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Form 10-Q for CHINA ENERGY RECOVERY, INC.


12-Aug-2009

Quarterly Report


Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview

On January 24, 2008, we entered into a Share Exchange Agreement (the "Share Exchange Agreement") with Poise Profit International, Ltd. ("Poise Profit") and the shareholders of Poise Profit. Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, we agreed to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Poise Profit's common stock in exchange for the issuance of 41,514,179 shares of our common stock to the shareholders of Poise Profit. The share exchange (the "Share Exchange") transaction was consummated on April 15, 2008. Immediately before the closing of the Share Exchange, we were considered to be in the development stage because our operations principally involved market research and other business planning activities.

As a result of the closing of the Share Exchange, our new business operations consist of those of Poise Profit's Chinese subsidiary, Hi-tech, which were subsequently transferred to CER Hong Kong on December 3, 2008. CER Hong Kong is principally engaged in designing, marketing, licensing, fabricating, implementing and servicing industrial energy recovery systems capable of capturing industrial waste energy for reuse in industrial processes or to produce electricity and thermal power.

CER Hong Kong carries out its operations mainly through its subsidiary CER Shanghai and an affiliated entity with which CER Hong Kong has a contractual relationship, Shanghai Engineering. Shanghai Engineering's manufacturing activities are carried out by Vessel Works Division located in Shanghai, China through a lease agreement with Vessel Works Division's owner.

The energy recovery systems that we produce capture industrial waste energy for reuse in industrial processes or to produce electricity and thermal power, thereby allowing industrial manufacturers to reduce their energy costs, shrink their emissions and generate sellable emissions credits. We have primarily sold energy recovery systems to chemical manufacturing plants to reduce their energy costs by increasing the efficiency of their manufacturing equipment. We have installed more than 100 energy recovery systems throughout China and in a variety of international markets.

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us 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 financial statements as well as the reported net sales and expenses during the reporting periods. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

While the Company's significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we believe that the accounting policies described below are the most critical to aid you in fully understanding and evaluating this management discussion and analysis.

Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities

In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Interpretation No. 46(R), "Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities" ("FIN 46R"), variable interest entities are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision making ability. Each variable interest entity with which the Company is affiliated must be evaluated to determine who the primary beneficiary of the risks and rewards of ownership of the variable interest entity. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate the variable interest entity's financial information for financial reporting purposes.

We have concluded that Shanghai Engineering, Vessel Works Division (the leased manufacturing facility), Shanghai Haiyin Hi-Tech Engineering Co., Ltd. ("Haiyin"), a former affiliated company liquidated in January 2008 originally formed to derive tax benefits, and Shanghai Environmental are variable interest entities and that Poise Profit and CER Hong Kong are the primary beneficiaries. Under the requirements of FIN 46R, Poise Profit and CER Hong Kong consolidated the financial statements of Shanghai Engineering, Vessel Works Division, Haiyin and Shanghai Environmental. As all companies are under common control (see Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements), the consolidated financial statements have been prepared as if the arrangements by which these entities became variable interest entities had occurred retroactively. We have eliminated inter-company items from our consolidated financial statements.

Revenues Recognition

We derive revenues principally from (a) sales of our energy recovery systems;
(b) provision of design services; and (c) provision of Engineering, Procurement and Construction ("EPC") services, which are essentially turnkey contracts where we provide all services in the whole construction process from design, development, engineering, manufacturing, procurement to installation. In providing design services, we design energy recovery systems and other related systems based on a customer's requirements and the deliverable consists of engineering drawings. The customer may elect to engage us to manufacture the designed system or choose to present our drawings to other manufacturers for manufacturing and installation. In contrast, when providing EPC services, the customer is purchasing a turnkey energy recovery system and we are involved throughout the entire process from design to installation.

Sales of our energy recovery systems and related products are essentially product sales. The products consist mainly of waste heat boilers and other related equipment manufactured according to specific customers' specifications. Once manufactured, we ship the products to our customers in their entirety in one batch.

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We generally recognize revenues from product sales when (a) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, which is generally represented by a contract between us and the customer; (b) products are shipped; (c) title and risk of ownership have passed to the customer, which generally occurs at the time of delivery; (d) the customer accept the products upon quality inspection performed by the customer; (e) the purchase price is agreed to between us and the customer; and
(f) collectability is reasonably assured. Sales revenues represent the value of products, less returns and discounts, and net of value added tax.

We recognize revenues from design services when (a) the services are provided;
(b) the design drawings are delivered; and (c) collectability is reasonably assured. We generally deliver the drawings in one batch.

The energy recovery system involved in an EPC project is highly customized to the specific customer's facilities and essentially not transferable to any other facilities without significant modification and cost. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to beneficially use a single element of a specific EPC project on a standalone basis other than in connection with the facilities for which it was intended. Statement of Position (SOP) 81-1, "Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and Certain Production-Type Contracts (1981)" issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("SOP 81-1") requires use of the percentage of completion method in lieu of the completed contract method when: (a) it is possible to make reasonably reliable estimates of revenues and costs for the construction project; (b) the contract specifies the parties' rights as to the goods, consideration to be paid and received, and the resulting terms of payment or settlement; (c) the purchaser has the ability and expectation to perform all contractual duties; and (d) the contractor has the same ability and expectation to perform. In contrast, SOP 81-1 provides that the completed contract method should be used in rare circumstances where: (a) the contract is of a short duration; (b) the contract violates any one of the prongs described above for the percentage of completion method; or (c) the project involves documented extraordinary, nonrecurring business risks. EPC contracts are by nature long-term construction-type contracts, usually lasting more than one accounting period, and we are able to reasonably estimate the progress toward completion, including contracts revenues and contracts costs. EPC contacts specify the customers' rights to the goods, the consideration to be paid and received, and the terms of payment. Specifically, we have the right to require a customer to make progress payments upon completion of determined stages of the project which serve as evidence of the customer's approval and acceptance of the work completed to date as complying with the terms of the particular EPC contract and upon which we recognize revenues. The risks and rewards of ownership of the installed goods pass to the customer upon completion of each stage of the project. Hence, EPC contracts involve a continuous sale and transfer of ownership rights that occurs as the work progresses as described in paragraph 22 of SOP 81-1. Further, a customer has the right to require specific performance of the contract and the contracts do not involve any documented extraordinary nonrecurring business risks. Finally, according to Accounting Research Bulletin Opinion No. 45, "Long-Term Construction-Type Contracts" ("ARB 45"), paragraph 15, the percentage of completion method is preferable when recognizing revenues when the estimates of costs of completion and the extent of progress toward completion of long-term contracts are reasonably dependable. For the above-mentioned reasons, we recognize revenues from EPC contracts using the percentage of completion method based on the guidance provided by SOP 81-1 and on the percentage of actual costs incurred to date in relation to total estimated costs for each contract in accordance with ARB 45.

We offer a limited warranty to our customers pursuant to which our customers retain between 5% and 10% of the particular contract price as retainage during the limited warranty period (usually one to two years). We record the retainage as deferred revenues until our customers pay it after the warranty period expires, at which time we recognize it as revenues.

Fair value of financial instruments

Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the provisions of EITF 07-5, "Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) is Indexed to an Entity's Own Stock", which is effective for financial statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008 and which replaced the previous guidance on this topic in EITF 01-6. Paragraph 11(a) of FAS 133 specifies that a contract that would otherwise meet the definition of a derivative but is both (a) indexed to the Company's own stock and (b) classified in stockholders' equity in the statement of financial position would not be considered a derivative financial instrument. EITF 07-5 provides a new two-step model to be applied in determining whether a financial instrument or an embedded feature is indexed to an issuer's own stock and thus able to qualify for the FAS 133 paragraph 11(a) scope exception.

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As a result of adopting EITF 07-5, 3,937,121 of our issued and outstanding warrants which were granted in 2008 and exercisable to 1,968,561 of our common stock previously treated as equity pursuant to the derivative treatment exemption were no longer afforded equity treatment because the strike price of the warrants is denominated in US dollar, a currency other than the Company's functional currency RMB. As a result, the warrants are not considered indexed to the Company's own stock, and as such, all future changes in the fair value of these warrants will be recognized currently in earnings until such time as the warrants are exercised or expire.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS 161, "Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - An Amendment of SFAS No. 133". SFAS 161 seeks to improve financial reporting for derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring enhanced disclosures regarding the impact on financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. To achieve this increased transparency, SFAS 161 requires (1) the disclosure of the fair value of derivative instruments and gains and losses in a tabular format; (2) the disclosure of derivative features that are credit risk-related; and
(3) cross-referencing within the footnotes. SFAS 161 became effective on January 1, 2009 and the adoption of SFAS 161 did not impact the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In May 2008, the FASB issued SFAS 162, "The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles". FAS 162 is intended to improve financial reporting by identifying a consistent framework, or hierarchy, for selecting accounting principles to be used in preparing financial statements that are presented in conformity with U.S. GAAP for nongovernmental entities. SFAS 162 is effective 60 days following the SEC's approval of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board amendments to AU Section 411, "The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles." The adoption of SFAS 162 has no effect of the Company's financial statements.

In June 2008, FASB issued EITF 08-4, "Transition Guidance for Conforming Changes to Issue No. 98-5". The objective of EITF 08-4 is to provide transition guidance for conforming changes made to EITF 98-5, "Accounting for Convertible Securities with Beneficial Conversion Features or Contingently Adjustable Conversion Ratios", that result from EITF 00-27 "Application of Issue No. 98-5 to Certain Convertible Instruments", and SFAS 150, "Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity". EITF 08-4 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008. The Company has adopted the EITF 08-4 and this adoption did not have impact on our financial position or results.

On October 10, 2008, the FASB issued FSP 157-3, "Determining the Fair Value of a Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset Is Not Active," which clarifies the application of SFAS 157 in a market that is not active and provides an example to illustrate key considerations in determining the fair value of a financial asset when the market for that financial asset is not active. FSP 157-3 became effective on October 10, 2008, and its adoption did not have a material impact on our financial position or results.

In January 2009, the FASB issued FSP EITF 99-20-1, "Amendments to the Impairment Guidance of EITF Issue No. 99-20, "Recognition of Interest Income and Impairment on Purchased and Retained Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets". FSP EITF 99-20-1 changes the impairment model included within EITF 99-20 to be more consistent with the impairment model of SFAS No. 115. FSP EITF 99-20-1 achieves this by amending the impairment model in EITF 99-20 to remove its exclusive reliance on "market participant" estimates of future cash flows used in determining fair value. Changing the cash flows used to analyze other-than-temporary impairment from the "market participant" view to a holder's estimate of whether there has been a "probable" adverse change in estimated cash flows allows companies to apply reasonable judgment in assessing whether an other-than-temporary impairment has occurred. The adoption of FSP EITF 99-20-1 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 157-4, "Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly" (FSP FAS 157-4). FSP FAS 157-4 amends SFAS 157 and provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with SFAS 157 when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased and also includes guidance on identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not orderly for fair value measurements. This FSP shall be applied prospectively with retrospective application not permitted. This FSP became effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. We are currently evaluating this new FSP but do not believe that it will have a significant impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2. This FSP amends SFAS 115, "Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities," SFAS 124, "Accounting for Certain Investments Held by Not-for-Profit Organizations," and EITF Issue No. 99-20, "Recognition of Interest Income and Impairment on Purchased Beneficial Interests and Beneficial Interests That Continue to Be Held by a Transferor in Securitized Financial Assets," to make the other-than-temporary impairments guidance more operational and to improve the presentation of other-than-temporary impairments in the financial statements. This FSP will replace the existing requirement that the entity's management assert it has both the intent and ability to hold an impaired debt security until recovery with a requirement that management assert it does not have the intent to sell the security, and it is more likely than not it will not have to sell the security before recovery of its cost basis. This FSP provides increased disclosure about the credit and noncredit components of impaired debt securities that are not expected to be sold and also requires increased and more frequent disclosures regarding expected cash flows, credit losses, and an aging of securities with unrealized losses. Although this FSP does not result in a change in the carrying amount of debt securities, it does require that the portion of an other-than-temporary impairment not related to a credit loss for a held-to-maturity security be recognized in a new category of other comprehensive income and be amortized over the remaining life of the debt security as an increase in the carrying value of the security. This FSP became effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. The adoption of FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1. This FSP amends SFAS No. 107, "Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments," to require disclosures about fair value of financial instruments not measured on the balance sheet at fair value in interim financial statements as well as in annual financial statements. Prior to this FSP, fair values for these assets and liabilities were only disclosed annually. This FSP applies to all financial instruments within the scope of SFAS 107 and requires all entities to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments. This FSP is effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. An entity may early adopt this FSP only if it also elects to early adopt FSP FAS 157-4 and FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2. This FSP does not require disclosures for earlier periods presented for comparative purposes at initial adoption. In periods after initial adoption, this FSP requires comparative disclosures only for periods ending after initial adoption. The Company adopted the provisions of this FSP.

In May 2009, the FASB issued SFAS 165, "Subsequent Events," which provides guidance to establish general standards of accounting for and disclosures of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. SFAS 165 also requires entities to disclose the date through which subsequent events were evaluated as well as the rationale for why that date was selected. SFAS 165 is effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, and accordingly, the Company adopted this Standard during the second quarter of 2009. SFAS 165 requires that public entities evaluate subsequent events through the date that the financial statements are issued. We have evaluated subsequent events through the time of filing these financial statements with the SEC.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS 166, "Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets - an amendment of FASB No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities." SFAS 166 amends the criteria for a transfer of a financial asset to be accounted for as a sale, redefines a participating interest for transfers of portions of financial assets, eliminates the qualifying special-purpose entity concept and provides for new disclosures. SFAS 166 is effective for the Company beginning in 2010.

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In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS 167, "Amendments to FASB Interpretation No.
46(R)," which modifies how a company determines when an entity that is insufficiently capitalized or is not controlled through voting (or similar rights) should be consolidated. SFAS 167 clarifies that the determination of whether a company is required to consolidate an entity is based on, among other things, an entity's purpose and design and a company's ability to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity's economic performance. SFAS 167 requires an ongoing reassessment of whether a company is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity. SFAS 167 also requires additional disclosures about a company's involvement in variable interest entities and any significant changes in risk exposure due to that involvement. SFAS 167 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009, and the Company is currently assessing the impact of adopting SFAS 167.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS 168, "The FASB Accounting Standards Codification™ and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - A Replacement of FASB Statement No. 162." SFAS 168 establishes the FASB Accounting Standards Codification™ (the "Codification") as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP. The Codification does not change current U.S. GAAP, but is intended to simplify user access to all authoritative U.S. GAAP by providing all the authoritative literature related to a particular topic in one place. The Codification is effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009, and as of the effective date, all existing accounting standard documents will be superseded. The Codification is effective for the Company in the third quarter of 2009, and accordingly, the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2009 and all subsequent public filings will reference the Codification as the sole source of authoritative literature.

Results of Operations

Comparison of Three Months Ended June 30, 2009 and June 30, 2008

The following table sets forth the results of our operations for the periods
indicated as a percentage of revenues:

                                                          Three Months Ended June 30,
                                                      2009                            2008
                                                              % of                            % of
                                             Amount         Revenues         Amount         Revenues
                                                        (in dollars, except percentages)
REVENUES                                     7,615,485          100.0 %      5,674,015          100.0 %

COST OF REVENUES                             6,045,117           79.4 %      4,821,414           85.0 %

GROSS PROFIT                                 1,570,368           20.6 %        852,601           15.0 %

OPERATING EXPENSES                           1,815,930           23.8 %        892,742           15.7 %

LOSS FROM OPERATIONS                          (245,562 )         (3.2 )%       (40,141 )         (0.7 )%

OTHER (EXPENSES) INCOME, NET
Change in fair value of warrants             1,301,087           17.1 %
Non-operating (expenses) income, net          (124,606 )         (1.6 )%        20,791            0.4 %
Interest income (expenses), net                  1,712              -          (63,204 )         (1.1 )%

INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE PROVISION FOR
INCOME TAXES                                   932,631           12.3 %        (82,554 )         (1.5 )%

PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES                      91,523            1.2 %         65,925            1.2 %

NET INCOME (LOSS)                              841,108           11.0 %       (148,479 )         (2.6 )%

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
Foreign currency translation adjustment            (73 )            -          (25,482 )         (0.5 )%

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME                           841,035           11.0 %       (173,961 )         (3.1 )%

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Revenues. Our revenues include revenues from sales of energy recovery systems, provision of design services and EPC services. Revenues increased to $7,615,485 for the three months ended June 30, 2009 as compared to $5,674,015 for the three months ended June 30, 2008, an increase of $1,941,470 or 34.2%. The increase is mainly attributable to the increase in revenues per contract. The average revenue recognized from one single product contract increased by $495,520 from $193,671 for the three months ended June 30, 2008 to $689,191 for the same period of 2009. The increase in average revenue per contract is mainly the result of the Company's efforts to secure orders with a higher sales price in order to capture the evolving market need for systems of larger sizes. In addition, the Company recognized approximately $1.4 million revenues from one EPC project with Jiangsu Sopo using the percentage of completion method. This EPC project is expected to be completed in the Spring of 2010 with a total contract value of approximately $8.9 million (see details in Contractual Obligations below). The detailed changes are as follows:

                                              2009           2008        Change ($)       Change ()%
Average Revenue per Contract
 Products                                      689,191       193,671         495,520            255.8 %
 Design Services                                     -        57,564         (57,564 )           (100 )%
 EPC                                         1,412,762             -       1,412,762              100 %

Number of Contracts Completed
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