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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K
 (Mark One)
 
[X] 
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the year ended April 30, 2021

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: 000-53595

SUNWIN STEVIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

NEVADA
56-2416925
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
6 SHENGWANG AVE., QUFU, SHANDONG, CHINA
273100
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

(86) 537-4424999
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
 Trading Symbol (s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
None
 SUWN
Not applicable
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common stock, par value $0.001
(Title of class)
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. [  ]Yes [X] No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. [  ]Yes  [X] No

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 been submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Date 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 if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (- 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  Yes [ ] No [X]

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 [  ]
Non-accelerated filer [  ]
Smaller reporting company [X]
Emerging growth company [  ]

If an emerging growth company,  indicate  by  check mark if  the registrant  has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided  pursuant  to Section  7(a)(2)(B) of  the Securities Act . [  ]

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

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was sold, or the average bid and asked prices of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter. The aggregate market value on October 31, 2020 was $6,581,385.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common equity as of the latest practicable date: As of July 27, 2021, there were 199,632,803 shares of the registrant's common stock issued and outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

List hereunder the following documents if incorporated by reference and the Part of the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) into which the document is incorporated: (1) Any annual report to security holders; (2) Any proxy or information statement; and (3) Any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The listed documents should be clearly described for identification purposes (e.g., annual report to security holders for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).  None.





TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
 
 
Page No.
Part I
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
 
Business.
 
1
Item 1A.
 
Risk Factors.
 
6
Item 1B.
 
Unresolved Staff Comments.
 
12
Item 2.
 
Properties.
 
13
Item 3.
 
Legal Proceedings.
 
13
Item 4.
 
Mine Safety Disclosures.
 
13
 
 
 
 
 
Part II
 
 
 
 
Item 5.
 
Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
 
13
Item 6.
 
Selected Financial Data.
 
14
Item 7.
 
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
 
14
Item 7A.
 
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
 
21
Item 8.
 
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
 
21
Item 9.
 
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
 
22
Item 9A.
 
Controls and Procedures.
 
22
Item 9B.
 
Other Information.
 
23
 
 
 
 
 
Part III
 
 
 
 
Item 10.
 
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
 
23
Item 11.
 
Executive Compensation.
 
25
Item 12.
 
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
 
27
Item 13.
 
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
 
28
Item 14.
 
Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
 
29
 
Part IV
 
 
 
 
Item 15.
 
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
 
29
 
 
Signatures
 
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
 
 This report contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements were based on various factors and were derived utilizing numerous assumptions and other factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the risk of doing business in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), our ability to implement our strategic initiatives, our access to sufficient capital, economic, political and market conditions and fluctuations, government and industry regulation, Chinese and global competition, and other factors. Most of these factors are difficult to predict accurately and are generally beyond our control. You should consider the areas of risk described in connection with any forward-looking statements that may be made herein. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and readers should carefully review this report in its entirety, including the risks described in "Item 1A. - Risk Factors" and "Item 7 – Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations." Except for our ongoing obligations to disclose material information under the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report, and you should not rely on these statements without also considering the risks and uncertainties associated with these statements and our business.
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INDEX OF CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS USED IN THIS REPORT

Our fiscal year end is April 30. The fiscal year ended April 30, 2020 is referred to as "fiscal 2020", the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 is referred to as "fiscal 2021", and the coming fiscal year ending April 30, 2022 is referred to as "fiscal 2022."

  When used in this report, the terms:
 
 
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"Sunwin", "we", "us" and the "Company" refers to Sunwin Stevia International, Inc., a Nevada corporation formerly known as Sunwin Neutraceuticals International, Inc., and our subsidiaries;
 
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"Sunwin Tech" refers to our wholly owned subsidiary Sunwin Tech Group, Inc., a Florida corporation, which was closed on April 30, 2018 and all of its assets and liabilities were transferred to the Company;
 
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"Qufu Natural Green" refers to our wholly owned subsidiary Qufu Natural Green Engineering Co., Ltd., a Chinese limited liability company;
 
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"Sunwin USA" refers to Sunwin USA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, a 100% owned subsidiary of Sunwin. Sunwin USA was previously Sunwin Stevia International Corp., a Florida corporation, it changed its name to Sunwin USA in May 2009;
 
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"Qufu Shengwang" refers to Qufu Shengwang Stevia Biology and Science Co., Ltd., a Chinese limited liability company. Qufu Natural Green owns a 100% interest in Qufu Shengwang. On July 30, 2019, Qufu Natural Green sold its 100% interest of Qufu Shengwang to a third party; 
 
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"Qufu Shengren" refers to Qufu Shengren Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a Chinese limited liability company, and a 61% owned subsidiary of Qufu Natural Green; and
 
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“Qufu Shengren Import and Export" refers to Qufu Shengren Import and Export Co., Ltd., a Chinese limited liability company, a 100% owned subsidiary of Qufu Shengren.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  We also use the following terms when referring to certain related parties:
 
 
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Mr. Laiwang Zhang, Chairman and a principal shareholder of our Company;
 
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"Pharmaceutical Corporation" refers to Shandong Shengwang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a Chinese limited liability company which is controlled by Mr. Laiwang Zhang;
 
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"Qufu Shengwang Import and Export" refers to Qufu Shengwang Import and Export Co., Ltd., a Chinese limited liability company, controlled by Mr. Zhang; and
 
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Mr. Weidong Chai, a management member of Qufu Shengren Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
 
 
 
 
 The information which appears on our website at www.sunwininternational.com is not part of this report.
 
OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION
 
 Our reporting currency is the United States dollar. Our business is conducted by our subsidiaries and variable interest entities in China, using RMB, the currency of China and our consolidated financial statements are presented in United States dollars. In this annual report, we refer to assets, obligations, commitments and liabilities in our consolidated financial statements in United States dollars. These dollar references are based on the exchange rate of RMB to United States dollars determined as of a specific date. Changes in the exchange rate will affect the amount of our obligations and the value of our assets in terms of United States dollars which may result in an increase or decrease in the amount of our obligations (expressed in dollars) and the value of our assets, including accounts receivable (expressed in dollars).
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PART I
 
ITEM 1.
BUSINESS

We sell stevioside, a natural sweetener, and other pharmaceutical products, such as Metformin. Substantially all of our operations are located in the People's Republic of China (the "PRC"). We have built an integrated company with the sourcing and production capabilities designed to meet the needs of our customers. Our operations are organized into two operating segments related to our product lines:

 
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Stevioside; and
 
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Corporate and other.

STEVIOSIDE SEGMENT

In our Stevioside segment, we produce and sell a variety of purified steviol glycosides with rebaudioside A and stevioside as the principal components, an all natural, low calorie sweetener, and OnlySweet, a stevioside based table top sweetener. For the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, our Stevioside segment generated revenues of $25.0 million and $25.2 million, representing 98% and 97% of our total consolidated revenues, respectively.

The stevia glycosides are extracted from the leaves of the stevia rebaudiana plant of the Aster/Chrysanthemum family. The sweetness of the stevia leaves is caused by eight glycosides contained within the leaves including stevioside, rebaudioside A, C, D, E and F, steviolbioside and dulcoside A. Stevioside is the most abundant of these components and the main cause for the sweetness of the stevia leaves. Stevioside, rebaudiosides A and C as well as dulcoside A are known as the four most important steviol glycosides. Rebaudioside A is the sweetest and least bitter ingredient among the four. The higher purity of rebaudioside A brings better sensory attributes of the sweetener products.

The leaves of the stevia rebaudiana plant have been used for centuries to sweeten bitter beverages and to make tea in the plant's native Paraguay. Stevia is grown commercially in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Central America, Israel, Thailand and China. The stevia rebaudiana plant was first introduced to China in 1977 and commercial harvesting of stevia started in the mid-1980's. There are two major species of stevia grown in China; one was cultivated by Chinese researchers and another was introduced from Japan. Most stevioside produced in China is exported throughout Asia, primarily to Japan and South Korea; meanwhile Chinese domestic market demand is also gradually building up in recent years.

Worldwide use of Stevioside and Related Approvals

Stevioside is a safe and natural alternative to sugar for people needing low sugar or low calorie diets. Stevioside can be used to replace sugar in beverages and foods, including those that require baking or cooking where man-made chemical based sweetener replacements are not suitable. Stevioside may be used in a wide variety of consumer products including soft drinks, vegetable products, tabletop sweeteners, confectioneries, fruit products and processed seafood products in the United States, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Israel, Germany, France, Brazil, Paraguay, Malaysia, Russia, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand. 

We believe worldwide demand for alternative sweeteners, such as our stevia based products, will increase as more countries permit the use of stevioside as a food additive. Stevioside has been sanctioned by the Ministry of Health of China to be used as a food additive, and is listed in the Sanitation Standard of Food Additives.

The ongoing advocacy to eliminate the European Union's (EU) ban on the consumption of stevia was confirmed by the European Commission in November 2011. The European Stevia Research Center and the European Stevia Association are EU based organizations that focus on stevioside research and the elimination of the EU's ban on the consumption of stevioside.  These organizations have determined that stevia is safe for use in foods.  In addition, in June 2007, the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives concluded that steviol glycoside showed no adverse effects and was stable for use in food and acidic beverages under normal conditions and in June 2008 extended its recommendation for acceptable daily intake of up to 4 mg per kg body weight per day. 

In furtherance of our efforts to move toward production of organic, all natural and low calorie products and to enhance our international position and market penetration as a stevia producer along with our distribution partners around the world, we underwent an extensive audit in 2011 by CERES GmbH, an international organization that specializes in inspection and certification in the areas of organic farming and food processing. Upon completion of their audit in November 2011, CERES GmbH notified us that our stevia extracts production process had been certified organic and free of synthetic chemical inputs and uses clean and sanitized procedures that avoid chemical contamination under standards established by the USDA National Organic Program and European Commission (EC) 834/2007 and EC 889/2008.
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In fiscal 2021, we have obtained new certification of National Organic Program (NOP Certificate No: C8461, including the USDA Organic Certification and NASAA Organic Certification for EU) and certification of non-genetically modified organisms ("Non-GMO") with the ID number of C-164998-2020 and C-164999-2020. NOP is the federal regulatory framework governing organic food. Certification is handled by state, non-profit and private agencies that have been approved by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). NOP regulations cover in detail all aspects of food production, processing, delivery and retail sale. Under the NOP, farmers and food processors, who wish to use the word "organic" in reference to their businesses and products, must be certified organic. A USDA Organic seal identifies products with at least 95% organic ingredients. In addition, we also maintained our Halal Certification (No: 0549180100), our Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) 22000 Certification, and our ISO 22000:2005 and 9001:2015 Certifications. We will continue to put effort into maintaining and obtaining additional certification as an assurance to our customers of our product quality and safety.

Steviosin

Steviosin is a natural low calorie stevia extract for medicinal use, containing stevioside at 90% with the total steviol glycosides meeting or exceeding 95% on a dry weight basis. Steviosin is used as an alternative sweetener in the pharmaceutical production in China.

OnlySweet

OnlySweet is an all natural, zero calorie, tabletop sweetener comprised of three natural ingredients, including stevioside. In June 2008 we began production of a new blend of OnlySweet increasing its sweetness. We believe this OnlySweet formulation represented a significant advancement in quality resulting in a sweeter and more natural taste compared to other manufacturers of stevioside based sweeteners. We believe consumers are attracted to these improvements in taste, absence of aftertaste and overall mouth feel of this new blend of OnlySweet. OnlySweet is manufactured in the United States at an FDA approved blending facility.

Our Customers

The majority of our stevioside is sold on a wholesale basis to domestic food and drug manufacturers and ingredient distributor of foreign trade companies. Our top 10 customers accounted for 69.9% and 63.7% of our sales in the Stevioside segment for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Our biggest customers, Qufu Shengwang Import and Export Trade Co., Ltd., a related party, accounted for 32.7% and 32.6%, respectively, of our stevioside sales for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. We do not have long term supply agreements with our customers and sales are generally made under a purchase order arrangement. The payment terms are generally 60 to 90 days after receipt of products. We control the default risk by conducting due diligence on the customers' credit record before acceptance of a purchase order.

Sources and Availability of Raw Materials - Stevioside

The Shandong Province is a primary harvesting base of stevia leaves as well as the main region for the production of stevioside in China. We purchase all raw materials directly from local suppliers at market prices and pay for the leaves at the time of purchase. We test stevia leaves prior to purchase in an effort to maintain quality control. Our internal policy is to purchase leaves with stevioside content in excess of 9%.

Due to the effect of the global COVID-19 pandemic, we expect the sourcing and availability of stevia raw material to have increased difficulties and costs for fiscal 2022 and 2023. February to March is normally the nursing period for stevia plants; as a result of COVID-19 related gathering laws, the farmers are not able to have the same amount of nursery workers as previous years, resulting in a decrease of stevia plants and product yield. Relevant safety measures also resulted in an increase of general plantation costs. We predict this will cause a shortage of stevia leaves harvest this year and along with the effect of the rain season, we expect to see an increase in our cost of raw material.

Manufacturing, Extraction and Packaging

We have been engaged in the continuous production of stevioside since 1998. We use a traditional extraction technology process known as "aqueous extraction" which involves the use of purified water extraction and air dehydration to produce stevioside. The extraction process for stevioside generally takes seven days. The plant leaves are first dried and then inspected to insure quality leaves are used in the extraction process. We then use a combined process involving a solid/liquid extraction procedure, followed by a liquid-purifying step that is traditionally used to extract the stevioside from the stevia leaves. This all natural method results in a pure white stevia crystal, with no brownish coloring. Once the extraction process has been completed, the final product is ready for packaging and shipment to our customers. We bulk package our stevioside in 10 kilogram packages, two per box.
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In July 2008, our stevioside manufacturing facility located in the Shuyuan Economic Zone of Qufu City, of the Shandong Province, received a Certificate of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) from the PRC.  

In early 2011, our stevia production facility operated by Qufu Shengren received ISO 22000 and ISO 9001:2008 integrated process and systems certifications, in addition to HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) certification from SGS S.A. and its country head offices in UK and China for this facility. SGS is one of the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification companies. In an effort to meet the international food safety standards mandated by larger consumer product companies that we expect to target as customers in the future, we have made capital investments to enhance our manufacturing facilities, equipment and documentation systems, changed certain manufacturing processes and carried out additional personnel training in order to meet these standards.  These investments allowed us to meet the HACCP System Certification, ISO 9001:2015 Certification and ISO 22000:2005 Food Safety Certification and BRC.  We obtained these certifications in October 2015.

The ISO certifications cover all of the processes throughout the production cycle that deal directly or indirectly with the end product being consumed and quality management principles.  These certifications together with our comprehensive management system demonstrate the safety of our stevia products and our compliance with the requirements for food safety management systems by incorporating all the elements of GMP and HACCP.  HACCP Certification is an international principle defining the requirements for effective control of food safety.  HACCP compliance and certification demonstrates our focus on the hazards that affect food safety and hygiene and systematic identification of such by setting up control limits at critical points during the food production process.  By achieving these high level certifications, we have further demonstrated our commitment to quality, safety and continuous improvement.

In December 2012, Qufu Shengren finished the construction of a new stevia extraction line in the same location of its current stevioside manufacturing facility. This line facility applies a new stevia extraction technology to produce both high and low grade stevioside. The annual production capacity of this line facility is 500 metric tons including 300 metric tons of high purity Rebaudioside A products and 200 metric tons of low purity Rebaudioside A product.

In the fiscal years ended April 30, 2020 and 2021, we have invested a total of $2.5 million for the two years, to purchase new manufacturing equipments for our facility with annual capacity of 500 metric tons in order to meet substantially increased demand for its high-grade stevia products. The new manufacturing facility is fully equipped with stainless steel equipment and a fully automated system in order to prevent any potential contamination from operators and plastic. In addition, the new manufacturing facility uses the most advanced production equipment that is the first time to be used for stevia production in the industry, such as a scraper with centrifuge and fluidized drying system.

As of now, Sunwin Stevia has approximately 1,200 metric tons of manufacturing capacity per year to produce high-grade stevia extract. With these manufacturing facilities, Sunwin Stevia is able to deliver stevia products containing Rebaudioside A in a range of 50% to 99% with a format of powder, granular, or tablet.

We set our production schedules based on the market demands and our capacity. Our total stevioside production capacity is approximately 1,200 metric tons annually, which we believe is sufficient to meet demand.  For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, we manufactured approximately 1,296 metric tons of stevioside, an increase of 73 metric tons from the prior year, to better supply the market demand.

Competition

There are approximately 30 stevioside manufacturers operating on a continuing basis in China. While these competitors have production capacity similar to ours, we believe we are able to compete effectively with them based on our production efficiency and product quality. In addition, other companies periodically enter the market depending upon demand. These intermittent producers may choose to stop production when raw materials are not readily available in the marketplace. The sporadic oversupply of product from these competitors can adversely affect our market share. Furthermore, if demand wanes these competitors may reduce the price of their products, which can adversely affect market prices. In addition to competing with other Chinese companies, we also compete with foreign growers and processors.

We are one of the few steviosin manufacturers that are GMP certified and granted with a drug approval number. We believe that the combination of eligibility to supply pharmaceutical ingredients and capability for stevia extraction provides us with a competitive advantage compared to our competitors, most of whom are either not eligible to supply pharmaceutical ingredients or not experienced in large-scale stevia extraction.
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CORPORATE AND OTHER BUSINESS SEGMENT

Since fiscal 2018 we invested in a new production line for Metformin as one of the new product markets we intend to branch into. Metformin is the raw material of Metformin hydrochloride tablets. Metformin is the first-line medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, particularly in people who are not satisfied with simple diet control, especially those with obesity and hyperinsulinemia. This drug not only has a hypoglycemic effect, but also may have the effect of reducing body weight and hyperinsulinemia. It can be effective in patients with poor efficacy of certain sulfonylureas, such as sulfonylureas, intestinal glycosidase inhibitors or thiazolidinedione hypoglycemic agents. On July 10, 2019, the Company entered into the Metformin Production Line Operation Management Agreement with an unaffiliated individual to operate the Metformin production line.

NEW PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

We engage in new product and technology developments through our internal research facilities, industry consultants and specialists to provide research and development for the planting of stevia plants, the development of biological methods to improve lower-grade stevia product to higher grade stevia and applying biological method to change the taste of stevia to meet market demand.

In fiscal 2021, we continue to develop and improve our production technology for our enzyme treated stevia product. In October 2019, we invested in a new pressure spray tower which allows for our enzyme treated stevia to be produced as a granulated product instead of powder product, this reduced dusting issues and improved its water solubility. We also installed new and improved resin and membrane separation equipment for this production line, which further removed any impurity in the taste of this product. Our enzyme treated stevia has a sweetness of 260 times the sweetness of cane sugar, with the improvements the taste is also very close to cane sugar with very minimal aftertaste or bitterness. We believe this product will be greatly accepted by our clients who are used to the taste of cane sugar.

In fiscal 2021, we also developed new technology for our R&D production technology. In February 2020, our research department developed an improvement to our resin separation process based on our existing stevia crude extraction process. We are now able to extract the all-natural R&D element from the stevia leaves at a concentration of 95% or above. R&D has the best taste and balanced sweetness in the various stevia glycosides found in the stevia leaf, we believe this product will greatly improve the taste and quality of stevia food products.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Our success depends in part on our ability to protect our intellectual property which includes various raw materials purification technologies used in our products. We have received a trademark from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office covering the trade name "OnlySweet", which we are using for the North American distribution of our stevia based tabletop sweetener product.

To protect our proprietary rights outside the PRC we generally rely on confidentiality agreements with employees and third parties, such as with consultants, vendors and customers, although we have not signed such agreements in every case. We do not have any similar agreements with any of our employees or consultants in the PRC, we aim to correct this deficiency in the near future. Despite such protections, a third party could, without authorization, utilize our propriety technologies without our consent. In the past, three of our products have been copied by our competitors. We can give no assurance that our agreements with employees, consultants and others who participate in the production of our products will not be breached, or that we will have adequate remedies for any breach, or that our proprietary technologies will not otherwise become known or independently developed by competitors.

GOVERNMENT REGULATION

Our business and operations are primarily located in the PRC. We are subject to state and local environmental laws related to certification of water release. We are subject to registration and inspection by the State Food and Drug Administration of China ("SFDA") with respect to the manufacturing and distribution of steviosides. In addition, we are licensed by the Shandong Provincial Government to manufacture stevioside. We believe we are in compliance with all provisions of those registrations, inspections and licenses and have no reason to believe that they will not be renewed as required by the applicable rules of the Central Government and the Shandong Province. In addition, our operations must conform to general governmental regulations and rules for private (non-state owned) companies doing business in China. 

The production, distribution and sale of our products in the United States is subject to various federal and state regulations, including but not limited to: the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act ("FDCA"); the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; various environmental statutes; and various other federal, state and local statutes and regulations applicable to the production, transportation, sale, safety, advertising, labeling and ingredients of such products.
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Compliance with applicable federal and state regulations is essential to our business. Although we believe that we are in compliance with applicable regulations, should the FDA or any state in which we operate amend its guidelines or impose more stringent interpretations of current laws or regulations, we may not be able to comply with these new guidelines. Such regulations could require the reformulation of certain products to meet new standards, market withdrawal or discontinuation of certain products we are unable to reformulate, imposition of additional record keeping requirements, expanded documentation regarding the properties of certain products, expanded or different labeling and/or additional scientific substantiation. Failure to comply with applicable requirements could result in sanctions being imposed on us or the manufacturers of any of our products, including but not limited to fines, injunctions, product recalls, seizures and criminal prosecution.

The FDCA generally regulates ingredients added to foods and requires that such ingredients making up a food product are themselves safe for their intended uses.  In this regard, when a company adds an ingredient to a food, the FDCA generally requires that the ingredient either be determined by the company to be generally regarded as safe by qualified experts or go through FDA's review and approval process as a food additive.

PRC Legal System

Despite efforts to develop its legal system over the past several decades, including but not limited to legislation dealing with economic matters such as foreign investment, corporate organization and governance, commerce, taxation and trade, the PRC continues to lack a comprehensive system of laws. Further, the laws that do exist in the PRC are often vague, ambiguous and difficult to enforce, which could negatively affect our ability to do business in China and compete with other companies in our segments.

In September 2006, the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") promulgated the Regulations on Foreign Investors' Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises (M&A Regulations) in an effort to better regulate foreign investment in China. The M&A Regulations were adopted in part as a needed codification of certain joint venture formation and operating practices, and also in response to the government's increasing concern about protecting domestic companies in perceived key industries and those associated with national security, as well as the outflow of well-known trademarks, including traditional Chinese brands.

As a U.S. based company doing business in China, we seek to comply with all PRC laws, rules and regulations and pronouncements, and endeavor to obtain all necessary approvals from applicable PRC regulatory agencies such as the MOFCOM, the State Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Administration for Taxation, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange ("SAFE").

Currency

 The value of the Renminbi ("RMB"), the main currency used in China, fluctuates and is affected by, among other things, changes in China's political and economic conditions. The conversion of RMB into foreign currencies such as the U.S. dollar have generally been based on rates set by the People's Bank of China, which are set daily based on the previous day's interbank foreign exchange market rates and current exchange rates on the world financial markets.

OUR CORPORATE HISTORY

We were incorporated in Nevada in August 1987 under the name Network USA, Inc. for the purposes of completing a merger or other business combination with an operating entity. Effective on April 30, 2004, we acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Sunwin Tech from its stockholders in exchange for approximately 17,000,000 shares of our common stock which resulted in a change of control of our company. Prior to our acquisition of Sunwin Tech, effective February 1, 2004, Sunwin Tech acquired 80% of Qufu Natural Green from Pharmaceutical Corporation, a company controlled by Mr. Laiwang Zhang, our President and Chairman.

In July 2004 following the transaction with Sunwin Tech, we changed the name of our company from Network USA, Inc. to Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc.

In February 2006, we acquired the remaining 20% of Qufu Natural Green. On November 18, 2008, Qufu Natural Green completed its acquisition of 60% interest of Qufu Shengwang. In March 2009, Qufu Natural Green completed its acquisition of 100% interest of Qufu Shengren.

On February 5, 2009, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with WILD Flavors to purchase 20,000,000 shares of our common stock at $0.15 per share together with five year warrants to purchase 26,666,666 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.35 per share. Pursuant to the terms of the securities purchase agreement, we converted our Sunwin Stevia International subsidiary into a limited liability company called Sunwin USA.
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In July 2010 Qufu Natural Green sold its 100% ownership interest in Shengya Veterinary Medicine to Mr. Laiwang Zhang, our president and chairman of our board of directors. On September 30, 2011, Qufu Shengwang purchased the 40% equity interest in Qufu Shengwang owned by our Korean partner, Korea Stevia Company, Limited, for $626,125 in cash, and as a result of this repurchase transaction we now own 100% equity interest in all of the net assets of our subsidiary Qufu Shengwang.

In April 2012 we changed our corporate name to Sunwin Stevia International, Inc.

In August 2012, the Company entered into an Exchange Agreement with WILD Flavors pursuant to which it purchased its 45% membership interest in Sunwin USA for an aggregate consideration of approximately $1,625,874, which includes the issuance of 7,666,666 shares of our common stock valued at approximately $1,533,333 and a cash payment of $92,541; the purchase included the product development and supply chain for OnlySweet.

On April 30, 2018, the Company decided that it was in its best interest to discontinue and close Sunwin Tech since it ceased operations four year ago. All assets and liabilities owned by Sunwin Tech, including the equity ownership of Qufu Natural Green, were transferred to and assumed by Sunwin Stevia International, Inc.

On July 10, 2019, our wholly owned subsidiary Qufu Shengren entered into a management agreement with Ru Yuan, an unaffiliated individual (the "Contractor"), to contract out the operation of the Metformin production line.

On July 30, 2019, Qufu Natural Green entered into an Asset Transfer Agreement with Na Li, an unaffiliated individual (the "Buyer") for the sale of 100% equity ownership of Qufu Shengwang.

On October 9, 2019, Qufu Shengren invested RMB2,000,000 (approximately $288,000) in a new entity, Qufu Shengren Import and Export Co., Ltd., (“Qufu Shengren Import and Export”), a Chinese limited liability company, a 100% owned subsidiary of Qufu Shengren. Qufu Shengren Import and Export focuses on the export of our Stevia products, and the import and export of technology and other relevant products; we expect to increase operations in this subsidiary in the near future.

In April 2020, the Company increased the operating capital of Qufu Shengren from the original RMB 19,680,000 (approximately $2,800,000) to RMB183,000,000 (approximately $26,000,000). The increase of capital will come from additional funding of RMB 92,470,000 (approximately $13,100,000) from Qufu Natural Green, and RMB70,850,000 (approximately $10,000,000) debt to equity conversion of multiple creditors. As the result, the Company owned 61% equity ownership of Qufu Shengren, and Shangdong Yulong Mining Group Co., Ltd. ("Yulong") and the individual investor owned 38.4% and 0.3% equity ownership of Qufu Shengren, respectively.

EMPLOYEES

As of June 30, 2021, we have 242 full time employees. The number of employees excludes employees of discontinued operations. All of our employees are primarily based in Qufu, China while some managerial and sales staff occasionally work in other Chinese cities or overseas on different projects. Each full-time Chinese employee is a member of a local trade union. Labor relations have remained positive and we have not had any employee strikes or major labor disputes. Unlike trade unions in western countries, trade unions in most parts of China are organizations mobilized jointly by the government and the management of the corporation.

ITEM 1A.
RISK FACTORS

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below, together with all of the other information included in this report, before making an investment decision, and you should only consider an investment in our common stock if you can afford to sustain the loss of your entire investment. You should carefully consider the risks described below together with all of the other information included in this report before making an investment decision with regard to our securities. If any of the following risks occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be harmed. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.
 
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RISKS RELATED TO OUR COMPANY

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 2021, WE INCURRED NET LOSS OF $5.2 MILLION. WE CANNOT ASSURE YOU THAT OUR LOSSES WILL NOT CONTINUE, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THESE MATTERS RAISE SUBSTANTIAL DOUBT ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE AS A GOING CONCERN FOR THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS FROM THE ISSUANCE DATE OF THIS REPORT.
 
Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.  As reflected in our accompanying consolidated financial statements, we have incurred a net loss of approximately $5,249,000 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021. The net cash used in continuing operations were approximately $2,204,000 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021. Additionally, we have an accumulated deficit of $43.4 million as of April 30, 2021, the cash balance and revenues generated are not currently sufficient and cannot be projected to cover the operating expenses for the next twelve months from the date of this report.  Management believes that these matters, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for the twelve months from the issuance date of this report. Management cannot provide assurance that we will ultimately achieve profitable operations or become cash flow positive, or raise additional debt and/or equity capital. Management believes that our capital resources are not currently adequate to continue operating and maintaining our business strategy for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2022 without raising additional funds through debt and/or equity capital financings.
 
We may seek to raise capital through additional debt and/or equity financings to fund our operations in the future. Although we have historically raised capital from third parties, related parties and bank loans, there is no assurance that we will be able to continue to do so and on satisfactory terms and conditions. Our consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.
 
OUR AUDITORS HAVE ISSUED A "GOING CONCERN" AUDIT OPINION.
 
Our independent auditors have indicated in their report on our April 30, 2021 consolidated financial statements that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We have a significant accumulated deficit, incurred recurring losses and generated negative cash flow from operating activities. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months from the issuance date of this report. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to ultimately achieve profitable operations, or become cash flow positive, or raise additional capital from debt and or equity.  However, we cannot provide assurance that we will ultimately achieve profitable operations or become cash flow positive, or raise additional capital and or if any will be available to us on satisfactory terms and conditions.
 
WE ARE DEPENDENT ON OUR PRESIDENT AND THE LOSS OF HIS SERVICES COULD HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON OUR BUSINESS, FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

We are dependent upon the services of Mr. Laiwang Zhang, our president and chairman of the board of directors, for the continuing growth and operation of our company because of his experience in the industry and his personal and business contacts in the PRC. We do not have an employment agreement with Mr. Zhang. We also have done business with several companies which are affiliated with Mr. Zhang as described later in this report under "Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions."  Although we have no reason to believe that Mr. Zhang would discontinue his services with us, the interruption or loss of his services would adversely affect our ability to effectively run our business and pursue our business strategy as well as our results of operations.

OUR OPERATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENT REGULATION. IF WE FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE REGULATIONS, OUR ABILITY TO OPERATE IN FUTURE PERIODS COULD BE IN JEOPARDY.

We are subject to state and local environmental laws related to certification of water release. We are subject to registration and inspection under the PRC Food Safety Laws by the SFDA with respect to the manufacturing and distribution of steviosides. We are also licensed by the Shandong Provincial Government to manufacture stevioside. While we are in substantial compliance with all provisions of these laws, inspections and licenses and have no reason to believe that any licenses will not be renewed as required by the applicable rules of the PRC Central Government and the Shandong Province, any non-renewal of these licenses could result in the cessation of our business activities. In addition, any change in those laws and regulations could impose costly compliance requirements on us or otherwise subject us to future liabilities.

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OUR RECOGNITION OF UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSS) ON FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATIONS CAN MATERIALLY IMPACT OUR INCOME (LOSS) FROM PERIOD TO PERIOD.

As described elsewhere herein, the functional currency of our Chinese subsidiaries is the RMB. As required by generally accepted accounting principles, net gains and losses resulting from foreign exchange translations are included in the Company's comprehensive loss on the consolidated statements of operations. The gain from the foreign exchange translation was approximately $1,006,000 and $166,000 for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The recording of these non-cash gain and loss, which is required under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, could have a material impact on our financial statements.
 
WE HAVE NOT VOLUNTARILY IMPLEMENTED VARIOUS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MEASURES, IN THE ABSENCE OF WHICH STOCKHOLDERS MAY HAVE LESS PROTECTIONS AGAINST INTERESTED DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND OTHER MATTERS.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other federal legislation have resulted in the adoption of various corporate governance measures designed to promote the integrity of corporate management and the securities markets. Some of these measures have been adopted in response to legal requirements. Others have been adopted by companies in response to the requirements of national securities exchanges, such as the NYSE MTK LLC or The Nasdaq Stock Market, on which their securities are listed. Among the corporate governance measures that are required under the rules of national securities exchanges are those that address board of directors' independence, audit committee oversight, the adoption of a code of ethics and the adoption of a related persons transaction policy. Although we have adopted a Code of Ethics, we have not yet adopted any of these other corporate governance measures and, since our securities are not yet listed on a national securities exchange, we are not required to do so. We have not adopted corporate governance measures such as an audit committee or other independent committees of our board of directors as we presently do not have any independent directors. It is possible that if we were to adopt some or all of these corporate governance measures, stockholders would benefit from somewhat greater assurances that internal corporate decisions were being made by disinterested directors and that policies had been implemented to define responsible conduct. For example, in the absence of audit, nominating and compensation committees comprised of at least a majority of independent directors and our lack of independent directors, decisions concerning matters such as the terms of related party transactions, the amount of management fee paid to a related party, compensation packages to our senior officers and recommendations for director nominees may be made by a majority of directors who have an interest in the outcome of the matters being decided. Prospective investors should bear in mind our current lack of corporate governance measures in formulating their investment decisions. 

WE MAY INCUR LOSSES RESULTING BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS RESULTING FROM OCCURRENCE OF NATURAL DISASTERS, HEALTH EPIDEMICS AND OTHER OUTBREAKS OR EVENTS.
 
Our operations may be damaged in natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, heavy rains, sand storms, tsunamis and cyclones, or other events such as fires. Such natural disasters or other events may lead to damage our raw materials. Also, our business operations could be disrupted by health epidemics, such as the COVID-19, which broke out in January 2020. A prolonged outbreak of such illness or other adverse public health developments in China or elsewhere in the world could have a material adverse effect on our business operations. In addition, our results of operations could be adversely affected to the extent that any natural disaster or health epidemic harms the Chinese economy in general.

RISKS RELATED TO DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA

RESTRICTIONS ON CURRENCY EXCHANGE MAY LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO RECEIVE AND USE OUR REVENUE EFFECTIVELY.

Because all of our revenue is denominated in RMB, restrictions on currency exchange may limit our ability to use revenue generated in RMB to fund any business activities we may ultimately have outside China or to make dividend payments to our shareholders in U.S. dollars. The principal regulation governing foreign currency exchange in China is the Foreign Currency Administration Rules (1996), as amended. Under these rules, RMB is freely convertible for trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions, but not for direct investment, loan or investment in securities outside China unless the prior approval of SAFE is obtained. Although the PRC government regulations now allow greater convertibility of RMB for current account transactions, significant restrictions still remain. For example, foreign exchange transactions under our subsidiaries capital accounts, including principal payments in respect of foreign currency-denominated obligations, remain subject to significant foreign exchange controls. These limitations could affect our ability to obtain foreign exchange for capital expenditures. We cannot be certain that the PRC regulatory authorities will not impose more stringent restrictions on the convertibility of RMB, especially with respect to foreign exchange transactions.
 
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FLUCTUATIONS IN THE VALUE OF THE RMB MAY HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON YOUR INVESTMENT.

The change in value of the RMB against the U.S. dollar and other currencies is affected by, among other things, changes in China's political and economic conditions. On July 21, 2005, the PRC government changed its decade-old policy of pegging the value of the RMB to the U.S. dollar. Under the current policy, the RMB is permitted to fluctuate within a narrow and managed band against a basket of certain foreign currencies. Recently, the PRC has decided to proceed further with reform of the RMB exchange regime and to enhance the RMB exchange rate flexibility. There remains significant international pressure on the PRC government to adopt a more flexible currency policy, which could result in a further and more significant adjustment of the RMB against the U.S. dollar.  Any significant revaluation of the RMB may have a material adverse effect on the value of, and any dividends payable on, our common stock in foreign currency terms. More specifically, if we decide to convert our RMB into U.S. dollars for the purpose of making payments for dividends on our common stock or for other business purposes, appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the RMB would have a negative effect on the U.S. dollar amount available to us. Consequently, appreciation or depreciation in the value of the RMB relative to the U.S. dollar could materially adversely affect our financial results reported in U.S. dollar terms without giving effect to any underlying change in our business or results of operations.

THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTEIS UNDER THE DRAFT FOREIGN INVESTMENT LAW RELATING TO THE STATE OF BUSINESS IN CHINA CONTROLLED BY FOREIGH INVESTED ENTERPRISES PRIMARILY THROUGH CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS, SUCH AS OUR BUSINESS.

 On March 15, 2019, MOFCOM published the PRC Law on Foreign Investment, which became effective on January 1, 2020. At the same time, MOFCOM published an accompanying explanatory note of the Foreign Investment Law, or the Explanatory Note, which contains important information about the Draft Foreign Investment Law, including its drafting philosophy and principles, main content, plans to transition to the new legal regime and treatment of business in China controlled by foreign invested enterprises, or FIEs, primarily through contractual arrangements. The draft Foreign Investment Law utilizes the concept of "actual control" for determining whether an entity is considered to be a foreign-invested enterprise, and defines "control" broadly to include, among other things, voting or board control through contractual arrangements.

 The Foreign Investment Law proposes significant changes to the PRC foreign investment legal regime and may have a material impact on Chinese companies listed or to be listed overseas. The proposed draft Foreign Investment Law is to regulate FIEs the same way as PRC domestic entities, except for those FIEs that operate in industries deemed to be either "restricted" or "prohibited" in a "negative list." Because the negative list has yet to be published, it is unclear whether it will differ from the current list of industries subject to restrictions or prohibitions on foreign investment. The draft Foreign Investment Law also provides that only FIEs operating in industries on the negative list will require entry clearance and other approvals that are not required of PRC domestic entities. As a result of the entry clearance and approvals, certain FIE's operating in industries on the negative list may not be able to continue to conduct their operations through contractual arrangements. It states that entities established in China but controlled by foreign investors will be treated as foreign-invested enterprises, while entities set up outside of China which are controlled by PRC persons or entities, would be treated as domestic enterprises after completion of market entry procedures. 

There is substantial uncertainty regarding the Foreign Investment Law, including, among others, what the actual content of the law will be as well as the adoption and effective date of the final form of the law. While such uncertainty exists, we cannot assure you that the new foreign investment law, when it is adopted and becomes effective, will not have a material and adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business through our contractual arrangements.

PRC laws and regulations governing the validity of these contractual arrangements are uncertain and the relevant government authorities have broad discretion in interpreting these laws and regulations. If the PRC government determines that our contractual arrangements do not comply with applicable laws and regulations, it could revoke our business and operating licenses, require us to discontinue or restrict our operations, restrict our right to collect revenues, block our website, require us to restructure our operations, impose additional conditions or requirements with which we may not be able to comply, or take other regulatory or enforcement actions against us that could be harmful to our business. The imposition of any of these penalties would result in a material and adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business.
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RECENT SAFE REGULATIONS COULD ADVERSELY IMPACT OUR COMPANY AND SUBJECT US TO FINES.

Recent PRC regulations relating to offshore investment activities by PRC residents and employee stock options granted by overseas-listed companies may increase our administrative burden, restrict our overseas and cross-border investment activity or otherwise adversely affect the implementation of our acquisition strategy. If our shareholders who are PRC residents, or our PRC employees who are granted or exercise stock options, fail to make any required registrations or filings under such regulations, we may be unable to distribute profits and may become subject to liability under PRC laws. In 2005, SAFE promulgated regulations that require PRC residents and PRC corporate entities to register with local branches of SAFE in connection with their direct or indirect offshore investment activities. These regulations apply to our shareholders who are PRC residents and may apply to any offshore acquisitions that we make in the future.

Under the SAFE regulations, PRC residents who make, or have previously made, direct or indirect investments in offshore companies, will be required to register those investments. In addition, any PRC resident who is a direct or indirect shareholder of an offshore company is required to file or update the registration with the local branch of SAFE, with respect to that offshore company, any material change involving its round-trip investment, capital variation, such as an increase or decrease in capital, transfer or swap of shares, merger, division, long-term equity or debt investment or creation of any security interest. If any PRC shareholder fails to make the required SAFE registration, the PRC subsidiary of that offshore parent company may be prohibited from distributing their profits and the proceeds from any reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation, to their offshore parent company, and the offshore parent company may also be prohibited from injecting additional capital into their PRC subsidiary. Moreover, failure to comply with the various SAFE registration requirements described above could result in liability under PRC laws for evasion of applicable foreign exchange restrictions.

We cannot provide any assurances that all of our shareholders who are PRC residents will make or obtain any applicable registrations or approvals required by these SAFE regulations. The failure or inability of our PRC resident shareholders to comply with the registration procedures set forth in the SAFE regulations may subject our company fines and legal sanctions, restrict our cross-border investment activities, or limit our ability to distribute dividends to or obtain foreign-exchange dominated loans from our company.  As it is uncertain how the SAFE regulations will be interpreted or implemented, we cannot predict how these regulations will affect our business operations or future strategy. For example, we may be subject to a more stringent review and approval process with respect to our foreign exchange activities, such as remittance of dividends and obtaining foreign currency denominated borrowings, which may harm our results of operations and financial condition. In addition, if we decide to acquire a PRC domestic company, we cannot assure you that we or the owners of such company, as the case may be, will be able to obtain the necessary approvals or complete the necessary filings and registrations required by the SAFE regulations. This may restrict our ability to implement our acquisition strategy and could adversely affect our business and prospects.

IF WE BECOME DIRECTLY SUBJECT TO SCRUTINY, CRITICISM AND NEGATIVE PUBLICITY INVOLVING U.S.-LISTED CHINESE COMPANIES, WE MAY HAVE TO EXPEND SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE AND RESOLVE THE MATTER WHICH COULD HARM OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS, STOCK PRICE AND REPUTATION.   

U.S. public companies that have substantially all of their operations in China, particularly companies like us that have completed so-called reverse acquisition transactions, have been the subject of intense scrutiny, criticism and negative publicity by investors, financial commentators and regulatory agencies, such as the SEC. Much of the scrutiny, criticism and negative publicity has centered on financial and accounting irregularities and mistakes, a lack of effective internal controls over financial accounting, inadequate corporate governance policies or a lack of adherence thereto and, in many cases, allegations of fraud. As a result of the scrutiny, criticism and negative publicity, the publicly traded stock of many U.S. listed Chinese companies has sharply decreased in value and, in some cases, has become virtually worthless. Many of these companies are now subject to shareholder lawsuits and SEC enforcement actions and are conducting internal and external investigations into the allegations. It is not clear what effect this sector-wide scrutiny, criticism and negative publicity will have on us, our business and our stock price. If we become the subject of any unfavorable allegations, whether such allegations are proven to be true or untrue, we will have to expend significant resources to investigate such allegations and/or defend our company. This situation will be costly and time consuming and distract our management from developing our growth. If such allegations are not proven to be groundless, we and our business operations will be severely affected and you could sustain a significant decline in the value of our stock. 

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THE DISCLOSURES IN OUR REPORTS AND OTHER FILINGS WITH THE SEC AND OUR OTHER PUBLIC PRONOUNCEMENTS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE SCRUTINY OF ANY REGULATORY BODIES IN THE PRC. 
 
We are regulated by the SEC and our reports and other filings with the SEC are subject to SEC review in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Our SEC reports and other disclosure and public pronouncements are not subject to the review or scrutiny of any PRC regulatory authority. For example, the disclosures in our SEC reports and other filings are not subject to the review by China Securities Regulatory Commission, a PRC regulator that is responsible for oversight of the capital markets in China. Accordingly, you should review our SEC reports, filings and our other public pronouncements with the understanding that no PRC local regulator has done any review of us, our SEC reports, other filings or any of our other public pronouncements.

WE FACE RISKS RELATED TO NATURAL DISASTERS AND HEALTH EPIDEMICS IN CHINA, AND OTHER COUNTRIES GLOBALLY, WHICH COULD HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON OUR BUSINESS AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

Our business could be materially adversely affected by natural disasters or the outbreak of health epidemics in China, globally, or other countries we do business in. For example, in May 2008, Sichuan Province suffered a strong earthquake measuring approximately 8.0 on the Richter scale that caused widespread damage and casualties. In addition, in the last decade, the PRC has suffered health epidemics related to the outbreak of avian influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS. In April 2009, an outbreak of the H1N1 virus, also commonly referred to as "swine flu" occurred in Mexico and has spread to other countries. Currently the epidemic of the novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) (the “COVID-19 pandemic”) has spread across China and other countries, this has adversely affected businesses and economic activities in the first quarter of 2020 and beyond. Consequently, the COVID-19 pandemic may adversely affect the Company’s business operations, financial condition and operating results for 2020 and 2021, including but not limited to material negative impact to the Company’s total revenues, production capability, ability to conduct marketing and sales, and slower collection of accounts receivables. Such events could severely disrupt our business operations and harm our results of operations. Any future natural disasters or health epidemics in the PRC could also have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
 
CERTAIN AGREEMENTS TO WHICH WE ARE A PARTY AND WHICH ARE MATERIAL TO OUR OPERATIONS LACK VARIOUS LEGAL PROTECTIONS WHICH ARE CUSTOMARILY CONTAINED IN SIMILAR CONTRACTS PREPARED IN THE UNITED STATES.

Although we are a U.S. company, substantially all of our business and operations are conducted in the PRC. We are a party to certain material contracts, including the leases for the facilities used by our stevioside business. While these contracts contain the basic business terms of the agreements between the parties, these contracts do not contain certain provisions which are customarily contained in similar contracts prepared in the U.S., such as representations and warranties of the parties, confidentiality and non-compete clauses, provisions outlining events of defaults, and termination and jurisdictional clauses. Because our material contracts omit these types of clauses, notwithstanding the differences in Chinese and U.S. laws we may not have the same legal protections as we would if the contracts contained these additional provisions. We anticipate that contracts we enter into in the future will likewise omit these types of legal protections. While we have yet to experience any adverse consequences as a result of the omission of these types of clauses, and we consider the contracts to which we are a party to contain all the material terms of our business arrangements with the other party, we cannot assure you that future events will not occur which could have been avoided if the contracts were prepared in conformity with U.S. standards, or what the impact, if any, of these hypothetical future events could have on our company.

IT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR STOCKHOLDERS TO ENFORCE ANY JUDGMENT OBTAINED IN THE UNITED STATES AGAINST US, WHICH MAY LIMIT THE REMEDIES OTHERWISE AVAILABLE TO OUR STOCKHOLDERS.

Substantially all of our assets are located outside the United States and substantially all of our current operations are conducted in the PRC. Moreover, all of our directors and officers are nationals or residents of the PRC. All or a substantial portion of the assets of these persons are located outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for our stockholders to effect service of process within the United States upon these persons. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the PRC would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against us or such officers and/or directors predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities law of the United States or any state thereof or be competent to hear original actions brought in the PRC against us or such persons predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof.
 
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RISKS RELATED TO OUR COMMON STOCK

DUE TO RECENT CHINESE ACCOUNTING SCANDALS, THE PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK MIGHT FLUCTUATE SIGNIFICANTLY AND IF OUR STOCK PRICE DROPS SHARPLY, WE MAY BE SUBJECT TO SHAREHOLDER LITIGATION, WHICH COULD CAUSE OUR STOCK PRICE TO FALL FURTHER.

In the past few years, there have been well-publicized accounting problems at several U.S.-listed Chinese companies that have resulted in significant drops in the trading prices of their shares and, in some cases, have led to the resignation of outside auditors, trading halts or share delistings by NASDAQ or the New York Stock Exchange, and investigations by the Division of Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Many, but not all, of the companies involved in these scandals had entered the U.S. trading market through "reverse mergers" into publicly traded shells. The scandals have had a broad effect on Chinese companies with shares listed or quoted in the United States.  Past or future accounting scandals in other Chinese companies could have a material adverse effect on the market for shares of our common stock and the interest of investors in our company or generally in PRC companies.  In this event, the fluctuations in the market prices of our common stock could result in decreased liquidity and/or declining stock prices unrelated to our results of operation or business. In addition, as set forth in the risk factor immediately below, we do not have any audit committee financial experts on our Board of Directors and, accordingly, the risk of future errors in our financial statements is increased.

PROVISIONS OF OUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS MAY DELAY OR PREVENT A TAKE-OVER WHICH MAY NOT BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR STOCKHOLDERS.

Provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws may be deemed to have anti-takeover effects, which include when and by whom special meetings of our stockholders may be called, and may delay, defer or prevent a takeover attempt. In addition, certain provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes also may be deemed to have certain anti-takeover effects which include that control of shares acquired in excess of certain specified thresholds will not possess any voting rights unless these voting rights are approved by a majority of a corporation's disinterested stockholders.

In addition, our articles of incorporation authorize the issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with such rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by our Board of Directors, of which no shares are currently outstanding. Our Board of Directors may, without stockholder approval, issue preferred stock with dividends, liquidation, conversion, voting or other rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of our common stock. Collectively, these provisions may prevent a change of control of our company in situations where a change of control would be beneficial to our stockholders.

BECAUSE OUR STOCK CURRENTLY TRADES BELOW $5.00 PER SHARE, AND IS QUOTED ON THE OTC PINK TIER OF THE OTC MARKETS, OUR STOCK IS CONSIDERED A "PENNY STOCK" WHICH WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT ITS LIQUIDITY.

Our common stock is currently quoted on the OTC Pink Tier of the OTC Markets. As the trading price of our common stock is less than $5.00 per share, our common stock is considered a "penny stock," and trading in our common stock could be subject to the requirements of Rule 15g-9 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Under this rule, broker/dealers who recommend low-priced securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors must satisfy special sales practice requirements. The broker/dealer must make an individualized written suitability determination for the purchaser and receive the purchaser's written consent prior to the transaction. SEC regulations also require additional disclosure in connection with any trades involving a "penny stock", including the delivery, prior to any penny stock transaction, of a disclosure schedule explaining the penny stock market and its associated risks. These requirements severely limit the liquidity of securities in the secondary market because few broker or dealers are likely to undertake these compliance activities. In addition to the applicability of the penny stock rules, other risks associated with trading in penny stocks could also be price fluctuations and the lack of a liquid market.

A LARGE PORTION OF OUR OUTSTANDING COMMON SHARES ARE "RESTRICTED SECURITIES" AND FUTURE SALES OF THOSE SHARES BY OUR STOCKHOLDERS COULD ADVERSELY IMPACT THE MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK.

At July 27, 2021 we had 199,632,803 shares of common stock outstanding, of which approximately 77,755,305 shares are "restricted securities." Future sales of restricted common stock under Rule 144 or otherwise could negatively impact the market price of our common stock.

ITEM 1B.
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

Not applicable for smaller reporting companies.
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 ITEM 2.
PROPERTIES
 
All of our facilities are located in the Shuyuan Economic Zone of Qufu City, of the Shandong Province, including Qufu Natural Green and Qufu Shengren facilities which were moved from 6 Youpeng Road of Qufu City to Shuyuan Economic Zone since the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016.

Qufu Shengren occupies approximately 354,000 square feet of land at no cost pursuant to a land lease agreement with Qufu Shengwang that expires on July 31, 2049.  Located on this land is a 215,000 square feet of manufacturing facility we are converting to a high grade stevioside production facility and warehouse facility.

ITEM 3.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
Not applicable for our operations.
 
ITEM 4.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable for our operations.

PART II

ITEM 5.
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Pink Tier of the OTC Markets under the symbol "SUWN". The following table sets forth the reported high and low closing prices for our common stock as reported on the OTC Markets for the following periods. These prices do not include retail mark-ups, markdowns or commissions, and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.

 
 
High
   
Low
 
Fiscal 2021
           
May 1, 2020 through July 31, 2020
 
$
0.11
   
$
0.06
 
August 1, 2020 through October 31, 2020
 
$
0.15
   
$
0.05
 
November 1, 2020 through January 31, 2021
 
$
0.13
   
$
0.04
 
February 1, 2021 through April 30, 2021
 
$
0.13
   
$
0.04
 
 
               
Fiscal 2020
               
May 1, 2019 through July 31, 2019
 
$
0.08
   
$
0.04
 
August 1, 2019 through October 31, 2019
 
$
0.10
   
$
0.03
 
November 1, 2019 through January 31, 2020
 
$
0.09
   
$
0.04
 
February 1, 2020 through April 30, 2020
 
$
0.16
   
$
0.05
 

On July 27, 2021, the last reported sale price of the common stock on OTC Markets was $0.09 per share, and there were 752 stockholders of record of the common stock. The number of record holders does not include beneficial owners of common stock whose shares are held in the names of banks, brokers, nominees or other fiduciaries.

Transfer Agent

Our transfer agent is Colonial Stock Transfer Company, Inc. which is located at 66 Exchange Place, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. The phone number is (801)355-5740 and its website is www.colonialstock.com.

Dividend Policy

We have never paid cash dividends on our common stock. We intend to keep future earnings, if any, to finance the expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate that any cash dividends will be paid in the foreseeable future. Our future payment of dividends will depend on our earnings, capital requirements, expansion plans, financial condition and other relevant factors. Under Nevada law, we are prohibited from paying dividends if the distribution would result in our company not being able to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of business, or if our total assets would be less than the sum of our total liabilities plus the amount that would be needed, were we to be dissolved at the time of distribution, to satisfy the preferential rights upon dissolution of stockholders whose preferential rights are superior to those receiving the distribution. In addition, as a result of Chinese laws, our operating subsidiaries may be subject to restrictions on their ability to make distributions to us, including as a result of restrictions on the conversion of local currency into U.S. dollars, or other hard currency, and other regulatory restrictions.
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RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
 
None, other than as previously reported.

ITEM 6.
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Not applicable to smaller reporting companies.   

ITEM 7.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION

The following discussion and analysis of our consolidated financial condition and results of operations for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020 should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and footnotes, and other information presented elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

OVERVIEW

We sell stevioside and other stevia derived products. Stevioside is a natural zero calorie sweetener extracted from the leaf of the stevia plants. Substantially all of our operations are located in the PRC. We have built an integrated company with the sourcing and production capabilities designed to meet the needs of our customers. 

During the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, our continuing operations were organized in two operating segments related to our product lines:

 
-
 
Stevioside; and
 
-
 
Corporate and other.
 
Recent Developments
 
Consequently, the COVID-19 pandemic may adversely affect the Company’s business operations, financial condition and operating results for 2021 and 2022, including but not limited to material negative impact to the Company’s total revenues, production capability, ability to conduct marketing and sales, and slower collection of accounts receivables. We are able to maintain certain income from previous existing orders and finished products, however, we believe the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic will be most significant in our raw material purchasing and our sales. Due to the effect of the global COVID-19 pandemic, we expect the sourcing and availability of stevia raw material will have increased difficulties and costs for fiscal 2021 and 2021.
We are monitoring the global outbreak and spread of COVID-19 and taking steps in an effort to identify and mitigate the adverse impacts on, and risks to, our business posed by its spread and the governmental and community reactions thereto. We continue to assess and update our business continuity plans in the context of this pandemic, including taking steps in an effort to help keep our workforces healthy and safe. We are also working with our suppliers to understand the existing and future negative impacts, and to take actions in an effort to mitigate such impacts. Due to the speed with which the COVID-19 pandemic is developing, the global breadth of its spread and the range of governmental and community reactions thereto, there is uncertainty around its duration and ultimate impact; therefore, any negative impact on our overall financial and operating results (including without limitation our liquidity) cannot be reasonably estimated at this time, but the pandemic could lead to extended disruption of economic activity and the impact on our financial and operating results.

Our Performance

Our revenues totaled $25.4 million in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, a decrease of 2.7% as compared to the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020, but our gross margin decreased to (4.5)% from 16.9% primarily due to our cost of revenue increased by 22.2%. Our total operating expenses in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 decreased by approximately $897,000 or 18.5% compared to the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020 primarily due to a decrease of approximately $120,000 or 8.0% in selling expenses, a decrease of approximately $12,000 or 0.8% in general and administrative expenses, and a decrease of approximately $765,000 or 40.6% in research and development expenses. Our net loss from continuing operations for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 was approximately $5,249,000, compared to $1,129,000 in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020.
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While we have broadened our stevia product offerings to include a number of higher quality stevia grades needed in new product formulations we are developing to introduce to the U.S. and European food and beverage industry, the demand for higher grade stevia products has yet to materialize to the degree we had anticipated, and thus our sales volume in higher grade stevia products was lower than expected for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021. The decrease of revenue in Stevioside segment is primarily due to a decreasing demand from the developing domestic and international market, and overall negative impact from the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Our Outlook

We believe that there are significant opportunities for worldwide growth in our Stevioside segment, not only in the U.S. and EU markets but also in our domestic market. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 and beyond, we will continue to focus on our core business of producing and selling stevioside series products.

Currently there is a world-wide movement of lowering sugar intake, and more and more consumers are becoming aware of the health benefits associated with reduction of sugar intake. According to research data, 40% of Chinese consumers stated that they "will not mind paying more for food and beverages with more natural ingredients" and 80% of the interview consumers express a goal of "having a healthier diet". We believe in this search of a more natural and healthy diet and lifestyle, natural sweeteners such as stevia will become the mainstream sweetener in the food and beverage markets.

Some of the recent favorable observations related to the stevia markets includes:

 
-
 
Chinese domestic food and beverages, particularly herbal tea manufacturers and the pharmaceutical industry, have increased the use of steviosides, and new health awareness trends have also resulted in some new governing laws supporting the growth of this industry;
 
-
 
Southeast and South Asia have renewed and increased their interest in stevia, particularly high grade stevia;
 
-
 
New global product launches mentioning stevia have increased 13% per year on average from 2014 to 2018; and 
 
-
 
Stevia has been growing in popularity in the last 10 years throughout all the global markets.
 
 
 
 
Meanwhile, we are also facing challenges in competitive pricing and raw materials for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, as well as negative impact from the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has longer lasting effects then we previously estimated. During the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021, the market prices of stevioside products continue to be impacted by strong price competition among Chinese manufacturers. With this being a product gaining large market shares in China, in the recent years we have seen many competitors entering the market. These new competitors use lower pricing as their effort to gain market share as they initially entering the market, thus driving down the average prices for stevia products. We expect the pressure from pricing competition to continue in fiscal 2022. We anticipate the price of stevia leaves, the raw material used to produce our stevioside series products, will also continue to increase in fiscal 2022 since the demand for raw material may increase as the market recover, while the production of the raw material experiences negative impact due to the global pandemic.

We intend to make adjustments internally in order to better operate in this market; our goal is to increase sales and develop new client bases through our marketing effort, decrease our production expenses while maintaining the stability and quality of our products, and decrease our overall expenditures. We believe while there are challenges and risks in this market, our high quality high grade product and the formulations developed by our internal research and development team differentiates us from other competitors and our efforts will lead to sustainable growth in the future.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table summarizes our results of operations for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 and 2020.  The percentages represent each line item as a percent of revenues:

For the Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 2021
 
 
 
Stevioside
   
Corporate and Other
   
Consolidated
 
Revenues
 
$
24,970,088
     
100.0
%
 
$
408,747
     
100.0
%
 
$
25,378,835
     
100.0
%
Cost of goods sold
   
26,293,331
     
105.3
%
   
221,228
     
54.1
%
   
26,514,559
     
104.5
%
Gross profit
   
(1,323,243
)
   
(5.3
)%
   
187,519
     
45.9
%
   
(1,135,724
)
   
(4.5
)%
Selling expenses
   
1,390,993
     
5.6
%
   
594
     
0.1
%
   
1,391,587
     
5.5
%
General and administrative expenses
   
1,398,881
     
5.6
%
   
35,046
     
8.6
%
   
1,433,927
     
5.7
%
Research and development expenses
   
1,119,574
     
4.5
%
   
-
     
-
     
1,119,574
     
4.4
%
(Loss) gain from operations
   
(5,232,691
)
   
(21.0
)%
   
151,879
     
37.2
%
   
(5,080,812
)
   
(20.0
)%
Other expenses
   
(168,463
)
   
(0.7
)%
   
-
     
-
     
(168,463
)
   
(0.7
)%
(Loss) gain from continuing operation before income taxes
 
$
(5,401,154
)
   
(21.6
)%
 
$
151,879
     
37.2
%
 
$
(5,249,275
)
   
(20.7
)%


For the Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 2020
 
 
 
Stevioside
   
Corporate and Other
   
Consolidated
 
Revenues
 
$
25,238,941
     
100.0
%
 
$
852,543
     
100.0
%
 
$
26,091,484
     
100.0
%
Cost of goods sold
   
21,275,494
     
84.3
%
   
416,933
     
48.9
%
   
21,692,427
     
83.1
%
Gross profit
   
3,963,447
     
15.7
%
   
435,610
     
51.1
%
   
4,399,057
     
16.9
%
Selling expenses
   
1,489,928
     
5.9
%
   
21,863
     
2.6
%
   
1,511,791
     
5.8
%
General and administrative expenses
   
1,301,402
     
5.2
%
   
144,250
     
16.9
%
   
1,445,652
     
5.5
%
Research and development expenses
   
1,884,718
     
7.5
%
   
-
     
-
     
1,884,718
     
7.2
%
(Loss) gain from operations
   
(712,601
)
   
(2.8
)%
   
269,497
     
31.6
%
   
(443,104
)
   
(1.7
)%
Other income (expenses)
   
(686,148
)
   
(2.7
)%
   
-
     
-
     
(686,148
)
   
(2.6
)%
(Loss) gain from continuing operation before income taxes
 
$
(1,398,749
)
   
(5.5
)%
 
$
269,497
     
31.6
%
 
$
(1,129,252
)
   
(4.3
)%


Revenues

Total revenues in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 decreased by approximately $713,000, or 2.7%, as compared to the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020. Within our Stevioside segment, revenues from sales to third parties decreased by 1.2% and the sales to the related party decreased by 0.7% in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, as compared to the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020, primarily due to a decreasing demand from both domestic and overseas markets after COVID-19 pandemic. Since we do not have the authorization to export products from China, we outsourced our exporting business to a related party, Qufu Shengwang Import and Export Corporation, which has authorizations to export. In addition, our products including A3-99 and enzyme treated stevia have been well accepted by the market, especially in the U.S.. We sold 846 metric tons and 761 metric tons of stevioside for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. We generated approximately $4,884,000 and $5,765,000 in revenue from producing over 165 metric tons and 104 metric tons of the customized orders for restructuring by enzyme based on our Stevioside products which accounted for approximately 19% and 23% of our total revenues of Sativoside segment in the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
 
Our unit sale price fluctuated from month to month in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, which was mainly affected by the market environment; the average unit sales price of our stevia products has slightly decreased because of our effort to stay ahead of competition and to gain market share for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, as compared to the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020. We are facing challenges in competitive pricing and sourcing of raw materials, and the market prices of stevioside products were impacted by strong price competition among Chinese manufacturers. With the restructuring of our product line, we also continue to increase the sales of our low grade stevia products. Our low grade stevia and A3-97 products generated more than 34% and 25% of total revenue of our Stevioside segment, respectively, while our enzyme treated products generated approximately $4.9 million in revenues with the gross profit rate of 9.5% and average unit price of $29.7 in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021. Our low grade stevia and A3-97 products generated more than 32% and 26% of total revenue of our Stevioside segment, respectively, while we generated approximately $5.8 million from enzyme treated products in revenues with the gross profit rate of 31.6% and the average unit price of $36 in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020. In the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, some of our stevia products, such as A3-98, A3-97, A3-95, A3-80, A3-60, and A3-50, were sold for a loss in order to avoid further losses resulting from spoilage of overstocked inventory.   
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 Cost of Revenues and Gross Margin

Cost of revenues includes the cost of raw materials, labor, depreciation, and other fixed and variable overhead costs. Cost of revenues of Stevioside segment in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 increased by approximately $5,018,000, or 23.6%, while revenues from Stevioside segment decreased by approximately $267,000, compared to the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020. Gross margin on Stevioside segment for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020 was (5.3)%, as compared to 15.7% for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020. The decrease in gross margins for Stevioside was primarily due to the lower revenue and the higher raw material costs. Since we purchase our raw materials on the spot market, we are unable to predict, with any degree of certainty, our raw material costs and their impact on our gross margin in future periods.
 
Total Selling Expenses

Our selling expenses for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 decreased by approximately $120,000, or 8.0% compared to the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020. The decrease was primarily due to an approximately $247,000 decrease in advertising expense, a decrease of approximately $9,000 in office expense, a decrease of approximately $48,000 in travel expense,  a decrease of approximately $22,000 in shipping and freight, a decrease of approximately $29,000 in salary and wage expenses, a decrease of approximately $21,000 in selling expense on Metformin products and a decrease of approximately $6,000 in miscellaneous expenses, offset by an increase of approximately $50,000 in commission expense, an increase of approximately $26,000 in local sales taxes and an increase of approximately $186,000 in promotion and marketing fees in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021.

Total General and Administrative Expenses

Our general and administrative expenses for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 decreased by $12,000, or 0.8% compared to the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020.  The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of approximately $77,000 in consulting and service expenses, a decrease of approximately $26,000 in travel expense, a decrease of approximately $63,000 in office expense, a decrease of approximately $20,000 in product testing expense,  a decrease of $21,000 in consumables, and a decrease of approximately $13,000 in miscellaneous expenses, offset by an increase of approximately $120,000 in salaries and wages, an increase of approximately $33,000 in property tax and other taxes, an increase of approximately $24,000 in meals and entertainment, an increase of approximately $13,000 in bad debt expense and an increase of approximately $18,000 in repair and maintenance fees.

Research and Development Expenses

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, our research and development expenses amounted to approximately $1,120,000 as compared to $1,885,000 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020. The decrease of approximately $765,000 was primarily attributable to the decrease in research and development activities related to the development of new product lines of Stevioside products.

Other Expense

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, other expense, net of other income, amounted to approximately $168,000, a decrease of $518,000 as compared to other expense, net of other income, amounted to approximately $686,000 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020. The decrease of other expense was primarily attributable to a decrease in interest expense - related party in the amount of approximately $76,000, a decrease in interest expense - third party in the amount of approximately $417,000 due to the less amount of renewal loan principal, and a decrease in other expense of approximately $61,000 primarily due to an export tax rebate, offset by a decrease in grant income of approximately $36,000.
 
Loss from Continuing Operations

As a result of the foregoing, our loss from continuing operations was $5,249,000 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, as compared with loss from continuing operations of $1,129,000 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020, a change of $4,120,000, or 364.8%. The increase of net loss was primarily due to a lower revenue with a higher cost revenue, offset by a lower operating expense.

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Loss from Discontinued Operation

No loss or gain from discontinued operations in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, as compared with loss from discontinued operations was $253,000, or $0.00 per share (basic and diluted), for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020. The summarized operating result of discontinued operations included in our consolidated statements of operations is as follows:

 
 
Fiscal Years Ended April 30,
 
 
 
2021
   
2020
 
 
           
Revenues
 
$
-
   
$
733,441
 
Cost of revenues
   
-
     
572,357
 
Loss before income taxes
   
-
     
(20,016
)
Income tax expense
   
-
     
-
 
 
               
Loss from discontinued operations
   
-
     
(20,016
)
Gain from disposal, net of taxes
   
-
     
61,050
 
Loss from sales of subsidiary
   
-
     
(294,465
)
Total loss from discontinued operations
 
$
-
   
$
(253,431
)

Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest

Noncontrolling interest represents the ownership interests an individual investor and Shangdong Yulong Mining Group Co., Ltd. ("Yulong") hold in Qufu Shengren. The amount recorded as noncontrolling interest in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss is computed by multiplying the after-tax loss by 38.7%, the percentage ownership in Qufu Shengren not directly attributable to us. Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest amounted to approximately $2,010,461 for the year ended April 30, 2021.

Net Loss Attributable to Sunwin Stevia International, Inc.

Net loss attributable to Sunwin Stevia International, Inc. in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 was approximately $3,239,000, or $(0.02) per share (basic and diluted), compared to $1,383,000, or $(0.01) per share (basic and diluted), in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020.

Foreign Currency Translation Gain

The functional currency of our subsidiaries and variable interest entities operating in the PRC is the Chinese Yuan or Renminbi ("RMB"). The financial statements of our subsidiaries are translated to U.S. dollars using period end rates of exchange for assets and liabilities, and average rates of exchange (for the period) for revenues, costs, and expenses. Net gains and losses resulting from foreign exchange translations are included in the Comprehensive income on the consolidated statements of operations. As a result of foreign currency translations, which are a non-cash adjustment, we reported a foreign currency translation gain of $1,006,000 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, as compared to a foreign currency translation gain of $166,000 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020. This non-cash loss had the effect of increasing our reported comprehensive loss.
 
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Liquidity is the ability of a company to generate sufficient cash to meet its operational cash requirements.  
 
As of April 30, 2021, we had working deficit of $1,089,000, including cash of approximately $1,566,000, as compared to working capital of approximately $3,470,000 and cash of $1,138,000 as of April 30, 2020. The approximate $428,000 increase in our cash as of April 30, 2021 from April 30, 2020 is primarily attributable to net cash used in operating activities of approximately $2,204,000, net cash used in investing activities of approximately $766,000, and cash provided by financing activities of approximately $3,292,000 during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021. We may seek to raise capital through additional debt and/or equity financings to fund our operations in the future. Although we have historically raised capital from sales of equity and from bank or individual loans, there is no assurance that we will be able to continue to do so. If we are unable to raise additional capital or secure additional lending in the next 12 months, management expects that we will need to curtail or cease operations. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and or classification of recorded asset amounts and or classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" and on March 10, 2020, declared it to be a pandemic. Actions taken around the world to help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus include restrictions on travel, quarantines in certain areas, and forced closures for certain types of public places and businesses. The coronavirus and actions taken to mitigate it have had and are expected to continue to have an adverse impact on the economies and financial markets of many countries, including the geographical areas in China in which the Company operates. Consequently, the COVID-19 pandemic may adversely affect the Company’s business operations, financial condition and operating results for 2020 and 2021, including but not limited to material negative impact to the Company’s total revenues, slower collection of accounts receivables and significant impairment to the Company’s equity investments. Due to the high uncertainty of the evolving situation, the Company has limited visibility on the full impact brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic and the related financial impact cannot be estimated at this time.
 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, including accounts receivable from related parties, increased by approximately $1,946,000 during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 as a result of the increase in accounts receivable from the related party in amount of approximately $2,965,000 as of April 30, 2021. The days for sales outstanding in accounts receivable increased to 24 days as of April 30, 2021, as compared to 20 days on April 30, 2020. Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, excluding accounts receivable from the related parties, decreased by approximately $1,020,000 during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021. The days for sales outstanding in accounts receivable for third party sales accounted to 12 days as of April 30, 2021, as compared to 15 days as of April 30, 2020. We will reevaluate and categorize accounts receivable for sales and will target to improve our collection effort in accounts receivable for related party sales and accounts receivable for third party sales in the fiscal 2021.

At April 30, 2021 our inventories, net of reserve for obsolescence, totaled approximately $12,930,000, as compared to $12,874,000 on April 30, 2020. The increase is primarily due to our increase in procurements of raw materials in order to meet our anticipated higher sales volume during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021. These inventories have not yet been sold due to the market demands not raising as much as we predicted; however, the current inventory level will prepare us for our anticipated upcoming increase in demands.

Our accounts payable and accrued expenses were approximately $11,141,000 at April 30, 2021, an increase of approximately $2,608,000 from April 30, 2020 balance of $8,533,000. The increase was primarily due to the timing of payments for balances related to raw material purchases made in the ordinary course of business.
 
Loans payable as of April 30, 2021 and 2020 totaled approximately $2,955,000 and $3,378,000, respectively. These loans payable consisted of short-term loans from multiple non-related individuals, which bear annual interest rates of 4% - 10%.  Range of maturity dates of the loan payable was from September 20, 2021 to April 8, 2022. During the year ended April 30, 2021, the Company borrowed a new loan of approximately $21,000 and repaid loans in amount of approximately $922,000.

Due to related parties at April 30, 2021 and 2020 totaled approximately $9,844,000 and $5,073,000, respectively. The increase was primarily due to our increase in the balance of $5,234,000 advance from Qufu Shengwang Import and Export during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021. On April 30, 2021, the balance we owed to Pharmaceutical Corporation, Qufu Shengwang Import and Export and Mr. Weidong Chai, a management member of Qufu Shengren Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., approximately amounted to $3,484,000, $6,140,000 and $219,000, respectively. On April 30, 2020, the balance we owed to Pharmaceutical Corporation, Qufu Shengwang Import and Export, and Mr. Weidong Chai approximately amounted to $3,982,000, $907,000 and $184,000, respectively.

Cash Flows Analysis

NET CASH FLOW PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

Net cash used in continuing operating activities from operations was approximately $2,204,000 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, primarily due to a net loss of approximately $5,249,000, an increase of approximately $2,586,000 in accounts receivable - related party, an increase of approximately $218,000 in inventories, offset by a decrease of approximately $1,196,000 in accounts receivable and note receivable from a third party, a decrease of approximately $95,000 in prepaid expenses and other current assets, an  increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of approximately $1,890,000, an increase of approximately $38,000 in taxes payable, and non-cash working capital primarily included non-cash depreciation expense of $1,340,000, provision for obsolete inventories of $1,277,000 and a loss on allowance for doubtful accounts of $13,000. No net cash used in operating activities was from discontinued operations in fiscal year ended April 30, 2021.
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Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations was approximately $1,944,000 (total of $2,158,000 including provided by discontinued operations of $214,000) for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020, primarily due to a decrease of approximately $246,000 in accounts receivable and note receivable from a third party, a decrease of approximately $808,000 in prepaid expenses and other current assets, an  increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of approximately $2,735,000 and an increase of approximately $147,000 in taxes payable, and non-cash working capital primarily included non-cash depreciation expense of $1,219,000, provision for obsolete inventories of $113,000 and a loss on disposition of property and equipment of $20,000, offset by an increase of approximately $672,000 in accounts receivable - related party, an increase of approximately $1,542,000 in inventories, and a net loss of approximately $1,383,000 adjusted by loss from discontinued operations of $253,000.

NET CASH FLOW USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations amounted to $766,000 on purchases of property and equipment in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021.

Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations amounted to $627,000 in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020. We spent $1,775,000 in purchases of property and equipment, offset by the proceeds received from disposal of discontinued operations of approximately $1,143,000 and proceeds received from disposal of equipment of approximately $5,000 in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020, as compared to $2,360,000 in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2019.

No net cash used in investing activities from discontinued operations in fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020.

NET CASH FLOW PROVIDED BY (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

Net cash provided by financing activities from continuing operations amounted to approximately $3,292,000 in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, primarily due to the proceeds from a non-related individual short-term loan of $21,000 and advances received from related parties of approximately $13,211,000, offset by repayment of short-term loans of $922,000 and repayment of related party advances of approximately $9,018,000.

Net cash used in financing activities from continuing operations amounted to approximately $638,000 in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2020, primarily due to repayment of short-term loans of $515,000 and repayment of related party advances of approximately $9,044,000, offset by the proceeds from a non-related individual short-term loan of $944,000 and advances received from related parties of approximately $7,977,000.

No net cash used in financing activities from discontinued operations in fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020.

 CASH ALLOCATION BY COUNTRIES

The functional currency of our Chinese subsidiaries is the Chinese RMB. Substantially all of our cash is held in the form of RMB at financial institutions located in the PRC, where there is no equivalent of federal deposit insurance as in the United States. As a result, cash accounts at financial institutions in the PRC are not insured. We have not experienced any losses in such accounts as of April 30, 2021.

In 1996, the Chinese government introduced regulations which relaxed restrictions on the conversion of the RMB; however, restrictions still remain, including but not limited to restrictions on foreign invested entities. Foreign invested entities may only buy, sell or remit foreign currencies after providing valid commercial documents at only those banks authorized to conduct foreign exchanges. Furthermore, the conversion of RMB for capital account items, including direct investments and loans, is subject to PRC government approval. Chinese entities are required to establish and maintain separate foreign exchange accounts for capital account items. We cannot be certain Chinese regulatory authorities will not impose more stringent restrictions on the convertibility of the RMB, especially with respect to foreign exchange transactions. Accordingly, cash on deposit in banks in the PRC is not readily deployable by us for purposes outside of the PRC. Our cash position by geographic area was as follows: 

Country:
 
April 30, 2021
   
April 30, 2020
 
United States
 
$
161,860
     
10.3
%
 
$
83,830
     
7.4
%
China
   
1,403,969
     
89.7
%
   
1,054,090
     
92.6
%
Total cash and cash equivalents
 
$
1,565,829
     
100.00
%
 
$
1,137,920
     
100.00
%

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Contractual Obligations and Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements

Contractual Obligations

 We have certain fixed contractual obligations and commitments that include future estimated payments. Changes in our business needs, cancellation provisions, changing interest rates, and other factors may result in actual payments differing from the estimates. We cannot provide certainty regarding the timing and amounts of payments. We have presented below a summary of the most significant assumptions used in our determination of amounts presented in the tables, in order to assist in the review of this information within the context of our consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. The following tables summarize our contractual obligations as of April 30, 2021, and the effect these obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in future periods. 

 
Payments Due by Period
 
Contractual obligations:
Total
 
Less than
1 year
 
1-3 years
 
3-5 years
 
5 + years
 
Individual loans
   
2,955,304
     
2,955,304
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total
 
$
2,955,304
     
2,955,304
     
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 

Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements

Under SEC regulations, we are required to disclose our off-balance-sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, such as changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors. An off-balance sheet arrangement means a transaction, agreement or contractual arrangement to which any entity that is not consolidated with us is a party, under which we have:

 
-
 
Any obligation under certain guarantee contracts,
 
-
 
Any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity or similar arrangement that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to that entity for such assets,
 
-
 
Any obligation under a contract that would be accounted for as a derivative instrument, except that it is both indexed to our stock and classified in stockholder's equity in our statement of financial position, and
 
-
 
Any obligation arising out of a material variable interest held by us in an unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit risk support to us, or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with us.

We do not have any off-balance-sheet arrangements that we are required to disclose pursuant to these regulations. In the ordinary course of business, we enter into operating lease commitments, purchase commitments and other contractual obligations. These transactions are recognized in our financial statements in accordance with accepted accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. ("U.S. GAAP").

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The SEC has defined a company's critical accounting policies as the ones that are most important to the portrayal of the company's financial condition and results of operations, and which require the company to make its most difficult and subjective judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates of matters that are inherently uncertain. Based on this definition, we have identified the critical accounting policies and judgments addressed below. We also have other key accounting policies, which involve the use of estimates, judgments and assumptions that are significant to understanding our results, which are described in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements. Although we believe that our estimates, assumptions and judgments are reasonable, they are based upon information presently available. Actual results may differ significantly from these estimates under different assumptions, judgments or conditions.  

ITEM 7A.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Not applicable to smaller reporting company.

ITEM 8.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

Our financial statements are contained in pages F-3 through F-22, which appear at the end of this annual report.
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ITEM 9.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

None.
 
ITEM 9A.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, our management, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our controls and procedures as of April 30, 2021.

Disclosure controls and procedures refer to controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding the required disclosure. In designing and evaluating our controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating and implementing possible controls and procedures.
 
Management conducted its evaluation of our controls and procedures under the supervision of our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer. Based on that evaluation, we concluded that our controls and procedures were not effective as of April 30, 2021.

Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 
(a)
Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

As of April 30, 2021 (the “Evaluation Date”), the company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision of and with the participation of management, including the company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based on the foregoing, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that as of the Evaluation Date the company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective and designed to ensure that all material information required to be included in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission and to ensure that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decision regarding required disclosure.
 
 
(b)
Management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting.
 
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of our consolidated financial statements for external reporting purpose in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of April 30, 2021. In making this assessment, management used the framework set forth in the report Internal Control – Integrated framework issued in 2013 by the Committee of Sponsoring Organization of the Treadway Commission, or COSO. The COSO framework summarizes each of the components of a company’s internal control system, including (1) the control environment, (2) risk assessment, (3) control activities, (4) information and communication and (5) monitoring.
 
Based on that evaluation, management concluded that these controls were not effective at April 30, 2021.
 
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(c)
Attestation report of the registered public accounting firm.
 
Not applicable.
 
 
(d)
Changes in internal control over financial reporting.
 
There have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting occurred during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B.
OTHER INFORMATION.
    
None.
 
PART III

ITEM 10.
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

Directors and Executive Officers

The following sets forth the names and ages of each of our executive officers and directors and the positions they hold:

Name
 
Age
 
Positions
Laiwang Zhang
   
59
 
President and Chairman
Dongdong Lin
   
47
 
Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Director
Fanjun Wu
   
47
 
Chief Financial Officer
               
Yuqiang Lai
   
47
 
Director and General Manager of Qufu Shengren

Laiwang Zhang. Mr. Zhang has served as our President and Chairman since April 30, 2004 and he has served as Chairman of Qufu Natural Green since January 2003. Mr. Zhang also serves as Chairman of Pharmaceutical Corporation, a company engaged in the sale and distribution of Chinese herb medicines, since April 2000. In 1996, Mr. Zhang founded Shandong Group, a holding company with interests in companies operating in the areas of nutritional products, Chinese herb extracts, packaged products, animal health products, animal medicine and chemical products. Since April 1996, he has been General Manager of this company. From April 1992 to April 1996 Mr. Zhang served as Manager of our subsidiary Shengya Veterinary Medicine. From 1984 to 1992, Mr. Zhang served as President of Shandong Qufu Amylum Plant, a company that manufactures amylum. Mr. Zhang graduated from Shandong Technical University in 1984 with a Master's Degree in Engineering.

Dongdong Lin. Ms. Lin has served as our Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and a member of our Board of Directors since February 2005. Ms. Lin served as Manager of the Technology Information Department of Pharmaceutical Corporation, a company engaged in the sale and distribution of Chinese herb medicines, from January 2003 to December 2004. Ms. Lin joined Shandong Group in 1996, serving as a supervisor from April 1998 to April 2000, and Manager of the Department of Export and Import from April 2000 to December 2002. Ms. Lin holds a Bachelor's Degree in Technology English from Haerbin Industry University and a Master's Degree in Economics from the China Academy of Social Science. 

Fanjun Wu. Ms. Wu has been our Chief Financial Officer since April 30, 2004. Since 1997, she has been employed by Qufu Natural Green, serving as Director of Finance from 1997 to 1998 and thereafter as Chief Financial Officer. From 1992 to 1996, Ms. Wu was a Director of Finance for our subsidiary Shengya Veterinary Medicine, which was owned by Shandong Group prior to our acquisition in 2004. Ms. Wu graduated from Qufu Industrial College in 1995 with a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting. 

Yuqiang Lai. Mr. Lai is the General Manager of Qufu Shengren since March 2015, previously Mr. Lai served as the Assistant General Branch Manager of Qufu Shengren. From 1993 to 2009, Mr. Lai held various positions with Shandong Shengwang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a related party company, including Technical Specialist, Production and Equipment Manager, and Head of Technology Department and GMP Department.

There are no family relationships between any of the executive officers and directors. Each director is elected at our annual meeting of stockholders and holds office until the next annual meeting of stockholders, or until his successor is elected and qualified. 
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Director Qualifications

The following is a discussion for each director of the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led to our conclusion that such person should be serving as a member of our Board of Directors as of the date of this annual report in light of our business and structure.  In addition to their individual skills and backgrounds which are focused on our industry as well as financial and managerial experience, we believe that the collective skills and experience of our Board members are well suited to guide us as we continue to grow our company. 

Liawang Zhang.  Mr. Zhang has over 19 years of professional experience in areas of nutritional products, Chinese herb extracts, packaged products, animal health products, animal medicine and chemical products.  He has significant experience in starting companies within our industry segments and has many professional contacts which serve to promote our efforts to expand our business and operations. 

Dongdong Lin.  Ms. Lin has over 25 years of operational experience in our industry. 

Yuqiang Lai. Mr. Lai has over 27 years of experience in the industry and is very familiar with the Company’s production and operations.

Stockholders Agreement - Election of Directors

On February 5, 2009, as part of the Securities Purchase Agreement we entered into with WILD Flavors, we entered into a stockholders agreement with WILD Flavors and certain of our shareholders who owned approximately 34% of our common stock at the time the agreement was entered into. The stockholders agreement provides that so long as WILD Flavors owns at least 4,000,000 shares of our common stock, the parties to that agreement will vote or cause their shares of our common stock to be voted to elect two members of our Board of Directors designated by WILD Flavors and three members designated by our shareholders who are a party to the stockholders agreement.  As of the date of this report, WILD Flavors has not designated anyone to be appointed to our Board of Directors.

Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
 
Based solely upon a review of Forms 3 and 4 and amendments thereto furnished to us under Rule 16a-3(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 and Forms 5 and amendments thereto furnished to us with respect to the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, as well as any written representation from a reporting person that no Form 5 is required, we are not aware that any officer, director or 10% or greater shareholder failed to file on a timely basis, as disclosed in the aforementioned Forms, reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

In April 2005, we adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to our Chief Executive Officer, principal financial and accounting officers and persons performing similar functions. A Code of Ethics is a written standard designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote:

 
-
 
honest and ethical conduct;
 
-
 
full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in regulatory filings and public statements;
 
-
 
compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations;
 
-
 
the prompt reporting violation of the Code; and
 
-
 
accountability for adherence to the Code.

A copy of our Code of Ethics is filed as an exhibit to this annual report and we will provide a copy, without charge, to any person desiring a copy of the Code of Ethics, by written request to us at our principal office, attention: Corporate Secretary.

Committees of the Board of Directors and Independence

Our Board of Directors has not yet established an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, a Nominating Committee or any committee performing a similar function. The functions of those committees are being undertaken by the entire board as a whole. Because we do not have any independent directors, our Board of Directors believes that the establishment of committees of the Board would not provide any benefits to our company and could be considered more form than substance.
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We do not have a policy regarding the consideration of any director candidates which may be recommended by our stockholders, including the minimum qualifications for director candidates, nor has our Board of Directors established a process for identifying and evaluating director nominees. We have not adopted a policy regarding the handling of any potential recommendation of director candidates by our stockholders, including the procedures to be followed. Our Board has not considered or adopted any of these policies as we have never received a recommendation from any stockholder for any candidate to serve on our Board of Directors. Given that all our operations are located in the PRC and our lack of directors and officers insurance coverage, we do not anticipate that any of our stockholders will make such a recommendation in the near future. While there have been no nominations of additional directors proposed, in the event such a proposal is made, all members of our Board will participate in the consideration of director nominees.

None of our directors is an "audit committee financial expert" within the meaning of Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K. In general, an "audit committee financial expert" is an individual member of the audit committee or Board of Directors who:

 
-
 
understands generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements;
 
-
 
is able to assess the general application of such principles in connection with accounting for estimates, accruals and reserves;
 
-
 
has experience preparing, auditing, analyzing or evaluating financial statements comparable to the breadth and complexity to our financial statements;
 
-
 
understands internal controls over financial reporting; and
 
-
 
understands audit committee functions.

Since the reverse acquisition of our company by Sunwin Tech in April 2004 our Board of Directors has been comprised of individuals who are members of our management or otherwise affiliated with our company. While we would prefer that one or more of our directors be an audit committee financial expert, none of our current directors have professional backgrounds in either finance or accounting.

All of our current management is located in the PRC and no member of our Board of Directors has previously served as an officer or a director of a U.S. public company. As a result of both the cultural differences between doing business in the PRC and doing business as a public company in the U.S., as well as the lack of experience of our Board of Directors with laws, rules and regulations which apply to public companies in the U.S., we are seeking to expand our Board of Directors to include qualified individuals who are also residents of the U.S. to serve as independent directors. At such time as we are able to attract additional members to our Board of Directors which include one or more independent directors, we intend to establish an Audit Committee of our Board of Directors. It is our intention that one or more of these independent directors will also qualify as an audit committee financial expert. Our securities are not quoted on a stock exchange that has requirements that a majority of our Board members be independent and we are not currently otherwise subject to any law, rule or regulation requiring that all or any portion of our Board of Directors include "independent" directors, nor are we required to establish or maintain an Audit Committee or other committee of our Board of Directors.

Board oversight in risk management

Risk is inherent with every business, and how well a business manages risk can ultimately determine its success.  We face a number of risks, including liquidity risk, operational risk, strategic risk and reputation risk.  Our Chief Executive Officer also serves as one of our three directors and we do not have a lead director.  In the context of risk oversight, at the present stage of our operations we believe that our selection of one person to serve in both positions provides the Board with additional perspective which combines the operational experience of a member of management with the oversight focus of a member of the Board. The business and operations of our company are managed by our Board as a whole, including oversight of various risks that our company faces. Because our Board is comprised of members of our management, these individuals are responsible for both the day-to-day management of the risks we face as well as the responsibility for the oversight of risk management.

ITEM 11.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

Summary Compensation Table

The following table summarizes all compensation recorded by us in the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020 for:

All compensation was paid in RMB and the amounts below reflect the conversion to U.S. dollar, rounded to the nearest whole dollar, based upon an exchange rate of RMB 6.7335 to $1.00. For definitional purposes in this annual report these individuals are sometimes referred to as the "named executive officers" as that term is defined under Rule 3b-7 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The value attributable to any option awards is computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. 
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Name and principal position
Year
 
Salary
($)
   
Bonus
($)
   
Stock
Awards
($)
   
Option
Awards
($)
   
No equity
incentive plan
compensation
($)
   
Non-qualified
deferred
compensation
earnings
($)
   
All other
compensation
($)
   
Total
($)
 
 
 
                                               
Laiwang Zhang (1)
2021
 
$
11,332
   
$
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
   
$
11,332
 
  2020
 
$
12,605
   
$
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
   
$
12,605
 
Dongdong Lin (2)
 2021
 
$
11,318
   
$
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
   
$
11,318
 
  2020
 
$
12,393
   
$
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
   
$
12,393
 
 
(1) Mr. Zhang has served as our President and Chairman of the Board of Directors since April 2004.
(2) Ms. Lin has served as our Chief Executive Officer since February 2005.
  
Narrative Regarding Executive Compensation

Neither Mr. Zhang nor Ms. Lin is a party to an employment agreement with our Company. Their compensation is determined by our Board of Directors, of which Mr. Zhang and Ms. Lin are members. The Board of Directors considers a number of factors in determining the compensation of Mr. Zhang and, Ms. Lin, including the scope of their duties and responsibilities to our company, compensation levels of executives with comparable duties in similar companies such as ours and the time they devote to our business. The Board of Directors did not consult with any experts or other third parties in establishing the compensation for Mr. Zhang or Ms. Lin. The amount of compensation payable to either Mr. Zhang or Ms. Lin can be changed at any time at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

We are required to contribute a portion of our employees' total salaries to the Chinese government's social insurance funds, including medical insurance, unemployment insurance and job injuries insurance, and a housing assistance fund, in accordance with relevant regulations.  Mr. Zhang and Ms. Lin are covered by these government sponsored programs.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End

The following table provides information concerning unexercised options, stock that has not vested and equity incentive plan awards for each named executive officer outstanding as of April 30, 2021: 

OPTION AWARDS
 
STOCK AWARDS
 
Name
Number of securities underlying unexercised options (#) exercisable
 
Number of securities underlying unexercised options (#) unexercisable
 
Equity incentive plan awards: Number of securities underlying unexercised unearned options (#)
 
Option exercise price ($)
 
Option expiration
date
 
Number of shares or units of stock that have not vested (#)
 
Market value of shares or units of stock that have not vested ($)
 
Equity incentive plan awards: Number of unearned shares, units or other rights
that have not vested (#)
 
Equity incentive plan awards: Market or payout value of unearned shares, units or other rights
that have
not vested
(#)
 
Laiwang Zhang
   
0
     
0
     
0
     
0
     
0
     
0
     
0
     
0
     
0
 
Dongdong Lin
   
0
     
0
     
0
     
0
     
0
     
0
     
0
     
0
     
0
 
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2015 Equity Compensation Plan

On May 11, 2015, our board of directors authorized our 2015 Equity Compensation Plan (the "2015 Plan"). The purpose of the 2015 Plan is to enable us to offer to our employees, officers, directors and consultants, whose past, present and/or potential contributions to our company have been, are or will be important to our success, an opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in our company. We have initially reserved 25,000,000 shares of our common stock for issuance upon awards to be made under the 2015 Plan. The maximum number of shares of common stock which may be subject to awards under the 2015 Plan made to individuals who are neither officers, directors nor employees of our company is limited to 2,500,000 shares. The 2015 Plan also contains an "evergreen formula" pursuant to which the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2015 Plan will automatically increase on the first trading day of January each calendar year during the term of the 2015 Plan beginning with calendar year 2016 providing that we have sufficient authorized but unissued and unreserved shares of our common stock available, by an amount equal to 1.5% of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding on the last trading day in December of the immediately preceding calendar year, up to a maximum annual increase of 375,000 shares of common stock. Currently, there are no shares available to be issued or options outstanding under the 2015 Equity Compensation Plan.

Director Compensation

We do not have a policy establishing compensation arrangements for members of our Board of Directors and no Board member received any compensation for his or her services during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021 other than their regular employee compensation.

ITEM 12.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

On July 27, 2021 we had 199,632,803 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. The following table sets forth information known to us as of July 28, 2021 relating to the beneficial ownership of shares of our common stock by:

 
-
 
each person who is known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of our outstanding common stock;
 
-
 
each director;
 
-
 
each named executive officer; and
 
-
 
all named executive officers and directors as a group.

Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of each person listed is in care of 6 Shengwang Avenue, Qufu, Shandong, China 273100. We believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as being owned by them. Under securities laws, a person is considered to be the beneficial owner of securities owned by them (or certain persons whose ownership is attributed to them) and that can be acquired by them within 60 days from that date, including upon the exercise of options, warrants or convertible securities. We determine a beneficial owner's percentage ownership by assuming that options, warrants or convertible securities that are held by them, but not those held by any other person, and which are exercisable within 60 days of the that date, have been exercised or converted.

NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER
 
AMOUNT AND NATURE OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
   
% OF CLASS
 
Laiwang Zhang 
   
3,457,154
     
1.7
%
Dongdong Lin 
   
4,984,108
     
2.5
%
Fanjun Wu 
   
1,732,052
     
0.9
%
All officers and directors as a group (three persons)
   
10,173,314
     
5.1
%

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Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table sets forth securities authorized for issuance under any equity compensation plans approved by our shareholders as well as any equity compensation plans not approved by our shareholders as of April 30, 2020. 
 
 
Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)
 
Weighted average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b)
 
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c)
 
Plan category
           
Plans approved by our shareholders:
           
 
           
  2005 Equity Compensation Plan *
   
0
     
N/A
     
0
 
  2006 Equity Compensation Plan *
   
0
     
N/A
     
0
 
  2008 Equity Compensation Plan *
   
0
     
N/A
     
0
 
  2012 Equity Compensation Plan *
   
0
     
N/A
     
0
 
  2015 Equity Compensation Plan
   
0
     
N/A
     
0
 
Plans not approved by shareholders:
                       
   None.
                       
 *Equity compensation plan was retired.

ITEM 13.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.

Related Party Transactions

From time to time we engage in transactions with related parties.  The following is a summary of the related party transactions reflected on our consolidated financial statements as of April 30, 2021 and which have occurred through the date of this report:

From time to time, we received advances from related parties for working capital purposes and repaid funds to related parties. During the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, we received advances from related parties for working capital that totaled $13,211,425 and $7,977,435 respectively, and we repaid to related parties a total of $9,017,852 and $9,043,962, respectively.

In the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, interest expense related to due to related parties amounted to $32,290 and $108,461, respectively, which were included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, and in connection with the advances of RMB5,000,000 (approximately $773,000) and RMB8,000,000 (approximately $1,237,000) from Shangdong Shengwang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ("Pharmaceutical Corporation"), a Chinese entity owned by our Chairman, Mr. Laiwang Zhang. These advances bear interest at the rate of 7.0% and 6.3% per annum, respectively. On December 12, 2019 and August 9, 2020, we repaid in full amount of the above advance of RMB8,000,000 and RMB5,000,000 with accrued interest, respectively.

On April 30, 2021, the balance we owed to Pharmaceutical Corporation, Qufu Shengwang Import and Export and Mr. Weidong Chai, a management member of Qufu Shengren Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., amounted to $3,484,266, $6,140,404, and $218,966, respectively. On April 30, 2019, the balance we owed to Pharmaceutical Corporation, Qufu Shengwang Import and Export and Mr. Weidong Chai amounted to $3,981,915, $906,879, and $183,657, respectively.

Director Independence

None of our directors are considered independent within The NASDAQ Stock Market's director independence standards pursuant to Marketplace Rule 5605.
 
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ITEM 14.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

RBSM LLP served as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020. The following table shows the fees that were billed for the audit and other services provided by such firm for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020.

 
 
2021
   
2020
 
Audit Fees
 
$
92,000
   
$
92,000
 
Audit - Related Fees
   
-
     
-
 
Tax Fees
   
-
     
-
 
All Other Fees
   
-
     
-
 
 
 
$
92,000
   
$
92,000
 

Audit Fees - This category includes the audit of our annual financial statements, review of financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and services that are normally provided by the independent auditors in connection with engagements for those fiscal years. This category also includes advice on audit and accounting matters that arose during, or as a result of, the audit or the review of interim financial statements.

Audit-Related Fees - This category consists of assurance and related services by the independent auditors that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported above under Audit Fees." The services for the fees disclosed under this category include consultation regarding our correspondence with the SEC and other accounting consulting.

Tax Fees - This category consists of professional services rendered by our independent auditors for tax compliance and tax advice. The services for the fees disclosed under this category include tax return preparation and technical tax advice.

All Other Fees - This category consists of fees for other miscellaneous items.

Our Board of Directors has adopted a procedure for pre-approval of all fees charged by our independent auditors. Under the procedure, the Board approves the engagement letter with respect to audit, tax and review services. Other fees are subject to pre-approval by the Board, or, in the period between meetings, by a designated member of Board. Any such approval by the designated member is disclosed to the entire Board at the next meeting. 

PART IV

ITEM 15.
EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

a) The following documents are filed as a part of this report or are incorporated by reference to previous filings, if so indicated

Exhibit No.
 
Description of Exhibit
 
2.1
 
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated March 28, 2012 between Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc. and Sunwin Stevia International, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on April 20, 2012).
 
3.1
 
Articles of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2000).
 
3.2
 
Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K/A as filed on July 30, 2004).
 
3.3
 
By-Laws (Incorporated by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2000).
 
3.4
 
Articles of Merger as filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada on March 29, 2012 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on April 20, 2012).
 
4.1
 
Form of $0.65 common stock purchase warrant (Incorporated by reference to the Report on Form 8-K as filed on March 23, 2007).
 
4.2
 
Common Stock Purchase Warrant between Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc. and Wild Flavors, Inc. dated February 5, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on February 11, 2009).
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4.3
 
Stockholders Agreement dated February 5, 2009 Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc., Laiwang Zhang, Dongdong Lin, Xingyuan Li, Junzhen Zhang, Xiangsheng Kong, Weidong Chai, Laiwang Zhang, Fanjun Wu and Wild Flavors, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on February 11, 2009).
 
10.1
 
Share Exchange Agreement dated April 30, 2004 between Network USA, Inc. and the stockholders of Sunwin Tech Group, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to the Report on Form 8-K as filed with on May 12, 2004).
 
10.2
 
Stock Purchase Agreement between Sunwin Tech Group, Inc., Qufu Natural Green Engineering Company, Limited and Shandong Shengwang Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (Incorporated by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2004).
 
10.3
+
2005 Equity Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to the Report on Form 8-K as filed on April 28, 2005).
 
10.4
 
Lease agreement dated October 1, 2002 between Shandong Shengwang Pharmaceutical Corporation and Qufu Natural Green Engineering Co., Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2005).
 
10.5
 
Lease agreement dated October 6, 2002 between Qufu LuCheng Chiya Resident Commitment and Qufu Natural Green Engineering Co., Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2005).
 
10.6
 
Lease agreement dated April 1, 2004 between Qufu ShengDa Industry Co., Ltd. and Qufu Natural Green Engineering Co., Ltd.( Incorporated by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2005).
 
10.7
 
Stock Purchase Agreement dated February 7, 2006 between Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc., Qufu Natural Green Engineering Company and Shandong Shengwang Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (Incorporated by reference to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended January 31, 2006).
 
10.8
 
2006 Equity Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended January 31, 2006).
 
10.9
 
Consulting Agreement between China Direct Investments, Inc. and Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc dated April 22, 2011 (Incorporated by reference to the Exhibit 10.21 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 31, 2011).
 
10.10
 
Acquisition Agreement by and among Qufu Natural Green Engineering Co., Ltd. and Qufu Shengwang Stevia Biology and Science Co., Ltd. and Shandong Shengwang Group, Co., Ltd. dated June 30, 2008 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on July 7, 2008).
 
10.11
 
Stock Sale And Purchase Agreement between Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc. and Shandong Shengwang Group Co., Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on July 7, 2008).
 
10.12
 
Amendment to the June 30, 2008 Acquisition Agreement by and among Qufu Natural Green Engineering Co., Ltd. and Qufu Shengwang Stevia Biology and Science Co., Ltd. and Shandong Shengwang Group Co., Ltd. dated September 2, 2008. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on September 8, 2008).
 
10.13
 
Amendment to the June 30, 2008 Stock Sale and Purchase Agreement between Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc. and Shandong Shengwang Group Co., Ltd. dated September 2, 2008 (Incorporated by reference Exhibit 10.16 to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on September 8, 2008).
 
10.14
 
November 18, 2008 Second Amendment to Acquisition Agreement by and among Qufu Natural Green Engineering Co., Ltd. and Qufu Shengwang Stevia Biology and Science Co., Ltd. and Shandong Shengwang Group, Co., Ltd. dated as of June 30, 2008 (Incorporated by reference Exhibit 10.19 to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on November 26, 2008).
 
10.15
 
November 18, 2008 Second Amendment to Stock Sale And Purchase Agreement between Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc. and Shandong Shengwang Group Co., Ltd. dated as of June 30, 2008 (Incorporated by reference Exhibit 10.20 to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on November 26, 2008).
 
10.16
 
Securities Purchase Agreement between Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc. and Wild Flavors, Inc. dated February 5, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on February 11, 2009).
 
10.17
 
Form of Operating Agreement between Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc. and Wild Flavors, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on February 11, 2009).
 
10.18
 
Distributorship Agreement dated February 5, 2009 among Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc., Sunwin Stevia International Corp. and Wild Flavors, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on February 11, 2009).
 
10.19
 
Consulting and Management Agreement between Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc. and China Direct Investments, Inc. dated as of April 29, 2009. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on July 29, 2009).
 
10.20
 
Stock Sale and Purchase Agreement dated June 29, 2010 among Qufu Natural Green Engineering, Shengya Veterinary Medicine Co., Ltd., and Mr. Laiwang Zhang (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 7, 2010).
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10.21
 
Stock Transfer Agreement between Korea Stevia Co, Ltd. and Qufu Shengwang Stevia Biology and Science Co., Ltd. dated September 30, 2011 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended October 31, 2011).
 
10.22
 
Commercial Housing Purchase and Sale Contract between Qufu Jinxuan Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. and Qufu Natural Green Engineering Co., Ltd. dated August 25, 2011 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended October 31, 2011).
 
10.23
 
Loan Agreement dated November 18, 2011 by and between Qufu Natural Green Engineering Co., Ltd. and Shandong Shengwang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended January 31, 2012).
 
10.24
 
Supplier Agreement dated December 2, 2012 by and between Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc. and Domino Foods, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended January 31, 2012).
 
10.25
 
Loan Agreement dated December 16, 2011 by and between Qufu Natural Green Engineering Co., Ltd. and Shandong Anda Bio-Tech Co., Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended January 31, 2012).
 
10.26
 
Confirmation of Amendment to Loan Agreement with Shandong Shengwang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended January 31, 2012).
 
10.27
 
Loan agreement dated December 22, 2010 between Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc. and CDI China, Inc.
 
10.28
 
Cooperation Agreement dated July 1, 2012 by and between Hegeng (Beijing) Organic Farm Technology Co.,Ltd. and Qufu Shengwang Stevia Biology and Science Co. Ltd.
 
10.29
 
Consulting agreement dated May 5, 2015 by and between Yuejian Wang and Sunwin Stevia International, Inc.
 
10.30
 
Translation of the Metformin Production Line Operation Management Agreement dated July 10, 2019
 
10.31
 
Translation of the Asset Transfer Agreement dated July 30, 2019
 
14.1
 
Code of Ethics (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 to the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 as filed on May 27, 2005).
 
16.1
 
Letter dated December 6, 2013 from RBSM LLP (incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on December 9, 2013).
 
21.1
 
Subsidiaries of the registrant.*
 
31.1
 
Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer.*
 
31.2
 
Section 302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer.*
 
32.1
 
Section 906 Certificate of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.*
101.INS
 
XBRL INSTANCE DOCUMENT*
101.SCH
 
XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION SCHEMA*
101.CAL
 
XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION CALCULATION LINKBASE*
101.DEF
 
XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION DEFINITION LINKBASE*
101.LAB
 
XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION LABEL LINKBASE*
101.PRE
 
XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION PRESENTATION LINKBASE*
 
+ Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
* filed herewith
 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
Sunwin Stevia International, Inc.
 
 
 
July 27, 2021
By:
/s/ Dongdong Lin
 
 
Dongdong Lin, Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
July 27, 2021
By:
/s/ Fanjun Wu
 
 
Fanjun Wu, Chief Financial Officer

 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
Title
Date
 
 
 
/s/ Laiwang Zhang 
President and Chairman of the Board of Director
July 27, 2021
Laiwang Zhang 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Dongdong Lin 
Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)
July 27, 2021
Dongdong Lin 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Fanjun Wu 
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)
July 27, 2021
Fanjun Wu 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Yuqiang Lai
Director
July 27, 2021
Yuqiang Lai
 
 

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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
 Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
F - 2
Consolidated Financial Statements:
 
   Consolidated Balance Sheets
F - 3
   Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
F - 4
   Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
F - 5
   Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
F - 6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
F- 7 to F - 21
F - 1


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Sunwin Stevia International, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Sunwin Stevia International, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the "Company") as of April 30, 2021 and 2020, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of April 30, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The Company's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
 
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has a significant accumulated deficit, incurred recurring losses and, generated negative cash flow from operating activities. These raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans, with respect to these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
 
Basis for Opinion
 
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
 
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

Critical audit matters are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements, and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

We did not identify any critical audit matters during the course of our audit for the year ended April 30, 2021.

 
/s/ RBSM LLP

We have served as the Company's auditors since 2013.
 
New York, New York
July 27, 2021
F - 2



SUNWIN STEVIA INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
 
           
 
 
April 30,
2021
   
April 30,
2020
 
ASSETS
           
CURRENT ASSETS:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
1,565,829
   
$
1,137,920
 
Accounts receivable, net
   
1,693,801
     
2,713,567
 
Accounts receivable - related party
   
5,999,791
     
3,034,365
 
Inventories, net
   
12,930,461
     
12,874,497
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
661,882
     
693,552
 
Total Current Assets
   
22,851,764
     
20,453,901
 
Property and equipment, net
   
9,217,115
     
8,901,548
 
Total Assets
 
$
32,068,879
   
$
29,355,449
 
 
               
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
               
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
$
11,141,408
   
$
8,533,131
 
Short-term loans
   
2,955,304
     
3,378,380
 
Due to related parties
   
9,843,636
     
5,072,451
 
Total Current Liabilities
   
23,940,348
     
16,983,962
 
Total Liabilities 
   
23,940,348
     
16,983,962
 
 
               
Commitments and Contingencies
               
 
               
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
               
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding
   
-
     
-
 
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized; 199,632,803 and 199,632,803 shares issued and outstanding as of April 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively
   
199,633
     
199,633
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
47,732,350
     
47,732,350
 
Accumulated deficit
   
(43,357,208
)
   
(40,118,394
)
Accumulated other comprehensive income
   
5,193,512
     
4,557,898
 
  Total Sunwin Stevia International, Inc. Stockholders' Equity
   
9,768,287
     
12,371,487
 
Noncontrolling interest
   
(1,639,756
)
   
-
 
  Total Stockholders' Equity
   
8,128,531
     
12,371,487
 
 
               
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
 
$
32,068,879
   
$
29,355,449
 
 
               
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
 

F - 3



SUNWIN STEVIA INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
 
  
 
For the Years Ended April 30,
 
 
 
2021
   
2020
 
Revenues
 
$
17,216,385
   
$
17,872,491
 
Revenues - related parties
   
8,162,450
     
8,218,993
 
Total revenues
   
25,378,835
     
26,091,484
 
Cost of revenues
   
17,106,712
     
13,848,355
 
Cost of revenues - related parties
   
9,407,847
     
7,844,072
 
Total cost of revenues
   
26,514,559
     
21,692,427
 
Gross profit
   
(1,135,724
)
   
4,399,057
 
 
               
Operating expenses:
               
Selling expenses
   
1,391,587
     
1,511,791
 
General and administrative expenses
   
1,433,927
     
1,445,652
 
Research and development expenses
   
1,119,574
     
1,884,718
 
Total operating expenses, net
   
3,945,088
     
4,842,161
 
 
               
Loss from operations
   
(5,080,812
)
   
(443,104
)
 
               
Other (expenses) income
               
Other income
   
84,947
     
24,315
 
Grant income
   
-
     
36,107
 
Interest income
   
993
     
726
 
Interest expense - related parties
   
(32,290
)
   
(108,461
)
Interest expense
   
(222,113
)
   
(638,835
)
Total other expense, net
   
(168,463
)
   
(686,148
)
 
               
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes
   
(5,249,275
)
   
(1,129,252
)
Provision for income taxes 
    -
      -
 
Net loss from continuing operations
 
$
(5,249,275
)
 
$
(1,129,252
)
 
               
Discontinued operations
               
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax
   
-
     
(20,016
)
Gain from disposal of discontinued operations
   
-
     
61,050
 
Loss from sales of discontinued operations
   
-
     
(294,465
)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax
   
-
     
(253,431
)
 
               
Net loss
   
(5,249,275
)
   
(1,382,683
)
Less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
   
(2,010,461
)
   
-
 
Net loss attributable to Sunwin Stevia International, Inc.
 
$
(3,238,814
)
 
$
(1,382,683
)
                 
Comprehensive loss:
               
Net loss
 
$
(5,249,275
)
 
$
(1,382,683
)
Foreign currency translation adjustment
   
1,006,319
     
166,062
 
Total comprehensive loss
   
(4,242,956
)
   
(1,216,621
)
Less: foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interest 
   
370,705
     
-
 
Comprehensive loss attributable to Sunwin Stevia International, Inc.
 
$
(4,613,661
)
 
$
(1,216,621
)
                 
Earnings per common share:
               
Continuing operations - basic and diluted
 
$
(0.02
)
 
$
(0.01
)
Discontinued operations - basic and diluted
   
-
     
(0.00
)
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted
 
$
(0.02
)
 
$
(0.01
)
 
               
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic and diluted
   
199,632,803
     
199,632,803
 
 
               
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
 

F - 4



SUNWIN STEVIA INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
For the Years Ended April 30, 2021 and 2020
 
 
Number of Shares
 
Common Stock
 
Additional Paid-in Capital
 
Retained Earnings
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
(Loss)
 
Noncontrolling Interest
 
Total Equity
 
 
                           
Balance, April 30, 2019
   
199,632,803
   
$
199,633
   
$
37,681,279
   
$
(38,735,711
)
 
$
4,391,836
   
$
-
   
$
3,537,037
 
Net loss
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
(1,382,683
)
   
-
     
-
     
(1,382,683
)
Liability converted to additional paid-in capital
   
-
     
-
     
10,051,071
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
10,051,071
 
Foreign currency translation adjustment
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
166,062
     
-
     
166,062
 
Balance, April 30, 2020
   
199,632,803
   
$
199,633
   
$
47,732,350
   
$
(40,118,394
)
 
$
4,557,898
   
$
-
   
$
12,371,487
 
Net loss
                           
(3,238,814
)
   
-
     
(2,010,461
)
   
(5,249,275
)
Foreign currency translation adjustment
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
635,614
     
370,705
     
1,006,319
 
Balance, April 30, 2021
   
199,632,803
   
$
199,633
   
$
47,732,350
   
$
(43,357,208
)
 
$
5,193,512
   
$
(1,639,756
)
 
$
8,128,531
 
                                                         
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
 

F - 5


SUNWIN STEVIA INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
  
 
For the Years Ended April 30,
 
 
 
2021
   
2020
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
           
Net loss
 
$
(5,249,275
)
 
$
(1,382,683
)
Loss from discontinued operations
   
-
     
(253,431
)
Net loss from continuing operations
   
(5,249,275
)
   
(1,129,252
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation expense
   
1,339,581
     
1,218,587
 
Allowance for doubtful accounts
   
13,051
     
-
 
Provision for obsolete inventories
   
1,276,893
     
113,155
 
Loss on disposition of property and equipment
   
-
     
19,842
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable and notes receivable
   
1,195,885
     
245,898
 
Accounts receivable - related party
   
(2,585,789
)
   
(672,440
)
Inventories
   
(217,854
)
   
(1,542,338
)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
95,376
     
807,924
 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
   
1,890,082
     
2,735,478
 
Taxes payable
   
38,442
     
147,574
 
 
               
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
   
(2,203,608
)
   
1,944,428
 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATION
    -
     
214,123
 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES
   
(2,203,608
)
   
2,158,551
 
 
               
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
               
Proceed from disposal of discontinued operations
   
-
     
1,143,380
 
Purchases of property and equipment
   
(765,549
)
   
(1,774,962
)
Proceed from disposal of equipment
   
-
     
5,059
 
 
               
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
   
(765,549
)
   
(626,523
)
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATION
    -
     
-
 
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
   
(765,549
)
   
(626,523
)
 
               
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
               
Proceeds from loans
   
20,792
     
943,288
 
Repayment of short-term loans
   
(922,255
)
   
(514,521
)
Advance from related parties
   
13,211,425
     
7,977,435
 
Repayment of related party advances
   
(9,017,852
)
   
(9,043,962
)
 
               
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
   
3,292,110
     
(637,760
)
NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATION
    -
     
-
 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES
   
3,292,110
     
(637,760
)
 
               
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE ON CASH
   
104,956
     
(50,548
)
NET INCREASE IN CASH
   
427,909
     
843,721
 
 
               
Cash at the beginning of year
   
1,137,920
     
294,199
 
Cash at the end of period
   
1,565,829
     
1,137,920
 
 
               
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION:
               
Cash paid for interest
 
$
23,846
   
$
197,889
 
 
               
NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
               
Property and equipment acquired on credit as payable
 
$
6,243
   
$
9,661
 
Payment for equipment offsets part of rental income
 
$
54,860
   
$
-
 
Accrued interest enrolled into debt
 
$
203,126
   
$
260,239
 
Accrued interest payable to related party
 
$
19,226
   
$
15,864
 
Liability assumed in connected with discontinued operations
 
$
-
   
$
3,558,770
 
Liability converted to additional paid-in capital
 
$
-
   
$
10,126,121
 
 
               
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
 

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NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION, NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Sunwin Stevia International, Inc. ("Sunwin Stevia International"), a Nevada corporation, and its subsidiaries are referred to in this report as "we", "us", "our", "Sunwin" or the "Company".

We sell stevioside, a natural sweetener and other pharmaceutical productions, such as Metformin. Substantially all of our operations are located in the People's Republic of China (the "PRC"). We have built an integrated company with the sourcing and production capabilities designed to meet the needs of our customers.

For the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, our subsidiaries included in continuing operations and discontinued operations consisted of the following:

-    Sunwin Stevia International;
-   Qufu Natural Green Engineering Co., Ltd. ("Qufu Natural Green"), wholly owned by Sunwin Stevia International;
-   Qufu Shengren Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ("Qufu Shengren"), 61% owned by Qufu Natural;
-   Qufu Shengwang Stevia Biology and Science Co., Ltd. ("Qufu Shengwang"), wholly owned by Qufu Natural Green;
-   Sunwin USA, LLC ("Sunwin USA"), wholly owned by Sunwin Stevia International; and
-  Qufu Shengren Import and Export Co., Ltd. (“Qufu Shengren Import and Export”), wholly owned subsidiary of Qufu Shengren.

Qufu Shengren

In fiscal year 2009, Qufu Natural Green acquired Qufu Shengren for $3,097,242. The purchase price was equal to the value of the assets of Qufu Shengren as determined by an independent asset appraisal in accordance with asset appraisal principles in the PRC. Prior to being acquired by us, Qufu Shengren was engaged in the production and distribution of bulk drugs and pharmaceuticals.  Subsequent to the acquisition, Qufu Shengren produces and distributes steviosides with a full range of grades from rebaudioside-A 10 to 99.

Since fiscal 2018 we invested in a new production line for Metformin as one of the new product markets we intend to branch into. Metformin is the raw material of Metformin hydrochloride tablets. Metformin is the first-line medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, particularly in people who are not satisfied with simple diet control, especially those with obesity and hyperinsulinemia. This drug not only has hypoglycemic effect, but also may have the effect of reducing body weight and hyperinsulinemia. It can be effective in patients with poor efficacy of certain sulfonylureas, such as sulfonylureas, intestinal glycosidase inhibitors or thiazolidinedione hypoglycemic agents. It can also be used in patients with insulin therapy to reduce insulin consumption. On July 10, 2019, the Company entered into the Metformin Production Line Operation Management Agreement with an unaffiliated individual to operate the Metformin production line (see Note 7).

Sunwin USA

In fiscal year 2009, we entered into a distribution agreement with WILD Flavors to assist our 55% owned subsidiary, Sunwin USA, in the marketing and worldwide distribution of our stevioside-based sweetener products and issued WILD Flavors a 45% interest in Sunwin USA.  In August 2012, the Company entered into an Exchange Agreement with WILD Flavors pursuant to which it purchased its 45% membership interest in Sunwin USA for an aggregate consideration of approximately $1,625,874, which includes the issuance of 7,666,666 shares of our common stock valued at approximately $1,533,333 and a cash payment of $92,541. The purchase included the product development and supply chain for OnlySweet.
 
Qufu Shengwang

In fiscal 2009, Qufu Natural Green acquired a 60% interest in Qufu Shengwang from its shareholder, Shandong Group, for $4,026,851. The purchase price represented 60% of the value of the net tangible assets of Qufu Shengwang as of April 30, 2008. Shandong Group is owned by Laiwang Zhang, our President and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Qufu Shengwang manufactures and sells stevia -based fertilizers and feed additives.

On September 30, 2011, Qufu Shengwang purchased the 40% equity interest in Qufu Shengwang owned by our Korean partner, Korea Stevia Company, Limited, for $626,125 in cash, and as a result of this repurchase transaction we now own 100% equity interest in all of the net assets of our subsidiary Qufu Shengwang. Therefore, the non-controlling interest of $2,109,028 in our balance sheet as of April 30, 2012 has been eliminated to reflect our 100% interest in Qufu Shengwang.
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On July 1, 2012, Qufu Shengwang entered into the Cooperation Agreement with Hegeng (Beijing) Organic Farm Technology Co, Ltd. ("Hegeng"), a Chinese manufacturer and distributor of bio-fertilizers and pesticides, to jointly develop bio-bacterial fertilizers based on the residues from our stevia extraction. Under the Cooperation Agreement, Hegeng provides strain and formula that we apply to the stevia residues to produce bio-bacterial fertilizers in the current facility of Qufu Shengwang. The bio-bacterial fertilizers will be distributed under Qufu Shengwang's name. No additional investment in the facility would be required. During the third quarter of fiscal year 2014, we decided to suspend the agreement with Hegeng due to a lack of sales since the reaction to the products was lower than anticipated in fertilizer market.

On July 30, 2019, Qufu Shengwang was sold to an unaffiliated individual (see Note 2).
 
BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Sunwin and all our wholly-owned subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP") and with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for financial information. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

USE OF ESTIMATES
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Significant estimates include the allowance for doubtful accounts, the allowance for obsolete inventory, the useful life of property and equipment and intangible assets, assumptions used in assessing impairment of long-term assets and valuation of deferred tax assets, and the value of stock-based compensation.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

NONCONTROLLING INTEREST
 
Noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets resulted from the consolidation of Shengren, a 61.3% owned subsidiary starting from April 30, 2020. An individual investor and Shandong Yulong Mining Group Co., Ltd. (“Yulong”) hold 38.4% and 0.3% of the equity interest in Shengren effective at the end of date, April 30, 2020, respectively, pursuant to a series of debt transfer and conversion agreements entered into on April 30, 2020 between seven individual creditors and three suppliers, an individual investor with Yulong and Qufu Shengren (see Note 11).

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash includes cash on hand and cash in time deposits, certificates of deposit and all highly liquid instruments with original maturities of three months or less.
 
CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK

Substantially all of our operations are carried out in the PRC. Accordingly, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environment in the PRC, and by the general state of the PRC's economy. Our operations in the PRC are subject to specific considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in North America. Our results may be adversely affected by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things.

Financial instruments which potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and trade accounts receivable. We place our cash with high credit quality financial institutions in the United States and China. As of April 30, 2021 and 2020, we had $1,403,969 and $1,054,090 cash held in PRC bank accounts, respectively.  PRC banks protect consumers against loss if their bank or thrift institution fails, and each of our PRC bank account is insured up to RMB500,000 (approximately $77,000), As a result, cash held in PRC financial institutions of $1,224,263 is not insured. We have not experienced any losses in such accounts through April 30, 2021.

Almost all of our sales are credit sales which are primarily to customers whose ability to pay is dependent upon the industry economics prevailing in these areas; however, we believe that the concentration of credit risk with respect to trade accounts receivable is limited due to generally short payment terms. We also perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers to help further reduce potential credit risk.
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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

Accounts receivable and other receivable are reported at net realizable value. We have established an allowance for doubtful accounts based upon factors pertaining to the credit risk of specific customers, historical trends, and other information. Delinquent accounts are written off when it is determined that the amounts are uncollectible after exhaustive efforts on collection. As of April 30, 2021 and 2020, the allowance for doubtful accounts was $0 and $74,665, respectively.

INVENTORIES

Inventories, consisting of raw materials, work in process, and finished goods related to our products, are stated at the lower of cost or estimated net realizable value that can be estimated utilizing the weighted moving average method. A reserve is established when management determines that certain slow-moving inventories may be sold at below book value. These reserves are recorded based on estimates.  As of April 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company did not record a reserve for slow-moving inventories. If inventory costs exceed expected market value due to obsolescence or quantities in excess of expected demand, the Company will record a write down of inventories for the difference between the lower of cost or estimated net realizable value. In the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company wrote down inventories of $1,276,893 and $113,155, respectively.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation and amortization are provided using the straight-line method over the estimated economic lives of the assets, which range from two to thirty years. Expenditures for major renewals and betterments that extend the useful lives of property and equipment are capitalized. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC"), 360-10-35-17 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), we examine the possibility of decreases in the value of property and equipment when events or changes in circumstances reflect the fact that their recorded value may not be recoverable.

Included in property and equipment is construction-in-progress which consisted of factory improvements and machinery pending installation and included the costs of construction, machinery and equipment, and or any interest charges arising from borrowings used to finance these assets during the period of construction or installation of the assets if applicable. No provision for depreciation is made on construction-in-progress until such time as the relevant assets are completed and ready for their intended use.

LONG-LIVED ASSETS

In accordance with ASC 360, we review and evaluate our long-lived assets, including property and equipment, intangible assets, and land use rights, for impairment or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the related carrying amounts may not be recoverable. An impairment is considered to exist if the total estimated future cash flows on an undiscounted basis are less than the carrying amount of the assets, including goodwill, if any. An impairment loss is measured and recorded based on discounted estimated future cash flows. In estimating future cash flows, assets are grouped at the lowest level for which there is identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of future cash flows from other asset groups. Our estimates of future cash flows are based on numerous assumptions and it is possible that actual future cash flows will be significantly different than the estimates. Based on our evaluation, we have determined certain long-lived assets that are no longer useful for our continuing operating and we recorded a loss of sale of disposed equipment. The Company did not have a disposition of equipment for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021, but the Company recorded a loss of $19,842 on disposition of equipment and 2020.

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

We follow the ASC Section 825-10-50-10 for disclosures regarding the fair value of financial instruments and have adopted ASC Section 820-10-35-37 to measure the fair value of our financial instruments. ASC Section 820-10-35-37 establishes a common definition for fair value to be applied to existing generally accepted accounting principles that require the use of fair value measurements, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosure about such fair value measurements. The adoption of ASC Section 820-10-35-37 did not have an impact on our financial position or operating results, but did expand certain disclosures.

ASC Section 820-10-35-37 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Additionally, ASC Section 820-10-35-37 requires the use of valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. These inputs are prioritized below:
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Level 1:
Observable inputs such as quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
Level 2:
Observable market-based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data;
Level 3:
   Unobservable inputs for which there is little or no market data, which require the use of the reporting entity's own assumptions.
 
The carrying amounts of our financial assets and liabilities, such as cash, accounts receivable, loans receivable, prepayments and other current assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and taxes payable, approximate their fair values because of the short maturity of these instruments.  

TAXES PAYABLE

We are required to charge for and to collect value added taxes (VAT) on our sales on behalf of the PRC tax authority. We record VAT that we billed our customers as VAT payable. In addition, we are required to pay value added taxes on our primary purchases. We record VAT that is charged by our vendors as VAT receivable. We are required to file VAT return on a monthly basis with the PRC tax authority, which we are entitled to claim the VAT that we charged by vendors as VAT credit and these credits can be applied to our VAT payable that we billed our customers.  Accordingly, these VAT payable and receivable are presented as net amounts for financial statement purposes. Taxes payable as of April 30, 2021 and 2020 amounted to $330,738 and $266,708, respectively, consisted primarily of VAT taxes.

REVENUE RECOGNITION

Pursuant to the guidance of ASC 606, we record revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, product delivery has occurred, the sales price to the customer is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. 

In accordance with ASC 606, we recognize revenues from the sale of stevia and other productions upon shipment and transfer of title based on the trade terms. All product sales with customer specific acceptance provisions are recognized upon customer acceptance and the delivery of the products. We report revenues net of applicable sales taxes and related surcharges. The Company determines revenue recognition through the following steps:
 
 
Identify the contract with a customer;
 
 
Identify the performance obligations in the contract;
 
 
Determine the transaction price;
 
 
Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and
 
 
Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.
 

The Company is also a lessor, which is an entity that is lease underlying asset to the third party, The Company’s lease revenue is recognized under ASC Topic 842, Leases, (“ASC 842”), which was adopted on May 1, 2019. In general, the Company commences rental revenue recognition when the tenant takes possession of the leased space and the leased space is substantially ready for its intended use. The Company’s lease has been accounted for as operating lease. Rental revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the lease of five years. Actual amounts billed in accordance with the lease during any given period may have been higher or lower than the amount of rental revenue recognized for the period. The difference by which straight-line rental revenue exceeded rents billed in accordance with lease agreements is recorded as “accounts receivable”. The difference by which rents billed in accordance with lease agreements exceeded straight-line rental revenue is recorded as “advances from customer”. The Company does not offset lease income and lease expense.

INCOME TAXES

The Company has adopted Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 740-10, Income Taxes ("ASC 740-10") which requires the recognition of deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statement or tax returns.  Under this method, deferred tax liabilities and assets are determined based on the difference between financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse.  Valuation allowances are recorded to reduce the deferred tax assets to an amount that it is more likely than not be realized.
 
We file federal and state income tax returns in the United States for our corporate operations pursuant to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and file separate foreign tax returns for our Chinese subsidiaries pursuant to China's Unified Corporate Income Tax Law.
 
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We apply the provisions of ASC 740-10-50, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes", which provides clarification related to the process associated with accounting for uncertain tax positions recognized in our consolidated financial statements. Audit periods remain open for review until the statute of limitations has passed. The completion of review or the expiration of the statute of limitations for a given audit period could result in an adjustment to the Company's liability for income taxes. Any such adjustment could be material to the Company's results of operations for any given quarterly or annual period based, in part, upon the results of operations for the given period. As of April 30, 2021, the Company had no uncertain tax positions, and will continue to evaluate for uncertain positions in the future.

BASIC AND DILUTED LOSS PER SHARE

Pursuant to ASC 260-10-45, basic loss per common share is computed by dividing loss available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the periods presented. Diluted loss per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that would then share in the income of us, subject to anti-dilution limitations. The following table presents a reconciliation of basic and diluted net income per ordinary share:

 
 
For Fiscal Years Ended April 30,
 
 
 
2021
   
2020
 
Numerator:
           
Net loss attributable to Sunwin Stevia International, Inc.
 
$
(3,238,814
)
 
$
(1,382,683
)
   Net loss from continuing operations
 
$
(3,238,814
)
 
$
(1,129,252
)
   Net loss from discontinued operation
   
-
     
(253,431
)
Denominator:
               
Denominator for basic earnings per share - weighted average number of common shares outstanding
   
199,632,803
     
199,632,803
 
Stock awards, options, and warrants
   
-
     
-
 
Denominator for diluted earnings per share - weighted average number of common shares outstanding
   
199,632,803
     
199,632,803
 
Basic and diluted loss per common share:
               
Net loss from continuing operations - basic and diluted
 
$
(0.02
)
 
$
(0.01
)
Net loss from discontinued operations - basic and diluted
   
-
     
(0.00
)
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted
 
$
(0.02
)
   
(0.01
)

FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION

Transactions and balances originally denominated in U.S. dollars are presented at their original amounts. Transactions and balances in other currencies are converted into U.S. dollars in accordance with ASC Section 830-20-35 and are included in determining net income or loss.
 
The reporting currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of the parent company is the U.S. dollar and the functional currency of the Company's operating subsidiaries is the Chinese Renminbi ("RMB").  In accordance with ASC 830-20-35, the consolidated financial statements were translated into United States dollars using balance sheet date rates of exchange for assets and liabilities, and average rates of exchange for the period for the statements of operations and cash flows. Equity accounts were stated at their historical rate. Net gains and losses resulting from foreign exchange transactions are included in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Translation adjustments resulting from the process of translating the local currency financial statements into U.S. dollars are included in other comprehensive income or loss.

RMB is not a fully convertible currency. All foreign exchange transactions involving RMB must take place either through the People's Bank of China (the "PBOC") or other institutions authorized to buy and sell foreign exchange. The exchange rate adopted for the foreign exchange transactions are the rates of exchange quoted by the PBOC, which are determined largely by supply and demand. Translation of amounts from RMB into United States dollars ("$") was made at the following exchange rates for the respective periods:

As of April 30, 2021
RMB 6.47 to $1.00
As of April 30, 2020
RMB 7.05 to $1.00
 
Year ended April 30, 2021
 
RMB 6.73 to $1.00
Year ended April 30, 2020
RMB 7.00 to $1.00

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COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
 
Comprehensive loss is comprised of net loss and all changes to the statements of stockholders' equity, except those due to investments by stockholders, changes in paid-in capital and distributions to stockholders. For the Company, comprehensive loss for fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020 included net loss and unrealized gains (losses) from foreign currency translation adjustments. 

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Stock-based compensation is accounted for based on the requirements of the Share-Based Payment topic of ASC 718 which requires recognition in the financial statements of the cost of employee and director services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments over the period the employee or director is required to perform the services in exchange for the award (presumptively, the vesting period). ASC 718 also requires measurement of the cost of employee and director services received in exchange for an award based on the grant-date fair value of the award.
 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Research and development costs are incurred on a project specific basis. Research and development costs were $1,119,574 and $1,884,718 for fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

SHIPPING COSTS

Shipping costs are included in selling expenses and totaled $79,442 and $101,374 for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

ADVERTISING

Advertising is expensed as incurred and is included in selling expenses and totaled $51,670 and $298,280 for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

SEGMENT REPORTING

The Company uses the "management approach" in determining reportable operating segments. The management approach considers the internal organization and reporting used by the Company's chief operating decision maker for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the source for determining the Company's reportable segments. The Company's chief operating decision maker has been identified as the chief executive officer of the Company who reviews financial information of separate operating segments based on U.S. GAAP. The chief operating decision maker now reviews results analyzed by customer. This analysis is only presented at the revenue level with no allocation of direct or indirect costs. Consequently, the Company has determined that it has two operating segments.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12 - Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. This ASU provides an exception to the general methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period when a year-to-date loss exceeds the anticipated loss for the year. This update also (1) requires an entity to recognize a franchise tax (or similar tax) that is partially based on income as an income-based tax and account for any incremental amount incurred as a non-income-based tax, (2) requires an entity to evaluate when a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill should be considered part of the business combination in which goodwill was originally recognized for accounting purposes and when it should be considered a separate transaction, and (3) requires that an entity reflect the effect of an enacted change in tax laws or rates in the annual effective tax rate computation in the interim period that includes the enactment date. The standard is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption on its consolidated financial statements.
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In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”), which requires the measurement and recognition of expected credit losses for financial assets held at amortized cost. ASU 2016-13 replaces the existing incurred loss impairment model with an expected loss methodology, which will result in more timely recognition of credit losses. ASU 2016-13 is effective for annual reporting periods, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2019, excluding entities eligible to be smaller reporting company. For all other entities, the requirements are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. ASU 2016-13 has been amended by ASU 2019-04, ASU 2019-05, and ASU 2019-11. For entities that have not yet adopted ASU No. 2016-13, the effective dates and transition methodology for ASU 2019-04, ASU 2019-05, and ASU 2019-11 are the same as the effective dates and transition methodology in ASU 2016-13. The Company did not adopt this standard yet due to the status of smaller reporting company. We plan to adopt this standard for the year beginning May 1, 2023. We do not expect the adoption of this standard will have material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

A variety of proposed or otherwise potential accounting standards are currently under study by standard setting organizations and various regulatory agencies. Due to the tentative and preliminary nature of those proposed standards, we have not determined whether implementation of such proposed standards would be material to our consolidated financial statements.

GOING CONCERN

Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming we will continue as a going concern. The report of our independent registered public accounting firm on our consolidated financial statements for the year ended April 30, 2021 contained a qualification as to our ability to continue as a going concern. For the year ended April 30, 2021, the Company has a negative gross profit of approximately $1.1 million and incurred a net loss of approximately $5.2 million. The Company also has an accumulated deficit of $43.4 million and its cash balance and revenues generated are not currently sufficient and cannot be projected to cover operating expenses for the next twelve months from the date of this report. These factors raise doubt as to the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. Management cannot provide assurance that we will ultimately achieve profitable operations or become cash flow positive, or raise additional debt and/or equity capital. Management believes that our capital resources are not currently adequate to continue operating and maintaining our business strategy for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2022 without raising additional funds through debt and/or equity capital financings.
  
NOTE 2 - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

On July 30, 2019, Qufu Natural Green entered into an Asset Transfer Agreement with Na Li, an unaffiliated individual (the "Buyer") for the sale of 100% equity ownership of Qufu Shengwang. Pursuant to the Asset Transfer Agreement, the Buyer shall pay to Qufu Natural Green a total cash consideration of RMB8,000,000 (approximately $1,237,000) based on the estimated net book value as of July 30, 2019, payable in two installments of RMB5,000,000 (approximately $773,000) on July 30, 2019 and RMB3,000,000 (approximately $464,000) on September 30, 2019. The Buyer assumed all assets and liabilities of Qufu Shengwang including the amount of Qufu Shengwang's due to Qufu Natural Green of approximately RMB26,000,000 (approximately $4,020,000), and Qufu Natural Green shall assist in completing all documents required for the equity transfer after confirming the receipt of the first payment. The Company received RMB8,000,000 in 2019.  

The Company did not have assets and liabilities on discontinued operations as of April 30, 2021 and 2020.
 
The following table presented the results of discontinued operations in the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020:

 
 
Fiscal Years Ended April 30,
 
 
 
2021
   
2020
 
 
           
Revenues
 
$
-
   
$
733,441
 
Cost of revenues
   
-
     
572,357
 
Loss before income taxes
   
-
     
(20,016
)
Income tax expense
           
-
 
 
               
Loss from discontinued operations
   
-
     
(20,016
)
Gain from disposal, net of taxes
   
-
     
61,050
 
Loss from sales of subsidiary
   
-
     
(294,465
)
Total loss from discontinued operations
 
$
-
   
$
(253,431
)

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For the years ended April 30, 2021, the Company did not have any operation discontinued, but the Company had a loss from discontinued operations amounted to $253,431 for the years ended April 30, 2020. The Company realized a loss of $294,465 from the disposal of 100% of the equity of Qufu Shengwang, which was reflected as loss from sale of discontinued operations on the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss for the year ended April 30, 2020.

NOTE 3 - INVENTORIES

As of April 30, 2021 and 2020, inventories consisted of the following:
 
 
 
April 30, 2021
   
April 30, 2020
 
 
           
Raw materials
 
$
5,850,859
   
$
4,676,361
 
Work in process
   
3,220,583
     
3,235,156
 
Finished goods
   
3,859,019
     
4,962,980
 
 
   
12,930,461
     
12,874,497
 
Less: reserve for obsolete inventory
   
-
     
-
 
Total inventories, net
 
$
12,930,461
   
$
12,874,497
 

In the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company wrote down inventories of $1,276,893 and $113,155, respectively. As a result, the Company had no reserve of obsolete inventories as of April 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

NOTE 4 - PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

Prepaid expenses and other current assets as of April 30, 2021 and 2020 totaled $661,882 and $693,552, respectively. As of April 30, 2021, prepaid expenses and other current assets includes $435,006 prepayments to suppliers for merchandise that had not been shipped to us and services that had not been provided to us and $226,876 for business related employees' advances. As of April 30, 2020, prepaid expenses and other current assets includes $510,723 prepayments to suppliers for merchandise that had not been shipped to us and services that had not been provided to us and $182,829 for business related employees' advances.

NOTE 5 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

As of April 30, 2021 and 2020, property and equipment consisted of the following:

 
 
April 30, 2021
   
April 30, 2020
 
  Estimated Life                
Office equipment
3-15 Years
 
$
429,478
   
$
394,019
 
Auto and trucks
2-10 Years
   
646,606
     
586,364
 
Manufacturing equipment
2-15 Years
   
7,646,765
     
6,559,726
 
Buildings
5-30 Years
   
10,476,629
     
9,248,227
 
Construction in process
 
   
17,522
     
7,834
 
 
 
   
19,217,000
     
16,796,170
 
Less: accumulated depreciation
 
   
(9,999,885
)
   
(7,894,622
)
Total property and equipment, net
        
 
$
9,217,115
   
$
8,901,548
 
 
For the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, depreciation expense totaled $1,339,581 and $1,218,587, of which $1,142,787 and $1,107,805 were included in cost of revenues, respectively, and remainder was included in operating expenses. Depreciation is not taken during the period of construction or equipment installation. Upon completion of the installation of manufacturing equipment or any construction in progress, construction in progress balances will be classified to their respective property and equipment category. The Company did not have a disposition of equipment for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021, but for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2020, the Company received the proceeds from disposal of equipment of $5,059 and the Company also recognized a loss on disposition of property and equipment of $19,842.

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NOTE 6 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Accounts receivable - related party and revenue - related party

For the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, we recorded revenue from related party of $8,162,450 and $8,218,993, respectively, related to sales of products to Qufu Shengwang Import and Export Co., Ltd. ("Qufu Shengwang Import and Export"), a Chinese entity owned by our Chairman, Mr. Laiwang Zhang. As of April 30, 2021 and 2020, related party accounts receivable totaled $5,999,791 and $3,034,365, respectively, were due from Qufu Shengwang Import and Export.

Due to (from) related parties

From time to time, we received advances from related parties for working capital purposes and repaid funds to related parties. During the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, we received advances from related parties for working capital that totaled $13,211,425 and $7,977,435 respectively, and we repaid to related parties a total of $9,017,852 and $9,043,962, respectively.

In the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, interest expense related to due to related parties amounted to $32,290 and $108,461, respectively, which were included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, and in connection with the advances of RMB5,000,000 (approximately $773,000) and RMB8,000,000 (approximately $1,237,000) from Shangdong Shengwang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ("Pharmaceutical Corporation"), a Chinese entity owned by our Chairman, Mr. Laiwang Zhang. These advances bear interest at the rate of 7.0% and 6.3% per annum, respectively. On November 26, 2019 and July 27, 2020, we repaid in full amount of the above advance of RMB 8,000,000 and RMB 5,000,000 with accrued interest, respectively.

On September 23, 2019, the Company borrowed a one-year loan of RMB1,221,000 (approximately $189,000) from Weidong Cai, a management member of Qufu Shengren, bearing an annual interest rate of 10%. On September 23, 2020, the parties extended the loan for another year, under the same terms and conditions, reclassified unpaid interest payable to the principal of this loan, resulting in an increase of principal from RMB1,221,000 (approximately $189,000) to RMB1,343,100 (approximately $208,000).

On April 30, 2021, the balance we owed to Pharmaceutical Corporation, Qufu Shengwang Import and Export and Mr. Weidong Chai, a management member of Qufu Shengren Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., amounted to $3,484,266, $6,140,404, and $218,966, respectively. On April 30, 2020, the balance we owed to Pharmaceutical Corporation, Qufu Shengwang Import and Export and Mr. Weidong Chai amounted to $3,981,915, $906,879, and $183,657, respectively.
 
For the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, due to related party activities consisted of the following: 

 
 
Pharmaceutical Corporation
   
Qufu Shengwang Import and Export
   
Mr. Weidong Chai
   
Total
 
Balance due to related parties, April 30, 2019
 
$
5,669,776
   
$
557,976
   
$
180,769
   
$
6,408,521
 
Working capital advances from related parties
   
4,115,965
     
3,821,836
     
39,634
     
7,977,435
 
Repayments
   
(5,564,169
)
   
(3,451,208
)
   
(28,585
)
   
(9,043,962
)
Effect of foreign currency exchange
   
(239,657
)
   
(21,725
)
   
(8,161
)
   
(269,543
)
Balance due to related parties, April 30, 2020
 
$
3,981,915
   
$
906,879
   
$
183,657
   
$
5,072,451
 
Working capital advances from related parties
   
43
     
13,191,859
     
19,523
     
13,211,425
 
Repayments
   
(822,166
)
   
(8,194,201
)
   
(1,485
)
   
(9,017,852
)
Effect of foreign currency exchange
   
324,474
     
235,867
     
17,271
     
577,612
 
Balance due to related parties, April 30, 2021
 
$
3,484,266
   
$
6,140,404
   
$
218,966
   
$
9,843,636
 

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NOTE 7 - OPERATING LEASE

On July 10, 2019, we entered into the Metformin Production Line Operation Management Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Ru Yuan, an unaffiliated individual, to contract out the Metformin production line which was built by the Company. Under the terms of this agreement, Ru Yuan's (“lessee”) lease includes the fixed assets of Metformin production line including buildings, manufacturing equipment and construction in process. The lessee will pay to Qufu Shengren an annual contract fee of RMB3,000,000 (approximately $436,000) in July every year. On August 1, 2019, the Company (“lessor”) signed an addendum for Agreement with lessee to clarify the term of lease for five years, with conditional renewal options and the Company has the right to monitor operations and provide maintenance service for the underlying assets of the Metformin production line. The Company also has the right to terminate the Agreement if lessee fails to make payment timely. Under our analysis with the new lease standard, this lease agreement is classified as a cancellable operating lease. The Company received a total amount of RMB3,000,000 lease payment and the lease deposit of RMB1,000,000 as guarantee in 2019. The Company received the second year's lease payment of RMB3,000,000 in August 2020. The Company recorded revenues of $408,747 and $308,770 in fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectively.

NOTE 8 - ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accounts payable and accrued expenses included the following as of April 30, 2021 and 2020:

Account
 
April 30,
2021
   
April 30,
2020
 
 
           
Accounts payable
 
$
8,155,842
   
$
6,443,200
 
Advanced from customers
   
143,695
     
172,512
 
Accrued salary payable
   
155,071
     
142,199
 
Tax payable
   
330,738
     
266,708
 
Other payable*
   
2,356,062
     
1,508,512
 
Total accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
$
11,141,408
   
$
8,533,131
 
 
* As of April 30, 2021, other payables consists of general liability, worker's compensation, and medical insurance payable of $412,328, consulting and service fee payable of $209,871, union and education fees payable of $137,123, interest payables for short-term loans of $147,433, safety production fund payable of $262,449, advances from the employees of $159,909, deposit for operating lease of $154,631 and other miscellaneous payables of $872,318. As of April 30, 2020, other payables consists of general liability, worker's compensation, and medical insurance payable of $409,811, consulting and service fee payable of $256,304, union and education fees payable of $125,800, interest payables for short-term loans of $129,976, safety production fund payable of $140,274, advances from the employees of $98,775, deposit for operating lease of $141,864 and other miscellaneous payables of $205,708. 

NOTE 9 – SHORT-TERM LOANS

Short-term loans are obtained from various individual lenders that are due within one year for working capital purpose. These loans are unsecured and can be renewed with 10 days advance notice prior to maturity date. As of April 30, 2021 and 2020, short-term loans totaled in the amounts of $2,955,304 and $3,378,380, respectively.

As of April 30, 2021 and 2020, short-term loans consisted of the following:
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April 30,
2021
   
April 30,
2020
 
 
           
Loan from Min Wu, an employee of Qufu Shengren, due on October 5, 2021, with an annual interest rate of 10%, renewed on October 6, 2020.
 
$
34,019
   
$
31,210
 
Loans from Jianjun Yan, non-related individual, due on October 6, 2021, with an annual interest rate of 10%, renewed at on October 7, 2020.
   
1,506,610
     
1,256,562
 
Loan from Jianjun Yan, non-related individual, due on March 31, 2022, with annual interest rate of 4%, renewed on April 1, 2021, and partially repaid RMB3,500,000 ($519,789) in July 2020.
   
806,711
     
1,202,965
 
Loan from Junzhen Zhang, non-related individual, due on October 5, 2021, with an annual interest rate of 10%, renewed on October 6, 2020, and accrued interest converted into debt principal.
   
27,215
     
22,698
 
Loan from Junzhen Zhang, non-related individual, due on November 30, 2021, with an annual interest rate of 10%, signed on December 1, 2020.
   
21,648
     
-
 
Loan from Jian Chen, non-related individual, due on January 26, 2021 and April 10, 2021, bearing an annual interest rate of 10%, with the principal amount of RMB770,000 ($114,355) and RMB440,000 ($65,345), renewed on January 27, 2020 and April 11, 2020, respectively. The Company repaid off these loans and accrued interest to him in July 2020.
   
-
     
171,656
 
Loan from Qing Kong, non-related individual, due on March 6, 2022, with an annual interest rate of 10%, renewed on March 7, 2021.
   
98,655
     
82,281
 
Loan from Qing Kong, non-related individual, due on January 8, 2022, with an annual interest rate of 10%, renewed on January 9, 2021.
   
41,163
     
34,331
 
Loan from Guihai Chen, non-related individual, due on March 9, 2022, with an annual interest rate of 10%, renewed on March 10, 2021.
   
24,664
     
20,570
 
Loan from Guihai Chen, non-related individual, due on September 20, 2021, with an annual interest rate of 10%, renewed on September 21, 2020, and accrued interest converted into debt principal.
   
37,421
     
31,210
 
Loan from Weifeng Kong, non-related individual, due on November 28, 2021, with an annual interest rate of 10%, renewed on November 29, 2020.
   
30,926
     
28,373
 
Loan from Huagui Yong, non-related individual, due on April 8, 2022, with an annual interest rate of 6.3%, renewed on April 9, 2021.
   
77,316
     
70,932
 
Loan from Guohui Zhang, non-related individual, due on January 16, 2021, with an annual interest rate of 4% signed on January 17, 2020, and partially repaid RMB1,500,000 ($222,767) in November 2020.  Remaining principal balance and accrued interest renewed on January 17, 2021 for the term of one year.
   
248,956
     
425,592
 
Total short-term loan payable
 
$
2,955,304
   
$
3,378,380
 

For the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, interest expense related to short-term loans amounted to $222,113 and $638,835, respectively, which were included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
 
NOTE 10 - INCOME TAXES

We account for income taxes under ASC 740, "Accounting For Income Tax". ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statements and the tax basis of assets and liabilities, and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax losses and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires the establishment of a valuation allowance to reflect the likelihood of realization of deferred tax assets.
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On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the TCJA), which significantly modified U.S. corporate income tax law, was signed into law by President Trump. The TCJA contains significant changes to corporate income taxation, including but not limited to the reduction of the corporate income tax rate from a top marginal rate of 35% to a flat rate of 21%, limitation of the tax deduction for interest expense to 30% of earnings (except for certain small businesses), limitation of the deduction for net operating losses to 80% of current year taxable income and generally eliminating net operating loss carrybacks, allowing net operating losses to carryforward without expiration, one-time taxation of offshore earnings at reduced rates regardless of whether they are repatriated, elimination of U.S. tax on foreign earnings (subject to certain important exceptions), immediate deductions for certain new investments instead of deductions for depreciation expense over time, and modifying or repealing many business deductions and credits (including changes to the orphan drug tax credit and changes to the deductibility of research and experimental expenditures that will be effective in the future). Notwithstanding the reduction in the corporate income tax rate, the overall impact of the new federal tax law is uncertain, including to what extent various states will conform to the newly enacted federal tax law.

The Company has not recorded the necessary provisional adjustments in the financial statements in accordance with its current understanding of the TCJA and guidance currently available as of this filing. But it is reviewing the TCJA's potential ramifications.

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” (CARES Act or Act below). (References to the Code below are references to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Section references below are references to sections of the Act.), provisions relevant to the Company:

Section 2303. Modifications for net operating losses (NOL): Under Code Section 172(a) the amount of the NOL deduction is equal to the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the NOL carryovers to such year and NOL carrybacks to such year, or (b) 80% of taxable income computed without regard to the deduction allowable in this section. Thus, NOLs are currently subject to a taxable-income limitation and cannot fully offset income. The Act temporarily removes the taxable income limitation to allow an NOL to fully offset income.

Code Section 172(b)(1) provides that, except for farming losses and losses of property and casualty insurance companies, an NOL for any tax year is carried forward to each tax year following the tax year of the loss but isn’t carried back to any tax year preceding the tax year of the loss. The Act provides that NOLs arising in a tax year beginning after Dec. 31, 2018, and before Jan. 1, 2021 can be carried back to each of the five tax years preceding the tax year of such loss.

Section 2306. Modifications of limitation on business interest: The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) generally limited the amount of business interest allowed as a deduction to 30% of adjusted taxable income. The Act temporarily and retroactively increases the limitation on the deductibility of interest expense under Code Section 163(j)(1) from 30% to 50% for tax years beginning in 2019 and 2020. (Code Section 163(j)(10)(A)(i) as amended by Act Section 2306(a)).

The Company has not recorded the necessary provisional adjustments in the financial statements in accordance with its current understanding of the CARES Act and guidance currently available as of this filing. But is reviewing the CARES Act potential ramifications.

Our subsidiaries in the PRC are governed by the Income Tax Law of the People's Republic of China concerning Foreign Investment Enterprises and Foreign Enterprises and local income tax laws (the PRC Income Tax Law"). Pursuant to the PRC Income Tax Law, our PRC subsidiaries are subject to tax at a maximum statutory rate of 25% (inclusive of state and local income taxes).
 
The components of loss before income tax consisted of the following:

 
Fiscal Years Ended April 30,
 
 
2021
 
2020
 
U.S. Operations
 
$
(35,046
)
 
$
(346,336
)
Chinese Operations
 
 
(5,214,229
)
 
 
(1,036,348
)
Total
 
$
(5,249,275
)
 
$
(1,382,684
)
 
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The Effective Tax Rate reconciliation is a follows:

 
 
April 30, 2021
   
April 30, 2020
 
U.S. Federal and state tax rate
   
25.0
%
   
21.0
%
Stock- based compensation
           
-
 
Difference in US / China statutory rate
   
(12.9
)%
   
(9.7
)%
Valuation allowance
   
(12.1
)%
   
(11.3
)%
Total provision for income taxes
   
0.0
%
   
0.0
%
   
    The table below summarizes the reconciliation of our income tax provision (benefit) computed at the statutory U.S. Federal rate and the actual tax provision:
 
 
 
Fiscal Years Ended April 30,
 
 
 
2021
   
2020
 
Income tax benefit at federal statutory rate
 
$
(633,067
)
 
$
(197,092
)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit
   
(677,850
)
   
(134,725
)
Valuation allowances
   
1,310,917
     
331,818
 
     Tax provision
 
$
-
   
$
-
 

We have a net operating loss ("NOL") carry forward for U.S. income tax purposes aggregating approximately $14.0 million as of April 30, 2021, of which approximately $4.6 million expiring through the tax year 2038, subject to the Internal Revenue Code Section 382/383, which places a limitation on the amount of taxable income that can be offset by net operating losses after a change in ownership. In addition, to U.S. NOL's, we have a PRC NOL for our Chinese operations as of April 30, 2021 of approximately $35.4 million that expires in 2026.

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Included in the deferred tax asset is the aforementioned NOL and the tax benefit associated with the issuance of stock-based compensation. The realization of the deferred tax assets is dependent on future taxable income, in addition to the exercise of stock options; we are not able to predict if such future taxable income will be more likely than not sufficient to utilize the benefit. As such, we do not believe the benefit is more likely than not to be realized and we recognize a full valuation allowance for those deferred tax assets. Our deferred tax assets as of April 30, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:
 
 
 
Fiscal Years Ended April 30,
 
 
 
2021
   
2020
 
Deferred tax assets from NOL carry forwards
 
$
11,792,698
   
$
9,566,386
 
Total deferred tax asset
   
11,792,698
     
9,566,386
 
Valuation allowance
   
(11,792,698
)
   
(9,566,386
)
Deferred tax asset, net of allowance
 
$
-
   
$
-
 
 
    

NOTE 11 - STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

As of April 30, 2021 and 2020, we are authorized to issue 200,000,000 shares of common stock. We had 199,632,803 shares issued and outstanding as of April 30, 2021 and 2020.

In April 2020, management made the decision to increase the operating capital of Qufu Shengren from the original RMB 19,680,000 (approximately $2,800,000) to RMB 183,000,000 (approximately $26,000,000), this will allow for the Company to better focus on our Stevia operation and increase investment to our research and production. The increase of capital will come from additional funding of RMB 92,470,000 (approximately $13,100,000) from Qufu Natural Green, and RMB 70,850,000 (approximately $10,000,000) debt to equity conversion of multiple creditors. On April 30, 2020, seven individual creditors and three suppliers, an individual investor and Qufu Shengren entered into a series of debt transfer and conversion agreements, the individual creditors and suppliers agreed to transfer the full amount of their receivable, including principal and interest due from Qufu Shengren, at full value, to the individual investor. The individual investor then converted the full amount of the debts into equity and transferred a part of that equity to Shangdong Yulong Mining Group Co., Ltd. ("Yulong"). The individual investor and Yulong became minority shareholder of Qufu Shengren as of April 30, 2020 accounting for 38.4% and 0.3%, respectively.
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NOTE 12 - SEGMENT INFORMATION

The following information is presented in accordance with ASC Topic 280, "Segment Reporting", for fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020; we operated in two reportable business segments - (1) natural sweetener (stevioside), (2) corporate and other pharmaceutical. Our reportable segments are strategic business units that offer different products and are managed separately based on the fundamental differences in their operations. Financial information with respect to these reportable business segments for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 
 
Fiscal Years Ended April 30,
 
 
 
2021
   
2020
 
Revenues:
           
Stevioside - third party
 
$
16,807,638
   
$
17,019,948
 
Stevioside - related party
   
8,162,450
     
8,218,993
 
Total Stevioside
   
24,970,088
     
25,238,941
 
 
Corporate and other – third party
   
408,747
     
852,543
 
Corporate and other – related party
   
-
     
-
 
Total Corporate and other
   
408,747
     
852,543
 
Total segment and consolidated revenues
 
$
25,378,835
   
$
26,091,484
 
 
               
Interest expense:
               
Stevioside
 
$
(254,403
)
 
$
(747,296
)
Corporate and other
   
-
     
-
 
Total segment and consolidated interest expense
 
$
(254,403
)
 
$
(747,296
)
 
               
Depreciation:
               
Stevioside
 
$
1,118,956
   
$
1,026,820
 
Corporate and other
   
220,625
     
191,767
 
Total segment and consolidated depreciation
 
$
1,339,581
   
$
1,218,587
 
 
               
Gain (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes:
               
Stevioside
 
$
(5,401,154
)
 
$
(1,398,749
)
Corporate and other
   
151,879
     
269,497

Total gain (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
 
$
(5,249,275
)
 
$
(1,129,252
)
 
 
April 30,
2021
 
April 30,
2020
 
Segment property and equipment:
       
  Stevioside
 
$
7,354,695
   
$
6,976,153
 
  Corporate and other
   
1,862,420
     
1,925,395
 
    Total property and equipment, net
 
$
9,217,115
   
$
8,901,548
 

NOTE 13 – CONCENTRATIONS AND CREDIT RISK
 
(i)   Customer Concentrations
 
For fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, customers accounting for 10% or more of the Company's revenues were as follows:

 
 
Years Ended
April 30,
 
Customer
 
2021
 
 
2020
 
A (1)
 
 
32.6
 
 
31.5
%
B
   
12.0
%
   
*
 

(1) Qufu Shengwang Import and Export Co., Ltd is a related party.
*Less than 10%.
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 (ii)    Vendor Concentrations

For fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, suppliers accounting for 10% or more of the Company's purchases were as follows:

 
 
Years Ended
April 30,
 
Supplier
 
2021
 
 
2020
 
A
 
 
-
 
 
 
20.6
B
 
 
25.5
%
 
 
10.6
C
 
 
16.5
%
 
 
20.5
D
   
13.0
%
   
*
 
*Less than 10%.
               

(iii)    Credit Risk

Financial instruments which potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and trade accounts receivable. We place our cash and cash equivalents with high credit quality financial institutions in the United States and the PRC. As of April 30, 2021 and 2020, we had $1,403,969 and $1,054,090 of cash held in PRC banks. PRC banks protect consumers against loss if their bank or thrift institution fails, and each of our PRC bank account is insured up to RMB500,000 (approximately $77,000), As a result, cash held in PRC financial institutions of $1,216,790 is not insured. We have not experienced any losses in such accounts through April 30, 2021. Our cash position by geographic area was as follows:

Country:
 
April 30, 2021
   
April 30, 2020
 
United States
 
$
161,860
     
10.3
%
 
$
83,830
     
7.4
%
China
   
1,403,969
     
89.7
%
   
1,054,090
     
92.6
%
Total cash and cash equivalents
 
$
1,565,829
     
100.00
%
 
$
1,137,920
     
100.00
%

 Almost all of our sales are credit sales which are primarily to customers whose ability to pay is dependent upon the industry economics prevailing in these areas; however, we believe that the concentration of credit risk with respect to trade accounts receivable is limited due to generally short payment terms. We also perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers to help further reduce potential credit risk.

NOTE 14 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Based on our evaluation, no other event has occurred requiring adjustment or disclosure in the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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