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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities [Abstract] |
Outstanding commodity forward contracts | The Company primarily utilizes commodity contracts with maturities of less than 12 months. The impact of such contracts is intended to offset the effect of price fluctuations on actual inventory purchases. Outstanding commodity forward contracts in place to hedge the Company’s projected commodity purchases were as follows.
As of September 30, 2013:
Commodity | Trade Date | Effective Date | Notional Amount | Termination Date
Copper | 2/26/2013 | 3/1/2013 | $2,677 | 12/31/2013
Copper | 3/1/2013 | 3/1/2013 | 2,636 | 12/31/2013
Copper | 4/15/2013 | 5/1/2013 | 4,033 | 12/31/2013
Copper | 6/21/2013 | 10/1/2013 | 2,169 | 6/30/2014
As of December 31, 2012:
Commodity | Trade Date | Effective Date | Notional Amount | Termination Date
Copper | 10/29/2012 | 1/1/2013 | $3,472 | 9/30/2013
As of September 30, 2012:
Commodity | Trade Date | Effective Date | Notional Amount | Termination Date
Copper | 5/18/2012 | 7/1/2012 | $1,898 | 12/31/2012
Fair value of derivatives | The following table presents the fair value of the Company’s derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
|  | September 30, 2013 |  |  | December 31, 2012 |
Commodity contracts |  | $ | (28 | ) |  | $ | 111 |
Interest rate swaps |  |  | - |  |  |  | (2,973 | )
Net derivatives liability |  | $ | (28 | ) |  | $ | (2,862 | )
Impact of interest rate swaps and commodity contracts | The following presents the impact of interest rate swaps and commodity contracts on the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:
| Amount of gain recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss for the three months ended September 30, | Location of gain (loss) recognized in net income on ineffective portion of hedges | Amount of loss reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss into net income for the three months ended September 30, | Amount of gain (loss) recognized in net income on hedges (ineffective portion) for the three months ended September 30,
| 2013 | 2012 |  | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps (2) | $ — | $ — | Interest expense | $ (376) | $ (809) | $ 501 | $ 462
Commodity contracts | $ — | $ — | Cost of goods sold | $ — | $ — | $ 578 | $ 68
| Amount of gain recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss for the nine months ended September 30, | Location of gain (loss) recognized in net income on ineffective portion of hedges | Amount of loss reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss into net income for the nine months ended S eptember 30, | Amount of gain (loss) recognized in net income on hedges (ineffective portion) for the nine months ended September 30,
| 2013 | 2012 |  | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps (1) | $ — | $ 365 | Interest expense | $ — | $ — | $ — | $ —
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps (2) | $ — | $ — | Interest expense | $ (2,381) | $ (1,079) | $ 2,973 | $ 489
Commodity contracts | $ — | $ — | Cost of goods sold | $ — | $ — | $ (540) | $ 322
| (1) Periods prior to May 30, 2012, the date the hedging relationships were terminated
(2) Periods after May 30, 2012, the date the hedging relationships were terminated

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