American Dairy Reports FY 2004 Net Income Increased By 207%.BEIJING -- American Dairy, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :ADIY), one of the leading producers and distributors of milk powder and soybean soybean, soya bean, or soy pea, leguminous plant (Glycine max, G. soja, or Soja max) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Asia, where it has been products in China, announced today that it has filed its Form 10-KSB with the SEC. Net income increased by 207% from $2,036,807 in 2003 to $6,258,380 for 2004. This increase in net income is attributable primarily to the following factors: (1) a 40% increase in sales; (2) a 35% increase in gross profit margins Gross profit margin Gross profit divided by sales, which is equal to each sales dollar left over after paying for the cost of goods sold. gross profit margin A measure calculated by dividing gross profit by net sales. from 41% in 2003 to 52% in 2004; and (3) a 70% increase in distribution expenses, offset in part by: (i) a 21% decrease in general and administrative expenses, and (ii) a $600,134 decrease in enterprise income tax expense. Revenues increased by $10,780,391 or 40% from $26,635,832 in 2003 to $37,416,223 in 2004. This increase was due primarily to expanding market areas and adding new value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. products. Increase in sales is due to the following factors:
-- Increased popularity of "Feihe" brand of mainland China
following the successful advertising campaigns in the previous
year and extensive networks of Agencies in 25 provinces;
-- Demands boosted by improved and high-quality ingredients for
several products such as CA+Zn CPP series and nucleotides
series and families or markets mostly accepted these products;
-- Increase in overall sales quantity by 2,975,862 kilograms or
28% year-on-year to 13,478,645 kilograms for the year ended
December 31, 2004 compared to the same corresponding period of
10,502,782 kilograms in 2003; and
-- The dairy milk industry scandal in China in 2003 and the
resulting strict control over dairy producers (quality and
ingredient contains) drove many unscrupulous dairy producers
and their tainted dairy products out of the market. Consumers
concentrated on dairy products produced by such reputable
dairy producers as Feihe Dairy. Increases in sales quantities
of several high profit margin major products such as:
-- Milk Powder with Ca+Zn totaling 4,719,669 kilograms (2003:
3,718,421 kilograms) by 26.9% year-on-year;
-- CPP services totaling 2,398,578 kilograms (2003: 785,483
kilograms) by 205% year-on-year; and
-- Nucleotides series totaling 219,152 kilograms in 2004
(2003: 27,155 kilograms) by 707% year-on-year.
Basic Net Income Per Common Share = $0.52 About American Dairy, Inc. American Dairy, Inc. conducts operations in the The People's Republic People's Republic n. A political organization founded and controlled by a national Communist party. of China ("China") through its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. Feihe Dairy. Founded in 1962, Feihe Dairy is one of the leading producers and distributors of milk powder, soybean milk Noun 1. soybean milk - a milk substitute containing soybean flour and water; used in some infant formulas and in making tofu soya milk, soymilk soy flour, soybean flour, soybean meal - meal made from soybeans powder, land related dairy products dairy products dairy npl → produits laitier dairy products dairy npl → Milchprodukte pl, Molkereiprodukte pl in China. Feihe Dairy's 99% owned subsidiaries Sanhao Dairy and Baiquan Feihe Dairy produce dairy produce n → productos mpl lácteos dairy produce dairy n → produits laitiers dairy produce n → and supply processed milk to Feihe Dairy. Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. Statements in this document that are not statements of historical or current fact constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unknown factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition to statements which explicitly describe such risks and uncertainties, readers are urged to consider statements labeled with the terms "believes," "belief," "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "will" or "plans" to be uncertain and forward-looking. The forward-looking statements contained herein are also subject generally to other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in the Company's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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