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Financial Statements - Mewah Group

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Building Capabilities<br />

Notes to the <strong>Financial</strong> <strong>Statements</strong><br />

For the financial year ended 31 December 2011<br />

32. <strong>Financial</strong> risk management (continued)<br />

(b)<br />

Credit risk (continued)<br />

(i)<br />

<strong>Financial</strong> assets that are neither past due nor impaired<br />

Bank deposits that were neither past due nor impaired were mainly deposits with banks of good credit-ratings.<br />

Trade receivables that were neither past due nor impaired were substantially companies with a good collection<br />

track record with the <strong>Group</strong> and for which there was no historical track record of default.<br />

(ii)<br />

<strong>Financial</strong> assets that are past due and/or impaired<br />

There was no other class of financial assets that was past due and/or impaired except for trade receivables.<br />

The age analysis of trade receivables past due but not impaired was as follows:<br />

<strong>Group</strong><br />

2011 2010<br />

US$’000 US$’000<br />

Past due < 3 months 59,811 47,001<br />

Past due 3 to 6 months 10,072 1,196<br />

Past due 6 to 12 months 2,337 623<br />

Past due over 1 year 1,646 -<br />

73,866 48,820<br />

The carrying amount of trade receivables individually determined to be impaired and the movement in the related<br />

allowance for impairment were as follows:<br />

<strong>Group</strong><br />

2011 2010<br />

US$’000 US$’000<br />

Gross amount 21,237 16,391<br />

Less: Allowance for impairment (21,237) (16,391)<br />

- -<br />

Beginning of the financial year (16,391) (18,102)<br />

Currency translation differences 556 (2,316)<br />

Allowance (made)/reversed and utilised (5,402) 4,027<br />

End of the financial year (21,237) (16,391)<br />

The impaired trade receivables arose mainly from sales to customers which were under financial difficulties.<br />

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