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Inventories

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Inventories

6. INVENTORIES

The components of inventories are as follows:

		December 31
		2013				2014
		US$				US$
Finished goods			9,117				9,787
Work in process			17,218				20,835
Raw materials			7,331				13,454
			33,666				44,076

The Company wrote down US$1,631 thousand, US$2,503 thousand and US$4,561 thousand in 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively, for estimated obsolete or unmarketable inventory.

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The entire disclosure for Inventories, those are stated at the lower of cost or market value. Inventories are recorded at standard cost and adjusted to the approximate weighted-average cost at the balance sheet date..

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