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Company description

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc., which became public via a reverse merger transaction in February 2008, is a holding company for Shaanxi Tianren Organic Food Co., Ltd. Tianren is a company organized according to the laws of the People's Republic of China. Tianren’s main products are concentrated high acid apple juice, kiwifruit juice and pear juice for domestic and international consumers. Its brand, HEDETANG, is positioned as a high quality, healthy and nutritious juice concentrate and clear juice product used both as an ingredient component in other products and an end-use juice concentrate product. Tianren owns the largest kiwifruit plantation in China and is a leading worldwide producer of concentrated kiwifruit juice.

Reverse Merger Filing

Comments & Business Outlook

Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

First Quarter 2013 Results

Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was $18.6 million, an increase of 24% as compared to $15.0 million for the same period in 2012.
Net income attributable to SkyPeople Fruit Juice was $3.8 million for the first quarter of 2013, an increase of 99% as compared to $1.9 million for the same period in 2012, while diluted earnings per share was $0.14, an increase of 100% as compared to $0.07 for the same period in 2012.

"We are very pleased to report strong financial results for the first quarter of 2013 as revenue grew 24% from the comparable year-ago quarter and net income almost doubled as our margins improved. The quarter was highlighted by the growth of our fruit juice beverages segment primarily in China. We anticipate further growth for this segment as we expand our domestic footprint and market to more highly populated Chinese cities. We currently sell our fruit beverages to more than 20,000 retail stores in approximately 20 provinces," said Mr. Hongke Xue, Chief Executive Officer of SkyPeople.

"Also, as recently announced we entered into an agreement with the Managing Committee of Mei County National Kiwi Fruit Wholesale Trading Center, which has been authorized by the People's Government of Mei County to be in charge of the construction and administration of the Mei County National Kiwi Fruit Wholesale Trading Center (the "Trading Center") to establish kiwi processing facilities which we believe has excellent potential and will strengthen our competitive positioning in this important product segment. As announced in the fourth quarter of last year, we entered into an agreement to develop orange products in Hubei Province since we believe that there is a shortage of such products in the market. We believe that these two initiatives augment our existing product platform with the potential of driving additional revenue while mitigating both the regional and seasonal cyclicality of our products," Mr. Hongke Xue concluded

Contract Awards

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPU) ("SkyPeople" or "the Company"), a producer of fruit juice concentrates, fruit juice beverages and other fruit-related products, announced today that SkyPeople Juice Group Co., Ltd., ("SkyPeople (China)") a company organized under the laws of the People's Republic of Chinaand a 99.78%-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into an Investment Agreement (the "Agreement") with the Managing Committee of Mei County National Kiwi Fruit Wholesale Trading Center (the "Committee"). The Committee has been authorized by the People's Government of Mei County to be in charge of the construction and administration of the Mei County National Kiwi Fruit Wholesale Trading Center for the development of production lines for the deep processing of kiwi products as well as the establishment of a trading zone for the marketing and distribution of kiwi goods (the "Project") in Mei County, China.

"We are very pleased to announce this new agreement with the Committee. Our further expansion into the kiwi fruit segment is based upon our belief that it represents a potentially high margin product and one that is becoming increasingly attractive to consumers. The Project substantially increases our existing manufacturing scale for kiwi-related products and has the potential to capitalize upon the region's large planting area for kiwi in China while strengthening a core product category for the company," commented Mr. Hongke Xue, the Chief Executive Officer of SkyPeople.

Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company will develop production lines for kiwi puree, kiwi fruit juice, kiwi pectin, kiwi seed oil extraction and frozen specialty fruit and vegetable products, as well as supporting facilities for such production such as a food safety inspection center. The planned area for this part of the Project is 150 mu (approximately 24.7 acres) which the Company estimates will require a capital investment of RMB 294.3 million (approximately $47.5 million).

Pursuant to the Agreement, the Project will also include the development of a kiwi-related materials trading zone to include a trading mall, fruit trading shelter and fruit-related materials trading shelter with a planned area of 136 mu (approximately 22.4 acres). The Company estimates that this part of the Project will require a capital investment of RMB 151.3 million(approximately $24.4 million). In addition, a land grant fee of RMB 0.3 million per mu will also be payable to account designated by the Committee in two installments following the closing of the Agreement between it and the Company.

Pursuant to the Agreement, the Committee will be responsible for the basic infrastructure surrounding the project land, such as the main water supply, main water drainage, main power supply, main roads, natural gas provision and communications network. The Committee and the Company will jointly work on several areas of common interest in executing the project. The Agreement is contingent upon certain other conditions being satisfied and the receipt of further governmental approvals.

SkyPeople's decision to enter into the Project is consistent with its strategy to locate its manufacturing centers near fruit growing centers to optimize the utilization of fresh, high quality fruit while minimizing transportation costs. The Company plans to utilize its existing marketing infrastructure and distribution channels to sell the kiwi-related products developed via the Project. SkyPeople plans to fund the costs of the Project, as well as associated working capital, using its current cash balances, expected future cash flow from operations and debt financing.

"SkyPeople is committed to creating fruit products that have strong long-term demand fundamentals where we can leverage our operating capabilities and utilize our marketing and distribution economies of scale. We believe that the agreement with the Government of Mei County will be of significant benefit to both parties and will generate a sound return on investment for the Company," concluded Mr. Hongke Xue, CEO of SkyPeople.

Comments & Business Outlook

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Full Year 2012 Highlights:

Total revenue was $102.4 million, an increase of 22% year-over-year
Revenue from the concentrated pear juice segment increased 116% to $28.9 million year-over-year
Revenue of the fruit juice beverage segment increased 29% to $27.1 million year-over-year
Net income attributable to SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. increased 38% to $18.2 million year-over-year
Cash flow from operations for fiscal year 2012 was $19.4 million
Cash and cash equivalents were $77.6 million as of December 31, 2012

"We are very pleased to report robust financial results for the fiscal year 2012 even as we explore new market opportunities and initiatives. The year was driven by the outstanding commitment of our employees across a wide variety of activities which led to superior performance in two of our key product segments, concentrated pear juice and fruit juice beverages," said Mr. Hongke Xue, Chief Executive Officer of SkyPeople. "We believe that our diversified product mix is a key to our success as it provides us with flexibility to shift our manufacturing towards fruit products that have better growing seasons as well as those with better market receptivity which, in turn, maximizes our performance."

CEO Hongke Xue continued, "I am also pleased to report that the financial condition of the company is sound and that SkyPeople has excellent growth opportunities available to it. As announced last year, we entered into an agreement with the government of Hubei Province, one of the largest citrus production provinces in China, to invest approximately $61 million to develop facilities to produce a range of orange products. We believe that this project fits our diversification strategy as it is complements our existing product platform, enhances our competitive advantages and further mitigates both the regional and seasonal cyclicality of our fruit segments."

"We continue to see China as a tremendous growth market as the country's unprecedented economic development and rising incomes are causing a transition in consumer tastes towards healthier lifestyles and improved nutrition. Our diversified range of fruit product offerings and branded fruit juice beverages with its downstream integration and unique delivery systems are all in place for SkyPeople to enjoy a successful and profitable year in 2013," CEO Hongke Xue concluded.

Financial Guidance

The Company has previously provided financial guidance for the fiscal year 2012. Based on the business outlook in August 2012, the Company forecasted revenue to be in the range of $90 million to $110 million, net income attributable to SkyPeople Fruit Juice to be in the range of $16.2 million to $22.0 million, and fully diluted earnings per share to be in the range of $0.61 to $0.83. For fiscal year 2012, the Company's actual financial results for these three income statement metrics were within the ranges forecasted. The Company plans upon providing financial guidance for fiscal year 2013 once it has further visibility into the operating and business conditions for the year.

Deal Flow

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, February 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPU - News) ("SkyPeople" or "the Company"), a producer of fruit juice concentrates, fruit juice beverages and other fruit-related products, today announced that SkyPeople Juice Group Co., Ltd., a 99.78%-owned subsidiary of the Company, has entered into a one-year unsecured term loan agreement with SkyPeople International Holdings Group Limited, an indirect beneficial shareholder of the Company, for a principal amount of $8 million. The loan bears an interest at 6% per annum, which the management of the Company believes to be lower than the currently available market interest rate. The purpose of the loan is to fund the development of the sales network and channels of the Company's Hedetang-branded fruit juice beverage business in China.

Comments & Business Outlook

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Third Quarter 2012 Highlights:

Total revenue was $28.6 million, an increase of 64% year-over-year
Revenue of concentrated pear juice increased 459% to $11.4 million year-over-year
Revenue of fruit juice beverages increased 102% to $10.5 million year-over-year
Net income attributable to SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. increased 177% to $5.0 million year-over-year
Cash flow from operations for nine months ended September 30, 2012 was $20.3 million
Cash and cash equivalents were $80.9 million as of September 30, 2012

"We are very pleased to have achieved strong year-to-year growth in revenues and net income for the third quarter of 2012. Our strong results were driven by exceptional performance in two of our key product segments, concentrated pear juice and fruit juice beverages," said Mr. Yongke Xue, Chief Executive Officer of SkyPeople. "Our overall profitability improved significantly as well on the basis of an expansion of gross margins attributable to better raw material costs as well as lower operating expenses. We believe that our strategy of diversifying our product mix has been very effective in that it provides us with flexibility to shift our manufacturing focus towards better performing products so as to optimize our operating performance. "

CEO Xue continued, "As recently announced, we are further diversifying our business into the orange products segment. We recently entered into an agreement with the Yidu Municipal People's Government in Hubei Province, one of the biggest citrus production provinces in China, with regard to an orange comprehensive deep processing project. The project is estimated to require a total investment of approximately $61 million by the Company that includes land use rights, development of an orange plantation and the construction of a processing plant, a storage facility and other general purpose facilities. We believe that this strategic expansion is complementary to our existing product platform. It is expected to broaden our product mix, enhance our competitive advantage and further mitigates both the regional and seasonal cyclicality of our major fruit product segments."

"We will work hard to successfully implement this new venture and hope to close the year 2012 on a positive note," CEO Xue concluded.

Comments & Business Outlook

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPU) ("SkyPeople" or "the Company"), a producer of fruit juice concentrates, fruit juice beverages and other fruit-related products, announced today that SkyPeople Juice Group Co., Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the People's Republic of China ("China") and a 99.78%-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into an Investment/Service Agreement with the Yidu Municipal Government in Hubei Province, China (the "Agreement"), for the construction and establishment of a zone for the manufacturing and comprehensive deep processing of concentrated orange juice, orange juice drinks and other orange-related products.

"We are very excited about the Yidu project. We estimate that the total investment in the project, including fixed assets, land use rights and working capital, will be approximately RMB 380 million (approximately $60.8 million). Our diversification into the orange products sector represents an important strategic move in our core business as it further expands our product base and will ultimately add to the Company's revenue and profits. Our expansion into the orange juice and other orange-related market is driven by our belief that there is a shortage of such products in the market. We believe that this new product area augments our existing product platform and represents a competitive advantage in our sector with the potential of further mitigating both the regional and seasonal cyclicality of our major fruit products," commented by Mr. Yongke Xue, the CEO of SkyPeople. "SkyPeople is committed to creating fruit products that have strong long-term demand fundamentals where we can leverage our operating capabilities and utilize our marketing and distribution economies of scale. We believe that the agreement with the Yidu Municipal Government will be of significant benefit to both parties and will generate a sound return on investment for the Company."

Comments & Business Outlook

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, October 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPU) ("SkyPeople" or "the Company"), a producer of fruit juice concentrates, fruit juice beverages and other fruit-related products, today announced that it was granted four new patents, each with a statutory patent period of 20 years, by the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China ("SIPO") in September 2012. Each of such patents is related to the Company's innovative production methods and techniques that can help more effectively produce a variety of fruit juice products. The Company received the patent certificates for these four patents in September 2012.

The Company received the following two patent certificates on September 12, 2012:

A Kiwifruit cider beverage and its production method (Patent No. ZL 2009 1 0022739.1)
A production technology for strawberry juice concentrates (Patent No. ZL 2010 1 0209900.9)

The Company received the following additional two patent certificates on September 26, 2012:

A production technology for turnjujube juice concentrates (Patent No. ZL 2010 1 0108318.3)
A production technology for cherry juice concentrates (Patent No. ZL 2010 1 0209899.X)

The Company filed the patent applications with respect to the above patents in 2009 and 2010 which were followed by a comprehensive review by SIPO. Upon being granted of the new patents, the Company expects to secure market exclusivity for these innovative production methods and techniques for a period of 20 years. Including the foregoing four new patents, the Company now holds six active patents and has several patent applications in process.

"We are pleased to obtain these patents which reflects our capability to develop proprietary and innovative production techniques that continuously increase operational efficiency and product quality," said Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Yongke Xue. "Our continued efforts to obtain new patents via our commitment to research and development, are part of a long-term growth strategy that we believe will ultimately benefit our business performance in the future."

Comments & Business Outlook

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 04:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, August 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPU) ("SkyPeople" or "the Company"), a producer of fruit juice concentrates, fruit juice beverages and other fruit-related products, today announced that it is initiating financial guidance for the fiscal year 2012.

Based on the current business outlook, the Company forecasts revenue to be in the range of $90 million to $110 million, net income attributable to SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. to be in the range of $16.2 million to $22.0 million and fully diluted earnings per share to be in the range of $0.61 to $0.83.

"Sustained customer demand across a range of our processed fresh fruit product lines should enable us to achieve our guidance expectations for the year 2012," said Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Yongke Xue.

The Company assesses its financial guidance using a variety of factors that include the current macroeconomic environment in China, the industry in which the Company competes, and detailed analysis of a large number of operational factors. These factors are subject to change. In particular, exogenous factors such as weather and its effect on fresh fruit growing seasons play a large role in the Company's achievement of its operating objectives. Although the Company's current planning and guidance expectations are consistent with management's long-term operating and business objectives, management reserves its right to reassess its guidance from time to time based on the changing factors that impact the Company's business and operation.

Comments & Business Outlook

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Second Quarter 2012 Results

Total revenue was $12.8 million, an increase of 5.1% year-over-year
Revenue of concentrated pear juice increased 97.5% to $3.7 million year-over-year
Revenue of fruit juice beverages increased 17.2% to $6.4 million year-over-year
Cash flow from operations was $25.1 million
Cash and cash equivalents were $87.7 million as of June 30, 2012
Earnings per share of $0.09 vs $0.06 in prior year quarter

"We are pleased to report that the Company generated sound financial results for the quarter as the diversification of our product mix has continued to help offset the volatility associated with specific product growing seasons." Mr. Yongke Xue, Chief Executive Officer of SkyPeople, commented. "We were able to generate healthy growth and margins in our pear juice segment, in particular, and continue to seek additional product categories where we can leverage our core competencies and secure growing and stable cash flow."

CEO Xue continued, "During the quarter, we implemented a variety of new marketing strategies for our fruit juice beverage segment in order to heighten the segment's profile and increase sales. This resulted in strong sales momentum which saw strong sequential gains aided by our new 6,000 bottle per hour fruit juice production line which also began its operation in the quarter. We foresee continued favorable results as this downstream integration of our business further diversifies our product mix and capitalizes on the trend toward healthy nutrition in the market place," CEO Xue stated.

Resolution of Legal Issues

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, June 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPU) (together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries, "SkyPeople" or the "Company"), a producer of fruit juice concentrates, fruit beverages and other fruit related products, in the People's Republic of China ("PRC" or "China"), and Absaroka Capital Management, LLC, a private investment management firm, and its principal Kevin Barnes (together, "Absaroka") (together with the Company, the "Parties") today announced that they reached an out-of-court settlement of litigation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming. On July 7, 2011 the Company filed suit against Absaroka alleging that a June 1, 2011 report published by Absaroka (the "Report") contained several false accusations against the Company rendering it defamatory. On November 14, 2011, Absaroka filed a counterclaim alleging that the Company's June 2, 2011 press release in response to the Absaroka Article was defamatory and the Company's suit was an abuse of process. The settlement includes a dismissal of all claims and counterclaims filed by the Parties, with neither party admitting any wrongdoing or liability.

As part of the settlement agreement, Absaroka has agreed to remove the Report from its website, undertake best efforts to remove the Report from third-party sites, and refrain from issuing any further articles, public statements, or research reports concerning SkyPeople. Absaroka reaffirms that the Report was based upon its views as of the original publication date, which were, accordingly, subject to change. In this regard, after an exhaustive internal investigation, SkyPeople has raised serious questions regarding the accuracy of information provided to Absaroka by Qingdao Inter-Credit, including, but not limited to, the State Administration of Industry and Commerce ("SAIC") annual inspection reports relied upon by Absaroka in preparing the Report. Absaroka has agreed to remove the Report from its website to avoid further litigation concerning SkyPeople's contentions concerning inaccuracies in the Report.

Comments & Business Outlook

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPU - News) ("SkyPeople" or "the Company"), a producer of fruit juice concentrates, fruit juice beverages and other fruit-related products, today announced the introduction of Hedetang-branded fruit juice beverages into 24 Shaanxi Dongdongbao restaurant chain stores through automatic fruit juice dispensing machines. Dongdongbao is a restaurant chain with most of its stores located throughout Xi'an, Shaanxi province of China.

The use of automatic fruit juice dispensing machines for our Hedetang-branded fruit juice beverages is a relatively novel marketing approach for fruit juices since it mixes fruit juice syrup with water in accordance with a pre-set formula. The Company has found that customers prefer fruit juice beverages produced and dispensed this way since it has an excellent flavor. In addition, there is an element of freshness to the process and there is a sense that the juice it is made especially for them. There are four flavors of Hedetang-branded fruit juice beverages made by automatic fruit juice dispensing machines currently available to customers, including kiwi, pear, mulberry and orange.

The Company expects automatic fruit juice dispensing machines in restaurant chain stores to bolster the presence of Hedetang-branded fruit juice beverages in the local market of Xi'an, and plans on gradually spreading this fruit juice beverage dispensing method for our fruit juice beverages to other provincial capital cities of China.

"The introduction of our fruit juice beverages dispensed through automatic fruit juice dispensing machines placed in restaurant chains is expected to help boost the brand awareness of our Hedetang-branded fruit juice beverages among customers," commented by Mr. Yongke Xue, CEO of SkyPeople. "This platform represents just one component of our strategy to both heighten the profile and increase the volume of our fruit juice beverages in the marketplace so as to meet the growing demand for healthy fruit juices by Chinese consumers."

Comments & Business Outlook

Mon, 14 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

First Quarter 2012 Summary:

Total revenue was $15.0 million, a decrease of 23% year-over-year
Sales revenue of concentrated kiwi juice and kiwi puree increased 26% to $3.8 million
Sales revenue of concentrated pear juice increased 19% to $4.8 million
Cash generated from operations was $14.8 million
Cash and cash equivalents were $76.7 million as of March 31, 2012

Yongke Xue, Chief Executive Officer of SkyPeople, commented, "We continue to be challenged by unpredictable market conditions and rising raw material costs due to the volatile pricing of fresh fruits. We understand that these factors are beyond our control, and have been working to further diversify our segment mix to offset, to the extent possible, the effect of seasonality. Nonetheless, we were able to generate healthy margins in two key product lines. We are also pleased to report solid cash flows generated from operating activities, further strengthening our cash position which enables us to execute our comprehensive growth strategy."

"During the quarter we achieved the following important developments which I would like to highlight. First of all, our cash balances had been independently verified, which substantiated our integrity and reassured investors as to our credibility. Secondly, we had commenced operation of a new fruit juice beverage production line in our Huludao Wonder subsidiary, which was expected to help us take advantage of economies of scale and focus on producing high margin fruit juice beverages. Thirdly, we appointed Mr. Xin Ma as our new Chief Financial Officer with confidence that his experience with U.S. publicly traded Chinese companies is an excellent fit to our needs. These developments reflected our management's commitment to focus on enhanced financial transparency, sound investor communications and an operational focus on high margin products. Our top priority continues to be generating solid returns on our investment so as to create long-term value for our shareholders," CEO Xue stated.

CFO Trail

Wed, 02 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPU) ("SkyPeople" or "the Company"), a producer of fruit juice concentrates, fruit beverages and other fruit-related products, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Mr. Xin Ma as the Company's new Chief Financial Officer, effective April 30, 2012, replacing Ms. Cunxia Xie, who resigned from the Chief Financial Officer position for personal reasons, effective April 30, 2012 as well.

"We are pleased to add Mr. Ma to our leadership team. We believe his experience with the U.S. publicly traded Chinese companies is a great fit to our needs," said Mr. Yongke Xue, SkyPeople's CEO. "Mr. Ma brings a very strong skill set and extensive experiences in U.S. GAAP accounting, finance, capital markets, as well as managerial experience. We look forward to Mr. Ma playing an important role in helping us drive sustainable business results and create long-term value for our shareholders."

Mr. Ma, 35, joined SkyPeople in December 2011 and had previously served as the Company's Vice President, Finance, responsible for the financial and accounting management of the Company. From March 2011 to December 2011, Mr. Ma served as the Chief Financial Officer of Universal Solar Technology, Inc., a U.S. reporting company based in China. From January 2006 to March 2011, Mr. Ma served as the Vice President of Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corporation, a U.S. reporting company based in China. Mr. Ma received a MSc. in Management in 2005 and a MSc. in Finance in 2006 from the University of Leicester in England. There is no family relationship between Mr. Ma and any of the Company's directors and officers.

Ms. Cunxia Xie's resignation is not in connection with any disagreement with the Company regarding financial, accounting, or other practices.

Company Rebuttal

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPU) ("SkyPeople" or "the Company"), a producer of fruit juice concentrates, fruit beverages and other fruit-related products, today provided supplementary information regarding the Company's cash balances as of its 2011 fiscal year end .

In response to a Nasdaq cash verification request, the Company's independent registered public accounting firm (the "Audit Firm"), Paritz & Company, P.A. ("Paritz"), from January 5 to January 9, 2012, independently verified the Company's cash balances held in financial institutions in China in which the Company and its subsidiaries maintain bank accounts (the "Accounts"). "Independently verified" means that an audit firm visited in person each of the institutions and physically observed bank employees printing or otherwise preparing or completing documentation which substantiated the cash balance for the Accounts. It does not mean that an audit firm relied solely on documentation completed and returned by bank personnel by mail or facsimile.

Based on the Audit Firm's independent verification, the verified cash balances of the Accounts in aggregate represent substantially all of the cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash amounts as stated in the Company's 2011 financial statements as reported in the Company's recent 10-K filing.

Paritz had reported its findings and the procedures it employed to the Nasdaq on January 25, 2012. On April 19, 2012, the Company was informed that Nasdaq has reviewed the cash balance submitted and has no further comments.

"At a time when there is speculation as to the credibility of certain Chinese companies, SkyPeople investors can be reassured that our cash balances have been independently verified and that we employ of a high degree of financial integrity in terms of our financial management systems," said Mr. Yongke Xue, SkyPeople's CEO. "Investors can have confidence in the strength of our balance sheet that enables us to take advantage of the growth opportunities available to us in our sector."

Comments & Business Outlook

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Full Year 2011 Results

otal revenue was $84.0 million, a decrease of 10% year-over-year
Concentrated apple juice and apple aroma segment sales revenue increased 6% to $24.8 million
Concentrated pear juice segment sales revenue increased 6% to $13.4 million
Cash inflow generated from operations was $26.0 million
Cash and cash equivalents of $61.2 million as of December 31, 2011
Added another concentrated pear juice production line in the Company's Jingyang factory in Shaanxi province
A new beverage production line that will produce a variety of fruit juice beverages has been substantially completed and the trial operation has commenced in the fourth quarter of 2011

Yongke Xue, Chief Executive Officer of SkyPeople, commented, "Despite the unexpected weather conditions that prevailed throughout the harvest season of the year, we were able to generate year-to-year increases in two important product lines for the year as well as a reasonable level of revenue and strong cash flow from all of our business segments. We experienced an increase in our raw material costs due to the highly volatile pricing of fresh fruit. However, we are confident in our ability to manage the business during difficult times, and to develop new products with higher margins that may offset some of these operating concerns in the future."

"We continue to be optimistic about the long-term future of our Company. We are implementing a strategy to cut the prices of our fruit juice beverages in order to expand our market share. We remain confident about the sector given relatively low current domestic consumption and potentially escalating consumer adoption as rising incomes lead to healthier lifestyles. A new production line for concentrated pear juice and a new fruit juice production line were both implemented in the fourth quarter of 2011. Our strategic growth plan for additional storage, processing and production capacity is in motion that we believe augurs a promising future for the Company," CEO Xue stated.

Auditor trail

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, Dec. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPU) ("SkyPeople" or the "Company"), a manufacturer of kiwifruit, apple, pear and other concentrated specialty fruit juices and manufacturer of Hedetang and Qian Mei Duo-branded fruit beverages, today announced that it has engaged Paritz & Company, P.A. ("Paritz") to serve as its independent registered public accounting firm effective as of December 24, 2011, replacing BDO Limited ("BDO"), which was dismissed on December 23, 2011. The decision to change auditors was not the result of any disagreements between the Company and BDO on any matters of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures.

Comments & Business Outlook

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, December 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPU -News) ("SkyPeople" or "the Company"), a processor and manufacturer of kiwifruit, apple, pear and other concentrated specialty fruit juices and manufacturer of Hedetang- and Qian Mei Duo-branded fruit beverages in the People's Republic of China ("PRC" or "China"), today announced that it added another concentrated pear juice line in the Company's Jingyang factory in Shaanxi province.

The new line, which was put into production on December 26, 2011, can process 20 tons of pears per hour. With its ISO9001, HACCP and KOSHER certified quality control system, the new production line meets the standards of exporting to major fruit juice consuming countries including the U.S., Canada and European Union. The capital expenditures associated with this project was approximately $7.4 million. The new line augments SkyPeople's existing capacity of processing 20 tons of pears per hour.

"We believe that the new line production will provide us with additional capacity to meet our expectation for growth in demand for this juice product and further strengthen our leading position in the concentrated pear juice segment," commented Yongke Xue , Chief Executive Officer of SkyPeople Fruit Juice.

Comments & Business Outlook

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Third Quarter 2011 Results

Revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2011 was $17.4 million, a decrease of 4.1%, as compared to $18.2 million for the same sales period of the prior year.
Net income attributable to common shareholders and earnings per share for the third quarter of 2011 were $1.8 million and $0.07, respectively, compared to $3.6 million and $0.15, respectively, in the third quarter of 2010.

Yongke Xue, Chief Executive Officer of SkyPeople Fruit Juice, commented, "Both our third quarter and year-to-date revenues were slightly lower than the revenues in the year-ago comparable periods mainly due to the shortage of a variety of fresh fruit that somewhat hampered our revenues and drove up costs as a result of a relatively poor growing season and delayed harvest."

CEO Xue continued, "However, on the bright side, the sales of our concentrated apple and apple aroma tripled in the third quarter relative to the year-ago quarter and almost compensated for this loss in revenue across our segment base. In a strategic decision to strengthen our competitive positioning and gain market share, we reduced the prices of our fruit juice beverages at the end of the second quarter in order to drive volume gains and develop a deeper footprint in certain sectors. We will continue to invest in research and development to improve the quality of our fruit juice concentrates and fruit beverages in a continued effort to differentiate our products in the marketplace so as to enhance our long term growth."

CFO Trail

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, September 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPU) ("SkyPeople" or the "Company"), a manufacturer of kiwifruit, apple, pear and other concentrated specialty fruit juices and manufacturer of Hedetang and Qian Mei Duo-branded fruit beverages, today announced that Spring Liu has resigned from her position as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective September 21, 2011 to pursue other interests. There were no disagreements between Ms. Liu and the Company's management or board of directors. The board has appointed Cunxia Xie as the Company's Chief Financial Officer (the principal financial and accounting officer) effectively September 21, 2011.

Investor Alert

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT

On March 27, 2011, the National Development and Reform Commission and the relevant departments of the State Council of the PRC amended the Catalogue of Industry Structure Adjustment issued in 2005 and released the Catalogue of Industry Structure Adjustment for 2011 (the "New Catalogue"), which was effective on June 1, 2011. In the New Catalogue, concentrated apple juice business is classified in the category of Restricted Industry, which means that the government may restrict the expansion of this industry by, among other things, putting limitations on the increase in production capacity, increasing the product quality standard, reducing government financial support. The Company expects that the restrictions under the New Catalogue will reduce government financial support of concentrated apple juice businesses and have a negative impact on the future expansion and development of our concentrated apple juice segment. Considering the government potential restriction on the approval of increase in the production capacity of concentrated apple juice, the Company decided to cancel our original plan for the construction of a 50 ton/hour concentrated apple juice line, which we previously estimated to use up to $10.7 million of the proceeds generated from our public financing consummated in August 2010.

Comments & Business Outlook

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Second Quarter 2011 summary:

Total revenue decreased 9% to $12.2 million year-over-year
Apple concentrate sales increased 110% to $2.4 million due to higher pricing
Fresh juice beverage sales increased 12% to $5.4 million
Cash flows from operations increased was $27.5 million in first half of 2011; $76.1 million cash and cash equivalents at June 30, 2011


Second Quarter 2011 Results
	2Q 2011	2Q 2010	CHANGE
Net Sales	$12.2 million	$13.4 million	-9%
Gross Profit	$4.2 million	$6.4 million	-34%
Net Income	$1.5 million	$4.8 million	-69%
EPS (Diluted)	$0.06	$0.22	-73%
Diluted Avg. Shares Outstanding	26.7 million	21.5 million	+24%

Yongke Xue, Chief Executive Officer of SkyPeople Fruit Juice explained, "Sales of our Hedetang and Qian Mei Duo beverages grew significantly in the quarter and were the single largest revenue stream for the Company. Our branded beverages are now sold in over 100 retail stores in approximately 13 cities including Xi'an, Beijing and now, Tianjin. During our seasonally slowest quarter, we improved apple juice and pear concentrate sales despite weather effects on the harvest seasons over the last six months. This was offset by a measured decrease in kiwifruit sales as the second quarter in 2010 had abnormally strong harvests. We remain committed to capitalizing on the growth potential for our branded beverages and the continued growth of our concentrate business in China and international markets."

Comments & Business Outlook

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPU - News) (together with is direct and indirect subsidiaries, "SkyPeople" or the "Company"), a processor and manufacturer of kiwifruit, apple, pear and other concentrated specialty fruit juices and manufacturer of Hedetang and Qin Mei Duo-branded fruit beverages in the People's Republic of China ("PRC" or "China"), today announced that it signed a Letter of Intent with the People's Government of Suizhong County, Liaoning Province, to establish a fruit and vegetable industry chain and further processing demonstration zone in Suizhong County, Liaoning Province (the "Suizhong project"). The Suizhong project is one of the projects promoted by Liaoning government in its efforts to further develop the agricultural product processing industry in Liaoning.

The Suizhong project may include one or more of the following: the construction and operation of fruit juice production lines, vegetable and fruit flash freeze facility, refrigeration storage facility and warehouse, a world class food safety testing center, fruit and vegetable modern supply chain and e-commerce platform, fruit and vegetable finished products processing center and exhibition center, etc. The implementation of the project is subject to further feasibility study, including environmental study, government approval of the project (based on the feasibility study), successful bid to obtain land required for the project, the Company's ability to fund the project based on the size and scope of the project as determined though the feasibility study and the entry into definitive agreements among the parties involved in the projects.

Upon entry into the letter of intent, the Company intends to conduct a detailed and comprehensive feasibility study of the Suizhou project with a qualified independent project appraiser. The scope of the Suizhong project and the investment amount are subject to change based on the feasibility study. Upon successful completion of the feasibility study and assuming the Company is satisfied with the result of the feasibility study, the Company intends to submit the feasibility study and a detailed project proposal to the relevant government authorities for approval. If the government approves the Company's project proposal, the parties will proceed with negotiation of the detailed terms of the project and the implementation of the Suizhou project is subject to the parties' entry into definitive agreements for the project. The Company currently expects that it will take three to six months to complete the feasibility study, the detailed project proposal and to obtain the government's decision on the project.

The Company entered into the letter of intent with Suizhong County, Liaoning Province as a result of attending a summit on industrialization of agriculture in the Liaoning Province. The Company was invited by the People's Government of Liaoning Province to attend the summit, which was organized by the Liaoning Provincial People's Government. The summit was attended by leading and/or well-known domestic and multi-national companies in the industry. The Governor and Vice Governor of Liaoning Province, 14 mayors and 44 county magistrates of Liaoning Province also attended the summit. The purpose of the summit was to implement Liaoning government's policies to promote the development of Liaoning's agricultural product processing industry and to facilitate local governments' cooperation with top domestic and international companies on various projects in this regard. According to a speech made by Mr. Huaming Zhao, the Vice Governor of Liaoning Province, Liaoning government has preferential policies to promote the agricultural product processing industry in the areas of public infrastructure construction and service provision, tax treatment and government loans, and will provide special funding to subsidize certain key projects. According to the Vice Governor, for certain agriculture product processing projects with a total capital expenditure beyond RMB 1 billion, the government may provide a subsidy of 10% of the total capital expenditure.

Xue Yongke, Chairman & CEO of SkyPeople, said: "We are honored to be invited to attend the summit among other leading and/or well-known, solid participants in the agricultural industry and are very pleased to enter into the letter of intent with Suizhong County. We are very encouraged by the Liaoning government's initiatives in promoting agricultural product processing industry and its supporting policies. We are thankful to the Liaoning government's vote of confidence in our company. We believe that exploring the Suizhou project is consistent with our strategies and efforts in looking upstream and downstream of our core business for opportunities of development and market expansion."

Investor Alert

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, July 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPU) (together with is direct and indirect subsidiaries, "SkyPeople" or the "Company"), a processor and manufacturer of kiwifruit, apple, pear and other concentrated specialty fruit juices and manufacturer of Hedetang and Qin Mei Duo-branded fruit beverages in the People's Republic of China ("PRC" or "China"), today announced the filing of a defamation lawsuit against Absaroka Capital Management LLC ("Absaroka Capital") and its analyst, Kevin Barnes.

On June 1, 2011, an entity identifying itself as "Absaroka Capital Management LLC", a short seller of the Company's securities, published an article containing several false allegations and accusations against the Company (the "Article").

On June 10, 2011, the Company requested that Absaroka Capital and Kevin Barnes retract the inaccurate statements contained in the Article. Absaroka Capital did not comply with the Company's request, and, subsequently, the Company filed a civil action against Absaroka Capital and Kevin Barns for libel and tortuous interference with existing and prospective economic advantages in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, where Absaroka Capital is based.

Complete details of the lawsuit were attached as exhibits to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof.

Deal Flow

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Morgan Stanley takes position on SPU.

Investor Alert

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Originally available on June 6, 2011 to Premium Members

Skypeople Fruit Juice (SPU) is yet another ChinaHybrid that has been caught in the cross hairs of fraud allegations. A notable observation we have made is that SPU originates from the same geographic area in China as CBEH, CHNG and SCEI, companies that are currently dealing with varying levels of controversy.

As the GeoTeam continues to make its own inspections into the ChinaHybrid financial information, the following update comes on the heels of a research report written by another firm questioning the legitimacy of SPU's SAIC filings.

On June 1, 2011, Absaroka Capital Management, LLC published an article outlining why it believed,

"Public shareholders should question the current $2.55/share valuation of SPU."

Part of Absaroka's thesis centered on SPU's SAIC filings that it claims to possess - filings which portrayed 2009 revenues and net income that were much less than figures contained in SEC filings.

SPU management swiftly offered a rebuttal to Absaroka's SAIC claims:

"It appears that the author based much of its assumptions, analysis and conclusions in the Article on information and reports allegedly to have been filed by the Company with the PRC State Administration of Industry and Commerce ("SAIC"). However, upon review of the reports contained in the Article that the Author alleges to have been filed by the Company with SAIC, it appears that such so-called SAIC reports are entirely fabricated reports which contain materially false information about the Company's financial conditions and results of operations. The "auditor" of the so-called SAIC reports contained in the Article as shown on its company stamp did not appear to be the same auditor that actually audited the financial statements of the Company's PRC subsidiaries."

Fortunately, the GeoTeam had recently obtained its own set of SPU's SAIC filings. We currently only possess the filings of two out of four SPU�s subsidiaries. Although we have not confirmed that we pulled these filings from a different source than Absaroka's , it turns out that the data contained within them match the SAIC information disclosed by Absaroka right down to the auditor CHOP.

Specifically, we obtained the exactly the same SAIC financial information of Skypeople Juice Group Co., Ltd. for the financial year of 2009 with the same CPA firm's chop. Furthermore, we also obtained the SAIC financial year information of 2008. The SAIC file of Skypeople Juice Group Co., Ltd. we obtained is enclosed.

We found the following SPU comments particularly revealing:

"The "auditor" of the so-called SAIC reports contained in the Article as shown on its company stamp did not appear to be the same auditor that actually audited the financial statements of the Company's PRC subsidiaries."

Why should SPU use the word "appear" if they are trying to convey a level of confidence in arguing their case? Rendering an opinion of 'YES' should be fairly easy for a company that is 100% confident about its position. Is it safe to assume that SPU does not want to make a definitive statement, possibly to protect itself from future self-incriminating comments?

Investors need to know that some ChinaHybrids are beginning to amend SAIC filings without disclosing such moves to the financial markets. We also believe that savvy investor relations firms know about such actions. Furthermore, amended SAIC filings are often not audited by the same local PRC accounting firm and in the case of FIE's there are likely no joint inspections by the SAT agency regarding the amended SAIC filings.

In fact, this morning SPU released its English version of 2009 SAIC filings that are materially similar to SEC documents (they have not released any Chinese version so far). The company also provided an unaudited list of corporate deposit accounts identifying each corporate cash account and the balance and location of such account as of the end of fiscal years 2009 and 2010, respectively.

SPU is now asking investors to "believe their paper." We ask why is the company providing unaudited information for years that have already been audited? Are they telling us that certain 2009 and 2010 corporate accounts were not audited? Why didn't SPU provide their official SPU SAIC document with relevant CHOPS? Are they in the process of amending SAIC filings?

Plea to the SEC: ChinaHybrids companies should be required to submit an 8K informing investors that they have amended SAIC filings, just as is the case when dealing with amendments to 10Q and 10K filings.

SPU would be better served to explain to investors why it appears that SAIC filings obtained by Absaroka are divergent from SEC documents. Is it possible that SPU may have fabricated margins or engaged in tax avoidance practices? Can differences be tied to differences between U.S. and PRC GAAP accounting standards? In order to gain investor trust, companies need to just start coming clean. The charade is over

Furthermore, our investigator recently visited two facilities of SPU at Jingyang County, Shaanxi province (Skypeople facility) and Zhouzhi county, Shaanxi province (Qiyiwangguo facility). So far, our investigator did not visit Huludao Wonder facility and Yingkou Trust facility.

Our visitation of Skypeople facility and Qiyiwangguo facility has essential similar findings of Absaroka. Our key findings are as follows:

SPU may not have the largest kiwifruit plantation in Asia and its factory (Skypeople facility in Zhouzhi County) may need to purchase kiwifruit from local farmers. Zhouzhi County has several hundred thousand mu (Chinese acre/666 square meter) kiwifruit farms which may provide enough kiwifruit for SPU's production.
Qiyiwangguo facility in Zhouzhi county may have produced around 800 ton kiwifruit concentrate in 2010 and some kiwifruit juice from the concentrate (we do not know the quantity of the kiwifruit juice).
Skypeople facility in Jingyang County may have produced around 2,500 ton pear concentrate in 2010.
The pictures of Skypeople facility in Zhouzhi county and Qiyiwangguo facility in Jingyang county taken by our investigator are enclosed with this letter.

Disclosure: We intend to establish a short position in SPU shares, realizing that support may be found at $1.43, which is the cash per share value taking into account the $38.0 million the company received from U.S. equity investors through three equity offerings since 2009. Of course, this price assumes that U.S. investors have a claim to this cash.

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Skypeople Facility Jingyang County

Qiyiwangluo Facility Zhouzhi County

Original Chinese Versions of 2008 and 2009 SPU Subsidiary Skypeople Juice Group Co., Ltd. SAIC Filings

Company Rebuttal

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice Inc today provided supplementary financial information regarding the Company's operating subsidiaries in China for fiscal year 2009. The Company also provided an unaudited list of corporate deposit accounts identifying each corporate cash account and the balance and location of such account as of the end of fiscal years 2009 and 2010, respectively.

The GeoTeam will have more on this story later.

Company Rebuttal

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT

XI'AN, China, June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPU) (together with is direct and indirect subsidiaries, "SkyPeople" or the "Company"), a processor and manufacturer of kiwifruit, apple, pear and other concentrated specialty fruit juices and manufacturer of Hedetang-branded fruit beverages in the People's Republic of China ("PRC" or "China"), today released the following statements:

SkyPeople has learned that, on June 1, 2011, an entity identified itself as "Absaroka Capital Management" (the "Author") and a short seller of the Company's securities, published an article on an investor website making various allegations and accusations against the Company (the "Article"). The Company believes that the Article contains many materially false and inaccurate claims, including without limitation, claims relating to the Company's operations, retail and sales channels, production, financials, and industry performance.

In particular, it appears that the author based much of its assumptions, analysis and conclusions in the Article on information and reports allegedly to have been filed by the Company with the PRC State Administration of Industry and Commerce ("SAIC"). However, upon review of the reports contained in the Article that the Author alleges to have been filed by the Company with SAIC, it appears that such so-called SAIC reports are entirely fabricated reports which contain materially false information about the Company's financial conditions and results of operations. The "auditor" of the so-called SAIC reports contained in the Article as shown on its company stamp did not appear to be the same auditor that actually audited the financial statements of the Company's PRC subsidiaries.

The Company believes that it is important to alert its shareholders and the general public that material false information contained in the Article which has been widely disseminated has caused material and irreparable harm to Sky People Fruit Juice, Inc. and its investors.

The Company is currently weighing appropriate legal remedies against the Author and the individuals that the Company believes to be behind this malicious attack.

Comments & Business Outlook

Tue, 17 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT

First Quarter 2011 Results
	1Q 2011	1Q 2010	CHANGE
Net Sales	$19.4 million	$17.7 million	+10%
Gross Profit	$8.6 million	$7.2 million	+19%
Net Income	$5.7 million	$2.0 million	+185%
Adjusted Net Income*	$5.7 million	$4.1 million	+39%
EPS (Diluted)	$0.20	$0.08	+150%
Adjusted EPS (Diluted)* **	$0.20	$0.18	11.1%
Diluted Avg. Shares Outstanding	26.7 million	20.6 million	+29%

Adjusted net income and adjusted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2010 exclude $2.1 million loss due to the change in fair value of warrant liability. * EPS (diluted) for the period ended March 31 was based on 20.6 million fully diluted shares in 2010 and 26.7 million fully diluted shares in 2011.

Yonkue Xue, Chief Executive Officer of SkyPeople Fruit Juice explained, "Our diversified product portfolio produced respectable growth in the first quarter despite weather effects on the harvest seasons for apple and pear over the last six months. Sales of our Hedetang and Qian Mei Duo beverages grew significantly in the quarter and were the single largest revenue stream for the Company. Our branded beverages are now sold in over 100 retail stores in approximately 13 cities including Xi'an, Beijing and now, Tianjin. We are excited about the growth potential for this market and the continued growth of our concentrate business in China and international markets."

Conference Call Notes

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT

2010 Year End Conference Call Q&A:

Operator: Thank you, ma’am. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time we will now begin the question and answer session. As a reminder, if you have a question, please press the star followed by the one on your touchtone phone. If you’d like to withdraw your question, press the star followed by the two. If you’re on a speakerphone, you’ll need to pick up the handset before making your selection. One moment, please.

Our first question comes from the line of Howard Jhou with Ralph Ross Partners. Please go ahead.

Howard Zhou:    Hello, good evening everyone. Good quarter, and just a couple questions. First on the margin, gross margin for your apple concentrate juice, things improved significantly from 22% in the third quarter to 30% in the fourth quarter. So just wondering if you think this product margin will sustain going forward into 2011?

Spring Liu:    Yes, they do—this year the increase in gross margin of concentrated apple juice is mainly due to an increase in price of concentrated apple juice in international markets, which we believe is because of the shortage in concentrated apple juice supply in the international market. At the same time, we also see an increase in price of fresh apples in the Chinese domestic market, so that actually partially offset that increase in gross margin which is driven by the increase in price of concentrated apple juice. And basically, the higher margin will continue in 2011 because we believe the high price of concentrated apple juice will continue in 2011 compared with the price of 2009 or 2008. So that will help us to improve our margin of concentrated apple juice.

Howard Zhou:    Okay. And actually I understand your beverage product will be a major growth engine going forward of [audio interference]. So could you provide some insight in terms of your advertising and marketing plans in 2011, and how much you think you will spend on the promotions and advertising, those kinds of events?

Spring Liu:        Currently our products are mainly sold in Xi’an and cities around it, and also Beijing and Tianjin. So we don’t plan to do national advertising at the current stage. And our future marketing and advertising expenses will be based on the percentage to our revenues. In 2011, our beverages line in the Huludao Wonder factory will start operation. That will help us to focus more on the east coast of China, which includes new markets such as Shanghai, Shenyang. So we do have plans to get into this market. At the same time, we may also incur some marketing and advertising expenses, but as I mentioned that will be based on the percentage of the revenue increase. So far, we don’t have an expected number forecast on the marketing and sales expenses because we are also reviewing several advertising or special projects companies from Hong Kong and other companies in China; so once we finish these market research and interviews, we can provide a better picture on expenses of marketing or advertising.

Howard Jhou:    Okay. That’s helpful. Thank you for answering my questions.

Spring Liu:    You’re welcome. Thank you.

Operator:    Thank you, and our next question comes from the line of Jerry Melrose with King Capital. Please go ahead.

Jerry Melrose:    Hey guys, good morning. (Audio interference)—overall gross margins, EBITDA margins move lower?

Spring Liu:    Oh, I’m sorry, because your phone line is cut off and I did not hear you clearly. I’m sorry, did operator hear him clearly, or can you repeat?

Jerry Melrose:    I can go ahead and repeat.

Spring Liu:    Okay.

Jerry Melrose:    Considering the change in business mix, the increased focus on apple juice concentrate, you know, that being a lower margin business, I was wondering if you were expecting to increase apple juice production capacity to result in lower overall gross margins over EBITDA margins moving forward.

Spring Liu:    Okay, I got you. For us actually, just as you mentioned, we will increase our capacity of apple and pear juice in 2011 which have a lower margin compared with concentrated kiwi fruit juice, so that will decrease our gross margin forecast for 2011. But simultaneously, we expect to see a great increase in revenue from our own beverages; and you know, our beverages also enjoy a higher margin compared with our concentrated fruit juice. So we believe an increase in sales from our beverages will balance the decrease in margin because of the increase in revenue from apple or pear concentrates. So we forecast that the margin of 2011 will still be in the range of our gross margin in the past three years.

Jerry Melrose:    Okay. And then also looking at the competition—your competition, the Chinese apple juice concentrate market, the margins are slightly—your gross margins, EBITDA margins are significantly higher, so basically trying to figure out—how is that? What is your edge, or what do you see your advantage as being over your competitors as you do—what that margin (unintelligible)?

Spring Liu:    Of our higher margin—overall gross margin compared with our competitors is mainly because we are focusing on specialty fruit juice, which provides us a higher margin. We do think a lot of competition in concentrated apple juice area, that’s a reason our apple juice margin ranges widely from 20% to 28% in the past, but we do have a competitive advantage in concentrated apple juice. Our two factories which produce concentrated apple juice are all located in Liaoning Province, and Lioaning Province is famous for highly acidic apple. And apple juice made from acidic apples provides a higher margin compared with other concentrated apple juice producers. In addition, we think apple juice is a very important factor for us because apple juice is the second most popular fruit juice in international markets, and we think with the increase in capacity of apple juice it can help us to increase our revenue and also expand our customer base.

Jerry Melrose:    Okay. And another question, if that’s okay – in terms of, I guess, future capital expenditures, are you anticipating any issue share offerings or increased debt load, or what’s the story there?

Spring Liu:    Our capital expenditure plan for 2011 is roughly about $20 million to $21 million, so the money we just raised in August 2010 and operating cash flow will be enough for our production needs or capacity needs for 2011. In addition, we have short-term loans from China Construction Bank and China Commerce Bank and some other big banks in China. That could provide us the cash needed for working capital, so we don’t expect to do any equity financing in the near future.

Jerry Melrose:    Okay. And one more question for me, please. There’s been some discussion in the investment community regarding the SEC filings of Chinese-based U.S. listed companies in comparison to the filings you file in China, the SAIC filings.

Spring Liu:    I’m sorry, I could not hear you.

Jerry Melrose:    Okay, there’s been discussion in the investment community regarding discrepancies between numbers reported in SEC filings versus numbers reported in SAIC filings. And could you sort of speak to that, or what the issue is there? I’m sure it’s something you’ve heard of.

Spring Liu:    I do hear that some Chinese companies have such issues from articles published on the Internet, but our auditor, BDO Hong Kong, they actually have visited the local SAIC in Shaanxi Province and they did not see much discrepancy of the financial results we reported to SEC and compared with the financial results we reported to Chinese government. So our company does not have such issues.

Jerry Melrose:    Okay, so basically, BDO Limited verified the numbers (unintelligible) filed and (unintelligible) SEC filings?

Spring Liu:    Oh, I’m sorry. I did not hear that.

Jerry Melrose:    I’m sorry. Your response was that BDO Limited visited the SAIC office and couldn’t find any large discrepancies between your SAIC filings and the SEC filings. Correct?

Spring Liu:    Yes, exactly.

Jerry Melrose:    Okay. Right, that’s about it for me. Thanks very much.

Spring Liu:    You’re welcome.

Operator:    Thank you, and our next comes from the line of Robert Dyas with RHD Capital Management. Please go ahead.

Robert Dyas :  Hi, thank you for taking my call. Back to dilution in share offerings, you just said that you don’t see any financings or share offerings in the near future. Could you be a little bit more clear on that? So, no financings, no additional dilution in 2011? And also to include 2012, or are you leaving that open for future dilution?

Spring Liu:    So far according to our current conditions and current market opportunity, we don’t see any need to do equity financing. So we have clearly communicated to our investors that we don’t have any plans to do equity financing in the near future. But marketing conditions may change or opportunities may appear in the next two years, so according to the current conditions we don’t have such plans at all.

Robert Dyas:    Would there be any chance of going in the opposite direction – buybacks, or is that something that’s been contemplated as the share price is down? Any time in the next—I know you just did an offering, but any views towards reversing that and going into the direction with a buyback over the next year or two, or three?

Spring Liu:    I’m sorry, I did not catch your question very well.

Robert Dyas:    Even though you just did a recent offering, do you foresee doing any buybacks over the next couple of years if your share price remains depressed?

Spring Liu:    Yes, we are considering that. That is a part of our plan, so we are still seriously considering that and discuss with our attorneys on that. We believe our shares are seriously undervalued.

Robert Dyas:    Okay. But no announcement now or in the foreseeable future regarding that?

Spring Liu:    Once we confirm that with the company’s legal counsel, we will reevaluate the cash need for the next one or two years. Once that is confirmed and approved by the Board, we will keep our investors posted.

Robert Dyas:    Okay. If I could briefly with another question – on your branded fruit juice, were you supply constrained or demand constrained in 2010? Could you have sold more if you had produced more, or is it just a matter of you had the production capacity for additional branded juice but you could not sell it into the market?

Spring Liu:    It’s demand constrained. Actually, as many of you know, China is a country with a large population. But per capita juice consumption in China is only one-tenth of the world average, 1/40th of developed nations’ average. So with the expansion of the Chinese middle class, the increase in consumption of fruit juice beverages has increased in China in the past 10 years. So we see a huge market demand for fruit juice beverages, so that’s the reason we want to focus more on this market. And also, currently we still focus on our kiwi flavor, mulberry flavor. We recently added pear flavor, apple flavor and pomegranate flavor, some of them are still in the category of specialty fruit juice. And because of its high nutrition value, it’s welcomed by Chinese consumers. We just recently began the sale of our Qian Mei Duo product, which contains high fiber in the beverages. We received a lot of positive market feedback and we are very confident in growing our market from our beverages.

Robert Dyas:    Okay. And you’re not providing any guidance yet for 2011?

Spring Liu:    Not yet, because we have so many projects going on and also as I mentioned, we plan to get into different markets in the eastern part of China, so all these can seriously impact our revenue for 2011. So when we have a better picture of 2011, we will for sure keep our investors posted.

Robert Dyas:    Okay, thank you. That’s it for me.

Spring Liu:    Thank you.

Operator:    Thank you, and the next question comes from the line of Kevin Wood with Barron Partners. Please go ahead.

Kevin Wood:    Hi. I think many of my questions have been answered, but I just wanted to go back to the guidance idea. Can you give us any sort of general flavor for your growth expectations? With all the plans for expansion, new products, new production and so forth, are you anticipating an acceleration of growth rates over what we’ve seen over the last year or two?

Spring Liu:    Actually our growth rate is roughly 30% in the past few years; and for 2011, because Yingkou factory commenced operation in November 2010, it will contribute to the full year squeezing season for 2011. So we believe once capacity of apple juice doubled, it can greatly improve our revenue in 2011. In addition, our capacity for pear juice will also double in 2011, so that also contributes to the increase in revenue of 2011. And as mentioned previously, we see very good feedback of our new beverages from Chinese consumers and actually we just attended Rodman conference in Shanghai. A lot of our U.S. investors also like the flavor of our beverages. So we do have a lot of confidence in our beverages sales as well, so although we cannot forecast the exact number or exact increase in revenue in 2011, management is very optimistic for the revenue and the net income of 2011.

Kevin Wood:    Okay, well that’s helpful. That sounds pretty exciting all the way around. Just to touch back to what you’d previously said about margins, is it fair to say that—I know there’s a lot of moving parts and changes, but overall the increase in lower margin products like the apple concentrate, you do expect to be offset at least by the beverages, particularly so that it’d be reasonable to expect for the full year you’ll probably be in the same range as last year? Would that be fair to say?

Spring Liu:    Yes, we believe that our margin will still be around at least 35%. It will still be within that range, which is our historical gross margin range.

Kevin Wood:    I see. Okay, that’s good. That’s very helpful. Okay. Then—just again to circle back to another topic that’s already been touched on, with respect to shareholder value, you know, we all see a lot more value than what the market reflects. Certainly the more you can continue to do to increase transparency and credibility will help over time. Are you also considering besides the potential buyback the idea of paying a dividend, or are you—do you anticipate perhaps seeing any of the management insiders doing any purchases on their own?

Spring Liu:    Actually, we do discuss these plans with our attorneys. We do have our insider trading policy, so if management can really purchase our stock during what is called non-quiet period, and—but we are discussing that with our attorneys, trying to make these procedures more detailed. Once we finalize this policy, management does have plans to buy our shares personally. And also, the Company also has discussed the buyback plan with our attorneys and we are seriously considering it as we believe our shares are really undervalued. But we believe it’s temporary stuff. We believe with our continued effort in communicating with our shareholders, with more transparency to our shareholders, and with the strong growth performance in the next few years, we believe finally our shares will be given a higher price.

Kevin Wood:    I see, okay. Well that’s helpful. So just to make sure I heard correctly, once you complete a review of the policies with your attorneys, the management group does intend to do—be buyers of the stock, assuming the price doesn’t double or something before then?

Spring Liu:    Yes, we do have such intention.

Kevin Wood:    Okay, great.

Spring Liu:    And we have already discussed with our attorney about this plan.

Kevin Wood:    Okay. Okay, well I think that covers everything for me. It sounds like everything is exciting there and going well. We appreciate all your comments and extensive answers to the questions. Thanks.

Spring Liu:    You’re welcome.

Operator:    Thank you, and our next question comes from the line of Jeff Roney with Roney Capital Partners. Please go ahead.

Jeff Roney:    Congratulations on a good quarter. I’d like to circle back and talk about the kiwi stockpiling that occurred in the fourth quarter in preparation for the Spring Festival. Given that and the impact that it had negatively on 2010 sales, do you expect to—once the Spring Festival, that you can see some increase in kiwi sales in the first quarter of 2011 to recoup some of those—the missed opportunities?

Spring Liu: Yes, you are right because this year, the price of kiwi fruit increased a lot during the fourth quarter, and a lot of farmers they stock up their fresh fruit in they want to sell at a higher price during Spring Festival. So our capacity decreased in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared with 2009. That is the main reason for the decrease in sales of kiwi concentrates. But in the first quarter, we were able to purchase more fresh foods from farmers, so we are confident in increase in our capacity of kiwi juice in the first quarter of 2011.

Jeff Roney:    Okay, very well. Second question – in regard to your capex commitment in expanding your bottling line that you’ve outlined in great detail, I understand the advertising given the concentration in Tianjin, Beijing of not doing national advertising. But I think what U.S. investors would like to see is a commitment from management to bring on a credible beverage individual that can really give you the strategic marketing issue to really roll out your bottling line—you know, your bottling units into the retail establishments. And I wonder if you have any plans to bring in a bottling executive that understands retail distribution in China?

Spring Liu:    Actually, in the fourth quarter of 2010, we changed our strategy in distribution of our beverages. Previously, in Xi’an we mainly sell directly to retail stores in Xi’an and some cities around it. In Beijing, we sell our beverages through a distributor. But in the fourth quarter of 2010, there is a very experienced sales manager joined our team who has been in this beverages business for about 10 years. So he actually suggested us to change that strategy. He increased our indirect sales to supermarkets through distributors in Xi’an and some cities around it. That’s the reason in the 10-K report that you can see we are selling to a lot of national supermarket chains that include Wal-Mart, Lotus, and these are top-level supermarkets in China. So we see a positive feedback from market and we see an increase in revenue for beverages in the first quarter as well, so we do think this strategy works well. But as I mentioned previously, we are still in interviews with different strategy groups which can give better advertising—better advise on distribution of our beverages and also on the marketing of our beverages. That’s the reason we cannot forecast the advertising or marketing cost for now. But once we finish this interviewing, then maybe we can have a better picture of that.

But national advertising in China is really very expensive, so we don’t want to be too risky and we don’t think it works to do a national advertising now because the geographic coverage is not much at the current state. But in the next three years once we have national coverage, we will think about the national advertising; and as I mentioned previously, our advertising and marketing expenses will be based on the percentage of revenue from beverages.

Jeff Roney:    Do you have any strategic plan to move into Shanghai market, maybe selling into Lianhua Supermarket Holdings or Bailian, or the Fulian Supermarket?

Spring Liu:    Yes, we do have such plans, because before we only have one beverage line in Xi’an, so it means we have to ship our beverages from long distance to Beijing or Shanghai. But in 2011, once our beverage line in Huludao Wonder operates, it can help us to focus more on eastern coast of China. And also, you know, northeastern part of China is quite cold during winter time, so fruit juice beverages are quite popular there. So our Huludao Wonder beverages line will help us to get into some big cities in northeastern part of China, including Shenyang, so the Company—we do have such plans to expand our geographic coverage, especially around east coast of China.

Jeff Roney:    Okay. Another question – given the U.S. investors’ view of Chinese stocks that’s been sort of—that people have alluded to on this call, does management—or do you have a plan to move to a top four auditor like a Coopers or a Price Waterhouse to alleviate investor concern and add credibility to your operations, since you have significant working capital, sales and obviously a great net income line. You know, moving to a top four auditor would obviously increase your credibility in the investment community.

Spring Liu:    We do understand the concerns from our investors and we are working very hard to increase our transparency and make our financial statement or our SEC reports more credible. In the past, we’ve hired internationally recognized consultant to help us to comply with SOX 404. That’s one of our projects on that. And I do think BDO Hong Kong did a very good job this year; and as I mentioned, this year they even go to different local SAIC and they checked the documents and the financial results we reported to the local government. They compared with our SEC reporting and when they see even a small discrepancy, they ask us to explain for that. And they did about almost four weeks field work and they checked all the records for the whole year, so I believe they did a very good job. But I do understand the concern of investors, so we will consider that; but just as I mentioned, we think BDO Hong Kong did a good job as well.

Jeff Roney:    Well, they did. One final question – you mentioned spending more time in the United States. Do you have any dates—preliminary dates that we can expect to see you here in the United States?

Spring Liu:    Yes, yearly Mr. Xue and I do some—at least about one road show, Mr. Xue and I plan to go to the U.S. maybe this May or June, and once we have made our trip plan we will notice our IR firm, and then they will notify the investor groups in advance.

Jeff Roney:    Okay. Well congratulations again on a good quarter and a great fiscal year.

Spring Liu:    Thank you. Thank you.

Operator:    Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, if there are any additional questions, please press the star followed by the one on your touchtone phone. If you’re on a speakerphone, you will need to pick up the handset before making your selection.

And our next question comes from the line of Chang Qui with Sansar Capital. Please go ahead.

Chang Qui:    Yes, good evening and congratulations on a very good result.

Spring Liu:    Thank you.

Chang Qui:    Yes, my question is regarding the kiwi juice and kiwi fresh fruit sales. Can you give us a full-year outlook—it looks like last year had some impact, and my understanding is the local government actually is encouraging the growth for the whole—you know, farmers to grow more of this kiwi fruit.

Spring Liu:    Yes, kiwi fruit is a very important economic crop in Shaanxi Province, and there are two companies in Shaanxi Province produce kiwi. One of them is Zhouzhi county. Zhouzhi actually is called hometown of kiwi. And the output of kiwi in Shaanxi Province accounts approximately 70% of China’s total output and 30% of the world output. And it helped improve life standard of the local farmers. So the Chinese government actually announced about one year ago that they will support the increase in growth of kiwi and they give subsidy to farmers to increase their plantation of kiwi area, and this subsidy will continue until 2015. And at same time, we also received subsidy related with our kiwi production, so we believe once there is an increase in output of kiwi fruit, we will be able to increase our capacity of kiwi and that will help us to increase our production and revenue in kiwi fruits.

Chang Qui:    But for year 2011, I mean for this year, can we have, I believe, the flattish sales in terms to the kiwi concentrate and the fresh fruit?\

Spring Liu:    Actually we already reached almost full capacity during the squeezing season of kiwi fruits, and the price of kiwi fruits was quite stable in the past. You know, the price of apple or pear juice fluctuating in international markets, but because of our leading position in kiwi fruits, you can see the price of kiwi was quite stable. So we don’t expect a big increase in sales of kiwi fruits in 2011, but we do see an increase—there is a potential for increase in sales of fresh kiwi because recently we have already expand our wholesale of kiwi fruits in some cities along eastern coast, so we expect to see an increase in revenue from fresh kiwi sales.

Chang Qui:    Okay, and by the fruit—the juice side is more flattish?

Spring Liu:    It will fluctuate based on the price of concentrated kiwi in the market.

Chang Qui:    Okay. All right, thanks.

Spring Liu:    You’re welcome.

Operator:    Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time I’d like to give participants a final opportunity to ask any final questions. If you do have a question, please press the star followed by the one on your touchtone phone. To withdraw that question, press the star followed by the two. One moment, please.

And I’m showing there’s no further questions in the queue. I’ll turn the call back over to management for closing comments.

Spring Liu:    Thank you for everyone, and once again we welcome you to visit our facility, and we hope to see you again in U.S. Thank you.

Operator:    Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, that does conclude today’s SkyPeople Fruit Juice Inc. Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2010 conference call. Thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect.

Seasonality

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Our business is highly seasonal, reflecting the harvest season of our primary source fruits from July or August to April. Typically, a substantial portion of our revenue is earned during our first and fourth quarters. We generally experience lower revenue during our second and third quarters. Sales in the first and fourth quarters accounted for approximately 66% and 72% of our revenue in 2010 and 2009, respectively. If sales in our first and fourth quarters are lower than expected, our operating results would be adversely affected and it would have a disproportionately large impact on our annual operating results.

Comments & Business Outlook

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Fourth Quarter Results:

A record with revenue of $43.9 million, up 22.6% from 4Q 2009
Apple concentrates and Hedetang fruit beverages increased 359% and 417%, respectively
Net income was $11.2 million, up 9.8% year-over-year, also a record
Diluted EPS showed a decrease to $0.47 for 4Q 2010 based on 23.1 million shares versus $0.56 per share in 4Q 2009 based on 18.6 million shares

"The fourth quarter is traditionally our strongest and was an appropriate ending to a successful year in which we demonstrated the significant growth in both apple concentrates and our branded Hedetang fruit beverages," started Yonkue Xue, Chief Executive Officer of SkyPeople Fruit Juice. "Due to seasonality, we normally witness kiwifruit concentrates and fresh fruits as the dominant contributor to revenues in the quarter. This year, however, we witnessed triple digit growth from our apple concentrates and production. I am especially proud of the 4 fold increase in fruit beverage sales, which was driven by a broader distribution footprint, the addition of new retail locations, and reorders from existing customers. Our Hedetang-branded beverages are currently sold through over 84 distributors and over 100 retail stores in approximately 17 cities. As the market continues to embrace these unique flavors, we are pursuing a significant growth opportunity in this segment and commercialized a new fruit juice line, Qian Mei Duo in January 2011 to target one of the fastest growing markets in China, the active, health-conscious female 18-29 years old."

As of December 31, 2010, we have completed the infrastructure construction work for the fruit juice beverage production line and have ordered the machinery for this new beverage production line. We expect to install and test the new beverage production line in the second quarter and start operating the production line in the third quarter of 2011. The environmental project mainly consists of a wastewater processing facility that is required in our production of fruit juice concentrates. Our increasing need for an additional wastewater processing facility is a result of our expansion in the production of concentrated apple juice. We expect to complete this project in the third quarter of 2011.

In the first quarter of 2011, we halted all construction work because of the cold weather in Huludao, which had regularly suffered sub-zero daytime temperatures. We expect to recommence the infrastructure construction work in April 2011 when the weather becomes more suitable for construction. We currently expect to complete all such infrastructure construction work by the end of the second quarter of 2011 and thereafter start installation and testing of the machinery. We expect to complete the installation of the concentrated apple production line in the fourth quarter of 2011 or early 2012. We plan to start the construction of the refrigeration storage unit for the storage of concentrated fruit juices and fresh fruits and vegetables and a concentrated fruit juice-mixing center in the second quarter of 2011. We expect to complete this project in the fourth quarter of 2011 or early 2012. As of December 31, 2010, we have spent $1.0 million of the net proceeds from the offering on the construction work of Huludao Wonder. We have not signed any contracts for the purchase of the machinery or the equipment for the refrigeration storage unit and concentrated apple juice production line yet. We are in the process of negotiating with different suppliers and we expect to order this machinery and equipment in the third and fourth quarters of 2011.

Investor Presentations

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT

SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. made a presentation about the Company to a limited audience at the Rodman & Renshaw Annual China Investment Conference held in Shanghai, China at 10:40 a.m. on March 7, 2011, Beijing time, or 9:40 p.m. on March 6, 2011, New York time.

Analyst Reports

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Rodman and Renshaw on SPU 02/07/2011

SkyPeople Fruit Juice Introduces Four New Labels for Hedetang

2011-02-07 14:00:50.925 GMT

SkyPeople Fruit Juice Introduces Four New Labels for Hedetang Juice Beverages

Wal-Mart, Trust-Mart and La Cuisine Royale will be stocked with newly labeled Hedetang Juices through February 2011

PR Newswire

XI'AN, China, Feb. 7, 2011

XI'AN, China, Feb. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPU) ("SkyPeople" or "the Company") a processor of kiwifruit, apple, pear and other concentrated specialty fruit juices and manufacturer of Hedetang-branded fruit beverages, revealed four new Hedetang juice labels for a 500ml bottle to retail customers and distributors at the Company's launch event in Xi'an on December 28, 2010 and has now begun shipping to their customer bases in Xi'an and Beijing. The Management expects to expand distribution of Hedetang-branded fruit juice beverages to 200 retail locations in multiple cities including Beijing, Tianjian, Wuhan and Xi'an by the end of the second quarter of 2011.

Link to new beverage packaging:

http://www.skypeoplefruitjuice.com/products/fruit-juice-beverages

"Our design team has been developing new packaging for Hedetang juices for the last four months," began Mr. Yongke Xue, CEO of SkyPeople Fruit Juice. "We now sell six flavors of Hedetang juices in 280 ml glass bottles, our new 500 ml glass bottle and case packs, including apple juice, pear juice, kiwifruit juice, mulberry juice, kiwifruit cider and mulberry cider. We position our juices at a premium retail price of 4.80 yen or $0.73 US dollars for the 280 ml bottle, 11.80 yen or $1.79 US dollars for the 500 ml bottle and 78.00 yen or $11.84 for our 6-pack box. Our pricing, unique flavors and superior taste of our beverages allow us to retain shelf space at some of the best known food retailers in China. We are extremely pleased with our results so far, with our beverage sales growing by an impressive 89%, from $5.3 million in 2008 to $10.0 million in 2009. The new labels, along with expanded distribution into new markets, will help increase our brand awareness and sales."

Initial shipments of juices with the new packaging began in Xi'an on January 28, 2011. Customers shipped included Wal-Mart, Trust-Mart, which was acquired

by Wal-Mart, and La Cuisine Royale. The Company anticipates building

momentum after the Chinese New Year Holiday through in-store tasting campaigns and sales road shows. SkyPeople has also secured marketing support from more than 30 large-scale retail stores in Xi'an to feature Hedetang juices with the Company's new labels at high-traffic locations in beverage aisles.

Link to product on retail.

http://www.skypeoplefruitjuice.com/products/in-the-stores

SkyPeople currently sells Hedetang juices to more than 100 retail stores in Xi'an, Beijing, Wuhan, Tianjian and other cities in China. Hedetang juices generated $15.1 million in sales in the first nine months of 2010, representing 31% of revenues. Management projects continued sales growth for Hedetang, driven by new products and expanded distribution.

About SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc.

SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc., a Florida company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Pacific Industry Holding Group Co., Ltd., a Vanuatu company, holds 99.78% ownership interest in SkyPeople Juice Group Co., Ltd. ("SkyPeople (China)"). SkyPeople (China) is engaged in the production and sales of fruit juice concentrates (including fruit purees, fruit puree concentrates, and clear fruit juice concentrates), fruit beverages (including fruit juice beverages and fruit cider beverages), and other fruit related products (including primarily organic and non-organic fresh fruits, kiwifruit seeds and apple aroma) in and from the PRC. Its fruit juice concentrates are sold to domestic customers and exported directly or via distributors. Fruit juice concentrates are used as a basic ingredient component in the food industry.

Its brand, Hedetang, which is a registered trademark in the PRC, is positioned as a high quality, healthy and nutritious end-use juice beverage. For more information, please visit http://www.skypeoplefruitjuice.com .

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and the actual results and future events could differ materially from management's current expectations. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to obtain the necessary financing to continue and expand operations, to market its products in new markets and to offer products at competitive pricing, to attract and retain management, and to integrate and maintain technical information and management information systems, political and economic factors in the PRC, compliance requirement of laws and regulations of the PRC, the effects of currency policies and fluctuations, general economic conditions and other factors detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory authorities. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

For more information, please contact:

COMPANY

SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc.

Ms. Spring Liu, CFO

Tel: US +1-818-390-1272

Email: spring_liu@skypeoplejuice.com

Web: www.skypeoplefruitjuice.com

INVESTOR RELATIONS:

John Mattio, SVP

HC International, Inc.

Tel: US +1-203-616-5144

Email: john.mattio@hcinternational.net

Web: http://www.hcinternational.net

SOURCE SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc.

Website: http://www.skypeoplefruitjuice.com

Contact: Company, Ms. Spring Liu, CFO, SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc., US

+1-818-390-1272, spring_liu@skypeoplejuice.com; or Investor Relations,

+John

Mattio, SVP, HC International, Inc., US +1-203-616-5144, john.mattio@hcinternational.net

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Comments & Business Outlook

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Third Quarter 2010 Results
	3Q 2010	3Q 2009	CHANGE
Net Sales	$18.2 million	$10.6 million	+71.5%
Gross Profit	$6.6 million	$3.9 million	+69.2%
Net Income	$3.6 million	$2.1 million	+71.4 %
EPS (Diluted)*	$0.15	$0.11	+36.4 %

"The strong financial performance we delivered in the third quarter reflects the underlying demand for our concentrates globally and domestic demand for our juices and beverages in China," began Yongke Xue, CEO of SkyPeople Fruit Juice. "With plans underway to expand our capacity by 100% in concentrated apple juice in 2010, we are optimistic in our ability to meet the growing demand, which continues to expand in China. In fruit beverages, we will continue to increase distribution at a measured pace. The new, branded beverages we are introducing in the fourth quarter are the first step of our multi-year plan to make our Hedetang juice beverages a category leader. Based on the strong momentum through the first nine months of 2010, we remain confident in meeting our full year revenue, adjusted net income and adjusted EPS guidance as we enter our strongest quarters during the harvest seasons. We are also pleased that our fructose line is now up and running and we anticipate fructose revenues contributing to revenues for the year." Xue concluded.

GeoTeam® Note: SPU has finally joined the growing number of ChinaHybrid compnies that are willing to issue guidance, helping to subdue fears of near-term dilutive equity raises. although comments in the 2010 third quarter filing does not rule out a potential raise.

We believe that projected cash flows from operations, anticipated cash receipts, cash on hand, and trade credit will provide the necessary capital to meet our projected operating cash requirements for at least the next 12 months, which does not take into account any potential expenditures related to the potential expansion of our current production capacity.

2010 Guidance:

GAAP Net Income	$19.0 M to $21.0 M
Adjustment	$2.1 M warrant liability expense
Adjusted Net Income*(1)	$21.1 M to $23.1M
GAAP EPS (Diluted)	$0.82 to $0.91
Adjusted EPS (Diluted)(1)	$0.91 to $1.00

*The 2010 Adjusted Net Income is a non-GAAP measure which excludes the non-cash $2.1 million warrant liability expense, and the Adjusted EPS (Diluted) is also a non-GAAP measure calculated based on utilizing approximately 23.1 million diluted weighted average shares outstanding.

Liquidity Requirements

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT

As of June 30, 2010, we had cash and cash equivalents of $26.6 million, an increase of $12.2 million, or 84.7%, from $14.4 million as of December 31, 2009. We believe that projected cash flows from operations, anticipated cash receipts, cash on hand, and trade credit will provide the necessary capital to meet our projected operating cash requirements for at least the next 12 months, which does not take into account any potential expenditures related to the potential expansion of our current production capacity.

Interviews

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT

GeoTeam® September 2010 Rodman & Renshaw notes:

Skypeople Fruit Juice (NASDAQ:SPU)

New pear fructose production line began operating in September. Will produce up to 10,000 tons @ $800 or $8 million revenue potential with 35%-45% margins.
Will double apple processing capacity from 10,000 to 20,000 tons @ $1,000 or $10 million incremental revenue with 20%-28% margins.
Growth strategy also focused on beverages, with a longer term target for beverages to account for 50% of revenues. Beverage revenues will make the overall business less seasonal.
Five new series of beverage products to hit market in 4^th quarter.
Pear fructose should double in revenue in 2011, adding about $6 million in revenue. Apple products could add $10 million to revenue this year and possibly $25 million next year.
Only company in China that can produce concentrated kiwi juice at large scale to meet production needs. 45% to 55% margin on kiwi products.
Have enough working capital for next two years.

When discussing SAIC, SAT and SEC filings, CFO said SPU's chairman observed that you can tell a good Chinese company by official government certifications, government financial support and the ability to get bank loans. "We have all of these."

GeoTeam Observations:

Investors should exclude income from government subsidies when applying valuation models.
We are still perplexed that SPU completed an offering after essentially implying that they wanted to wait for market conditions to improve and believed that the stock was undervalued. They offered stock near where they did about year ago. Balance sheet and cash position are strong. Why not do a combo of equity and internal cash or some debt to put forth a respectable growth plan?

Company Response:

SPU is in a highly competitive business. SPU needs to have an aggressive growth strategy to keep its position in the industry. The loans from banks are only for working purposes, and it is difficult to obtain loans for capital purpose. SPU's total capital expenditures are expected to be in the range of $60 million for 2010 and 2011, and it plans to get its expansion projects ready for the squeezing season of 2011, so that they can contribute to the revenue and net income of 2011. The timing of the offering is very crucial for the Company. The Company has postponed its offering twice due to the market conditions. If the Company postponed the offering a third time, it may miss the good opportunities that the Company currently has.

Conference Call Notes

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT

SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc 2010 third quarter Conference Call Notes

New pear fructose production line began operating in September. Will produce up to 10,000 tons @ $800 or $8 million revenue potential with 35%-45% margins.
Will double apple processing capacity from 10,000 to 20,000 tons @ $1,000 or $10 million incremental revenue with 20%-28% margins.
Growth strategy also focused on beverages, with a longer term target for beverages to account for 50% of revenues. Beverage revenues will make the overall business less seasonal.
Five new series of beverage products to hit market in 4^th quarter.
Pear fructose should double in revenue in 2011, adding about $6 million in revenue. Apple products could add $10 million to revenue this year and possibly $25 million next year.
Only company in China that can produce concentrated kiwi juice at large scale to meet production needs. 45% to 55% margin on kiwi products.
Have enough working capital for next two years.

When discussing SAIC, SAT and SEC filings, CFO said SPU�s chairman observed that the way to tell who the good Chinese companies are is to look for official government certifications, government financial support and companies that are able to get bank loans. SPU has all of these.

GeoTeam Notes:

Investors should exclude income from government subsidies when applying valuation models.
We are still perplexed that SPU completed an offering after essentially implying that they wanted to wait for market conditions to improve and believed that the stock was undervalued. They offered stock near where they did about year ago. Balance sheet and cash position are strong. Why not do a combo of equity and internal cash or some debt to put forth a respectable growth plan?

SPU is in a highly competitive business. SPU needs to have an aggressive growth strategy to keep its position in the industry. The loans from banks are only for working purposes, and it is difficult to obtain loans for capital purpose. SPU�s total capital expenditures are expected to be in the range of $60 million for 2010 and 2011, and it plans to get its expansion projects ready for the squeezing season of 2011, so that they can contribute to the revenue and net income of 2011. The timing of the offering is very crucial for the Company. The Company has postponed its offering twice due to the market conditions. If the Company postponed the offering a third time, it may miss the good opportunities that the Company currently has.

Investor Presentations

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

On September 13, 2010, SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. made a presentation about the Company to a limited audience at the Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City

Research

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Skypeople Fruit Juice may have surprised investors the morning with the announcement of a public offering of stock of about five million shares, priced at $5.00. The offering will result in about 25.0% dilution. Those who follow this story knew this event was coming at some point. But commentary in its 2010 second quarter 10Q implied that the company would use internally generated funds until markets stabilized.

You be the judge. Have markets stabilized?

While the company certainly needs to begin construction of new product lines now in order to stay on schedule to meet anticipated demand before the next squeezing season, a greater portrayal of confidence would have been instilled to the street if management could have at least:

Used some of its cash on hand or
Embarked on a smaller scale expansion strategy

On the positive side, it important to note that SPU has been able to deliver EPS growth since the last offering of stock they completed in 2009.

Liquidity Requirements

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Excerpt from 2010 Second Quarter filing:

In the second quarter of 2010, we filed a registration statement to register for the sale of 5,300,000 shares of our Common Stock. We intend to use the net proceeds from the offering primarily for capital expenditure purposes.

Our capital expenditures for 2010 and 2011 are expected to be approximately $62 million, which includes a

Beverage production line.
50 ton/hour concentrated apple juice production line.
Refrigeration storage with a capacity of 15,000 tons.
Concentrated fruit juice mixing center with a capacity of 10,000 tons.
Related construction and an environmental project in Huludao Wonder factory
PET bottle blowing machine system.
24,000 PET bottle/hour fruit juice beverage aseptic cold-filling line.
10 ton/hour concentrated pomegranate production line.
Fructose production line.
One refrigeration storage.
Kiwifruit Quality and Safety Testing Center in Shaanxi Qiyiwangguo factory.
20 tons/hour concentrated pear juice production line in the Jingyang facility.
20 tons/hour concentrated apple juice production line in the Yingkou facility.

To the extent our proceeds from the offering cannot adequately cover the total capital expenditures of the above projects, we plan to finance the rest of the capital expenditures primarily through operating cash flows income from government subsidies and bank loans. We currently consider the foregoing projects our priority projects and intend to use the proceeds from the offering first and primarily for such projects. However, depending on the changing needs of our business and market opportunities, we may instead use a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to acquire or license products, technologies or businesses we believe to be complementary to our business, should we determine that our business will benefit more from such expenditures. We currently have no agreements, commitments or understandings relating to any material acquisitions or licenses.

We plan to postpone some of our capital expenditure plans if we cannot complete the offering that we planned due to the unstable stock market condition. We plan to continue to invest in our business though our operating cash flow and short term loans from banks in order to continue growing our business.

GeoTeam note:

We found it interesting that SPU would not take questions on its 2010 second quarter conference call. Companies sometimes follow this procedure when they are in a quiet period.

Comments & Business Outlook

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

   Second Quarter 2010 Results:

                             2Q 2010           2Q 2009           CHANGE

    Net Sales            $ 13.4 million  $ 6.2 million      + 116.1%
    Gross Profit        $ 6.4 million    $1.9 million       + 236.8%
    Net Income         $ 4.8 million    $ 1.7 million      + 182.4%
    EPS (Diluted)       $0.22             $0.09                + 144.4%

"In the second quarter of 2010, sales of our concentrates and Hedetang juices experienced double digit growth exceeding management's expectations for the quarter," began Yongke Xue, CEO of SkyPeople Fruit Juice. "Continued growth in our domestic sales is a testament to our strategy to increase market share for our core concentrates of kiwifruit and pear in China while expanding our geographic footprint for our proprietary brand of juices. In the second quarter, we were also pleased to see continued orders from our international customer base, which we believe will support overall growth for the balance of the year. Our new product turnjujube concentrate, also contributed to the second quarter and we expect incremental growth going forward. " Xue concluded.

2010 Guidance

For the calendar year ended December 31, 2010, SkyPeople has provided $92.0-$100.0 million in revenue guidance and $19.0 to $21.0 in net income. The Company expects revenue and earnings growth to continue through the second half of the year, as it enters its most profitable selling period during the third and fourth quarter harvest and squeezing seasons.

GeoTeam note: We subtracted subsidy income from the financial results to attain a more accurate EPS picture. Doing this yields:

2010 second quarter EPS: $0.14
2009 second quarter EPS: $0.04

Research

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Our intent over the short-term is to build a check list to assess the risk position of firms in the ChinaHybrid space. For the time being this will consist of the following: (this list is likely to grow substantially)

-Is the company's auditor ranked in the top 100?
-Is the auditor located in the U.S.A? If located in China the PCAOB (Public Company Oversight Board) may be denied access to investigate the practices of the auditing firm. Short sellers have been using this information as a tool to validate their opinions.
-Are the company's internal controls satisfactory?
-Are their any outstanding legal issues?
-Do the company's top ten customers represent less than 10% of revenues?
- Operating cash flow divided by current liabilities is greater than one. The higher the better.

- Cash divided by current liabilities. This is an the most conservative liquidity ratio. The higher the better

- Is the company buying back stock?
- Chinese filings match respective SEC filings.(In process)

Criteria	Meets Criteria	Notes
Top 100 Auditor	No	BDO Limited
Auditor Located U.S.A	No	Honk Kong
Satisfactory Internal Controls	Yes	Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of March 31, 2010, and as of the date that the evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures was completed, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in providing reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
No Legal issues	YES	None Found
Customer Concentration	No	For the 2009 year two customers accounted for 22.2% of revenues.
Cash Flow Ratio is Greater than 1	Yes	1.13
Cash Ratio is Greater than 1	Yes	1.41
Buying Back Stock/Insider Buying	No	n/a

Short term and risk adverse investors should be aware of the quality issues currently present in the ChinaHybrid Space, questioning the validity of what seem like solid fundamental stories. It is beginning to get ugly so be cautious and understand that more pain may have to be endured, as ChinaHybrids are easy prey for short investors. The broad brush that is being applied to theses stocks appears unfair, but we can’t ignore the psychological impact this can have on investors’ portfolio decisions. If history is our guide, fear will eventually create an immense opportunity to invest in the companies that prove they can meet quality litmus tests enact shareholder friendly moves. Credibility can also be restored if independent legal/SEC opinions validate accounting practices currently in question.

We have yet to verify if the Chinese filings for ChinaHybrid stocks we monitor match respective SEC filings. We are in the process of completing this task. Conservative investors may want to limit exposure or buy put options on stocks, that have this availability, as insurance against long positions, until we publish our findings. Odds are we will identify some promising companies that will fail this litmus test.

GeoSpecial Notes

Thu, 27 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Today, Skypeople Fruit Juice confirmed our suspicion that it would need to offer shares before July. Reference the S1/A filing.

The good news is that the funds will likely be put to use for growth initiatives:

"Use of proceeds We intend to use the net proceeds to us from this offering for capital expenditures, working capital and other general corporate purposes. We expect our capital expenditures to primarily include improvements to the Huludao Wonder and Qiyiwangguo facilities . We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to us from this offering to acquire or license products, technologies or businesses we believe to be complementary, but we currently have no agreements, commitments or understandings relating to any material acquisitions or licenses."

We will reach out to the company to determine how fast funds will be deployed.

Comments & Business Outlook

Tue, 18 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT

"In the first quarter of 2010, we built upon the growth we reported during 2009 and significantly increased all key financial metrics compared to the year ago period," began Yongke Xue, CEO of SkyPeople Fruit Juice. "Sales of our concentrates represented a majority of our revenues as we witnessed a number of our export markets rebound this year. Domestic sales of concentrates and our Hedetang(TM) branded juice also showed strong growth during the first quarter. Each of our core segments produced revenue and profit growth which is evidence of execution on both our product and customer strategies in 2010," Xue concluded.

GeoSpecial Notes

Tue, 18 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT

SPU reported strong first quarter financial results for its 2010 first quarter:

EPS increased 157% to $0.18 and exceeded analyst estimates of $0.11. Investors should recall our references from our initial article on December 28, 2009, where we discussed the possibility that SPU would have to raise funds before before the next 2010 squeezing season (July 2010) to maintain growth. Thus, we may have to mindful of dilution depending on how fast the company would implement funds. Also, the next two quarters are the company's seasonality weakest quarters. Thus, short term investors may look elsewhere.

We are listening the conference call this morning for further input into the 2010 outlook

Comments & Business Outlook

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

On January 19th, SkyPeople supported is sales and marketing strategies for the Hedetang(R) fruit juice and cider product lines by providing 2010 revenue guidance of $92.0 to $102.0 million, and net income guidance of $19.0 to $21.0 million. Growth is expected to be driven by enhanced distribution of its high- margin Hedetang(R) juices, leveraging its capacity expansion during is 2010 harvest seasons and increased orders from domestic and international customers of concentrates in China and from international markets as they continue to rebound.

Source: PR Newswire (March 31, 2010)

Special Situations

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT

On December 16, 2009 we coded Skypeople Fruit Juice (NYSE AMEX:SPU) as a GeoSpecial. We subsequently conducted an interview with Spring Liu, CFO of Skypeople, to gain an understanding of the company’s growth path. The SPU growth formula is similar to many China firms we have followed; gain a leading market position, increase manufacturing capacity to meet demand, expand product offering, obtain better province coverage. Skypeople is hopeful that these factors will lead to an increase in earnings per share and the maximization of shareholder value.

The simplicity of company’s business plan of marketing and manufacturing juice products was the trigger for us to look further into its story.

Skypeople has two general product categories —a concentrate line and a branded juice line. The concentrate is sold as non-edible solid raw material to customers who process and manufacture their own beverage products. Currently, the company manufactures apple, pear and kiwi concentrate products. In 2008, the company’s concentrate line generated 78% of revenues with 13% and 69% coming from domestic and international sales, respectively. The remainder of the concentrate raw material supply is applied to Skypeople’s second product category of proprietary branded juices.

The impetus for its branded line arose from a crafty management decision in 2008 which was made in response to declining concentrate sales during the global crisis. Normally, Skypeople would sell the majority of its raw material supply to its customers, but the global recession softened this demand. In an effort to maximize its concentrate production capacity, the company embarked on a strategic move to process excess supply into its own branded products. The move has paid off, paving the way for product diversification, new customer channels and fresh market opportunity.

There is an aspect to the company that we are not particularly enthused about. Historically, the company experience seasonality in its first and fourth quarters which tend to be dramatically stronger than the others. This stems from the limited ability of the company to build its supply inventory only during the months of July through April, referred to as the squeezing season. Due to capacity constraints and strong demand for its concentrate line during this period, Skypeople has less inventory to carry over into non-peak periods, essentially limiting its ability to generate additional concentrate or branded product sales.

We addressed this topic with Ms. Lui by expressing our opinion that smoothing out seasonality may result in increased stock valuation multiples. She understood our sentiment and briefly outlined several points to the company’s growth strategy.

“The main thrust of our growth strategy is to increase our concentrate capacity, enabling us to accomplish several things. First, increasing our raw material supply will enable us to more fully satisfy current customers’ demands as well as solicit new customers.”

Secondly, we can increase branded beverage production, where we experience higher margins, especially in our new cider beverages lines, which was introduced to Chinese market in the first quarter of 2009. Our goal is to expand this line domestically, which is currently only available in one province and consists of two categories (kiwi & mulberry). The opportunity to achieve substantial gains exists if the company can penetrate more provinces.

Third, Increasing capacity will help smooth out seasonality by allowing us to build up inventory to sell past the squeezing season (concentrate has a two year shelf life). ”

We also asked Ms. Liu if Skypeople would emphasize any particular product line. She indicated that the company will increase the production of kiwi products domestically and internationally, due to a competitive advantage it has with respect to its production technique, access to the largest kiwi plantation in Asia and its high profit margins. Skypeople holds two patents in the kiwi processing technique. Lui continued,

“In conjunction with this goal we recently doubled our apple juice capacity to 20,000 tons. Globally, apple juice is the second largest demanded juice product. We are planning to attract more customers, through our apple juice offerings, who we can eventually introduce to our KIWI product line. Additionally, as the Chinese standard of living rises we will increase our focus on higher quality branded juice products.”

Overall, we are intrigued by the SPU story especially since the stock has a trailing P/E of just 9.37 and book value of $2.30. The reason we have not coded the stock as GeoBargain is largely due the seasonality issue. We would like Skypeople to address seasonality as well as grow earnings 30% consistently. In order to increase capacity we anticipate that the company may have to tap the capital markets before the next 2010 squeezing season, which the company hopes will be accretive to EPS.

Below is a brief Q&A conducted by the GeoTeam with Skypeople.

Q: As demand for pear juice is lower than many other juices why did you also choose to recently expand your pear juice capacity?

A: Pear juice is a one kind of specialty fruit juice. Specialty fruit juices are squeezed from fruits that are grown in a relatively low quantity.

Pear is easy to get oxidized. To keep the nutrition value of the pear juice, special manufacturing techniques are employed to keep the nutrition value of the pear juice and prevent it from oxidizing. We are one of the few companies which can produce high quality pear juice. Our special manufacturing techniques not only keep the clear color of the pear juice, but also keep the nutrition value of it. As the competition in pear juice is mild, we enjoy a higher margin on pear juice. That is the main reason for the expansion of pear juice capacity.

Q: Please give us some history on your Mulberry product line?

A: We are one of the first companies to initiate large-scale production of concentrated mulberry juice in China. As the concentrated mulberry juice are processed from dried mulberry, it does not meet the requirement from the international customers, who require it be processed from fresh mulberry. All the concentrated mulberry juice made by us is further processed to our own branded beverages.

Mulberries are widely regarded as one of the most nutritionally substantive fruits available to consumers. They possess rich active proteins, vitamins, amino acids, carotenes, and a variety of essential minerals. Compared with other fruits, the concentration of nutrients in mulberries is six times greater than that of apples and over four times greater than that of grapes.

As the harvest season for mulberries is only between April and May, and the quantity of mulberry produced in Shaanxi Province is not sufficient for our production needs, we produce mulberry juice from dried mulberries. Skypeople is capable of storing mulberries for at least 12 months, allowing for year round manufacturing.

Mulberries are mainly produced in the south part of Shaanxi Province and Sichuan Province. We are planning to transport our processing machines to these areas during its squeezing season and increase our production of concentrated mulberry juice and also meet the requirement of international customers.

Comments & Business Outlook

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

'Our sales in the second quarter were largely impacted by a drop in consumer spending in the international market based on the current global economic climate,' Mr. Yongke Xue, CEO of SkyPeople. 'Despite the decline in total revenue, we saw a 72% year-over-year increase in sales for our fruit juice beverages to $3.0 million, as well as achieved a $690,000 sequential-quarter increase for sales of our fruit vinegar beverages, which we introduced to the Chinese market in the 2009 first quarter. We plan to continue to grow our business and focus on introducing new and higher margin products to capture additional fruit juice market share.

Source: PR Newswire (August 14, 2009)

Comments & Business Outlook

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Mr. Yongke Xue, Chief Executive Officer of SkyPeople, stated, 'Our strong gains in gross profit margin, operating income and net income for the first quarter demonstrate our ability to successfully develop and bring to market high quality, healthy and nutritious fruit juice products that satisfy accelerating consumer demand and preference for healthier fruit-based juice drinks. Interest in small breed fruit products such as our specialty kiwifruit and mulberry products continues to escalate worldwide due to the nutritional advantages and unique taste of these specialty fruits, which are not as widely available as more traditional juice flavors. We also began sales of high margin kiwifruit and mulberry vinegar products during the first quarter. Sales in each of these product categories offset part of our planned decrease in apple and pear juice product sales as we seek to build a larger volume of higher margin product sales into our mix.

Mr. Xue continued, 'One of our goals is to increase our production capacity of kiwifruit juice and kiwifruit puree from 10,000 tons to 22,500 tons by the third quarter of 2009. We will also continue to invest in upgrading our existing facilities to improve our operational efficiency and productivity. As the fruit juice market continues to evolve, we are confident in our ability to meet growing consumer demand both domestically and internationally for unique and high quality juice products.'

Source: See Release

GeoSpecial Notes

Sun, 10 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The company's consolidated pre-tax income for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 was RMB 91,227,389. The pre-tax income Make Good Target for 2008 was RMB 84,924,000. Therefore, there was no Make Good Escrow Stock delivered to the Investors out of the escrow in respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.

Liquidity Requirements

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

As of March 31, 2010, we had cash and cash equivalents of $30.0 million, an increase of $15.6 million or 108.3%, from $14.4 million as of December 31, 2009. We believe that projected cash flows from operations, anticipated cash receipts, cash on hand, and trade credit will provide the necessary capital to meet our projected operating cash requirements for at least the next 12 months, which does not take into account any potential expenditures related to the potential expansion of our current production capacity.

Our working capital has historically been generated from our operating cash flow, advances from our customers and loans from bank facilities. Our working capital was $39.5 million as of March 31, 2010, an increase of $10.8 million or 37.2%, compared to working capital of $29.0 million as of December 31, 2009, mainly due to an increase in cash and a decrease in income tax payables. The most significant sources of increase in working capital for the three months ended March 31, 2010 were $6.1 million from operating activities, proceeds of $3.0 million from the issue of 1,160,451 shares of our Common Stock from the exercise of warrants and $6.9 million from new short term loans. The most significant use of working capital during the three months ended March 31, 2010 was the payment of income tax of $2.6 million.

For our long term planned expenditures for equipment and land, we will likely need to seek additional debt or equity financing. We believe that any such financing could come in the form of debt or the issuance of our common stock in a private placement or public offering. However, there are no assurances that such financing will be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all. To the extent that we require additional financing in the future and are unable to obtain such additional financing, we may not be able to fully implement our growth strategy.

The majority of our capital expenditures are for the expansion of our production capacity. In the past two years, our annual capital expenditures ranged from $3.9 million to $4.9 million. We financed our capital expenditures and other operating expenses through operating cash flows and bank loans. As of March 31, 2010, the balance of short term loans totaled RMB 83.8 million, or $12.3 million based on the exchange rate of March 31, 2010, with interest rates ranging from 4.86% to 9.03% per annum. These loans were collateralized by land usage rights and buildings and will be due from June 2010 to February 2011.

We expect to expend approximately $60 million on capital improvements and the acquisition or license of technology or other companies in 2010 and 2011. We plan to improve and expand our Huludao and Qiyiwangguo facilities. We currently expect such improvements to include the set up of a 50-ton/hour concentrated apple juice production line, a 10-ton/hour concentrated pomegranate production line, one fructose production line and two fruit beverage production lines

Comments & Business Outlook

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Mr. Xue stated, "We enter 2009 with a growing product line, increasing market share, and strong momentum overall. We will continue to upgrade our existing facilities to improve our operational efficiency and productivity, as well as look for targeted acquisition candidates to expand our position in the domestic and international fruit juice market."

Source: PR Newswire (March 31, 2009)

Financial Target Agreements

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Key financial targets in connection with a recent Private Placement.

In connection with the Share Exchange Transaction, on February 25, 2008, management entered into a 'make good agreement' and has placed 2,000,000 Shares of Series B Preferred Stock in escrow to secure its obligations to meet specific 'Earnings per Share' targets for 2007, 2008 and 2009. If the targets are not achieved, a number of shares derived from a formula will be transferred pro-rata to the investors in the private placement.

Financial Targets:

	Pre-Tax Net Income Targets	**Pre-Tax Net Income Targets in Dollars
December 31, 2007	* RMB 67,400,000	$9,850,000
December 31, 2008	RMB 84,924,000	$12,420,000
December 31, 2009	RMB 107,004,240	$15,650,000

*In 2007 the company satisfied it's target as it reported pre-tax income of RMB 68,939,855 ($9,066,064)

**The GeoTeam® used current exchange rates. The make good targets do not apply to Dollars. The dollar conversion is only shown for informational purposes.

Source: SEC Form 424B3 (February 6, 2009)

GeoTeam® Adjustment:

Financial Targets Utilizing After Tax Income, Assuming a Tax Rate of 36%:

	After Tax Income Targets	**After Tax Income Targets in Dollars	Implied EPS Using Fully Diluted Outstanding Shares
December 31, 2007	RMB 43,136,000	$6,304,000	$0.19
December 31, 2008	RMB 54,351,360	$7,948,800	$0.24
December 31, 2009	RMB 68,482,714	$10,016,000	$0.30

Adjusting 2007 actual financials for a Standard Tax Rate:

Net income: $6,890,209
EPS: $0.27