have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
 
Item 1A.  Risk Factors
 
Not applicable.
 
Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
 
None.
 
Item 3.  Defaults upon Senior Securities
 
None.
 
Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosures
 
Not applicable.
 
Item 5.  Other Information
 
None.

 
Item 6.  Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
Description
31.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended*
31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended*
32.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
32.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document*+
101.SCH
XBRL Schema Document*+
101.CAL
XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document*+
101.DEF
XBRL Definition Linkbase Document*+
101.LAB
XBRL Label Linkbase Document*+
101.PRE
XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document*+

*           filed herewith
+
As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to liability under those sections, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements 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.
 
SKYPEOPLE FRUIT JUICE, INC.

By:
/s/Hongke Xue
 
 
Hongke Xue
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
November 12, 2013
 
     
By:
/s/ Xin Ma
 
 
Xin Ma
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
 
November 12, 2013