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Equity (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Schedule of Capitalization, Equity [Line Items]
Himax Taiwan, Ownership Percentage by Parent	100.00%
Accumulated Legal and Special Reserve	$ 78,386	$ 71,447
Percentage of annual net income set aside as legal reserve	10.00%
Treasury Stock, Shares	12,491,990	12,692,064

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It represents the value of accumulated legal and special reserve.

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- Definition

The percentage of annual net income set aside as a legal reserve.

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- Definition

The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Number of common and preferred shares that were previously issued and that were repurchased by the issuing entity and held in treasury on the financial statement date. This stock has no voting rights and receives no dividends.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.29,30)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405813&loc=d3e23239-112655

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