24. Other Payables (Detail) - Table of Other Payables (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011
	$ 38,683,732		$ 39,561,388
Other tax payable	12,025,311		9,578,354
Advances from employees	532,795		1,113,105
Payable to local County Finance Department (i)		[1]	1,180,954	[1]
Property, Plant, and Equipment [Member]
Payables	12,784,034		18,865,860
Deposits from Distributors [Member]
Customer Deposits	2,973,046		2,475,810
Unrelated Parties, Due on Demand [Member]
Payables	2,470,064		442,600
Land Use Rights [Member]
Payables	260,978		137,933
Deposit Received from Milk Collection Stations [Member]
Customer Deposits	538,042		544,889
Other Payables [Member]
Payables	$ 7,099,462	[2]	$ 5,221,883	[2]

[1] The Group received funding from the local County Finance Department for construction of the production facilities in the region and working capital usage. Although no repayment terms were attached with the funds, the Group considers them to be unsecured, non-interest bearing loans from the local County Finance Department that are repayable on demand. During 2012, the company repaid $316,992 to the local County Finance Department. The remaining balance of $863,962 in 2011 represented the payable to local County Finance Department for the land use rights of Langfang Feihe. No such balance remained outstanding as of December 31, 2012 following the sale of land use rights and property, plant and equipment of Langfang Feihe.

[2] Other payables mainly include deposits received from logistics companies, advertising cost, and other miscellaneous payables.