10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 10-Q

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2016

OR

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                 to                 .

Commission file number 001-33397

SYNUTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.

DELAWARE	13-4306188
(State or Other Jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)	Identification No.)

2275 Research Blvd., Suite 500

Rockville, Maryland 20850

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)

(301) 840-3888

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x     No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x     No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ¨	Accelerated filer x
Non-accelerated filer ¨	Smaller reporting company ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨     No x

As of November 9, 2016, there were 56,690,687 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Page
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements	1
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	14
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	26
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	26
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	27
Item 1A. Risk Factors	27
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	27
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities	27
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures	27
Item 5. Other Information	27
Item 6. Exhibits	28
Signatures	29

PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SYNUTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC. 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS 

(Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data) 

(UNAUDITED)

	September 30,  2016			March 31,  2016
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	43,598		$	102,667
Restricted cash		44,575			77,787
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $1,467 and $1,435, as of September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016, respectively		19,594			29,911
Inventories		120,326			98,360
Due from related parties		2,268			2,486
Receivable from disposal of a subsidiary		1,110			1,161
Deferred tax assets		15,269			15,781
Prepayments and other current assets		45,975			30,675
Investment held at trust		3,171			3,169
Total current assets		295,886			361,997
Property, plant and equipment, net		312,741			294,185
Land use rights, net		8,164			8,541
Intangible assets, net		2,973			2,661
Restricted cash		158,705			128,397
Due from related parties		383			2,223
Deferred tax assets		4,372			3,481
Long-term loan receivable		7,487			9,286
Other non-current assets		11,355			6,326
TOTAL ASSETS	$	802,066		$	817,097
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Short-term debt	$	125,831		$	95,175
Long-term debt due within one year		79,801			95,504
Accounts payable		47,289			76,862
Income taxes payable		188			2,721
Due to related parties		83			132
Advances from customers		24,211			25,186
Other current liabilities		41,812			49,617
Total current liabilities		319,215			345,197
Long-term debt		326,704			315,512
Deferred government subsidies		6,914			7,196
Capital lease obligations		6,724			7,315
Other long-term liabilities		4,703			5,077
Total liabilities		664,260			680,297
Equity:
Common stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $.0001 par value: 250,000 shares authorized; 57,301 shares issued, 56,691 shares outstanding as of both September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016		6			6
Additional paid-in capital		134,693			134,693
Accumulated deficit		(12,010	)		(14,810	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		10,623			13,352
Total common stockholders’ equity		133,312			133,241
Noncontrolling interest		4,494			3,559
Total equity		137,806			136,800
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$	802,066		$	817,097

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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SYNUTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

(UNAUDITED)

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Net sales	$	82,704		$	87,348		$	160,569		$	169,677
-including sales to related parties		2,268			3,238			7,087			5,353
Cost of sales		45,365			46,753			89,252			87,140
Gross profit		37,339			40,595			71,317			82,537
Selling and distribution expenses		13,194			13,832			24,693			26,568
Advertising and promotion expenses		9,777			7,800			17,067			18,086
General and administrative expenses		7,346			6,203			14,944			12,701
Loss on a supply contract		0			0			2,833			0
Government subsidies		163			122			257			202
Income from operations		7,185			12,882			12,037			25,384
Interest expense		3,470			4,194			6,891			8,378
Interest income		1,891			2,188			3,801			4,534
Foreign currency exchange loss, net		(1,971	)		(8,883	)		(4,328	)		(8,552	)
Other expense, net		(108	)		(213	)		(187	)		(420	)
Income before income tax expense		3,527			1,780			4,432			12,568
Income tax expense		722			1,141			1,783			3,931
Net income		2,805			639			2,649			8,637
Net income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interest		48			130			(151	)		535
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	2,757		$	509		$	2,800		$	8,102
Weighted average common stock outstanding – basic and diluted		56,691			57,291			56,691			57,296
Earnings per share – basic and diluted	$	0.05		$	0.01		$	0.05		$	0.14

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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SYNUTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(Dollars in thousands) 

(UNAUDITED)

	Three Months Ended					Six Months Ended
	September 30,					September 30,
	2016		2015			2016			2015
Net income	$	2,805	$	639		$	2,649		$	8,637
Other comprehensive loss (income), net of tax:
Currency translation adjustment		595		(1,346	)		(2,853	)		1,351
Other comprehensive income (loss)		595		(1,346	)		(2,853	)		1,351
Comprehensive income (loss)		3,400		(707	)		(204	)		9,988
Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest		19		121			(275	)		526
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	$	3,381	$	(828	)	$	71		$	9,462

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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SYNUTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

(Dollars and shares in thousands)

	Synutra International, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity
	Common Stock
	Shares			Amount		Additional paid–in capital			Accumulated deficit			Accumulated other  comprehensive  income			Noncontrolling Interest			Total  equity
Balance, March 31, 2015		57,301		$	6	$	135,440		$	(35,046	)	$	11,526		$	2,643		$	114,569
Net income		0			0		0			8,102			0			535			8,637
Other comprehensive income, net of tax of nil		0			0		0			0			1,360			(9	)		1,351
Treasury shares repurchased		(112	)		0		(557	)		0			0			0			(557	)
Balance, September 30, 2015		57,189		$	6	$	134,883		$	(26,944	)	$	12,886		$	3,169		$	124,000
Balance, March 31, 2016		56,691		$	6	$	134,693		$	(14,810	)	$	13,352		$	3,559		$	136,800
Net income (loss)		0			0		0			2,800			0			(151	)		2,649
Other comprehensive income, net of tax of nil		0			0		0			0			(2,729	)		(124	)		(2,853	)
Contribution from noncontrolling shareholders		0			0		0			0			0			1,210			1,210
Balance, September 30, 2016		56,691		$	6	$	134,693		$	(12,010	)	$	10,623		$	4,494		$	137,806

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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SYNUTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC. 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS 

(Dollars in thousands) 

(UNAUDITED)

	Six Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015
Operating activities:
Net income	$	2,649		$	8,637
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		5,218			4,867
Bad debt expense (reversal)		85			(1,244	)
Inventory write down		5,471			4,955
Deferred income tax		(935	)		0
Loss on a supply contract		556			0
Other		0			50
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		9,709			(3,476	)
Inventories		(30,812	)		(14,210	)
Due from related parties		1,682			(875	)
Prepaid land use right		0			(516	)
Prepayments and other current assets		(16,608	)		(9,600	)
Accounts payable		(20,539	)		(1,273	)
Due to related parties		(49	)		3
Advances from customers		(250	)		1,079
Income tax payable		(2,500	)		(2,078	)
Other current liabilities		(10,298	)		(4,422	)
Other noncurrent liabilities		(732	)		(418	)
Net cash used in operating activities		(57,353	)		(18,521	)
Investing activities:
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment		(33,998	)		(72,852	)
Acquisition of intangible assets		(371	)		0
Change in restricted cash		(3,766	)		9,627
Proceeds from assets disposal		40			16
Proceeds from disposal of subsidiaries		0			5,617
Changes in long-term loan receivable		0			(9,809	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(38,095	)		(67,401	)
Financing activities:
Proceeds from short-term debt		92,306			94,731
Repayment of short-term debt		(60,103	)		(107,995	)
Proceeds from long-term debt		63,643			149,495
Repayment of long-term debt		(59,132	)		(50,324	)
Payment on capital lease obligations		(232	)		(266	)
Proceeds from noncontrolling interest		1,219			0
Payment on shares repurchased		0			(557	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		37,701			85,084
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		(1,322	)		(480	)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents		(59,069	)		(1,318	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		102,667			85,171
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	43,598		$	83,853
Supplemental cash flow information:
Interest paid, net of capitalized interest of $2.6 million and $1.9 million	$	6,547		$	7,261
Income tax paid		5,215			6,006
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment included in accounts payable	$	(5,524	)	$	12,436
Consideration receivable on disposal of subsidiaries		0			1,071

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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SYNUTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

1. ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

Synutra International, Inc. and its subsidiaries (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Company” or “Synutra”) are principally engaged in production, distribution and sales of dairy-based nutritional products under the “Shengyuan” or “Synutra” line of brands in the People’s Republic of China (“China” or “PRC”). The Company focuses on selling powdered formula products for infants and adults, and also engages in other nutritional product offerings, such as prepared foods and certain nutritional ingredients and supplements..

2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The Company is responsible for the unaudited consolidated financial statements included in this document, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and include all normal and recurring adjustments that management of the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position and operating results. The Company prepared these statements following the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, the Company condensed or omitted certain footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by US GAAP for annual financial statements. These statements should be read in combination with the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016.

The unaudited consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Synutra International, Inc. and its subsidiaries, its consolidated variable interest entity, Beijing Shengyuan Huimin Technology Service Co., Ltd. (the variable interest entity, or "VIE"), in which it has a controlling financial interest. A controlling financial interest is typically determined when a company holds a majority of the voting equity interest in an entity. US GAAP provides guidance on the identification and financial reporting for entities over which control is achieved through means other than voting interests, which requires certain VIEs to be consolidated by the primary beneficiary of the entity if the equity investors in the entity do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties.  Through the contractual arrangements between the Company and the VIE, the Company controls the operating activities and holds all the beneficial interests of the VIE and has been determined to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE. The Company has concluded that such contractual arrangements are legally enforceable. The operations associated with the consolidated VIE are insignificant and hold de minimis assets and liabilities.

Net income or loss of a subsidiary is attributed to the Company and to the noncontrolling interests on the basis of relative ownership interest. Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries are presented separately from the Company's equity therein.

All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full year.

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3. INVENTORIES

The Company’s inventories as of September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016 are summarized as follows:

(In thousands)	September 30,  2016		March 31,  2016
Raw materials	$	35,771	$	41,073
Work-in-progress		14,675		20,609
Finished goods		69,880		36,678
Total	$	120,326	$	98,360

The value of goods-in-transit included in raw materials was $4.7 million and $7.1 million as of September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016, respectively, which mainly represented purchases of whey powder from international sources.

The Company recorded lower of cost or market provisions for inventory of $3.8 million and $3.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $5.5 million and $5.0 million for the six months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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4. RELATED PARTIES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

A. Related party balances

a. Due from related parties, including current and non-current portion

(In thousands)	September 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Sheng Zhi Da Dairy Group Corporation	$	1,472	$	3,349
Beijing Honnete Dairy Co., Ltd.		2		0
St. Angel (Beijing) Business Service Co. Ltd.		1,145		1,334
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.		23		23
Beijing AoNaier Feed Stuff Co., Ltd.		9		3
Total	$	2,651	$	4,709

b. Due to related parties

(In thousands)	September 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.		83		132

The amount due to and due from related parties were unsecured and interest free.

B. Sales to and services for related parties

In the three and six months ended September 30, 2016, the Company’s sales to related parties mainly included feed grade milk powder and whey powder to Beijing AoNaier Feed Stuff Co., Ltd., and powdered formula products to St. Angel (Beijing) Business Service., Ltd., and services for related parties including office spaces rented to Beijing Honnete Dairy Co., Ltd., Beijing AoNaier Feed Stuff Co., Ltd., St. Angel (Beijing) Business Service Co., Ltd., and Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(In thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Beijing Honnete Dairy Co., Ltd.	$	1	$	2	$	3	$	4
St. Angel (Beijing) Business Service Co., Ltd.		2,248		3,165		7,025		5,268
Qingdao Lvyin Waste Disposal Investment Management Co., Ltd.		5		1		5		2
Beijing AoNaier Feed Stuff Co., Ltd.		9		64		44		67
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.		5		6		10		12
Total	$	2,268	$	3,238	$	7,087	$	5,353

C. Purchases from related parties

In the three and six months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, St. Angel Cultural Communication provided certain marketing activities for the Company.

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(In thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.	$	113	$	113	$	228	$	229

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5. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

(In thousands)	September 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Property, plant and equipment, cost:
Land	$	1,892	$	1,914
Capital lease of building		5,053		5,469
Buildings and renovations		77,500		79,984
Plant and machinery		63,545		64,584
Office equipment and furnishings		12,156		11,973
Motor vehicles		2,409		2,460
Others		1,107		1,143
Total cost	$	163,662	$	167,527
Less: Accumulated depreciation:
Capital lease of building		1,146		1,111
Buildings and renovations		21,899		20,780
Plant and machinery		47,036		45,879
Office equipment and furnishings		9,744		9,672
Motor vehicles		1,944		1,920
Others		893		857
Total accumulated depreciation		82,662		80,219
Construction in progress		231,741		206,877
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	312,741	$	294,185

Land represents a parcel of land acquired for the Company’s French subsidiary.

Construction in progress mainly represents construction and equipment for the French subsidiary as of September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016.

The Company recorded depreciation expense for owned assets and capital leased assets of $2.5 million and $2.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $5.1 million and $4.8 million for the six months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

6. LONG-TERM LOAN RECEIVABLE

In May 2015, the Company granted a four-year long term loan of RMB 60.0 million (equivalent to $9.0 million) with interest rate of 7% to Qingdao Jisheng Iron Printing and Tin Making Co., LTD. (“Qingdao Jisheng”), a supplier for the iron sheet used for its formula products. Qingdao Jisheng shall use the loan to expand its own upstream manufacturing capacity. RMB10.0 million, RMB20.0 million and RMB30.0 million shall be repaid by Qingdao Jisheng in May 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively. The outstanding principal loan amount of $1.5 million and $7.5 million are separately recorded as prepayments and other current assets, and long-term loan receivable on the consolidated balance sheet, which is close to its fair value. On the other hand, in fiscal 2016 the Company received RMB27.0 million in cash equivalent from Qingdao Jisheng as a performance guaranty to be the exclusive iron sheet supplier to its Carhaix facility. See Note 9 for details.  The Company evaluated the credit risk associated with the loan and estimated the cash flow expected to be collected over the life of the loan. A valuation allowance will be established if the loan is deemed unable to be collected. No valuation allowance has been recorded as of September 30, 2016.

7. INVESTMENT HELD AT TRUST

In October and November 2015, the Company launched two marketing initiatives whereby customers can purchase online cash coupons through the BaiduPay platform (the “Platform”). The cash coupons can be redeemed by the customer within one year from the date of purchase for the Company’s products posted on the Platform. The customers have the right to request the Company to redeem their unused coupons at the end of the one-year period for the original purchase amount plus an annual rate of 8.0%. According to the agreement between the Company and the Platform, the cash received from the customers from the purchases of cash coupons (the “Fund”) is required to be deposited in a specific trust managed by a third party financial institution (the “Trust Company”) to protect the customers’ interest and only the portion of the Fund related to the cash coupon redeemed for the Company’s products can be utilized by the Company at its discretion. The Fund relating to the unused coupons is restricted for use by the Company and can only be invested in principal protected investment products agreed by the Company and the Trust Company.

Funds deposited in the trust in the amount of $3.2 million are recorded in Advances from Customers on the consolidated balance sheets. As agreed by both parties, the Fund was invested to purchase a trust product consisting of fixed income debt securities with interest rate of 7% and maturity term less than one year. The Company classified the investment as held-to-maturity securities and carried it at amortized cost. The carrying amount of the securities of $3.2 million as of September 30, 2016 approximated their fair value due to their credit ratings and their short-term nature.

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8. DEBT

The Company’s debts consisted of the following:

(In thousands)	September 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Short-term debt	$	125,831	$	95,175
Long-term debt due within one year		79,801		95,504
Total debt, current		205,632		190,679
Long-term debt, non-current portion		326,704		315,512
Total		532,336		506,191

Long-term debt

The long-term debts, including current portion, as of September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016 are comprised of:

(In thousands)	September 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Long-term debt borrowed in Mainland China	$	259,462	$	262,514
Long-term debt borrowed in Hong Kong		32,780		47,061
Long-term debt borrowed in France		114,263		101,441
Total		406,505		411,016

As of September 30, 2016, the long-term debt borrowed in China was secured by restricted cash deposit of $59.9 million. These debts used floating interest rates, which are calculated based on the benchmark lending interest rate published by the People’s Bank of China, or LIBOR. The maturity dates range from October 2016 to June 2019.

As of September 30, 2016, the long-term debt borrowed in Hong Kong was secured by restricted cash deposit of $17.1 million. These debts used floating interest rates, which are calculated based on LIBOR. The maturity dates of the used facilities range from November 2016 to March 2017.

As of September 30, 2016, the long-term debt borrowed in France was secured by restricted cash deposit of $48.6 million and all the long-lived assets of the French Project. These debts have floating interest rates ranging from LIBOR+2% to LIBOR+4.3%. The maturity dates of the borrowed debts range from February 2018 to September 2022.

The weighted average interest rates as of September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016 for the long-term debts were 3.5% and 3.7%, respectively.

As of September 30, 2016, borrowings both in short-term and long-term, including current portion, denominated in RMB, USD and EUR were $223.4 million, $60.3 million and $248.7 million, respectively.

Maturities on long-term debt, including current and non-current portion are as follows:

Twelve Months Ended	(In thousands)
September 30, 2017	$	79,801
September 30, 2018		197,797
September 30, 2019		69,477
September 30, 2022		59,430
Total	$	406,505

The total amount of interest cost incurred was $4.8 million and $5.4 million, and the amount thereof that has been capitalized was $1.4 million and $1.2 million, for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The total amount of interest cost incurred was $9.5 million and $10.3 million, and the amount thereof that has been capitalized was $2.6 million and $1.9 million for the six months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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9. OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

(In thousands)	September 30,  2016		March 31, 2016
Accrued discount, rebate and slotting fee	$	19,934	$	25,932
Payroll and bonus payables		7,448		12,111
Accrued selling expenses		3,185		2,975
Accrued advertising and promotion expenses		3,174		2,812
Others		8,071		5,787
Total	$	41,812	$	49,617

In May 2015, Qingdao Jisheng agreed to pay RMB27.0 million (equivalent to $4.0 million) to the Company as performance guaranty to secure the exclusive iron sheet supplier status for the Company’s French Project for ten years starting from its commercial operation. Under the agreement, the Company is required to fulfill a contractual amount of minimum purchase volume at fair market value each year for a period of ten years. If the Company fulfills the contractual minimum purchase volume, it can keep the entire performance guaranty amount. If the Company fails to meet this minimum annual purchase volume, the Company is obligated to compensate Qingdao Jisheng at RMB0.1 per tin for the shortfall. By March 31, 2016, the Company had received RMB27.0 million (equivalent to $4.0 million) from Qingdao Jisheng. As the Company’s French Project only recently commenced operation, it had not begun purchasing iron sheet as of September 30, 2016. $0.4 million and $3.6 million were recorded in “Other current liabilities” and “Other noncurrent liabilities” as of September 30, 2016, respectively. The amount will be recognized based on actual order as a reduction to cost.

10. LOSS ON A SUPPLY CONTRACT

In September 2012, the Company entered into a 10-year milk supply agreement with Sodiaal Union (“Sodiaal”), a French agricultural cooperative company, for its French Project. In accordance with the terms of this supply agreement, the Company is committed to purchasing a fixed volume of raw milk from Sodiaal on a monthly basis. If there is a shortfall between the Company’s actual purchases and the contractual amount, the Company would have to pay a cash compensation to Sodiaal, which is determined as the difference between the milk purchase prices to be paid by Sodiaal to the milk farmers and the spot market price for the shortfall quantity. Under these agreements, the Company undertakes to build a new drying facility in Carhaix, France (the “French Project”) for the manufacture of powdered milk and fat-enriched, or high oil, demineralized whey. The Company is committed to purchasing, and Sodiaal and Euroserum are committed to selling, 288 million liters of milk per year for ten years, an amount of whey equivalent to 24,000 tons of 70% demineralized pre-concentrated dry whey extract per year for ten years, and 6,000 tons of 70% demineralized whey powder per year, or an equivalent quantity of liquid whey, for ten years, at market based prices at the time of purchase, to satisfy the production needs of the new drying facility. If the Company purchased less than the agreed amount, the Company would compensate Sodiaal or Euroserum, as the case may be, for the loss suffered. The Company initially agreed to begin purchasing raw milk from Sodiaal in January 2016; however, the purchase plan has been delayed as the milk tower did not commence trial operation until June 2016.

As required by the contract, the Company paid Sodiaal and third-party processors to process the raw milk into powder or other dairy products to fulfill its purchase obligations under the contract. Given that such payment was a result of its commitment to purchase rather than an expense required to test run the facility itself, rather than including this loss in its total project investment, the Company recorded a $8.8 million and $2.8 million loss related to this contract during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and June 30, 2016, respectively. Since June 2016, the Company gradually increased the volume of raw milk the Company processed in-house, and by August 2016 when its second tower commenced trial operation, the Company is able to fulfill all of its purchase commitments. The second tower is designed to process whey protein and milk. The Company did not incur additional contract loss in the three months ended September 30, 2016.

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11. EQUITY

	September 30,  2016			March 31, 2016
	(In thousands)
Common stock, $.0001 par value: 250,000 shares authorized, 57,301 shares issued, 56,691 shares outstanding at both September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016 (share number in thousands)	$	6		$	6
Additional paid-in capital		134,693			134,693
Accumulated deficit		(12,010	)		(14,810	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		10,623			13,352
Total common stockholders’ equity		133,312			133,241
Noncontrolling interest		4,494			3,559
Total equity	$	137,806		$	136,800

On September 10, 2015, the Company’s board of directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to an aggregate amount of $20.0 million of the Company’s common stock from time to time through September 10, 2016. Under the program, shares may be repurchased in privately negotiated and/or open market transactions, including under plans complying with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act. Following the approval, the Company entered into a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan under the Exchange Act permitting open market repurchases of the Company’s common stock based on certain triggers described in the trading plan. In fiscal year 2016, the Company repurchased 610,313 shares of common stock in an open trading window or under the Rule 10b5-1 trading plan at an aggregate cost of $3.0 million, which was paid for through cash on hand. The share repurchase program automatically terminated due to the Company’s public announcement of receiving a non-binding proposal letter, dated January14, 2016, from Mr. Liang Zhang, Chairman and CEO of the Company, and an affiliated entity of his, proposing a “going-private” transaction. For details, please refer to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2016.

12. INCOME TAXES

The effective tax rate is based on expected income (loss), statutory tax rates and incentives available in the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates. For interim financial reporting, the Company estimates the annual tax rate based on projected taxable income for the full year and records a quarterly income tax provision (benefit) in accordance with the ASC No. 740-270, “Income tax – Interim reporting”. As the year progresses, the Company refines the estimates of the year’s taxable income as new information becomes available. This continual estimation process often results in a change to the expected effective tax rate for the year. When this occurs, the Company adjusts the income tax provision (benefit) during the quarter in which the change in estimate occurs so that the year-to-date provision reflects the expected annual tax rate.

The Company considers positive and negative evidence to determine whether some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will more likely than not be realized. This assessment considers, among other matters, the nature, frequency and severity of recent losses, forecasts of future profitability, the duration of statutory carryforward periods, the Company's experience with tax attributes expiring unused and tax planning alternatives. Valuation allowances have been established for deferred tax assets based on a more-likely-than-not threshold. The Company's ability to realize deferred tax assets depends on its ability to generate sufficient taxable income within the carryforward periods provided for in the tax law.

13. EARNINGS PER SHARE

For purposes of calculating basic and diluted earnings per share, the Company used the following weighted average common stocks outstanding:

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(In thousands except for per share data)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	2,757	$	509	$	2,800	$	8,102
Weighted average common stock outstanding – basic and diluted		56,691		57,291		56,691		57,296
Earnings per share - basic and diluted	$	0.05	$	0.01	$	0.05	$	0.14

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14. SEGMENT REPORTING

The Company’s chief operating decision maker has been identified as the chief executive officer, who reviews consolidated results when making decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance of the Company. In fiscal year 2014, the Company operated and reported its performance in four segments. However, starting from fiscal year 2015, the Company has operated the Powdered Formula and Foods segments as a single business segment based on a shared distribution network and similar marketing strategies. Therefore, there are only three reportable segments for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015. The three reportable segments are: 

Nutritional food - Sales of powdered infant and adult formula products, prepared foods and ultra high temperature (“UHT”) liquid milk products. 

Nutritional supplement - Sales of nutritional supplement such as chondroitin sulfate to external customers, and microencapsulated Docosahexanoic Acid (“DHA”) and Arachidonic Acid (“ARA”) to powdered formula segment.

Other business - Other business includes non-core businesses such as ancillary sales of excess or unusable ingredients and materials to industrial customers, providing genetic diagnostic services for newborn babies, and sales of cosmetics to pregnant women.

Segment disclosures are on a performance basis consistent with internal management reporting. The following tables summarized the Company’s revenue and cost generated from different revenue streams.

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(In thousands)	2016			2015			2016			2015
NET SALES TO EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS
- Nutritional food	$	76,389		$	78,265		$	150,770		$	151,991
- Nutritional supplement		4,879			8,058			5,531			16,115
- Other business		1,436			1,025			4,268			1,571
Net sales	$	82,704		$	87,348		$	160,569		$	169,677
INTERSEGMENT SALES
- Nutritional food	$	108		$	31		$	134		$	58
- Nutritional supplement		3,221			2,351			6,732			5,855
- Other business		495			137			699			137
Intersegment sales	$	3,824		$	2,519		$	7,565		$	6,050
GROSS PROFIT
- Nutritional food	$	37,766		$	40,362		$	72,581		$	81,392
- Nutritional supplement		369			553			394			1,088
- Other business		(796	)		(320	)		(1,658	)		57
Gross profit	$	37,339		$	40,595		$	71,317		$	82,537

(In thousands)	September 30,  2016			March 31,  2016
TOTAL ASSETS
- Nutritional food	$	753,585		$	757,459
- Nutritional supplement		39,189			43,962
- Other business		11,051			20,555
- Unallocated assets		1,666			4,870
- Intersegment elimination		(3,425	)		(9,749	)
Total	$	802,066		$	817,097

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 

Sections of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Form 10-Q”) including, in particular, the Company’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict; therefore, actual results may differ materially from those expressed, implied or forecasted in any such forward-looking statements.

Expressions of future goals and expectations or similar expressions including, without limitation, “may,” “should,” “could,” “expects,” “does not currently expect,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “targets,” or “continue,” reflecting something other than historical fact are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The factors described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K under Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors and below in Part II. Other Information – Item 1A. Risk Factors could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Unless required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. However, readers should carefully review the reports and documents the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), particularly its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Annual Report on Form 10-K , Current Reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports.

Use of Terms

Except where the context otherwise requires and for purposes of the Form 10-Q only:

• “we,” “us,” the “Company,” “our,” and “Synutra” refer to Synutra International, Inc., and its consolidated subsidiaries;

• “China” or “PRC” refers to the People’s Republic of China, excluding Taiwan and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau;

• all references to “ton” or “tons” are to “tonne” or “metric ton;”

• all references to “Renminbi” or “RMB” are to the legal currency of China;

• all references to “Euro,” “EUR,” or “€” are to the legal currency of the European Union; and

• all references to “U.S. dollars,” “USD,” “dollars,” or “$” are to the legal currency of the United States.

Amounts may not always add to the totals due to rounding.

Available Information

The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are filed with the SEC. Such reports and other information filed by the Company with the SEC are available on the Company’s website at http://www.synutra.com when such reports are available on the SEC website. The public may read and copy any materials filed by the Company with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Room 1580, Washington, DC 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. The contents of these websites are not incorporated into this filing. Further, the Company’s references to the URLs for these websites are intended to be inactive textual references only.

Overview

We are a leading infant formula company in China. We principally engage in the production, distribution and sale of dairy-based nutritional products under the “Shengyuan” or “Synutra” line of brands in the PRC. We focus on selling powdered formula products for infants and adults, and also engage in other nutritional product offerings, such as prepared foods and certain nutritional ingredients and supplements. We sell most of our products through an extensive nationwide sales and distribution network covering all provinces and provincial-level municipalities in China. As of September 30, 2016, this network comprised over 960 independent distributors and over 280 independent sub-distributors who sell our products in approximately 26,900 retail outlets.

We currently have three reportable segments:

· Nutritional Food includes the sale of powdered infant and adult formula products, with major brands including Super, My Angel and Dutch Cow, UHT liquid milk product under the brand of Dutch Cow introduced in fiscal year 2016, and prepared foods under the brand of Huiliduo;

· Nutritional Supplement includes the production and sale of nutritional supplements such as chondroitin sulfate to third parties, and microencapsulated DHA and ARA to the nutritional food segment for use in powdered formula production; and

· Other Business includes non-core businesses such as ancillary sales of excess or unusable ingredients and materials to industrial customers, providing genetic diagnostic services for newborn babies, and sales of cosmetics to pregnant women.

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Executive Summary

After the successful implementation of our Gold Mining Strategy, which improved our management of distributors and stores with regard to both inventories and expenses, as more fully described in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year 2014, we continued to execute the same management philosophy in fiscal years 2015 and 2016. We continued to focus on the productivity of our stores, promoters and sales staff, and to continue to build our brand through direct communication with consumers via our promoters, rather than through mass market advertisements or promotional campaigns.

Based on this philosophy, we launched the Kangaroo program in fiscal year 2015, to enable our in-store promoters to better serve our consumers through our membership loyalty program. Promoters’ compensation was previously solely based on the commission they received on the sales in the stores where they worked and only during the hours they worked. Under the Kangaroo program, we are able to reward bonuses to promoters based on the loyalty points accumulated by their members, regardless of where and when sales occur, which encouraged promoters to maintain an accurate and updated list of their members in our central database. Using our self- developed sales management mobile application “Treasure in Hand,” our promoters can manage mobile communications with their members, including calls, text messages and WeChat messages (the dominant mobile communication application in China) with one app, focusing on the particular community-based WeChat group communications. The Treasure in Hand app is linked to our WeChat corporate account “Thumb Mama,” or “Mu Zhi Ma Ma” in Chinese. If a promoter, or a part-time worker, can pass our standard entrance exam on infant nutrition and health knowledge, they can be admitted into the Thumb Mama program and become a nutritional consultant and host a sub-group under our corporate WeChat account, and then attract members into their respective sub-groups. In addition to maintaining member service through the WeChat group communication, such account is also linked to our Thumb Mall e-commerce platform as described below.

In the beginning of fiscal year 2016, we launched our WeChat-based e-commerce platform “Thumb Mall,” or “Mu Zhi Shang Cheng” in Chinese. We have placed our Super brand infant formula products, DutchCow brand adult formula and liquid milk products, and Precious Care brand pregnancy cosmetic products on the Thumb Mall platform. We plan to expand its offerings to include more of our products. If our member orders infant formula products from Thumb Mall, she can enjoy special discounts only available to Kangaroo program members and her nutritional consultant will receive a commission. We intend to encourage the continuous shift from offline stores to our own online platform, which will enable us to further reduce physical retail outlets and the associated overhead. The online program also enables us to recruit part-time, online-only nutritional consultants who do not work in any store and only get paid through commission from online sales, which greatly expands the size of our field sales team without increasing fixed overhead. By the end of fiscal year 2016, sales through Thumb Mall had reached approximately 15% of total sales of Super brand products, and we had attracted approximately 10,000 part-time nutritional consultants into our program.

While in the first half of fiscal 2017, we continued to develop this program, and saw the number of active members with recent purchases continue to rise, along with the number of both full-time and part-time nutritional consultants, our performance in the three months ended September 30 2016 was negatively affected by the delayed opening of our French project. As described in more details elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and the Form 10-K for fiscal 2016, the French project includes spray-drying capacity of 45,000 tons for whole milk powder and 45,000 tons for high oil whey protein powder. It also includes 90,000 tons of dry-mixing and canning capacity for canned powdered formula products. We had plans to produce a 100% made-in-France version of our core Super brand infant milk formula products, and introduced this product to our distributors in China at the end of August 31, 2016. While the made-in-France products have received positive feedback from our distributors and mom-and-baby store owner clients, the prolonged delay of the French project to generate reliable production volume has disrupted their order schedule, as in the three months ended September 30, 2016, our distributors reduced the order volume on made-in-China Super brand and other products in anticipation of the made-in-France products, which failed to be delivered on schedule. This is a major reason for the year-over-year decline in shipment volume and formula products sales. However, given the high level of interest expressed by the distributors and stores to carry our made-in-France products, we expect the year-over-year sales to improve once we resolve the delay of the French project to steadily meet the volume demand.

We commenced trial operations of our French project in June 2016 and began formal operation of the whole milk tower in July 2016. However, as our whole milk powder is intended to be placed into our canned products with certain density requirements, we spent longer time than expected adjusting the density and other physical or biological properties of the powders. While we completed the physical adjustments of the tower equipment in September 2016, and held a grand opening ceremony on September 28, 2016 during which we showcased the full cycle production capacity of the two towers and the mixing and canning facility, we identified certain glitches of the information controlling system of the facility that would force the facility to automatically turn off with false alarms, as a result of which the facility is yet unable to generate stable supplies of powder or infant formula products for the Chinese market as of the end of October 2016. We now expect the French project to produce qualified powder and infant formula products with steady volume starting in November 2016 , as a result of which the French facility will convert from construction in progress to fixed assets starting December 2016. Before such conversion, we recorded the losses generated at the facility during the three months ended September 30, 2016 as adjustment costs to the overall project investment. As such, we continued to incur capital expenditure for the French project in the three months ended September 30, 2016 and the total budget of the project increased from $213.9 million as of June 30, 2016 (including €173 million of fixed asset investment and pre-opening expenses through that date) to $231.7 million as of September 30, 2016. Despite the interruption in production, with its demonstrated full cycle operation capacity, the French project has received full production permits or certifications from competent authorities, including the import accreditation for both dairy and infant milk formula products from the Certification and Accreditation Administration of China.

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Our performance in the three months ended September 30, 2016 was also negatively affected by the regulatory uncertainty with regards to production license from China Food and Drug Administration (“CFDA”). In June 2016, CFDA released the final version of guidance for the production license for the general infant formula products, which stipulates that effective January 1, 2018, the number of formulas/brands that each factory is allowed to manufacture is limited to three brands, but it has not released any detailed implementation rules to date. There is considerable uncertainty as to the transition from the current 2000 plus brands in the Chinese market to an estimated 500 brands with approximately 170 factories licensed or accredited to supply infant formula products to the Chinese market. Such uncertainty negatively affected the market demand for our My Angel products and certain private label products, which contributed to our sales growth for the past three years. We expect the negative regulatory impact to ease when CFDA releases the implementation rules to give more clarity for regulatory compliance.

A third major factor that negatively affected our performance during the three months ended September 30, 2016 was the losses we incurred to launch the Dutch Cow UHT liquid milk products. While the Dutch Cow brand is a leading adult formula brand in China, it takes time for consumers to accept liquid milk products under the same brand. Our sales team, which was trained in the high margin, high brand-loyalty, targeted-marketing formula market, also needs to adapt to the low margin, highly competitive, mass-marketing liquid milk market. As a result, we have experienced slower-than-expected inventory turnover and also have given away substantial amount of free samples and incurred higher-than-expected expenses on promotional activities, resulting in a decrease in gross margin under this product in the three months ended September 30, 2016. While we have seen a steady increase in sales volume month-over-month for the Dutch Cow liquid milk products, we still expect to incur further losses and face inventory pressure for this product in the near team. We believe, however, in the long run, our investment to expand the awareness and client base for the Dutch Cow products will build up significant equity in this brand.

On January 14, 2016, our board of directors received a preliminary non-binding proposal letter from Mr. Liang Zhang, our chairman and chief executive officer, and an affiliated entity of his, which together with Mr. Zhang comprised the buyer group at the time, to acquire all of our outstanding common stock not already owned by the buyer group in a going-private transaction for $5.91 in cash per share. On January 21, 2016, our board of directors formed a special committee, consisting solely of independent directors, to consider the proposed going-private transaction and to negotiate with the buyer group, while considering other strategic options available to us. On January 30, 2016, the special committee received a letter from the buyer group led by Mr. Zhang, stating, among other things, that such buyer group would not proceed with the proposed going-private transactions unless approved by the special committee. Our share repurchase program approved on September 10, 2015 had automatically terminated due to our public announcement of receiving such non-binding proposal letter. There can be no assurance that any definitive offer will be made, that any agreement will be executed or that a transaction with the buyer group or any other transaction will be approved or consummated. 

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Three Months Results of Operations

Below is a summary of selected comparative results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015:

	Three Months  Ended September 30,
(In thousands, except per share data)	2016			2015			%  Change
Net sales	$	82,704		$	87,348			-5	%
- Nutritional food segment		76,389			78,265			-2	%
Cost of sales		45,365			46,753			-3	%
- Nutritional food segment		38,623			37,903			2	%
Gross profit		37,339			40,595			-8	%
- Nutritional food segment		37,766			40,362			-6	%
Gross Margin		45	%		46	%		-3	%
- Nutritional food segment		49	%		52	%		-4	%
Income from operations		7,185			12,882			-44	%
Interest expense, net		1,579			2,006			-21	%
Foreign currency exchange loss, net		(1,971	)		(8,883	)		-78	%
Income before income tax expense		3,527			1,780			98	%
Income tax expense		722			1,141			*
Net income		2,805			639			339	%
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	2,757		$	509			442	%
Weighted average common stock outstanding – basic and diluted		56,691			57,291			-1	%
Earnings per share – basic and diluted	$	0.05		$	0.01			447	%

* not meaningful

Net Sales

Our net sales by reportable segments are shown in the table below:

	Three Months Ended September 30,							% Change in
(In thousands, except percentage data)	2016		2015		%  Change			Volume			Price
Nutritional food	$	76,389	$	78,265		-2	%		-8	%		1	%
Nutritional supplement		4,879		8,058		-39	%
Other business		1,436		1,025		40	%
Net sales	$	82,704	$	87,348		-5	%

Net sales of our nutritional food segment include powdered formula products for infants, children and adults, prepared food for infants and children, and liquid milk,. The decrease in net sales of our nutritional food segment was mainly due to the combined effects of the following factors:

● The sales volume of powdered formula products under nutritional food segment for the three months ended September 30, 2016 was 5,808 tons, as compared to 6,322 tons for the same period in the previous year. The decrease was primarily due to the prolonged delay of our French project, as our distributors and stores reduced the order volume on made-in-China products in anticipation of the made-in-France products, which failed to be delivered on schedule

● The average selling price of powdered formula products under nutritional food segment for the three months ended September 30, 2016 was $12,457 per ton, compared to $12,380 per ton for the same period in the previous year. Average selling price is calculated as net sales, after deducting sales discounts and rebates, divided by sales volume. The minor increase in average selling price was mainly due to reduced discounts.

The sales volume and average selling price exclude the amount of free products provided to customers, which is recorded as cost of sales in the corresponding period.

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Our nutritional supplement segment mainly consists of external sales of chondroitin sulfate materials to international pharmaceutical companies. The decrease was primarily due to a temporary halt of orders by two major customers of this segment since fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. The two clients resumed orders in August 2016 at levels consistent with the previous year.

Other business mainly includes ancillary sales of excess or unusable ingredients and materials to industrial customers, such as whole milk powder and whey powder. Sales under this segment fluctuate from quarter to quarter.

Cost of Sales

Our cost of sales by reportable segments is shown in the table below:

	Three Months  Ended September 30,
(In thousands, except percentage data)	2016		2015		%  Change
Nutritional food	$	38,623	$	37,903		2	%
Nutritional supplement		4,510		7,505		-40	%
Other business		2,232		1,345		66	%
Cost of sales	$	45,365	$	46,753		-3	%

The increase in the cost of sales of the nutritional food segment was due to the additional cost for the UHT products, partially offset by lower unit cost of formula products and lower shipment volume.

The decrease in the cost of sales of the nutritional supplement segment was mainly due to the decreased sales volume of chondroitin sulfate.

Gross Profit and Gross Margin

	Three Months  Ended September 30,
(In thousands, except percentage data)	2016			2015			%  Change
Nutritional food	$	37,766		$	40,362			-6	%
Nutritional supplement		369			553			-33	%
Other business		(796	)		(320	)		149	%
Gross profit	$	37,339		$	40,595			-8	%
Nutritional food		49	%		52	%
Nutritional supplement		8	%		7	%
Other business		-55	%		-31	%
Gross margin		45	%		46	%

The decrease of gross profit of nutritional food segment was due to a decline in sales volume. The decrease of gross margin of nutritional food segment was primarily attributable to the increased sales of Dutch Cow UHT milk with lower margin, which was launched in January 2016.

The decrease in the gross profit of the nutritional supplement segment was mainly due to lower shipment volume in the first half of the three months ended September 30, 2016.

The negative margin for other business segment was mainly due to the disposition of defective milk powder below its original cost in the three months ended September 30, 2016.

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Expenses

	Three Months  Ended September 30,
(In thousands, except percentage data)	2016		2015		%  Change
Selling and distribution expenses	$	13,194	$	13,832		-5	%
Advertising and promotion expenses		9,777		7,800		25	%
- Advertising expenses		3,140		2,983		5	%
- Promotion expenses		6,637		4,817		38	%
General and administrative expenses		7,346		6,203		18	%
Government subsidies		163		122		34	%

Selling and distribution expenses primarily include compensation expense for sales staff, freight charges and travel expenses.

The slight decrease was mainly due to decreased bonuses for sales staff consistent with decreased sales.

Advertising expenses primarily include media expenses paid to e-commerce providers. Promotion expenses primarily include promotional products provided to end customers, and service charges for our consumer loyalty program administered by a third party. The increase was mainly due to a subsidy of $3.4 million provided by a local PRC government, which was recorded as deduction of promotion expenses during the three months ended September 30, 2015.

General and administrative expenses primarily include salaries for staff and management, depreciation, office rental, office supplies and bad debt expense. The increase was mainly due to the release of $0.9 million bad debt expense in the three months ended September 30, 2015 and salary and social welfare for our new subsidiaries in three months ended September 30, 2016.

Government subsidies represent the receipt of general purpose subsidies from local governments.

Interest Expense and Interest Income

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(In thousands, except percentage data)	2016		2015		% Change
Interest expense	$	3,470	$	4,194		-17	%
Interest income		1,891		2,188		-14	%

The decrease in interest expense was mainly due to decreased average interest rate as we borrow more EUR-denominated loans for the French project which charge lower interest rates, partially offset by increased loan balances. $1.4 million of interest expenses was capitalized for the French project in the three months ended September 30, 2016. In addition, interest rates on our RMB-denominated loans have also decreased since mid-2015. Interest income on restricted cash balance, which is mostly RMB, also declined compared to that of the corresponding period of the previous year.

Foreign Currency Exchange Loss, Net

Our sales and receivable are mostly denominated in RMB, while our purchase of milk powder and whey powder and over half of our loans are denominated in USD and EUR. We incurred a loss of $2.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and $8.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015, as RMB has depreciated against USD and EUR significantly since August 2015.

Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders

As a result of the foregoing, net income attributable to stockholders for the three months ended September 30, 2016 was $2.8 million, compared to a net income of $0.5 million for the same period in the previous year.

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Six Months Results of Operations

Below is a summary of selected comparative results of operations for the six months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015:

	Six Months Ended September 30,
(In thousands, except per share data)	2016			2015			% Change
Net sales	$	160,569		$	169,677			-5	%
- Nutritional food segment		150,770			151,991			-1	%
Cost of sales		89,252			87,140			2	%
- Nutritional food segment		78,189			70,599			11	%
Gross profit		71,317			82,537			-14	%
- Nutritional food segment		72,581			81,392			-11	%
Gross Margin		44	%		49	%		-9	%
- Nutritional food segment		48	%		54	%		-10	%
Income from operations		12,037			25,384			-53	%
Interest expense, net		3,090			3,844			-20	%
Foreign currency exchange loss, net		(4,328	)		(8,552	)		49	%
Income before income tax expense		4,432			12,568			-65	%
Foreign currency exchange loss, net		(4,328	)		(8,552	)		49	%
Income tax expense		1,783			3,931			*
Net (loss) income		2,649			8,637			-69	%
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	2,800		$	8,102			-65	%
Weighted average common stock outstanding – basic and diluted		56,691			57,296			-1	%
Earnings per share – basic and diluted	$	0.05		$	0.14			-65	%

* not meaningful

Net Sales

Our net sales by reportable segments are shown in the table below:

	Six Months Ended September 30,							% Change in
(In thousands, except percentage data)	2016		2015		%  Change			Volume			Price
Nutritional food	$	150,770	$	151,991		-1	%		-0.3	%		-0.5	%
Nutritional supplement		5,531		16,115		-66	%
Other business		4,268		1,571		172	%
Net sales	$	160,569	$	169,677		-5	%

Net sales of our nutritional food segment include powdered formula products for infants, children and adults, prepared food for infants and children, and liquid milk. The decrease in net sales of our nutritional food segment was mainly due to the combined effect of the following factors:

● The sales volume of powdered formula products under nutritional food segment for the six months ended September 30, 2016 was 11,700 tons, as compared to 11,736 tons for the same period in the previous year.

● The average selling price of powdered formula products under nutritional food segment for the six months ended September 30, 2016 was $12,886 per ton, compared to $12,951 per ton for the same period in the previous year. Average selling price is calculated as net sales, after deducting sales discounts and rebates, divided by sales volume. The minor decrease was mainly due to the negative impact from exchange rate changes, partially offset by lower discounts in the three months ended September 30, 2016.

The sales volume and average selling price exclude the amount of free products provided to customers, which is recorded as cost of sales in the period.

Our nutritional supplement segment mainly consists of external sales of chondroitin sulfate materials to international pharmaceutical companies. The decrease was primarily due to a temporary halt of orders by two major customers of this segment.

Other business mainly includes ancillary sales of excess or unusable ingredients and materials to industrial customers, such as whole milk powder and whey powder. Sales under this segment fluctuate from quarter to quarter. The increase in the six months ended September 30, 2016 is mainly due to higher milk powder sales.

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Cost of Sales

Our cost of sales by reportable segments is shown in the table below:

	Six Months Ended September 30,
(In thousands, except percentage data)	2016		2015		%  Change
Nutritional food	$	78,189	$	70,599		11	%
Nutritional supplement		5,137		15,027		-66	%
Other business		5,926		1,514		291	%
Cost of sales	$	89,252	$	87,140		2	%

The increase in the cost of sales of the nutritional food segment was mainly due to increased costs under the Dutch Cow brand liquid milk products for the six months ended September 30, 2016. 

The decrease in the cost of sales of the nutritional supplement segment was mainly due to the decreased sales volume of chondroitin sulfate.

Gross Profit and Gross Margin

	Six Months  Ended September 30,
(In thousands, except percentage data)	2016			2015			%  Change
Nutritional food	$	72,581		$	81,392			-11	%
Nutritional supplement		394			1,088			-64	%
Other business		(1,658	)		57			*
Gross profit	$	71,317		$	82,537			-14	%
Nutritional food		48	%		54	%
Nutritional supplement		7	%		7	%
Other business		-39	%		4	%
Gross margin		44	%		49	%

*  Not meaningful

The decrease of gross profit of nutritional food segment was due to a decline in sales volume. The decrease of gross margin of nutritional food segment was primarily due to (i) the depreciation of RMB against USD, because we sold almost all of our powdered formula product and UHT milk in RMB in China while we purchased major raw material, such as milk powder and whey protein powder, in USD overseas, and (ii) the newly launched Dutch Cow UHT milk which has lower margin than powdered formula products.

The decrease in the gross profit of the nutritional supplement segment was mainly due to lower shipment volume in the six months ended September 30, 2016. 

The negative margin for other business segment was mainly due to the disposition of defective milk powder below its original cost in the six months ended September 30, 2016.

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Expenses

	Six Months  Ended September 30,
(In thousands, except percentage data)	2016		2015		%  Change
Selling and distribution expenses	$	24,693	$	26,568		-7	%
Advertising and promotion expenses		17,067		18,086		-6	%
- Advertising expenses		4,263		5,063		-16	%
- Promotion expenses		12,804		13,023		-2	%
General and administrative expenses		14,944		12,701		18	%
Loss on a supply contract		2,833		0		*
Government subsidies		257		202		27	%

* not meaningful

Selling and distribution expenses primarily include compensation expense for sales staff, freight charges and travel expenses. The decrease was mainly due to decreased bonuses for sales staff consistent with decreased sales in certain high premium products.

Advertising expenses primarily include media expenses paid to e-commerce providers. Promotion expenses primarily include promotional products provided to end customers, and service charges for our consumer loyalty program administered by a third party. The decrease in the advertising and promotion expenses was primarily due to (i) the utilization of less expensive Internet channels for promotional activities, and (ii) a change in promotion budget management from centralized management to product-based management, for which our product managers are cautious when applying for their own budget, partially offset by subsidy of $3.4 million provided by a local PRC government, which was recorded as deduction of promotion expenses in the six months ended September 30, 2015.

General and administrative expenses primarily include salaries for staff and management, depreciation, office rental, office supplies and bad debt expense. The increase in general and administrative expenses was mainly due to the release of $0.8 million of expense provisions in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and salary and social welfare for our new subsidiaries in six months ended September 30, 2016.

Loss on a supply contract mainly represent compensation to Sodiaal under our milk supply agreement, as we could not take full delivery of raw milk during the six months ended September 30, 2016. For details, see “Item 1. Financial Statements — Note 10.”

Government subsidies represent the receipt of general purpose subsidies from local governments.

Interest Expense and Interest Income

	Six Months  Ended September 30,
(In thousands, except percentage data)	2016		2015		%  Change
Interest expense	$	6,891	$	8,378		-18	%
Interest income		3,801		4,534		-16	%

The decrease in interest expense was mainly due to decreased average interest rate as we borrow more EUR-denominated loans for the French project which charged lower interest rates, partially offset by increased loan balances. $2.6 million of interest expenses was capitalized for the French Project in the six months ended September 30, 2016. In addition, interest rates on our PRC-denominated loans have decreased since mid-2015.

Interest income on restricted cash balance, which is mostly RMB, also declined compared to that of the corresponding period of the previous year.

Foreign Currency Exchange Loss, Net

Our sales and receivable are mostly denominated in RMB, while our purchase of milk powder and whey powder and over half of our loans are denominated in USD and EUR. We incurred a loss of $4.3 million for the six months ended September 30, 2016 and $8.6 million for the six months ended September 30, 2015, as RMB has depreciated against USD and EUR significantly since August 2015.

Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders

As a result of the foregoing, net income attributable to stockholders for the six months ended September 30, 2016 was $2.8 million, compared to $8.1 million for the same period in the previous year.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash on hand, cash from operations and available borrowings. Cash flows from operating activities mainly represent the inflow of cash from our customers and the outflow of cash for inventory purchases, manufacturing, operating expenses, interest and taxes. Cash flows used in investing activities primarily represent capital expenditures for equipment and buildings, and restricted cash used as security against letters of credit, bank acceptance bills and short-term and long-term borrowings. Cash flows from financing activities primarily represent proceeds and repayments of borrowings. In addition, while there can be no assurance that we will be able to refinance our short-term bank borrowings as they become due, historically, we have renewed or rolled over most of our bank loans after the maturity date of the loans and we believe we will continue to be able to do so.

Cash and cash equivalents totaled $43.6 million as of September 30, 2016, of which $43.0 million was held outside of the United States.

On September 17, 2012, the Company entered into a partnership framework agreement, a milk supply agreement, a whey supply agreement, a whey powder supply agreement, and a technical assistance agreement with Sodiaal Union, a French agricultural cooperative company (“Sodiaal”), and/or Euroserum SAS (“Euroserum”), a French subsidiary of Sodiaal, as the case may be, relating to a long-term industrial and commercial partnership between Sodiaal and the Company. Under these agreements, we undertake to build a new drying facility in Carhaix, France, for the manufacture of powdered milk and fat-enriched, or high oil, demineralized whey. We are committed to purchasing, and Sodiaal and Euroserum are committed to selling, 288 million liters of milk per year for ten years, an amount of whey equivalent to 24,000 tons of 70% demineralized pre-concentrated dry whey extract per year for ten years, and 6,000 tons of 70% demineralized whey powder per year, or an equivalent quantity of liquid whey, for ten years, at market based prices at the time of purchase, to satisfy the production needs of the new drying facility. If we purchases less than the agreed amount, we would compensate Sodiaal or Euroserum, as the case may be, for the loss suffered. We initially agreed to begin purchasing raw milk from Sodiaal in January 2016; however, the purchase plan has been delayed as the milk tower did not commence trial operation until June 2016. As required by the contract, we paid Sodiaal and third-party processors to process the raw milk into powder or other dairy products to fulfill our purchase obligations under the contract. Given that such payment was a result of our commitment to purchase rather than an expense required to test run the facility, rather than including this loss in our total project investment, we recorded a $8.8 million and $2.8 million loss related to this contract during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and June 30, 2016, respectively. Since June 2016, we have gradually increased the volume of raw milk we process in-house and by August 2016 when our second tower commenced trial operation, we were able to fulfill all of our purchase commitments. For details, see “Item 1. Financial Statements — Note 10.” 

On September 18, 2015 and March 24, 2016, we entered into two purchase contracts under which we agreed to purchase UHT liquid milk from two suppliers in France, including one affiliate of Sodiaal, from calendar 2017 through calendar 2027. The minimum amount of liquid milk products we agreed to purchase is 85,500 tons in calendar 2017, and between 195,500 tons and 207,000 tons in calendar 2018 through calendar 2027. We expect to finance the purchases under these contracts with operating cash flow and trade financing arrangements, and sell the products in the Chinese market.

In March 2016, we entered into a five-year lease contract under which we agreed to lease UHT liquid milk equipment from a supplier in France, beginning from calendar 2017 to calendar 2018. The lease payment will be $3.7 million per year. We expect to finance the lease with operating cash flow.

On September 10, 2015, our board of directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to an aggregate amount of $20,000,000 of our common stock from time to time through September 10, 2016. Under this repurchase program, shares may be repurchased in privately negotiated and/or open market transactions, including under plans complying with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act. Following the approval, we entered into a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan under the Exchange Act permitting open market repurchases of our common stock based on certain triggers described in the trading plan. During fiscal year 2016, we repurchased 610,313 shares of our common stock under the Rule 10b5-1 trading plan at an aggregate cost of $3.0 million which was paid for through cash on hand. The share repurchase program had automatically terminated due to our public announcement of receiving a non-binding proposal letter, dated January14, 2016, from Mr. Liang Zhang, our chairman and chief executive officer, and an affiliated entity of his, proposing a “going-private” transaction.

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Cash Flows

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain information relating to our cash flows:

	Six Months Ended September 30,
(In thousands)	2016			2015
Cash flow provided by/(used in):
Operating activities
Net income	$	2,649		$	8,637
Depreciation and amortization		5,218			4,867
Bad debt expense (reversal)		85			(1,244	)
Inventory write down		5,471			4,955
Deferred income tax		(935	)		0
Loss on a supply contract		556			0
Other		0			50
Changes in assets and liabilities		(70,397	)		(35,786	)
Total operating activities		(57,353	)		(18,521	)
Investing activities		(38,095	)		(67,401	)
Financing activities		37,701			85,084
Effect of foreign currency translation on cash and cash equivalents		(1,322	)		(480	)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	$	(59,069	)	$	(1,318	)

Cash flow used in operating activities in the six months ended September 30, 2016 was a result of the net income of $2.6 million, as adjusted for non-cash expense and income items of $10.4 million, and an increase in working capital of $70.4 million. In the six months ended September 30, 2016, we spent $176.6 million to purchase raw materials and other production materials, $24.4 million in staff compensation and social welfare, $20.0 million in taxes, $45.2 million in operating expenses, $6.5 million in interest, $0.8 million in land lease, received $224.5 million from our customers and $1.8 million from interest payments.

Cash flow used in investing activities in the six months ended September 30, 2016 mainly represents $34.0 million payment for the purchase of property, plant and equipment, $3.8 million outflow for restricted cash deposited with banks as security against the issuance of letters of credit for the import of raw materials and as pledges for certain short-term and long-term borrowings, $0.4 million outflow for acquisition of Intangible assets, partially offset by $40,000 in proceeds from disposed assets.

Cash flow used in financing activities in the six months ended September 30, 2016 mainly represents net cash outflow of $32.2 million from short-term loans and $0.2 million payment for assets under capital leases, partially offset by net cash inflow of $4.5 million from long-term loans.

Outstanding Indebtedness

For information on our short-term and long-term borrowings, see “Item 1.  Financial Statements – Note 8.”

Capital Expenditures

Our capital expenditures were $29.2 million and the corresponding cash outflow was $34.0 million for the six months ended September 30, 2016, which mainly represented expenditures for our drying facility in France.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2016, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-15 Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. The amendments in thsi Update provide guidance on the following eight specific cash flow issues: 1) Debt Prepayment or Debt Extinguishment Costs; 2) Settlement of Zero-Coupon Debt Instruments or Other Debt Instruments with Coupon Interest Rates That Are Insignificant in Relation to the Effective Interest Rate of the Borrowing; 3) Contingent Consideration Payments Made after a Business Combination; 4) Proceeds from the Settlement of Insurance Claims; 5) Proceeds from the Settlement of Corporate-Owned Life Insurance Policies, including Bank-Owned Life Insurance Policies; 6) Distributions Received from Equity Method Investees; 7) Beneficial Interests in Securitization Transactions; and 8) Separately Identifiable Cash Flows and Application of the Predominance Principle. The amendments in this Update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. We are evaluating the impact to our financial position and results of operations upon adoption.

In October 2016, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-16 Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory. The amendments in this Update require that an entity should recognize the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory when the transfer occurs. Two common examples of assets included in the scope of this Update are intellectual property and property, plant, and equipment. For public business entities, the amendments in this Update are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted for all entities as of the beginning of an annual reporting period for which financial statements (interim or annual) have not been issued or made available for issuance. That is, earlier adoption should be in the first interim period if an entity issues interim financial statements. The amendments in this Update should be applied on a modified retrospective basis through a cumulative-effect adjustment directly to retained earnings as of the beginning of the period of adoption. We are evaluating the impact to our financial position and results of operations upon adoption.

In October 2016, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-17 Consolidation (Topic 810): Interests Held through Related Parties That Are under Common Control.The amendments in this Update do not change the characteristics of a primary beneficiary in current generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Therefore, a primary beneficiary of a VIE has both of the following characteristics: (1) the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and (2) the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. If a reporting entity satisfies the first characteristic of a primary beneficiary (such that it is the single decision maker of a VIE), the amendments in this Update require that reporting entity, in determining whether it satisfies the second characteristic of a primary beneficiary, to include all of its direct variable interests in a VIE and, on a proportionate basis, its indirect variable interests in a VIE held through related parties, including related parties that are under common control with the reporting entity. That is, under the amendments, a single decision maker is not required to consider indirect interests held through related parties that are under common control with the single decision maker to be the equivalent of direct interests in their entirety. Instead, a single decision maker is required to include those interests on a proportionate basis consistent with indirect interests held through other related parties. If, after performing that assessment, a reporting entity that is the single decision maker of a VIE concludes that it does not have the characteristics of a primary beneficiary, the amendments continue to require that reporting entity to evaluate whether it and one or more of its related parties under common control, as a group, have the characteristics of a primary beneficiary. If the single decision maker and its related parties that are under common control, as a group, have the characteristics of a primary beneficiary, then the party within the related party group that is most closely associated with the VIE is the primary beneficiary. The amendments in this Update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. We are evaluating the impact to our financial position and results of operations upon adoption.

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ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

There is no material change in the information reported under Item 7A, “Foreign Exchange Risk,” “Inflation,” “Interest Rate Risk,” “Concentration of Credit Risk” and “Commodities Risk” contained in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016.

ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Conclusion Regarding Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report.

Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of September 30, 2016, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (a) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (b) accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) in the three months ended September 30, 2016, which have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. 

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PART II OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

As of September 30, 2016, the end of the period covered by this report, we were subject to various legal proceedings and claims that have not been fully resolved and that have arisen in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of our management, we do not believe current legal proceedings and claims would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or operating results. However, the results of legal proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty. We intend to contest each lawsuit vigorously but should we fail to prevail in any of these legal matters or should several of these legal matters be resolved against us in the same reporting period, the operating results of a particular reporting period could be materially and adversely affected.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

For information regarding the risks and uncertainties affecting our business, please refer to “Part I, Item 1A Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016. There have been no material changes to these risks and uncertainties during the three months ended September 30, 2016.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

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ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS

Exhibit  Number	Description
31.1	Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a), promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
31.2	Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a), promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
32.1	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Executive Officer)
32.2	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Financial Officer)
101	Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T: (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets—September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations—Three and Six Months Ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income(Loss)—Three and Six Months Ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Equity—Six Months Ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—Six Months Ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	SYNUTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Date: November 9, 2016	By:	/s/ Liang Zhang
		Name:	Liang Zhang
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

By:	/s/ Ning Cai
	Name:	Ning Cai
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Liang Zhang, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Synutra International, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 9, 2016
By:	/s/ Liang Zhang
	Name:	Liang Zhang
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Ning Cai, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Synutra International, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 9, 2016
By:	/s/ Ning Cai
	Name:	Ning Cai
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1 

SYNUTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Certification

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, the undersigned, Liang Zhang, Chief Executive Officer of Synutra International, Inc. (the “Registrant”), hereby certifies, to his knowledge, that the Registrant’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

Date: November 9, 2016
By:	/s/ Liang Zhang
	Name:	Liang Zhang
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to the Registrant and will be retained by the Registrant and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

The foregoing certification is being furnished with the Registrant’s Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. It is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and it is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Registrant, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

EX-32.2

EXHIBIT 32.2

SYNUTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Certification

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, the undersigned, Ning Cai, Chief Financial Officer of Synutra International, Inc. (the “Registrant”), hereby certifies, to her knowledge, that the Registrant’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

Date: November 9, 2016
By:	/s/ Ning Cai
	Name:	Ning Cai
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to the Registrant and will be retained by the Registrant and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

The foregoing certification is being furnished with the Registrant’s Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. It is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and it is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Registrant, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

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Document And Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Nov. 09, 2016
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	Synutra International, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0001293593
Trading Symbol	syut
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--03-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		56,690,687
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2016
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2017
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 43,598	$ 102,667
Restricted cash	44,575	77,787
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $1,467 and $1,435, as of September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016, respectively	19,594	29,911
Inventories	120,326	98,360
Due from related parties	2,268	2,486
Receivable from disposal of a subsidiary	1,110	1,161
Deferred tax assets	15,269	15,781
Prepayments and other current assets	45,975	30,675
Investment held at trust	3,171	3,169
Total current assets	295,886	361,997
Property, plant and equipment, net	312,741	294,185
Land use rights, net	8,164	8,541
Intangible assets, net	2,973	2,661
Restricted cash	158,705	128,397
Due from related parties	383	2,223
Deferred tax assets	4,372	3,481
Long-term loan receivable	7,487	9,286
Other non-current assets	11,355	6,326
TOTAL ASSETS	802,066	817,097
Current Liabilities:
Short-term debt	125,831	95,175
Long-term debt due within one year	79,801	95,504
Accounts payable	47,289	76,862
Income taxes payable	188	2,721
Due to related parties	83	132
Advances from customers	24,211	25,186
Other current liabilities	41,812	49,617
Total current liabilities	319,215	345,197
Long-term debt	326,704	315,512
Deferred government subsidies	6,914	7,196
Capital lease obligations	6,724	7,315
Other long-term liabilities	4,703	5,077
Total liabilities	664,260	680,297
Common stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $.0001 par value: 250,000 shares authorized; 57,301 shares issued, 56,691 shares outstanding as of both September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016	6	6
Additional paid-in capital	134,693	134,693
Accumulated deficit	(12,010)	(14,810)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	10,623	13,352
Total common stockholders' equity	133,312	133,241
Noncontrolling interest	4,494	3,559
Total equity	137,806	136,800
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 802,066	$ 817,097

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED) (Parentheticals) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Consolidated Balance Sheets [Abstract]
Accounts receivable, allowance	$ 1,467	$ 1,435
Common stock, par value	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Common stock, shares authorized	250,000	250,000
Common stock, shares issued	57,301	57,301
Common stock, shares outstanding	56,691	56,691

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Consolidated Statements Of Operations [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 82,704	$ 87,348	$ 160,569	$ 169,677
-including sales to related parties	2,268	3,238	7,087	5,353
Cost of sales	45,365	46,753	89,252	87,140
Gross profit	37,339	40,595	71,317	82,537
Selling and distribution expenses	13,194	13,832	24,693	26,568
Advertising and promotion expenses	9,777	7,800	17,067	18,086
General and administrative expenses	7,346	6,203	14,944	12,701
Loss on a supply contract	0	0	2,833	0
Government subsidies	163	122	257	202
Income from operations	7,185	12,882	12,037	25,384
Interest expense	3,470	4,194	6,891	8,378
Interest income	1,891	2,188	3,801	4,534
Foreign currency exchange loss, net	(1,971)	(8,883)	(4,328)	(8,552)
Other expense, net	(108)	(213)	(187)	(420)
Income before income tax expense	3,527	1,780	4,432	12,568
Income tax expense	722	1,141	1,783	3,931
Net income	2,805	639	2,649	8,637
Net income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interest	48	130	(151)	535
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 2,757	$ 509	$ 2,800	$ 8,102
Weighted average common stock outstanding - basic and diluted (in shares)	56,691	57,291	56,691	57,296
Earnings per share - basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.05	$ 0.01	$ 0.05	$ 0.14

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (UNAUDITED) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income	$ 2,805	$ 639	$ 2,649	$ 8,637
Other comprehensive loss (income), net of tax:
Currency translation adjustment	595	(1,346)	(2,853)	1,351
Other comprehensive income (loss)	595	(1,346)	(2,853)	1,351
Comprehensive income (loss)	3,400	(707)	(204)	9,988
Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest	19	121	(275)	526
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	$ 3,381	$ (828)	$ 71	$ 9,462

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY (UNAUDITED) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	Common Stock	Additional paid-in capital	Accumulated deficit	Accumulated other comprehensive income	Noncontrolling Interest	Total
Balance at Mar. 31, 2015	$ 6	$ 135,440	$ (35,046)	$ 11,526	$ 2,643	$ 114,569
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2015	57,301
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)	$ 0	0	8,102	0	535	8,637
Other comprehensive income, net of tax of nil	0	0	0	1,360	(9)	1,351
Treasury shares repurchased	$ 0	(557)	0	0	0	(557)
Treasury shares repurchased (in shares)	(112)
Balance at Sep. 30, 2015	$ 6	134,883	(26,944)	12,886	3,169	124,000
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2015	57,189
Balance at Mar. 31, 2015	$ 6	135,440	(35,046)	11,526	2,643	114,569
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2015	57,301
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest [Roll Forward]
Treasury shares repurchased						$ 3,000
Treasury shares repurchased (in shares)						(610,313)
Balance at Mar. 31, 2016	$ 6	134,693	(14,810)	13,352	3,559	$ 136,800
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2016	56,691
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)	$ 0	0	2,800	0	(151)	2,649
Other comprehensive income, net of tax of nil	0	0	0	(2,729)	(124)	(2,853)
Contribution from noncontrolling shareholders	0	0	0	0	1,210	1,210
Balance at Sep. 30, 2016	$ 6	$ 134,693	$ (12,010)	$ 10,623	$ 4,494	$ 137,806
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2016	56,691

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Operating activities:
Net income	$ 2,649	$ 8,637
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	5,218	4,867
Bad debt expense (reversal)	85	(1,244)
Inventory write down	5,471	4,955
Deferred income tax	(935)	0
Loss on a supply contract	556	0
Other	0	50
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	9,709	(3,476)
Inventories	(30,812)	(14,210)
Due from related parties	1,682	(875)
Prepaid land use right	0	(516)
Prepayments and other current assets	(16,608)	(9,600)
Accounts payable	(20,539)	(1,273)
Due to related parties	(49)	3
Advances from customers	(250)	1,079
Income tax payable	(2,500)	(2,078)
Other current liabilities	(10,298)	(4,422)
Other noncurrent liabilities	(732)	(418)
Net cash used in operating activities	(57,353)	(18,521)
Investing activities:
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment	(33,998)	(72,852)
Acquisition of intangible assets	(371)	0
Change in restricted cash	(3,766)	9,627
Proceeds from assets disposal	40	16
Proceeds from disposal of subsidiaries	0	5,617
Changes in long-term loan receivable	0	(9,809)
Net cash used in investing activities	(38,095)	(67,401)
Financing activities:
Proceeds from short-term debt	92,306	94,731
Repayment of short-term debt	(60,103)	(107,995)
Proceeds from long-term debt	63,643	149,495
Repayment of long-term debt	(59,132)	(50,324)
Payment on capital lease obligations	(232)	(266)
Proceeds from noncontrolling interest	1,219	0
Payment on shares repurchased	0	(557)
Net cash provided by financing activities	37,701	85,084
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(1,322)	(480)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	(59,069)	(1,318)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	102,667	85,171
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	43,598	83,853
Supplemental cash flow information:
Interest paid, net of capitalized interest of $2.6 million and $1.9 million	6,547	7,261
Income tax paid	5,215	6,006
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment included in accounts payable	(5,524)	12,436
Consideration receivable on disposal of subsidiaries	$ 0	$ 1,071

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED) (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Statement of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Interest capitalized	$ 1.4	$ 1.2	$ 2.6	$ 1.9

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ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Organization And Principal Activities [Abstract]

ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

1. ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

Synutra International, Inc. and its subsidiaries (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Company” or “Synutra”) are principally engaged in production, distribution and sales of dairy-based nutritional products under the “Shengyuan” or “Synutra” line of brands in the People’s Republic of China (“China” or “PRC”). The Company focuses on selling powdered formula products for infants and adults, and also engages in other nutritional product offerings, such as prepared foods and certain nutritional ingredients and supplements.

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Basis Of Presentation [Abstract]

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The Company is responsible for the unaudited consolidated financial statements included in this document, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and include all normal and recurring adjustments that management of the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position and operating results. The Company prepared these statements following the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, the Company condensed or omitted certain footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by US GAAP for annual financial statements. These statements should be read in combination with the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016.

The unaudited consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Synutra International, Inc. and its subsidiaries, its consolidated variable interest entity, Beijing Shengyuan Huimin Technology Service Co., Ltd. (the variable interest entity, or "VIE"), in which it has a controlling financial interest. A controlling financial interest is typically determined when a company holds a majority of the voting equity interest in an entity. US GAAP provides guidance on the identification and financial reporting for entities over which control is achieved through means other than voting interests, which requires certain VIEs to be consolidated by the primary beneficiary of the entity if the equity investors in the entity do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties.  Through the contractual arrangements between the Company and the VIE, the Company controls the operating activities and holds all the beneficial interests of the VIE and has been determined to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE. The Company has concluded that such contractual arrangements are legally enforceable. The operations associated with the consolidated VIE are insignificant and hold de minimis assets and liabilities.

Net income or loss of a subsidiary is attributed to the Company and to the noncontrolling interests on the basis of relative ownership interest. Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries are presented separately from the Company's equity therein.

All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full year.

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INVENTORIES

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Inventories [Abstract]

INVENTORIES

3. INVENTORIES

The Company’s inventories as of September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016 are summarized as follows:

(In thousands)	September 30,  2016		March 31,  2016
Raw materials	$	35,771	$	41,073
Work-in-progress		14,675		20,609
Finished goods		69,880		36,678
Total	$	120,326	$	98,360

The value of goods-in-transit included in raw materials was $4.7 million and $7.1 million as of September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016, respectively, which mainly represented purchases of whey powder from international sources.

The Company recorded lower of cost or market provisions for inventory of $3.8 million and $3.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $5.5 million and $5.0 million for the six months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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RELATED PARTIES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Related Parties And Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

RELATED PARTIES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

4. RELATED PARTIES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

A. Related party balances

a. Due from related parties, including current and non-current portion

(In thousands)	September 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Sheng Zhi Da Dairy Group Corporation	$	1,472	$	3,349
Beijing Honnete Dairy Co., Ltd.		2		0
St. Angel (Beijing) Business Service Co. Ltd.		1,145		1,334
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.		23		23
Beijing AoNaier Feed Stuff Co., Ltd.		9		3
Total	$	2,651	$	4,709

b. Due to related parties

(In thousands)	September 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.		83		132

The amount due to and due from related parties were unsecured and interest free.

B. Sales to and services for related parties

In the three and six months ended September 30, 2016, the Company’s sales to related parties mainly included feed grade milk powder and whey powder to Beijing AoNaier Feed Stuff Co., Ltd., and powdered formula products to St. Angel (Beijing) Business Service., Ltd., and services for related parties including office spaces rented to Beijing Honnete Dairy Co., Ltd., Beijing AoNaier Feed Stuff Co., Ltd., St. Angel (Beijing) Business Service Co., Ltd., and Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(In thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Beijing Honnete Dairy Co., Ltd.	$	1	$	2	$	3	$	4
St. Angel (Beijing) Business Service Co., Ltd.		2,248		3,165		7,025		5,268
Qingdao Lvyin Waste Disposal Investment Management Co., Ltd.		5		1		5		2
Beijing AoNaier Feed Stuff Co., Ltd.		9		64		44		67
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.		5		6		10		12
Total	$	2,268	$	3,238	$	7,087	$	5,353

C. Purchases from related parties

In the three and six months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, St. Angel Cultural Communication provided certain marketing activities for the Company.

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(In thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.	$	113	$	113	$	228	$	229

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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Property, Plant And Equipment, Net [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

5. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

(In thousands)	September 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Property, plant and equipment, cost:
Land	$	1,892	$	1,914
Capital lease of building		5,053		5,469
Buildings and renovations		77,500		79,984
Plant and machinery		63,545		64,584
Office equipment and furnishings		12,156		11,973
Motor vehicles		2,409		2,460
Others		1,107		1,143
Total cost	$	163,662	$	167,527
Less: Accumulated depreciation:
Capital lease of building		1,146		1,111
Buildings and renovations		21,899		20,780
Plant and machinery		47,036		45,879
Office equipment and furnishings		9,744		9,672
Motor vehicles		1,944		1,920
Others		893		857
Total accumulated depreciation		82,662		80,219
Construction in progress		231,741		206,877
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	312,741	$	294,185

Land represents a parcel of land acquired for the Company’s French subsidiary.

Construction in progress mainly represents construction and equipment for the French subsidiary as of September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016.

The Company recorded depreciation expense for owned assets and capital leased assets of $2.5 million and $2.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $5.1 million and $4.8 million for the six months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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LONG-TERM LOAN RECEIVABLE

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Receivables [Abstract]

LONG-TERM LOAN RECEIVABLE

6. LONG-TERM LOAN RECEIVABLE

In May 2015, the Company granted a four-year long term loan of RMB 60.0 million (equivalent to $9.0 million) with interest rate of 7% to Qingdao Jisheng Iron Printing and Tin Making Co., LTD. (“Qingdao Jisheng”), a supplier for the iron sheet used for its formula products. Qingdao Jisheng shall use the loan to expand its own upstream manufacturing capacity. RMB10.0 million, RMB20.0 million and RMB30.0 million shall be repaid by Qingdao Jisheng in May 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively. The outstanding principal loan amount of $1.5 million and $7.5 million are separately recorded as prepayments and other current assets, and long-term loan receivable on the consolidated balance sheet, which is close to its fair value. On the other hand, in fiscal 2016 the Company received RMB27.0 million in cash equivalent from Qingdao Jisheng as a performance guaranty to be the exclusive iron sheet supplier to its Carhaix facility. See Note 9 for details.  The Company evaluated the credit risk associated with the loan and estimated the cash flow expected to be collected over the life of the loan. A valuation allowance will be established if the loan is deemed unable to be collected. No valuation allowance has been recorded as of September 30, 2016.

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INVESTMENT HELD AT TRUST

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Held-to-maturity Securities [Abstract]

INVESTMENT HELD AT TRUST

7. INVESTMENT HELD AT TRUST

In October and November 2015, the Company launched two marketing initiatives whereby customers can purchase online cash coupons through the BaiduPay platform (the “Platform”). The cash coupons can be redeemed by the customer within one year from the date of purchase for the Company’s products posted on the Platform. The customers have the right to request the Company to redeem their unused coupons at the end of the one-year period for the original purchase amount plus an annual rate of 8.0%. According to the agreement between the Company and the Platform, the cash received from the customers from the purchases of cash coupons (the “Fund”) is required to be deposited in a specific trust managed by a third party financial institution (the “Trust Company”) to protect the customers’ interest and only the portion of the Fund related to the cash coupon redeemed for the Company’s products can be utilized by the Company at its discretion. The Fund relating to the unused coupons is restricted for use by the Company and can only be invested in principal protected investment products agreed by the Company and the Trust Company.

Funds deposited in the trust in the amount of $3.2 million are recorded in Advances from Customers on the consolidated balance sheets. As agreed by both parties, the Fund was invested to purchase a trust product consisting of fixed income debt securities with interest rate of 7% and maturity term less than one year. The Company classified the investment as held-to-maturity securities and carried it at amortized cost. The carrying amount of the securities of $3.2 million as of September 30, 2016 approximated their fair value due to their credit ratings and their short-term nature.

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DEBT

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Debt [Abstract]

DEBT

8. DEBT

The Company’s debts consisted of the following:

(In thousands)	September 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Short-term debt	$	125,831	$	95,175
Long-term debt due within one year		79,801		95,504
Total debt, current		205,632		190,679
Long-term debt, non-current portion		326,704		315,512
Total		532,336		506,191

Long-term debt

The long-term debts, including current portion, as of September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016 are comprised of:

(In thousands)	September 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Long-term debt borrowed in Mainland China	$	259,462	$	262,514
Long-term debt borrowed in Hong Kong		32,780		47,061
Long-term debt borrowed in France		114,263		101,441
Total		406,505		411,016

As of September 30, 2016, the long-term debt borrowed in China was secured by restricted cash deposit of $59.9 million. These debts used floating interest rates, which are calculated based on the benchmark lending interest rate published by the People’s Bank of China, or LIBOR. The maturity dates range from October 2016 to June 2019.

As of September 30, 2016, the long-term debt borrowed in Hong Kong was secured by restricted cash deposit of $17.1 million. These debts used floating interest rates, which are calculated based on LIBOR. The maturity dates of the used facilities range from November 2016 to March 2017.

As of September 30, 2016, the long-term debt borrowed in France was secured by restricted cash deposit of $48.6 million and all the long-lived assets of the French Project. These debts have floating interest rates ranging from LIBOR+2% to LIBOR+4.3%. The maturity dates of the borrowed debts range from February 2018 to September 2022.

The weighted average interest rates as of September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016 for the long-term debts were 3.5% and 3.7%, respectively.

As of September 30, 2016, borrowings both in short-term and long-term, including current portion, denominated in RMB, USD and EUR were $223.4 million, $60.3 million and $248.7 million, respectively.

Maturities on long-term debt, including current and non-current portion are as follows:

Twelve Months Ended	(In thousands)
September 30, 2017	$	79,801
September 30, 2018		197,797
September 30, 2019		69,477
September 30, 2022		59,430
Total	$	406,505

The total amount of interest cost incurred was $4.8 million and $5.4 million, and the amount thereof that has been capitalized was $1.4 million and $1.2 million, for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The total amount of interest cost incurred was $9.5 million and $10.3 million, and the amount thereof that has been capitalized was $2.6 million and $1.9 million for the six months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Other Current Liabilities [Abstract]

OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

9. OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

(In thousands)	September 30,  2016		March 31, 2016
Accrued discount, rebate and slotting fee	$	19,934	$	25,932
Payroll and bonus payables		7,448		12,111
Accrued selling expenses		3,185		2,975
Accrued advertising and promotion expenses		3,174		2,812
Others		8,071		5,787
Total	$	41,812	$	49,617

In May 2015, Qingdao Jisheng agreed to pay RMB27.0 million (equivalent to $4.0 million) to the Company as performance guaranty to secure the exclusive iron sheet supplier status for the Company’s French Project for ten years starting from its commercial operation. Under the agreement, the Company is required to fulfill a contractual amount of minimum purchase volume at fair market value each year for a period of ten years. If the Company fulfills the contractual minimum purchase volume, it can keep the entire performance guaranty amount. If the Company fails to meet this minimum annual purchase volume, the Company is obligated to compensate Qingdao Jisheng at RMB0.1 per tin for the shortfall. By March 31, 2016, the Company had received RMB27.0 million (equivalent to $4.0 million) from Qingdao Jisheng. As the Company’s French Project only recently commenced operation, it had not begun purchasing iron sheet as of September 30, 2016. $0.4 million and $3.6 million were recorded in “Other current liabilities” and “Other noncurrent liabilities” as of September 30, 2016, respectively. The amount will be recognized based on actual order as a reduction to cost.

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LOSS ON A SUPPLY CONTRACT

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Purchase Contract Loss Resulting From French Project Delay [Abstract]

LOSS ON A SUPPLY CONTRACT

10. LOSS ON A SUPPLY CONTRACT

In September 2012, the Company entered into a 10-year milk supply agreement with Sodiaal Union (“Sodiaal”), a French agricultural cooperative company, for its French Project. In accordance with the terms of this supply agreement, the Company is committed to purchasing a fixed volume of raw milk from Sodiaal on a monthly basis. If there is a shortfall between the Company’s actual purchases and the contractual amount, the Company would have to pay a cash compensation to Sodiaal, which is determined as the difference between the milk purchase prices to be paid by Sodiaal to the milk farmers and the spot market price for the shortfall quantity. Under these agreements, the Company undertakes to build a new drying facility in Carhaix, France (the “French Project”) for the manufacture of powdered milk and fat-enriched, or high oil, demineralized whey. The Company is committed to purchasing, and Sodiaal and Euroserum are committed to selling, 288 million liters of milk per year for ten years, an amount of whey equivalent to 24,000 tons of 70% demineralized pre-concentrated dry whey extract per year for ten years, and 6,000 tons of 70% demineralized whey powder per year, or an equivalent quantity of liquid whey, for ten years, at market based prices at the time of purchase, to satisfy the production needs of the new drying facility. If the Company purchased less than the agreed amount, the Company would compensate Sodiaal or Euroserum, as the case may be, for the loss suffered. The Company initially agreed to begin purchasing raw milk from Sodiaal in January 2016; however, the purchase plan has been delayed as the milk tower did not commence trial operation until June 2016.

As required by the contract, the Company paid Sodiaal and third-party processors to process the raw milk into powder or other dairy products to fulfill its purchase obligations under the contract. Given that such payment was a result of its commitment to purchase rather than an expense required to test run the facility itself, rather than including this loss in its total project investment, the Company recorded a $8.8 million and $2.8 million loss related to this contract during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and June 30, 2016, respectively. Since June 2016, the Company gradually increased the volume of raw milk the Company processed in-house, and by August 2016 when its second tower commenced trial operation, the Company is able to fulfill all of its purchase commitments. The second tower is designed to process whey protein and milk. The Company did not incur additional contract loss in the three months ended September 30, 2016.

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EQUITY

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

EQUITY

11. EQUITY

	September 30,  2016			March 31, 2016
	(In thousands)
Common stock, $.0001 par value: 250,000 shares authorized, 57,301 shares issued, 56,691 shares outstanding at both September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016 (share number in thousands)	$	6		$	6
Additional paid-in capital		134,693			134,693
Accumulated deficit		(12,010	)		(14,810	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		10,623			13,352
Total common stockholders’ equity		133,312			133,241
Noncontrolling interest		4,494			3,559
Total equity	$	137,806		$	136,800

On September 10, 2015, the Company’s board of directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to an aggregate amount of $20.0 million of the Company’s common stock from time to time through September 10, 2016. Under the program, shares may be repurchased in privately negotiated and/or open market transactions, including under plans complying with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act. Following the approval, the Company entered into a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan under the Exchange Act permitting open market repurchases of the Company’s common stock based on certain triggers described in the trading plan. In fiscal year 2016, the Company repurchased 610,313 shares of common stock in an open trading window or under the Rule 10b5-1 trading plan at an aggregate cost of $3.0 million, which was paid for through cash on hand. The share repurchase program automatically terminated due to the Company’s public announcement of receiving a non-binding proposal letter, dated January14, 2016, from Mr. Liang Zhang, Chairman and CEO of the Company, and an affiliated entity of his, proposing a “going-private” transaction. For details, please refer to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2016.

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INCOME TAXES

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Income Taxes [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

12. INCOME TAXES

The effective tax rate is based on expected income (loss), statutory tax rates and incentives available in the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates. For interim financial reporting, the Company estimates the annual tax rate based on projected taxable income for the full year and records a quarterly income tax provision (benefit) in accordance with the ASC No. 740-270, “Income tax – Interim reporting”. As the year progresses, the Company refines the estimates of the year’s taxable income as new information becomes available. This continual estimation process often results in a change to the expected effective tax rate for the year. When this occurs, the Company adjusts the income tax provision (benefit) during the quarter in which the change in estimate occurs so that the year-to-date provision reflects the expected annual tax rate.

The Company considers positive and negative evidence to determine whether some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will more likely than not be realized. This assessment considers, among other matters, the nature, frequency and severity of recent losses, forecasts of future profitability, the duration of statutory carryforward periods, the Company's experience with tax attributes expiring unused and tax planning alternatives. Valuation allowances have been established for deferred tax assets based on a more-likely-than-not threshold. The Company's ability to realize deferred tax assets depends on its ability to generate sufficient taxable income within the carryforward periods provided for in the tax law.

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EARNINGS PER SHARE

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

EARNINGS PER SHARE

13. EARNINGS PER SHARE

For purposes of calculating basic and diluted earnings per share, the Company used the following weighted average common stocks outstanding:

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(In thousands except for per share data)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	2,757	$	509	$	2,800	$	8,102
Weighted average common stock outstanding – basic and diluted		56,691		57,291		56,691		57,296
Earnings per share - basic and diluted	$	0.05	$	0.01	$	0.05	$	0.14

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SEGMENT REPORTING

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT REPORTING

14. SEGMENT REPORTING

The Company’s chief operating decision maker has been identified as the chief executive officer, who reviews consolidated results when making decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance of the Company. In fiscal year 2014, the Company operated and reported its performance in four segments. However, starting from fiscal year 2015, the Company has operated the Powdered Formula and Foods segments as a single business segment based on a shared distribution network and similar marketing strategies. Therefore, there are only three reportable segments for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015. The three reportable segments are: 

Nutritional food - Sales of powdered infant and adult formula products, prepared foods and ultra high temperature (“UHT”) liquid milk products. 

Nutritional supplement - Sales of nutritional supplement such as chondroitin sulfate to external customers, and microencapsulated Docosahexanoic Acid (“DHA”) and Arachidonic Acid (“ARA”) to powdered formula segment.

Other business - Other business includes non-core businesses such as ancillary sales of excess or unusable ingredients and materials to industrial customers, providing genetic diagnostic services for newborn babies, and sales of cosmetics to pregnant women.

Segment disclosures are on a performance basis consistent with internal management reporting. The following tables summarized the Company’s revenue and cost generated from different revenue streams.

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(In thousands)	2016			2015			2016			2015
NET SALES TO EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS
- Nutritional food	$	76,389		$	78,265		$	150,770		$	151,991
- Nutritional supplement		4,879			8,058			5,531			16,115
- Other business		1,436			1,025			4,268			1,571
Net sales	$	82,704		$	87,348		$	160,569		$	169,677
INTERSEGMENT SALES
- Nutritional food	$	108		$	31		$	134		$	58
- Nutritional supplement		3,221			2,351			6,732			5,855
- Other business		495			137			699			137
Intersegment sales	$	3,824		$	2,519		$	7,565		$	6,050
GROSS PROFIT
- Nutritional food	$	37,766		$	40,362		$	72,581		$	81,392
- Nutritional supplement		369			553			394			1,088
- Other business		(796	)		(320	)		(1,658	)		57
Gross profit	$	37,339		$	40,595		$	71,317		$	82,537

(In thousands)	September 30,  2016			March 31,  2016
TOTAL ASSETS
- Nutritional food	$	753,585		$	757,459
- Nutritional supplement		39,189			43,962
- Other business		11,051			20,555
- Unallocated assets		1,666			4,870
- Intersegment elimination		(3,425	)		(9,749	)
Total	$	802,066		$	817,097

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INVENTORIES (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Inventories [Abstract]

Schedule of inventories

(In thousands)	September 30,  2016		March 31,  2016
Raw materials	$	35,771	$	41,073
Work-in-progress		14,675		20,609
Finished goods		69,880		36,678
Total	$	120,326	$	98,360

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RELATED PARTIES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Related Parties And Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Schedule of balances of due from related parties, including current and non-current portion

(In thousands)	September 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Sheng Zhi Da Dairy Group Corporation	$	1,472	$	3,349
Beijing Honnete Dairy Co., Ltd.		2		0
St. Angel (Beijing) Business Service Co. Ltd.		1,145		1,334
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.		23		23
Beijing AoNaier Feed Stuff Co., Ltd.		9		3
Total	$	2,651	$	4,709

Schedule of balances due to related parties

(In thousands)	September 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.		83		132

Schedule of sales to related parties

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(In thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Beijing Honnete Dairy Co., Ltd.	$	1	$	2	$	3	$	4
St. Angel (Beijing) Business Service Co., Ltd.		2,248		3,165		7,025		5,268
Qingdao Lvyin Waste Disposal Investment Management Co., Ltd.		5		1		5		2
Beijing AoNaier Feed Stuff Co., Ltd.		9		64		44		67
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.		5		6		10		12
Total	$	2,268	$	3,238	$	7,087	$	5,353

Schedule of purchases from related parties

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(In thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.	$	113	$	113	$	228	$	229

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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Property, Plant And Equipment, Net [Abstract]

Schedule of property, plant and equipment, net

(In thousands)	September 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Property, plant and equipment, cost:
Land	$	1,892	$	1,914
Capital lease of building		5,053		5,469
Buildings and renovations		77,500		79,984
Plant and machinery		63,545		64,584
Office equipment and furnishings		12,156		11,973
Motor vehicles		2,409		2,460
Others		1,107		1,143
Total cost	$	163,662	$	167,527
Less: Accumulated depreciation:
Capital lease of building		1,146		1,111
Buildings and renovations		21,899		20,780
Plant and machinery		47,036		45,879
Office equipment and furnishings		9,744		9,672
Motor vehicles		1,944		1,920
Others		893		857
Total accumulated depreciation		82,662		80,219
Construction in progress		231,741		206,877
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	312,741	$	294,185

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DEBT (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Debt [Abstract]

Schedule of debt

(In thousands)	September 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Short-term debt	$	125,831	$	95,175
Long-term debt due within one year		79,801		95,504
Total debt, current		205,632		190,679
Long-term debt, non-current portion		326,704		315,512
Total		532,336		506,191

Schedule of long-term debt

(In thousands)	September 30, 2016		March 31, 2016
Long-term debt borrowed in Mainland China	$	259,462	$	262,514
Long-term debt borrowed in Hong Kong		32,780		47,061
Long-term debt borrowed in France		114,263		101,441
Total		406,505		411,016

Schedule of maturities of long-term debt

Twelve Months Ended	(In thousands)
September 30, 2017	$	79,801
September 30, 2018		197,797
September 30, 2019		69,477
September 30, 2022		59,430
Total	$	406,505

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OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Other Current Liabilities [Abstract]

Schedule of other current liabilities

(In thousands)	September 30,  2016		March 31, 2016
Accrued discount, rebate and slotting fee	$	19,934	$	25,932
Payroll and bonus payables		7,448		12,111
Accrued selling expenses		3,185		2,975
Accrued advertising and promotion expenses		3,174		2,812
Others		8,071		5,787
Total	$	41,812	$	49,617

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EQUITY (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Schedule of equity

	September 30,  2016			March 31, 2016
	(In thousands)
Common stock, $.0001 par value: 250,000 shares authorized, 57,301 shares issued, 56,691 shares outstanding at both September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016 (share number in thousands)	$	6		$	6
Additional paid-in capital		134,693			134,693
Accumulated deficit		(12,010	)		(14,810	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		10,623			13,352
Total common stockholders’ equity		133,312			133,241
Noncontrolling interest		4,494			3,559
Total equity	$	137,806		$	136,800

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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of basic earnings per share

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(In thousands except for per share data)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	2,757	$	509	$	2,800	$	8,102
Weighted average common stock outstanding – basic and diluted		56,691		57,291		56,691		57,296
Earnings per share - basic and diluted	$	0.05	$	0.01	$	0.05	$	0.14

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SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting information by activities of each segment

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(In thousands)	2016			2015			2016			2015
NET SALES TO EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS
- Nutritional food	$	76,389		$	78,265		$	150,770		$	151,991
- Nutritional supplement		4,879			8,058			5,531			16,115
- Other business		1,436			1,025			4,268			1,571
Net sales	$	82,704		$	87,348		$	160,569		$	169,677
INTERSEGMENT SALES
- Nutritional food	$	108		$	31		$	134		$	58
- Nutritional supplement		3,221			2,351			6,732			5,855
- Other business		495			137			699			137
Intersegment sales	$	3,824		$	2,519		$	7,565		$	6,050
GROSS PROFIT
- Nutritional food	$	37,766		$	40,362		$	72,581		$	81,392
- Nutritional supplement		369			553			394			1,088
- Other business		(796	)		(320	)		(1,658	)		57
Gross profit	$	37,339		$	40,595		$	71,317		$	82,537

(In thousands)	September 30,  2016			March 31,  2016
TOTAL ASSETS
- Nutritional food	$	753,585		$	757,459
- Nutritional supplement		39,189			43,962
- Other business		11,051			20,555
- Unallocated assets		1,666			4,870
- Intersegment elimination		(3,425	)		(9,749	)
Total	$	802,066		$	817,097

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INVENTORIES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Inventories [Abstract]
Raw materials	$ 35,771	$ 41,073
Work-in-progress	14,675	20,609
Finished goods	69,880	36,678
Total	$ 120,326	$ 98,360

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INVENTORIES (Detail Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016
Inventories [Abstract]
Goods-in-transit included in raw materials	$ 4,700		$ 4,700		$ 7,100
Inventory write down	$ 3,800	$ 3,300	$ 5,471	$ 4,955

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RELATED PARTIES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Schedule Of Balances Due From Related Parties) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties	$ 2,651	$ 4,709
Sheng Zhi Da Dairy Group Corporation
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties	1,472	3,349
Beijing Honnete Dairy Co., Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties	2	0
St. Angel (Beijing) Business Service Co. Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties	1,145	1,334
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties	23	23
Beijing AoNaier Feed Stuff Co., Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties	$ 9	$ 3

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RELATED PARTIES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Schedule Of Balances Due To Related Parties) (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due to related parties	$ 83	$ 132
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due to related parties	$ 83	$ 132

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RELATED PARTIES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Schedule Of Sales And Services For Related Parties) (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sales and services for related parties	$ 2,268	$ 3,238	$ 7,087	$ 5,353
Beijing Honnete Dairy Co., Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sales and services for related parties	1	2	3	4
St. Angel (Beijing) Business Service Co. Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sales and services for related parties	2,248	3,165	7,025	5,268
Qingdao Lvyin Waste Disposal Investment Management Co., Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sales and services for related parties	5	1	5	2
Beijing AoNaier Feed Stuff Co., Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sales and services for related parties	9	64	44	67
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sales and services for related parties	$ 5	$ 6	$ 10	$ 12

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RELATED PARTIES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Schedule Of Purchases From Related Parties) (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Beijing St. Angel Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchases from related parties	$ 113	$ 113	$ 228	$ 229

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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total cost	$ 163,662	$ 167,527
Total accumulated depreciation	82,662	80,219
Construction in progress	231,741	206,877
Property, plant and equipment, net	312,741	294,185
Land
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total cost	1,892	1,914
Capital lease of building
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total cost	5,053	5,469
Total accumulated depreciation	1,146	1,111
Buildings and renovations
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total cost	77,500	79,984
Total accumulated depreciation	21,899	20,780
Plant and machinery
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total cost	63,545	64,584
Total accumulated depreciation	47,036	45,879
Office equipment and furnishings
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total cost	12,156	11,973
Total accumulated depreciation	9,744	9,672
Motor vehicles
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total cost	2,409	2,460
Total accumulated depreciation	1,944	1,920
Others
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total cost	1,107	1,143
Total accumulated depreciation	$ 893	$ 857

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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Detail Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Property, Plant And Equipment, Net [Abstract]
Depreciation expense	$ 2.5	$ 2.3	$ 5.1	$ 4.8

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LONG-TERM LOAN RECEIVABLE (Detail Textuals) $ in Thousands, ¥ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 CNY (¥)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 CNY (¥)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	May 31, 2015 CNY (¥)
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Long-term loan receivable | $			$ 7,487		$ 9,286
Long-Term Loan Receivable | Qingdao Jisheng
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Long-term loan receivable term	4 years
Outstanding principle loan amount recorded as prepayments and other current assets | $			1,500
Long-term loan receivable	$ 9,000		$ 7,500			¥ 60.0
Loan received in cash equivalent		¥ 27.0
Long-term loan receivable interest rate	7.00%					7.00%
Long-term loan receivable in May 2017				¥ 10.0
Long-term loan receivable in May 2018				20.0
Long-term loan receivable in May 2019				¥ 30.0

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INVESTMENT HELD AT TRUST (Detail Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	2 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Held-to-maturity Securities [Abstract]
Investment, interest rate percentage	8.00%	7.00%
Funds deposited in the trust		$ 3,171	$ 3,169
Carrying amount of securities		$ 3,200

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DEBT (Schedule Of Debts) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Debt [Abstract]
Short-term debt	$ 125,831	$ 95,175
Long-term debt due within one year	79,801	95,504
Total debt, current	205,632	190,679
Long-term debt, non-current portion	326,704	315,512
Total	$ 532,336	$ 506,191

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DEBT (Schedule Of Long-Term Debt) (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 406,505	$ 411,016
Mainland China
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	259,462	262,514
Hong Kong
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	32,780	47,061
France
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 114,263	$ 101,441

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DEBT (Schedule Of Maturities On Long-Term Debt) (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Debt [Abstract]
September 30, 2017	$ 79,801
September 30, 2018	197,797
September 30, 2019	69,477
September 30, 2022	59,430
Total	$ 406,505	$ 411,016

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DEBT (Detail Textuals) € in Millions, ¥ in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 CNY (¥)	Sep. 30, 2016 EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate of outstanding long-term debt	3.50%		3.50%		3.50%	3.50%	3.70%
Short and long term debt	$ 60.3		$ 60.3		¥ 223.4	€ 248.7
Interest cost incurred	4.8	$ 5.4	9.5	$ 10.3
Interest capitalized	1.4	$ 1.2	2.6	$ 1.9
China
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Restricted cash deposits	59.9		$ 59.9
Maturity dates, start			Oct. 01, 2016
Maturity dates, end			Jun. 01, 2019
Hong Kong
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debts secured by restricted cash deposits	17.1		$ 17.1
Maturity dates, start			Nov. 01, 2016
Maturity dates, end			Mar. 01, 2017
France
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debts secured by restricted cash deposits	$ 48.6		$ 48.6
Maturity dates, start			Feb. 01, 2018
Maturity dates, end			Sep. 01, 2022
LIBOR | Minimum | Debts having floating interest rates | France
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percent over LIBOR			2.00%
LIBOR | Maximum | Debts having floating interest rates | France
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percent over LIBOR			4.30%

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OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES (Schedule Of Other Current Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Other Current Liabilities [Abstract]
Accrued discount, rebate and slotting fee	$ 19,934	$ 25,932
Payroll and bonus payables	7,448	12,111
Accrued selling expenses	3,185	2,975
Accrued advertising and promotion expenses	3,174	2,812
Others	8,071	5,787
Total	$ 41,812	$ 49,617

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OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES (Detail Textuals) ¥ in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May 31, 2015 USD ($)	May 31, 2015 CNY (¥)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) ¥ / tin	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 CNY (¥)
Exclusive supplier status agreement	$ 4.0	¥ 27.0
Contractual period			10 years
Compensation per gap quantity | ¥ / tin			0.1
Prepayment from supplier				$ 4.0	¥ 27.0
Other Current Liabilities
Prepayment from supplier			$ 0.4
Other Noncurrent Liabilities
Prepayment from supplier			$ 3.6

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LOSS ON A SUPPLY CONTRACT (Detail Textuals) l in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012 T l	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Purchase Contract Loss Resulting From French Project Delay [Line Items]
Recorded contract loss | $		$ 2.8	$ 8.8
Supply Agreement | Soddial
Purchase Contract Loss Resulting From French Project Delay [Line Items]
Term of agreement	10 years
Supply Agreement | Soddial | Milk
Purchase Contract Loss Resulting From French Project Delay [Line Items]
Purchase obligation of product per year, volume of product | l	288
Purchase obligation, duration of time	10 years
Supply Agreement | Soddial | 70% Demineralized Pre-Concentrated Dry Whey Extract
Purchase Contract Loss Resulting From French Project Delay [Line Items]
Purchase obligation of product per year, mass of product	24,000
Percentage of extract or powder per year	70.00%
Purchase obligation, duration of time	10 years
Supply Agreement | Soddial | 70% Demineralized Whey Powder
Purchase Contract Loss Resulting From French Project Delay [Line Items]
Purchase obligation of product per year, mass of product	6,000
Percentage of extract or powder per year	70.00%
Purchase obligation, duration of time	10 years

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EQUITY (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]
Common stock, $.0001 par value: 250,000 shares authorized, 57,301 shares issued, 56,691 shares outstanding at both September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016 (share number in thousands)	$ 6	$ 6
Additional paid-in capital	134,693	134,693
Accumulated deficit	(12,010)	(14,810)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	10,623	13,352
Total common stockholders' equity	133,312	133,241
Noncontrolling interest	4,494	3,559
Total equity	$ 137,806	$ 136,800	$ 124,000	$ 114,569

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EQUITY (Detail Textuals) - $ / shares shares in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]
Common stock, par value	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Common stock, shares authorized	250,000	250,000
Common stock, shares issued	57,301	57,301
Common stock, shares outstanding	56,691	56,691

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EQUITY (Detail Textuals 1) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016	Sep. 10, 2015
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]
Share repurchase, amount authorized						$ 20,000
Share repurchase, expiration date			Sep. 10, 2016
Share repurchase, shares	0	0			610,313
Share repurchase, value	$ 0	$ 0		$ (557)	$ 3,000

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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 2,757	$ 509	$ 2,800	$ 8,102
Weighted average common stock outstanding - basic and diluted (in shares)	56,691	57,291	56,691	57,296
Earnings per share - basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.05	$ 0.01	$ 0.05	$ 0.14

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SEGMENT REPORTING (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 82,704	$ 87,348	$ 160,569	$ 169,677
Gross profit	37,339	40,595	71,317	82,537
Total assets	802,066		802,066		$ 817,097
Intersegment Sales
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	3,824	2,519	7,565	6,050
Total assets	(3,425)		(3,425)		(9,749)
Nutritional Food | Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	76,389	78,265	150,770	151,991
Gross profit	37,766	40,362	72,581	81,392
Total assets	753,585		753,585		757,459
Nutritional Food | Intersegment Sales
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	108	31	134	58
Nutritional Supplement | Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	4,879	8,058	5,531	16,115
Gross profit	369	553	394	1,088
Total assets	39,189		39,189		43,962
Nutritional Supplement | Intersegment Sales
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	3,221	2,351	6,732	5,855
Other Business | Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	1,436	1,025	4,268	1,571
Gross profit	(796)	(320)	(1,658)	57
Total assets	11,051		11,051		20,555
Other Business | Intersegment Sales
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	495	$ 137	699	$ 137
Unallocated Assets | Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	$ 1,666		$ 1,666		$ 4,870

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SEGMENT REPORTING (Detail Textuals) - segment	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Reportable segments	3	3