9. BANK LOANS
The bank loans as of December 31, 2024 and 2025
are set out below:
| Schedule of bank loans | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Bank loans | |
Currency | |
Period | |
Effective Interest rate | |
Carrying amount | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
US$’000 | |
| Secured fixed rate bank loan* | |
SGD | |
2026 | |
4.5% | |
111 | |
| Secured fixed rate bank loan* | |
SGD | |
2027 | |
4.5% | |
| 66 | |
| Secured fixed rate bank loan* | |
SGD | |
2026 | |
4.5% | |
| 145 | |
| December 31, 2024 | |
| |
| |
| |
| 322 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| | |
| Secured fixed rate bank loan* | |
SGD | |
2026 | |
4.5% | |
| 59 | |
| Secured fixed rate bank loan* | |
SGD | |
2027 | |
4.5% | |
| 36 | |
| Secured fixed rate bank loan* | |
SGD | |
2026 | |
4.5% | |
| 12 | |
| Secured floating rate short term borrowings ** | |
USD | |
2026 | |
6.5% | |
| 1,474 | |
| December 31, 2025 | |
| |
| |
| |
| 1,581 | |
| * |
Mr. Tan Choo Kiat, spouse of the Company’s director, Ms. Li Peng
Leck, provided unlimited personal guarantee for the loans. |
| ** |
Trade financing facilities from banks were granted
to the Company, which was disclosed in Note 15. As of December 31, 2025, US$1,474,325 of the trade financing facilities have been utilized.
The trade facilities were paid to the suppliers by the bank directly at the Company’s instruction and the Company reports operating
cash outflows and financing cash inflows on the consolidated statements of cash flows to depict the substance of these transactions.
The facilities are secured by a corporate guarantee
executed by the Company, a fixed charge over the Company’s Sales Collection Account, a first deed of debenture over all goods and
receivables financed by the bank, and an assignment and charge over contracts and proceeds financed under the facility. |
The following table summarizes the maturity of bank loans based
on the repayment schedule as of December 31, 2024 and 2025:
| Schedule of bank loans guaranteed by related party | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
| Bank loans | |
Carrying amount | | |
Within 1 year | | |
2026 | | |
2027 | |
| | |
US$’000 | | |
US$’000 | | |
US$’000 | | |
US$’000 | |
| Secured fixed rate bank loan | |
| 111 | | |
| 54 | | |
| 57 | | |
| – | |
| Secured fixed rate bank loan | |
| 66 | | |
| 31 | | |
| 32 | | |
| 3 | |
| Secured fixed rate bank loan | |
| 145 | | |
| 134 | | |
| 11 | | |
| – | |
| December 31, 2024 | |
| 322 | | |
| 219 | | |
| 100 | | |
| 3 | |
| | |
Carrying amount | | |
Within 1 year | | |
2027 | |
| | |
US$’000 | | |
US$’000 | | |
US$’000 | |
| Secured fixed rate bank loan | |
| 59 | | |
| 59 | | |
| – | |
| Secured fixed rate bank loan | |
| 36 | | |
| 33 | | |
| 3 | |
| Secured fixed rate bank loan | |
| 12 | | |
| 12 | | |
| – | |
| Secured floating rate short term borrowings | |
| 1,474 | | |
| 1,474 | | |
| – | |
| December 31, 2025 | |
| 1,581 | | |
| 1,578 | | |
| 3 | |
The interest expenses for bank loans were
US$28,079, US$19,875
and US$323,242,
for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively.
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