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H. NOTES PAYABLE AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of notes payable and long-term debt | Notes payable and long-term debt consisted of the following:
|  | December 31, 2013 |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Term loan with a U.S. bank with monthly payments of principal and interest at prime plus 1.125% (floor rate: 4.375%), maturing May 3, 2014 |  | $ | – |  |  | $ | 141 |
Term loan with a U.S. bank with monthly payments of principal and interest at prime plus 0.75% (floor rate: 4%), maturing November 15, 2014 |  |  | 3,076 |  |  |  | 3,181 |
Revolving line of credit with a U.S. bank up to $7,000 with interest at prime plus 0.5% (floor rate: 3.75%), maturing November 15, 2015 |  |  | 7,000 |  |  |  | 8,637 |
Term loan with a U.S. bank with monthly payments of principal and interest at prime plus 0.75% (floor rate: 4.00%), maturing September 10, 2017 |  |  | 1,850 |  |  |  | – |
Revolving line of credit with a China bank up to $12,000 with interest at 108%-110% of China Prime rate which ranged from 6.48% to 6.60% in 2013 with various maturity dates from January 2014 to August 2014 |  |  | 7,053 |  |  |  | 10,668 |
Revolving line of credit with a China bank up to $3,280 with interest ranged from 4.10% to 4.15% with various maturity dates from January 2014 to March 2014 |  |  | 2,413 |  |  |  | – |
Note payable to a finance company due in monthly installments with 9% interest, maturing October 31, 2013 |  |  | – |  |  |  | 38 |
Revolving line of credit with a Taiwan bank up to $4,000 with interest at Taiwan Time Deposit Interest Rate Index plus 0.41% or LIBOR plus 1.28% maturing in December 2014 |  |  | 3,795 |  |  |  | – |
Note payable to a finance company due in monthly installments with 4.95% interest, maturing July 30, 2015 |  |  | 921 |  |  |  | 398 |
Total |  |  | 26,108 |  |  |  | 23,063 |
Less current portion |  |  | 17,185 |  |  |  | 13,900 |
Long term portion |  | $ | 8,923 |  |  | $ | 9,163 |
Bank Acceptance Payable |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bank acceptance notes issued to vendors with a zero percent interest rate, a 30% guarantee deposit of $741, and maturity dates ranging from January 2014 to June 2014 |  |  | 2,347 |  |  |  | 1,521 |
Maturities of notes payable and long-term debt | Maturities of notes payable and long-term debt are as follows for the future years ending December 31(in thousands):
2014 |  | $ | 17,185 |
2015 |  |  | 7,998 |
2016 |  |  | 529 |
2017 |  |  | 396 |
Total outstanding |  | $ | 26,108 |

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