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Note 6 - Land Use Rights, Net
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Notes  
Note 6 - Land Use Rights, Net

NOTE 6 – LAND USE RIGHTS, NET

 

The Company’s land use rights represent the cost of purchasing the rights to use the leasehold land in the PRC for the production facilities of Jiangxi Jien. According to the law of the PRC, the government owns all the land in the PRC. Companies or individuals are only authorized to possess and use the land through land use rights granted by the PRC government.

 

As of the balance sheet dates, the Company’s land use rights are summarized as follows:

 

 

Useful lives

June 30,

2013

December 31,

 2012

At cost:

 

 

 

Land use rights

59 – 60 years

$123,853

$121,420

 

 

 

 

Less: Accumulated amortization

 

(23,569)

(22,282)

 

 

 

 

Land use rights, net

 

$100,284

$99,138

 

 

 

 

Amortization expense of land use rights for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 was $835 and $816, respectively.