Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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SEGMENTS.
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENTS.
4. SEGMENTS.

 

The Company reports its financial and operating performance in two segments: (1) ethanol production, which includes the production and sale of ethanol, specialty alcohols and co-products, with all of the Company’s production facilities aggregated, and (2) marketing and distribution, which includes marketing and merchant trading for Company-produced ethanol, specialty alcohols and co-products, and third-party ethanol.

 

Income before provision for income taxes includes management fees charged by Pacific Ethanol to the segment. The production segment incurred $10,248,000, $9,744,000 and $9,968,000 in management fees for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The marketing and distribution segment incurred $2,160,000, $2,160,000 and $3,000,000 in management fees for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Corporate activities include selling, general and administrative expenses, consisting primarily of corporate employee compensation, professional fees and overhead costs not directly related to a specific operating segment.

 

During the normal course of business, the segments do business with each other. The preponderance of this activity occurs when the Company’s marketing segment markets ethanol produced by the production segment for a marketing fee, as discussed in Note 3. These intersegment activities are considered arms’-length transactions. Consequently, although these transactions impact segment performance, they do not impact the Company’s consolidated results since all revenues and corresponding costs are eliminated in consolidation.

 

Capital expenditures are substantially all incurred at the Company’s production segment.

 

The following tables set forth certain financial data for the Company’s operating segments (in thousands):

 

    Years Ended December 31,  
    2018     2017     2016  
Net Sales                  
Production, recorded as gross:                  
Ethanol/alcohol sales   $ 859,815     $ 845,692     $ 797,363  
Co-product sales     296,686       257,031       248,444  
Intersegment sales     1,995       1,898       1,169  
Total production sales     1,158,496       1,104,621       1,046,976  
                         
Marketing and distribution:                        
Ethanol/alcohol sales, gross   $ 357,011     $ 527,869     $ 577,347  
Ethanol/alcohol sales, net     1,859       1,663       1,604  
Intersegment sales     8,773       8,464       8,029  
Total marketing and distribution sales     367,643       537,996       586,980  
                         
Intersegment eliminations     (10,768 )     (10,362 )     (9,198 )
Net sales as reported   $ 1,515,371     $ 1,632,255     $ 1,624,758  

 

Cost of goods sold:                  
Production   $ 1,197,507     $ 1,101,651     $ 1,003,679  
Marketing and distribution     343,991       535,033       575,920  
Intersegment eliminations     (10,963 )     (10,360 )     (9,199 )
Cost of goods sold as reported   $ 1,530,535     $ 1,626,324     $ 1,570,400  

 

Income (loss) before benefit for income taxes:                  
Production   $ (77,833 )   $ (27,457 )   $ (6,879 )
Marketing and distribution     18,191       (2,463 )     4,517  
Corporate activities     (8,856 )     (8,475 )     2,907  
    $ (68,498 )   $ (38,395 )   $ 545  
Depreciation:                        
Production   $ 40,099     $ 37,637     $ 34,528  
Corporate activities     750       1,014       913  
    $ 40,849     $ 38,651     $ 35,441  

 

Interest expense:                  
Production   $ 7,116     $ 5,887     $ 20,794  
Marketing and distribution     1,388       1,271       1,404  
Corporate activities     8,628       5,780       208  
    $ 17,132     $ 12,938     $ 22,406  

 

The following table sets forth the Company’s total assets by operating segment (in thousands): 

 

    December 31, 2018     December 31, 2017  
Total assets:                
                 
Production   $ 532,790     $ 583,696  
Marketing and distribution     112,984       127,242  
Corporate assets     14,117       9,358  
    $ 659,891     $ 720,296