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SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS AND GEOGRAPHIC NET REVENUES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract] |
Customers accounted for 10% or more of total net revenues [Table Text Block] | The following table discloses this customer’s percentage of net revenues for the respective years:
| Year Ended December 31,
Customer | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Avnet | 11 | % |  | 14 | % |  | 16 | %
Customers representing 10% or more of accounts receivable [Table Text Block] | The following customers represented 10% or more of accounts receivable:
Customer | December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Powertech Distribution Ltd. | 10 | % |  | 11 | %
Avnet | * |  |  | 17 | %
_______________ * Total customer accounts receivable was less than 10% of net accounts receivables.
Geographic net revenues | Geographic net revenues based on “bill to” customer locations were as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
United States of America | $ | 10,662 |  |  | $ | 15,315 |  |  | $ | 16,647 |
Hong Kong/China | 237,341 |  |  | 218,752 |  |  | 227,335 |
Taiwan | 36,297 |  |  | 43,081 |  |  | 50,307 |
Korea | 30,395 |  |  | 33,877 |  |  | 38,012 |
Western Europe (excluding Germany) | 36,025 |  |  | 49,834 |  |  | 48,230 |
Japan | 15,496 |  |  | 19,897 |  |  | 20,769 |
Germany | 20,197 |  |  | 14,403 |  |  | 11,558 |
Other | 34,256 |  |  | 20,796 |  |  | 18,897 |
Total net revenues | $ | 420,669 |  |  | $ | 415,955 |  |  | $ | 431,755 |

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