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Balances and Transactions With Related Parties (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Schedule of principal related parties
Name of Entity or Individual   Relationship with the Company
New Era Group Zhejiang New Energy Materials Co., Ltd.   Shareholder of company’s subsidiary
Zhengzhou BAK Battery Co., Ltd   Note a
Shenzhen BAK Battery Co., Ltd   Former subsidiary and refer to Note b
Shenzhen BAK Power Battery Co., Ltd   Former subsidiary and refer to Note b

  

  (a) Mr. Xiangqian Li, the Company’s former CEO, is a director of Zhengzhou BAK Battery Co., Ltd.

 

  (b) Mr. Xiangqian Li is a director of Shenzhen BAK Battery Co., Ltd and Shenzhen BAK Power Battery Co., Ltd

 

Schedule of related party transactions
   For the
three months ended
March 31,
 
   2022   2023 
         
Purchase of batteries from Zhengzhou BAK Battery Co., Ltd    $5,164,433   $3,161,173 
Sales of cathode raw materials to Zhengzhou BAK Battery Co., Ltd       25,823,532    9,323,839 
Sales of cathode raw materials to Shenzhen BAK Power Battery Co., Ltd   112,468    
-
 

 

Schedule of receivables from former subsidiary
   December 31,
2022
   March 31,
2023
 
         
Receivables from Shenzhen BAK Power Battery Co., Ltd  $5,518,052   $1,834,983 
Less: Allowance for credit losses   
-
    (16,714)
   $5,518,052    1,818,269 

 

Schedule of allowance for credit losses
Balance as at December 31, 2022  $
-
 
Adoption of ASC Topic 326   
-
 
Balance as at January 1, 2023   
-
 
Current period provision, net   16,779 
Foreign exchange adjustment   (65)
Balance as at March 31, 2023  $16,714 

 

Schedule of other balances due from/ (to) related parties
   December 31,
2022
   March 31,
2023
 
         
Trade receivable, net – Zhengzhou BAK Battery Co., Ltd. (i)  $9,156,383   $14,251,802 
           
Bills receivable – Issued by Zhengzhou BAK Battery Co., Ltd (ii)  $2,941,683   $2,246,742 
           
Trade payable, net – Zhengzhou BAK Battery Co., Ltd (iii)  $5,629,343   $3,307,343 
           
Dividend payable to non-controlling interest of Hitrans (note 14)  $1,290,942   $1,298,497 

 

  (i) Representing trade receivables from sales of cathode raw materials to Zhengzhou BAK Battery Co., Ltd. Up to the date of this report, Zhengzhou BAK Battery Co., Ltd. repaid $5.2 million to the Company.

 

  (ii) Representing bills receivable issued by Zhengzhou BAK Battery Co., Ltd. The Company endorsed the bills receivable as of December 31, 2022 to suppliers for settling trade payables subsequent to December 31, 2022. Bills receivable as of March 31, 2023 were pledged to bank as security for issuance of bills payable (note 12).

 

(iii)Representing trade payables on purchase of batteries from Zhengzhou BAK Battery Co., Ltd.

 

Schedule of payables to a former subsidiary
   December 31,
2022
   March 31,
2023
 
Payables to Shenzhen BAK Power Battery Co., Ltd    $(358,067)  $(355,913)