Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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SEGMENTS.
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
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 $10,522,000 and $10,248,000 in management fees for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The marketing and distribution segment incurred $2,160,000 in management fees for each of the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. 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,  
Net Sales   2019     2018  
Production, recorded as gross:            
Ethanol/alcohol sales   $ 800,262     $ 859,815  
Co-product sales     268,996       296,686  
Intersegment sales     1,619       1,995  
Total production sales     1,070,877       1,158,496  
                 
Marketing and distribution:                
Ethanol/alcohol sales, gross   $ 353,792     $ 357,011  
Ethanol/alcohol sales, net     1,831       1,859  
Intersegment sales     7,901       8,773  
Total marketing and distribution sales     363,524       367,643  
                 
Intersegment eliminations     (9,520 )     (10,768 )
Net sales as reported   $ 1,424,881     $ 1,515,371  

 

Cost of goods sold:            
Production   $ 1,095,742     $ 1,197,507  
Marketing and distribution     349,906       343,991  
Intersegment eliminations     (10,829 )     (10,963 )
Cost of goods sold as reported   $ 1,434,819     $ 1,530,535  

 

Income (loss) before benefit for income taxes:            
Production   $ (93,367 )   $ (77,833 )
Marketing and distribution     7,442       18,191  
Corporate activities     (15,357 )     (8,856 )
    $ (101,282 )   $ (68,498 )
Depreciation:                
Production   $ 47,206     $ 40,099  
Corporate activities     703       750  
    $ 47,909     $ 40,849  

 

Interest expense:            
Production   $ 7,569     $ 7,116  
Marketing and distribution     3,053       1,388  
Corporate activities     9,584       8,628  
    $ 20,206     $ 17,132  

 

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

 

    December 31,
2019
    December 31,
2018
 
Total assets:            
Production   $ 492,060     $ 532,790  
Marketing and distribution     106,863       112,984  
Corporate assets     13,572       14,117  
    $ 612,495     $ 659,891