2018 Interim Results Highlights:

Revenue? grew 24.53%? year-on-year to RMB13.037 billion, with across-the-board revenue growth in all major fertilizer products.

Profit attributable to the Company’s shareholders? substantially increased?to RMB315 million when compared with the same period last year.

The Group will seize opportunities arising from the supply-side structural?reform in agriculture? and the transformation of its industrial structure,?optimize the business structure and carry out further measures to cut?costs and improve operating efficiency, thereby driving the stable and?sustainable development of the Company .

(30 August 2018, Hong Kong)? Sinofert Holdings Limited? ("Sinofert" or the?"Company", together with its subsidiaries collectively known as the "Group")?(stock code: 00297) announced the interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2018? (the "Period").? The Group’s? revenue? for the Period? grew 24.53%?year-on-year to RMB13.037 billion. Profit? attributable to? its? shareholders substantially increased to RMB315 million when compared to the same period?last year. Earnings per share climbed nearly 24 times year-on-year to RMB4.48?fen.

During the Period,? the operating costs of fertilizer enterprises shot up due to?stricter environmental regulations in China,? increased circulation expenses and?the? imminent? implementation of? the “Classification of Fertilizers and Related?Requirements”. Transformation and upgrading of fertilizer industry accelerated?with market players expanding upstream and downstream so as to provide new?integrated agro-services to farmers. In the face of tremendous challenges in the?market, the Group seized the opportunities brought about by the government’s?initiative to promote the development of modern agricultural system, producti on?system and operational system. With an emphasis on business transformation?and upgrading, it optimized its business structure and pursued various?measures to reduce costs and boost operational efficiency hence ensuring the?stable and sustainable development of its businesses.?

The Group expanded the scale of its strategic procurement in order to secure?the stable supply of premier products. At the same time, it forged closer?cooperation with core customers and took advantage of higher selling prices of?major fertilizer? products? to enhance the integrated marketing services for?downstream customers. As a result, the sales volume of its major fertilizer?products, namely potash fertilizers, nitrogenous fertilizers, phosphate fertilizers?and compound fertilizers,? grew by 16.79%, 10.73%, 8.33% and 9.09% from a?year ago. The average selling price of these products increased by 12.85%?year-on-year.

The breakdown of the? revenues? of major fertilizer products by type are as?follows: the? revenue? of potash fertilizers grew by 23.51% year-on-year to?approximately RMB2.925 billion; the revenue of nitrogenous fertilizers grew by?34.52% year-on-year to approximately RMB2.9 billion;? the? revenue? of?
compound? fertilizers? grew by 16.33% year-on-year to approximately RMB3.377?billion; the? revenue? of? phosphate fertilizers? grew by 27.04% year-on-year to?approximately RMB2.667 billion.

Basic Fertilizer Division generated? revenue? of RMB8.641? billion in the Period,?representing a? 29.47% year-on-year growth and accounting for 66.28% of the?Group’s aggregate revenue. This segment profit of this division amounted to?RMB426 million, up 18.33% year-on-year and accounting for 91.59% of total?profit. It remained the major profit contributor to the Group.

As for? the operations of? Distribution Division, the Group further expanded? in-depth distribution channel, technical marketing channel and selling channel for?big customers? (DTS channels),? improved the product structure and? created a?comprehensive? operational system? covering? procurement, production and?marketing. As a result, the efficiency of its value chain substantially improved.?The revenue from Distribution Division grew 20.94% year-on-year to RMB3.307?billion, while the segment profit of this division advanced by 29.94% year-on-year to RMB66 million.

Meanwhile, the operational efficiency of the Group’s major production units was?further enhanced. Thanks to the stable production of? Sinochem Jilin Changshan?Chemical, a subsidiary of the Company, the operating results of Production?Division further improved. Its profit margin grew from 18.89% in the first half of?2017 to 21.88% for the Period.

The Group maintained a sound financial position with improvements in various?major performance indicators. As at 30 June 2018, the return on its net assets?improved by 4.19 percentage points to 4.35% when compared with the same?period last year. Its debt-to-equity ratio decreased by 26.55? percentage points?to 50.68%. Moreover, the Company’s credit rating was raised by? Fitch? Group from BBB+ rating to A- rating.

Looking ahead,? Mr. Qin? Hengde, Executive Director and Chief Executive?Officer? of Sinofert, commented, "With? further? implementation of the supply-side structural reform in agricultural sector, large-scale operating entities? are?rising? with the transformation of domestic agriculture towards? mechanization,?automation and? intelligence. Being a leading fertilizer enterprise? in China,?Sinofert will actively promote the modernization of domestic agriculture and the?healthy development of fertilizer industry. We will further strengthen our?distribution channels and reinforce our cooperation with core suppliers of Basic?Fertilizer Division. While enhancing our strategic procurement model,? we will?step up efforts to expand the marketing regions so as to improve our marketing?capability.”

Mr. Qin? Hengde? said, "The Group will centralize the brand planning for?agricultural fertilizer operations, strengthen our product mix and marketing and?promotion strategy management. While optimizing the distribution structure, we?will further implement the DTS channels strategy, compress distribution layers?and actively explored new business models for? developing a modern?agricultural platform for cash crops, thereby serving large-scale growers directly.?At the same time, we will beef up the overall management standards of our?production units, strive hard to reduce efficiency and lower costs in conjunction?with efforts to enhance risk management and our capability to secure stable?supply of quality fertilizer products. By enhancing our overall competitiveness,?we aim to create greater value to shareholders.”