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SEGMENT INFORMATION
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2010
SEGMENT INFORMATION 
SEGMENT INFORMATION
Note 23 - Segment Information

ASC 280-10 (formerly SFAS 131), "Disclosure about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information" requires that companies disclose segment data based on how management makes decision about allocating resources to segments and evaluating their performance.

The Company has re-evaluated the structure of its organization and has determined, based on the requirements of SFAS 131, that the Company has the following three reportable segments, identified based on the nature of products, the type or class of customers, and the methods used to distribute the Company's products:
 
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Retail sales of Compressed Natural Gas ("CNG") through operation of CNG filling stations;
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Retail sales of Liquefied Petroleum Gas ("LPG") through operation of LPG filling stations; and
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Wholesale of CNG and LPG

During the ended September 30, 2011, all of the Company's operations were carried out in one geographical segment - China.

 
The following table sets out the Company's segment information. The "Unallocated" column in the following table contains the reconciliation between the amounts for reportable segments and the consolidated amounts, which consists primarily of corporate items not allocated to the operating segments, intersegment eliminations. Intersegment sales are accounted for at fair value as if sales were to third parties.

   
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
Sales from external customers
 
2011
   
2010
 
CNG retail
  $ 4,933,218     $ 5,383,731  
LPG retail
    218,015       512,438  
CNG and LPG wholesale
    14,693,777       8,872,819  
Unallocated
    4,768,096       1,954,493  
Consolidated
  $ 24,613,106     $ 16,723,481  
                 
   
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
Net income attributable to CHPC
    2011       2010  
CNG retail
  $ 788,789     $ 603,418  
LPG retail
    (21,568 )     (60,391 )
CNG and LPG wholesale
    (51,972 )     (328,462 )
Unallocated
    (112,284 )     277,435  
Consolidated
  $ 602,965     $ 492,000  

   
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
Investment income from non-consolidated entities
 
2011
   
2010
 
Consolidated
  $ 249,391     $ 235,985  
                 
   
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
Interest expenses
    2011       2010  
Consolidated
  $ (101,984 )   $ (37,058 )
                 
 
 
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
Income before noncontrolling interest and income taxes
2011
 
2010
 
Consolidated
  $ 820,011     $ 608,583  
                 
 
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
Segment assets
    2011       2010  
CNG retail
  $ 4,598,464     $ 2,073,046  
LPG retail
    81,856       67,582  
CNG and LPG wholesale
    2,869,027       1,390,697  
Unallocated
    33,926,969       27,697,728  
Consolidated
  $ 41,476,316     $ 31,229,053