Origin Agritech Limited, BVI-registered agriculture technology and rural e-commerce company in China, published its unaudited financial results for six months period ended March 31, 2019. The company reported net revenue of RMB82.2 mln (US$12.2 mln) during this period, compared to RMB3.6 mln for the first half year of Financial Year 2018. The total gross profit of the seed business in the first half of FY2019 was RMB19.0 mln (US$2.8 mln).
The BVI company reported total operating expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2019, which made RMB18.1 mln (US$2.7 mln), less by 57% from RMB42.0 mln for the same period of the previous year. The reason for the decrease was the turnaround effort in the general and administrative expenses. Due to company’s returning to the seed business, its selling and marketing expenses for the reported period were RMB2.5 mln (US$0.4 mln), compared to RMB0.7 million a year ago. General and administrative expenses declined 70% and made RMB8.4 mln (US$1.3 mln), and research and development expenses were RMB7.1 mln (US$1.0 mln), down from RMB13.1 mln for the first half of FY2018.
Total operating income of the company for the first six months of FY2019 was RMB0.9 mln (US$0.1 mln), which is a significant change from the operating loss of RMB42.8mln in the previous year. Net income of Origin for the reported period of 2019 was RMB1.2mln (US$0.2mln), as compared to the net loss of RMB25.3 million in the first half of FY2018.
As of March 31, 2019, cash and cash equivalents were RMB5.8 million (US$0.8 million), an increase of RMB3.8 million from the cash and cash equivalents of RMB2.0 million as of September 30, 2018.
