ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS

3 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]

1. ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS

Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. (the “Company”) was incorporated on February 2, 2001 in New York. On September 18, 2007, the Company amended the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws to merge into a new corporation, Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. in Virginia.

The Company’s principal geographic market is in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). As PRC laws and regulations restrict foreign ownership of shipping agency service businesses, the Company provides its shipping agency services in the PRC through Sino-Global Shipping Agency Ltd. (“Sino-China”), a Chinese legal entity, which holds the licenses and permits necessary to operate shipping services in the PRC. Sino-China is located in Beijing with branches in Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Xiamen and Fangchenggang and provides general shipping agency services in all commercial ports in the PRC.  Effective July 1, 2013, the Company also provides certain logistic services to customers in the PRC. Such services include, among other things, assistance with chartering (such as the identification of suitable ship owner; and the negotiation of related shipping costs) as well as land logistic support.

On November 13, 2007, the Company formed a wholly owned foreign-owned enterprise, Trans Pacific Shipping Limited (“Trans Pacific Beijing”), which invested in a 90%-owned subsidiary, Trans Pacific Logistics Shanghai Limited (“Trans Pacific Shanghai”; Trans Pacific Beijing and Trans Pacific Shanghai are referred to collectively as “Trans Pacific”) on May 31, 2009.  Trans Pacific Beijing and Sino-China do not have a parent-subsidiary relationship. Trans Pacific Beijing has contractual arrangements with Sino-China and its shareholders that enable the Company to substantially control Sino-China.

To build an international shipping agency service network, the Company formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Sino-Global Shipping Australia Pty Ltd. (“Sino-Global AUS”) in Perth, Australia on July 3, 2008, which serves the needs of customers shipping into and out of Western Australia. Through the Company’s relationship with Monson Agencies Australia (“Monson”), one of the largest shipping agency service providers in Australia, the Company is able to provide general shipping agency services to all ports in Australia.

Sino-Global Shipping (HK) Limited ("Sino-Global HK"), a wholly-owned subsidiary performs as a control and management center for southern Chinese ports and enables the Company to extend its offering of comprehensive shipping agency services to vessels going to and from one of the world's busiest ports. On July 27, 2009, Sino-Global HK signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Forbes & Company Limited (“Forbes”), which is a listed company on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BOM: 502865) and one of the largest shipping and logistic service providers in India. Through the Company’s relationship with Forbes, it is able to provide general shipping agency services to all ports in India.

The Company established another wholly-owned subsidiary, Sino-Global Shipping Canada Inc.(“Sino-Global Canada”) in 2012, to provide services for ships loading commodities at Canadian ports and delivering them to China.

The Company established a new wholly-owned subsidiary, Sino-Global Shipping New York Inc. in May 2013, to facilitate the development of an integrated overseas and local shipping agency network to help generate new business referral activities.