China LNG Group Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ended 30 September 2019. For the period, the company expects to record a significant increase in loss for the six months ended 30 September 2019 as compared to the six months ended 30 June 2018. The estimated loss was mainly due to (i) the lower gross margin of the sales of LNG in non-peak seasons compared to the six months period ended 30 June 2018 which included peak seasons, (ii) significant increase of interest expense on loans from a shareholder and (iii) significant increase of staff cost in the PRC. Meanwhile, the board has compared the current financial result to the previous one under the same reporting period, from 1 April to 30 September for a more reasonable comparison removing the impact of change of financial year end date, which revealed that the financial result of 2019 has instead given rise to a significant improvement compared to 2018.