Sinovel overstated 2011 profits by 22%

A Sinovel turbine plant

Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Sinovel says its 2011 profits were inflated by 22% because of accounting errors, making the huge decline in income and earnings it reported that year even worse than previously thought.

Sinovel recognised revenue for equipment that had not been installed, leading to errors in the sales income and costs reported for 2011, it says in a statement filed to the Shanghai stock exchange.

Operating income was 9% less than the 10.4bn yuan initially reported by Sinovel, while costs were 6.7% lower, show the restated figures.

This reduces the company’s profits, reported at 776m yuan for the year, to 610m yuan, adds the statement.

Sinovel, China’s biggest wind turbine maker by annual installations during 2009 and 2010, saw a sudden change in fortunes during 2011, when new orders dried up and deliveries were…

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