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Sino Agro Food, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘XML’

On:  Tuesday, 2/9/21, at 7:48pm ET   ·   As of:  2/10/21   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1104659-21-16840   ·   File #:  0-54191

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/10/21  Sino Agro Food, Inc.              10-K       12/31/19  116:13M                                    Toppan Merrill/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    151K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     38K 
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income and Other         HTML    131K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     77K 
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    148K 
17: R7          Corporate Information                               HTML     56K 
18: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    207K 
19: R9          Segment Information                                 HTML    721K 
20: R10         Income Taxes                                        HTML     61K 
21: R11         Net Loss From Disposal of A Variable Interest       HTML     68K 
                Entity                                                           
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23: R13         Inventories                                         HTML     54K 
24: R14         Deposits and Prepayments                            HTML     61K 
25: R15         Accounts Receivable                                 HTML     53K 
26: R16         Other Receivables                                   HTML     55K 
27: R17         Plant and Equipment                                 HTML     61K 
28: R18         Construction in Progress                            HTML     55K 
29: R19         Land Use Rights                                     HTML     46K 
30: R20         Goodwill                                            HTML     46K 
31: R21         Proprietary Technologies                            HTML     46K 
32: R22         Interests in Unconsolidated Equity Interests        HTML     54K 
33: R23         Temporary Deposits Paid to Entities for Equity      HTML     61K 
                Investments in Future Sino Joint Venture Companies               
34: R24         Variable Interest Entity to An Investor in          HTML     45K 
                Associate                                                        
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36: R26         Other Payables                                      HTML     61K 
37: R27         Borrowings                                          HTML    103K 
38: R28         Convertible Note Payables                           HTML    104K 
39: R29         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     36K 
40: R30         Obligation Under Operating Leases                   HTML     40K 
41: R31         Stock Based Compensation                            HTML     34K 
42: R32         Contingencies                                       HTML     34K 
43: R33         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     42K 
44: R34         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     73K 
45: R35         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    298K 
                (Policies)                                                       
46: R36         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    152K 
                (Tables)                                                         
47: R37         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    720K 
48: R38         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     52K 
49: R39         Net Loss From Disposal of A Variable Interest       HTML     67K 
                Entity (Tables)                                                  
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51: R41         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     55K 
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53: R43         Accounts Receivable (Tables)                        HTML     53K 
54: R44         Other Receivables (Tables)                          HTML     55K 
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57: R47         Land Use Rights (Tables)                            HTML     45K 
58: R48         Goodwill (Tables)                                   HTML     45K 
59: R49         Proprietary Technologies (Tables)                   HTML     45K 
60: R50         Interests in Unconsolidated Equity Interests        HTML     50K 
                (Tables)                                                         
61: R51         Temporary Deposits Paid to Entities for Equity      HTML     60K 
                Investments in Future Sino Joint Venture Companies               
                (Tables)                                                         
62: R52         Construction Contract (Tables)                      HTML     66K 
63: R53         Other Payables (Tables)                             HTML     60K 
64: R54         Borrowings (Tables)                                 HTML     99K 
65: R55         Convertible Note Payables (Tables)                  HTML    102K 
66: R56         Obligation Under Operating Leases (Tables)          HTML     39K 
67: R57         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     72K 
68: R58         Corporate Information (Details)                     HTML    259K 
69: R59         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     77K 
                Reporting Entities (Details)                                     
70: R60         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Plant  HTML     47K 
                and Equipment (Details)                                          
71: R61         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     75K 
                Concentration of Credit Risk (Details)                           
72: R62         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML    101K 
                Additional information (Details)                                 
73: R63         SEGMENT INFORMATION - Segment Reporting             HTML     65K 
                information (Details)                                            
74: R64         SEGMENT INFORMATION - Analysis of Revenue           HTML     88K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R65         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     43K 
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77: R67         NET LOSS FROM DISPOSAL OF A VARIABLE INTEREST       HTML     67K 
                ENTITY - Net loss from disposal of a variable                    
                interest entity, QZH (Details)                                   
78: R68         NET LOSS FROM DISPOSAL OF A VARIABLE INTEREST       HTML     32K 
                ENTITY - Net cash outflow from disposal of a                     
                variable interest entity, QZH (Details)                          
79: R69         NET LOSS FROM DISPOSAL OF A VARIABLE INTEREST       HTML     38K 
                ENTITY - Additional Information (Details)                        
80: R70         Cash and Cash Equivalents (Details)                 HTML     32K 
81: R71         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     46K 
82: R72         Deposits and Prepayments (Details)                  HTML     45K 
83: R73         Accounts Receivable (Details)                       HTML     41K 
84: R74         Other Receivables (Details)                         HTML     44K 
85: R75         Plant and Equipment (Details)                       HTML     47K 
86: R76         Plant and Equipment - Additional information        HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R77         Construction in Progress (Details)                  HTML     42K 
88: R78         LAND USE RIGHTS - Land use rights (Details)         HTML     34K 
89: R79         LAND USE RIGHTS - Additional information (Details)  HTML     38K 
90: R80         Goodwill (Details)                                  HTML     36K 
91: R81         Proprietary Technologies (Details)                  HTML     36K 
92: R82         Proprietary Technologies - Additional Information   HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
93: R83         Interests in Unconsolidated Equity Interests        HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
94: R84         Interests in Unconsolidated Equity Interests -      HTML     82K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
95: R85         Temporary Deposits Paid to Entities for Equity      HTML     38K 
                Investments in Future Sino Joint Venture Companies               
                (Details)                                                        
96: R86         Temporary Deposits Paid to Entities for Equity      HTML     37K 
                Investments in Future Sino Joint Venture Companies               
                - Additional Information (Details)                               
97: R87         Variable Interest Entity to An Investor in          HTML     67K 
                Associate (Details)                                              
98: R88         Construction Contract (Details)                     HTML     42K 
99: R89         Other Payables (Details)                            HTML     44K 
100: R90         Borrowings (Details)                                HTML     54K  
101: R91         Borrowings - Additional Information (Details)       HTML     87K  
102: R92         Convertible Note Payables (Details)                 HTML     41K  
103: R93         Convertible Note Payables - Binomial Option         HTML     44K  
                Pricing Model (Details)                                          
104: R94         CONVERTIBLE NOTE PAYABLES - Fair Value Hierarchy    HTML     34K  
                (Details)                                                        
105: R95         CONVERTIBLE NOTE PAYABLES - Change in the Fair      HTML     34K  
                Value of the Derivative Liabilities (Details)                    
106: R96         CONVERTIBLE NOTE PAYABLES - Additional Information  HTML     83K  
                (Details)                                                        
107: R97         Shareholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML    108K  
108: R98         Obligation Under Operating Leases (Details)         HTML     35K  
109: R99         Obligation Under Operating Leases - Additional      HTML     43K  
                information (Details)                                            
110: R100        Stock Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     66K  
111: R101        Contingencies (Details)                             HTML     35K  
112: R102        Related Party Transactions - (Details)              HTML     48K  
113: R103        Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     61K  
115: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    221K  
114: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    153K  
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116: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001104659-21-016840-xbrl      Zip    267K

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12/17/14  Sino Agro Food, Inc.              8-K:5,7,9  12/16/14    4:756K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
11/10/14  Sino Agro Food, Inc.              8-K:5,9    11/10/14    2:27K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 9/05/14  Sino Agro Food, Inc.              8-K:1,2,3,7 9/05/14    3:121K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 6/12/14  Sino Agro Food, Inc.              8-K:5,9     6/12/14    2:45K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
11/01/13  Sino Agro Food, Inc.              8-K:5,9    11/01/13    2:166K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 9/23/13  Sino Agro Food, Inc.              S-1/A                 12:20M                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/28/13  Sino Agro Food, Inc.              S-1                    3:1.9M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 1/30/13  Sino Agro Food, Inc.              8-K:5,9     1/28/13    2:540K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
11/28/12  Sino Agro Food, Inc.              8-K:5,9    11/22/12    2:79K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
11/16/12  Sino Agro Food, Inc.              8-K/A:5,9   8/22/12    2:574K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 4/25/11  Sino Agro Food, Inc.              10-12G/A¶              8:6.3M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
11/19/10  Sino Agro Food, Inc.              10-12G                29:33M                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
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