(18) Segment Reporting

 

Since March 10, 2010, Baoding Shengde started its operations and thereafter the Company manages its operations through three business operating segments: Dongfang Paper and Tengsheng Paper, which produces offset printing paper, corrugating medium paper and tissue paper, and Baoding Shengde, which produces face masks and digital photo paper. They are managed separately because each business requires different technology and marketing strategies.

 

The Company evaluates performance of its operating segments based on net income. Administrative functions such as finance, treasury, and information systems are centralized. However, where applicable, portions of the administrative function expenses are allocated among the operating segments based on gross revenue generated. The operating segments do share facilities in Xushui County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, China. All sales were sold to customers located in the PRC.

 

Summarized financial information for the three reportable segments is as follows:

 

   Year Ended December 31, 2024 
   Dongfang   Tengsheng   Baoding   Not Attributable   Elimination of   Enterprise-wide, 
   Paper   Paper   Shengde   to Segments   Inter-segment   consolidated 
                         
Revenues  $75,702,427    135,516    
-
    
-
    
-
    75,837,943 
Gross profit   6,556,487    135,253    
-
    
-
    
-
    6,691,740 
Depreciation and amortization   3,842,408    8,814,279    1,564,395    
-
    
-
    14,221,082 
Loss on impairment of assets   
-
    
-
    102,490    
-
    
-
    102,490 
Interest income   12,316    1,845    598    34    
-
    14,793 
Interest expense   356,788    94,334    296,891    14,364    
-
    762,377 
Income tax expense   842,401    
-
    
-
    36,793    
-
    879,194 
Net income (loss)   2,161,939    (10,051,366)   (440,633)   (1,513,034)   
-
    (9,843,094)

 

   Year Ended December 31, 2023 
   Dongfang   Tengsheng   Baoding   Not Attributable   Elimination of   Enterprise-wide, 
   Paper   Paper   Shengde   to Segments   Inter-segment   consolidated 
                         
Revenues  $85,106,864    1,334,022    106,064    
-
    
-
    86,546,950 
Gross profit   4,006,381    (2,995,369)   (11,127)   
-
    
-
    999,885 
Depreciation and amortization   4,168,755    8,470,810    1,586,425    
-
    
-
    14,225,990 
Loss on impairment of assets   905,226    219,744    375,328    
-
    
-
    1,500,298 
Interest income   300,928    2,376    9,790    2,002    
-
    315,096 
Interest expense   503,740    181,447    291,675    7,656    
-
    984,518 
Income tax expense(benefit)   346,954    
-
    
-
    
-
    
-
    346,954 
Net income (loss)   (109,770)   (9,004,792)   (726,065)   (105,408)   
-
    (9,946,035)

 

   As of December 31, 2024 
   Dongfang   Tengsheng   Baoding   Not Attributable
   Elimination of   Enterprise-wide, 
   Paper   Paper   Shengde   to Segments   Inter-segment   consolidated 
                               
Total assets  $54,180,471    116,390,854    6,020,713    954,748    
-
    177,546,786 

 

   As of December 31, 2023 
   Dongfang
Paper
   Tengsheng
Paper
   Baoding
Shengde
   Not Attributable
to Segments
   Elimination of
Inter-segment
   Enterprise-wide,
consolidated
 
                               
Total assets  $57,139,592    127,734,031    8,184,902    1,685,124    
-
    194,743,649 
                               

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2024Apr 11, 2025Showing above
2023Mar 27, 2024
2022Mar 24, 2023
2021Mar 15, 2022
2020Mar 23, 2021
2019Mar 23, 2020
2018Mar 7, 2019
2017Apr 17, 2018
2016Mar 22, 2017
2015Mar 23, 2016

About Segments Disclosures

Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.

Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.