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Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]
 
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
Principles of Consolidation
 
The consolidated financial statements include Ever-Glory and its subsidiaries, and are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
  
Use of Estimates and Assumptions
 
In preparing the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP, management makes certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods reported.  Management believes that the estimates utilized in preparing the financial statements are reasonable and prudent based on the best information available at the time the estimates are made. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand and demand deposits with banks with original maturities within three months.
 
Accounts Receivable
 
The Company extends unsecured credit to its customers in the ordinary course of business but mitigates the associated risks by performing credit checks and actively pursuing past due accounts.  An allowance for doubtful accounts is established and recorded based on management’s assessment of the credit history of its customers and current relationships with them. The Company writes off accounts receivable when amounts are deemed uncollectible.
 
As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company considers all its accounts receivable to be collectable and no provision for doubtful accounts has been made in the consolidated financial statements.
 
Inventories
 
Wholesale inventories are stated at lower of cost or market value, cost being determined on a specific identification method. The Company manufactures products upon receipt of orders from its customers. All products must pass the customers’ quality assurance procedures before delivery. Therefore, products are rarely returned by customers after delivery.
 
Retail inventories are stated at the lower of average cost or market value, cost being determined on a specific identification method. The Company records an allowance for obsolete materials aged more than one year and for obsolete finished goods aged more than eighteen months.
 
Property and Equipment
 
Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation.  Expenditures for additions, major renewals and betterments are capitalized and expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred.
 
Depreciation is provided on a straight-line basis, less estimated residual value, over the assets’ estimated useful lives.  The estimated useful lives are as follows:
 
   Property and plant   15-20 Years
   Leasehold improvements  2-10 Years
   Machinery and equipment  10 Years
   Office equipment and furniture  3-5 Years
   Motor vehicles  5 Years
 
Land Use Rights
 
All land in the PRC is owned by the government and cannot be sold to any individual or company.  However, the government may grant a “land use right” to occupy, develop and use land. The Company records land use rights obtained as intangible assets at cost, which is amortized evenly over the grant period of 50 years.
 
Long-Lived Assets
 
Long-lived assets, property, equipment and land use rights held and used by the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. For purposes of evaluating the recoverability of long-lived assets, when undiscounted future cash flows will not be sufficient to recover an asset’s carrying amount, the asset is written down to its fair value. There were no impairments of long-lived assets as of December 31, 2011.
 
Cost Investment
 
Through April 2010, the Company held a 10% equity investment in Shanghai La Chapelle Garment and Accessories Company Limited (“La Chapelle”) . In April 2010, the Company sold its 10% equity interest in La Chapelle to two unrelated third parties for approximately RMB12 million (US$1.8 million) and recorded a gain on the sale of approximately RMB2 million(US$350,000).
 
Financial Instruments
 
Management has estimated that the carrying amounts of non-related party financial instruments approximate their fair values due to their short-term maturities. The fair value of amounts due from (to) related parties is not practicable to estimate due to the related party nature of the underlying transactions.
 
Fair Value Accounting
 
Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”, establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below:
 
 
Level 1      
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;
 
Level 2      
Quoted prices in markets that are not active, or inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability;
 
Level 3      
Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).
 
At December 31, 2011, the Company’s financial assets (all Level 1) consist of cash placed with financial institutions that management considers to be of a high quality.
 
The Company has adopted ASC 825-10 “Financial Instruments”, which allows an entity to choose to measure certain financial instruments and liabilities at fair value on a contract-by-contract basis. Subsequent fair value measurement for the financial instruments and liabilities an entity chooses to measure will be recognized in earnings.
  
Revenue and Cost Recognition
 
The Company recognizes wholesale revenue from product sales, net of value added taxes, upon delivery for local sales and upon shipment of the products for export sales, at which time title passes to the customer provided that there are no uncertainties regarding customer acceptance, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the sales price is fixed and determinable and collectability is deemed probable. The Company recognizes wholesale revenue from manufacturing fees charged to buyers for the assembly of garments from materials provided by the buyers upon completion of the manufacturing process and upon delivery to the buyer for local sales and upon shipment of the products for export sales, provided that there are no uncertainties regarding customer acceptance, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the sales price is fixed and determinable and collectability is deemed probable. Retail sales are recongnized at the time of register receipt.
 
Cost of goods sold includes the direct raw material cost, direct labor cost, manufacturing overheads including depreciation of production equipment and rent consistent with the revenue earned. Cost of goods sold excludes warehousing costs, which historically have not been significant.
 
Local transportation charges and production inspection charges are included in selling expenses and totalled $101,463 and $51,082 in the years ended December 31,  2011 and 2010, respectively.
 
Income Taxes
 
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date.
 
The Company has adopted ASC 740 "Income Taxes" pursuant to which tax positions are recognized as a benefit only if it is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized on examination. For tax positions not meeting the “more likely than not” test, no tax benefit is recorded. The Company does not have any material unrecognized tax benefits and the Company does not believe there will be any material changes in its unrecognized tax positions over the next 12 months.
 
The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties accrued on any unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. The Company does not have any accrued interest or penalties associated with any unrecognized tax benefits, nor was any interest expense recognized during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. The Company’s effective tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate primarily due to non-deductible expenses, temporary differences, and preferential tax treatment.
 
The Company files income tax returns with the relevant government authorities in the U.S. and the PRC. The Company is not subject to U.S. federal tax examinations for years before 2007.
 
Noncontrolling Interest
 
At January 1, 2010, noncontrolling interest consisted of the 40% interest in LA GO GO  held by La Chapelle. In April 2010, Ever-Glory Apparel acquired 100% of the noncontrolling interest in LA GO GO from La Chapelle.
 
Foreign Currency Translation and Other Comprehensive Income
 
The reporting currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of Ever-Glory, Perfect Dream and Ever-Glory HK is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of Goldenway, New Tailun, Catch-luck, Ever-Glory Apparel and LA GO GO is the Chinese RMB.
 
For the subsidiaries whose functional currency is the RMB, all assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate on the balance sheet date; equity is translated at historical rates and items in the statement of income are translated at the average rate for the period. Translation adjustments resulting from this process are included in accumulated other comprehensive income in the statement of equity and amounted to $6,487,886 and $5,160,793 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Assets and liabilities at December 31, 2011 and 2010 were translated at RMB6.37 and RMB6.59 to $1.00 respectively. The average translation rates applied to income statement accounts and statement of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 were RMB6.47 and RMB6.76 to $1.00, respectively. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the statement of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheets.
 
Translation gains or losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred and amounted to $(96,496) and $143,678 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
  
Earnings Per Share
 
The Company reports earnings per share in accordance ASC 260 Earnings Per Share, which requires presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share in conjunction with the disclosure of the methodology used in computing such earnings per share. Basic earnings per share excludes dilution and is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share takes into account the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised and converted into common stock. Further, if the number of common shares outstanding increases as a result of a stock dividend or stock split or decreases as a result of a reverse stock split, the computations of a basic and diluted EPS shall be adjusted retroactively for all periods presented to reflect that change in capital structure.
 
Included in the calculation of basic EPS are shares of restricted common stock that have been issued by the Company, all of which are fully vested. Shares of restricted common stock whose issuance is contingent upon the attainment of specified earnings targets are considered outstanding and included in the computation of basic EPS as of the date that all necessary conditions have been satisfied, which is the date upon which the specified amount of earnings has been attained.  These shares are to be considered outstanding and included in the computation of diluted EPS as of the beginning of the period in which the conditions are satisfied.  If the specified amount of earnings has not been attained as of the end of the reporting period, the contingently issuable shares are excluded from the calculation of basic and diluted EPS.
 
Segments
 
The Company applies ASC 280 Segment Reporting which establishes standards for operating information regarding operating segments in financial statements and requires selected information for those segments to be presented in financial reports issued to stockholders. ASC 280 also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and services and geographic areas. Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker, or decision making group, in making decisions how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company reports financial and operating information in two segments:
 
(1)  
Wholesale apparel manufacture and sales
 
(2)  
Retail sales of own-brand clothing
  
Recently Accounting Pronouncements
 
In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued updated accounting guidance related to fair value measurements and disclosures that result in common fair value measurements and disclosures between GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards.  This guidance includes amendments that clarify the intent about the application of existing fair value measurements and disclosures, while other amendments change a principle or requirement for fair value measurements or disclosures.  This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011.  The Company does not believe the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
 
In June 2011, the FASB issued guidance to amend the presentation of comprehensive income to allow an entity the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements.  In both choices, an entity is required to present each component of net income along with total net income, each component of other comprehensive income along with a total for other comprehensive income, and a total amount for comprehensive income.  The guidance eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders' equity.  This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011, and is to be applied retrospectively.  The Company does not believe the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
 
In September 2011, the FASB issued new guidance on testing goodwill for impairment.  This guidance gives companies the option to perform a qualitative assessment to first assess whether the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount.  If an entity determines it is not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary.  This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011.  The Company does not believe the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.