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Segment Information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Segment Information [Text Block]
24.

Segment Information

The Company used to engage in one business segment, the manufacture, commercialization and distribution of a wide variety of standard and customized lithium ion rechargeable batteries for use in a wide array of applications. The Company manufactured five types of Li-ion rechargeable batteries: aluminum-case cell, battery pack, cylindrical cell, lithium polymer cell and high-power lithium battery cell. The Company’s products are sold to packing plants operated by third parties primarily for use in mobile phones and other electronic devices. Starting from the three months ended December 31, 2013 and until June 30, 2014, the Company was also engaged in the business segment of property lease and management (see Note 1).

After the disposal of BAK International, the Company focused on producing high-power lithium battery cells. Net revenues from continuing operations for the year ended September 30, 2016, three months ended December 31, 2016 and year ended December 31, 2017 were as follows:

Net revenues by product:

 

  Year ended     Three months ended     Year ended  

 

  September 30, 2016     December 31, 2016     December 31, 2017  

High power lithium batteries used in:

                 

Electric vehicles

$ 6,488,149   $ 687,182   $ 55,007,370  

Light electric vehicles

  553,390     208,531     495,769  

Uninterruptable supplies

  3,327,905     2,604,803     2,872,260  

Total

$ 10,369,444   $ 3,500,516   $ 58,375,399  

Net revenues by geographic area:

 

  Year ended     Three months ended     Year ended  

 

  September 30, 2016     December 31, 2016     December 31, 2017  

Mainland China

$ 9,017,227   $ 3,215,912     57,425,420  

Europe

  456,795     120,916     294,322  

PRC Taiwan

  412,963     -     221,777  

Israel

  224,211     108,995     363,845  

Korea

  258,248     -     -  

Others

  -     54,693     70,035  

Total

$ 10,369,444   $ 3,500,516   $ 58,375,399  

Substantially all of the Company’s long-lived assets are located in the PRC.