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BUYING AGENCY AND SUPPLY AGREEMENT
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Buying Agency and Supply Agreement [Abstract]  
Buying Agency and Supply Agreement [Text Block]
NOTE 10  BUYING AGENCY AND SUPPLY AGREEMENT
On March 12, 2012, the Company, entered into a Buying Agency and Supply Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Forward Industries Asia-Pacific Corporation (f/k/a Seaton Global Corporation), a British Virgin Islands corporation (“Forward China”), dated as of March 7, 2012.  The Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Forward China shall act as the Company’s exclusive buying agent and supplier of Products (as defined in the Agreement) in the Asia Pacific region.  The Company shall purchase products at Forward China’s cost, and shall pay a service fee on the net purchase price.  The Agreement shall terminate on March 11, 2014, subject to renewal.  Terence Wise, a director of the Company, is a principal of Forward China. Jenny P. Yu, a Managing Director of Forward China, has filed a Schedule 13D disclosing that she beneficially owns 444,217 shares of the Company’s common stock, representing approximately 5.48% of the Company’s outstanding shares. The Company recognized approximately $306,000 and $270,000, respectively, during the three-month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, and $798,000 and $332,000, respectively, during the nine-month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, of Forward China service fees, which are included as a component of costs of goods sold in continuing operations in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).