Loan guarantee by a related party
Liang Chou Chen holds approximately 49.75% of the voting control of Foremost, the Company’s majority shareholder and guarantor of the loan obtained by FGI Industries from East West Bank under the Credit Agreement. See Note 8 for details.
Note 13 — Concentrations of risks
Credit risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and restricted cash. The Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation pays compensation up to a limit of CAD 100,000 (approximately USD 79,000) if the bank with which an individual/a company holds its eligible deposit fails. As of March 31, 2022, a cash balance of CAD 755,669 (USD 595,155) was maintained at financial institutions in Canada, of which CAD 655,669 (USD 516,397) was subject to credit risk. The Taiwan Central Deposit Insurance Corporation pays compensation up to a limit of New Taiwan Dollar 3,000,000 (approximately USD 105,000) if the bank with which an individual/a company holds its eligible deposit fails. As of March 31, 2022, a cash balance of USD 300,186 was maintained at financial institutions in Taiwan, of which USD 195,401 was subject to credit risk. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation pays compensation up to a limit of USD 250,000 if the bank with which an individual/a company holds its eligible deposit fails. As of March 31, 2022, a cash balance of USD 7,570,686 was maintained at financial institutions in the United States, of which USD 7,320,686 was subject to credit risk. While management believes that these financial institutions are of high credit quality, it also continually monitors their creditworthiness.
The Company is also exposed to risk from its accounts receivable and other receivables. These assets are subjected to credit evaluations. An allowance has been made for estimated unrecoverable amounts which have been determined by reference to past default experience and the current economic environment.
Customer concentration risk
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, two customers accounted for 27.8% and 18.6% of the Company’s total revenues, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, two customers accounted for 29.9% and 13.9% of the Company’s total revenues, respectively. No other customer accounts for more than 10% of the Company’s revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.
As of March 31, 2022, three customers accounted for 24.3%, 15.4% and 15.3% of the total balance of accounts receivable, respectively. As of December 31, 2021, four customers accounted for 22.4%, 14.0%, 13.1% and 12.1% of the total balance of accounts receivable, respectively. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s accounts receivable as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
Vendor concentration risk
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, Tangshan Huida Ceramic Group Co., Ltd (“Huida”) accounted for 45.3% of the Company’s total purchases, and another vendor accounted 12.2% of the Company’s total purchases. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, Huida accounted for 42.6% and another vendor accounted 12.4% of the Company’s total purchases. No other supplier accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total purchases for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.
As of March 31, 2022, Huida accounted for 70.2% of the total balance of accounts payable. As of December 31, 2021, Huida accounted for 66.1% of the total balance of accounts payable. No other supplier accounts for more than 10% of the Company’s accounts payable as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.