Non-state company, Sino-Global, announces major decline in third quarter 2013 financial results, raises cash by share issue.
Sino-Global is a non-state-owned provider of shipping agency services operating primarily in China. Financial highlights are as folllows:
Mr. Cao Lei, Sino-Global's Chief Executive Officer, stated, "The difficult economic environment continued into the third quarter, stemming from the reduced volume of iron ore imports. As a result, we saw a reduction in the number of ships we service. In addition, one of our major customers, Beijing Shourong Forwarding Company ("Shourong"), has changed its service arrangement with us, to protective agency services versus the lump sum fixed rate discharging agency services. As a result of this change, our revenue base declined significantly. While this is extremely disappointing, we have managed to streamline our business in light of this change by cutting expenses, which limited our losses in the quarter. On a positive note, our gross margin improved to nearly 15% in the quarter as we provided protective agency services to more ships, which carries a higher gross margin compared to the loading and discharging services."