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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET |
Schedule of components of property, plant and equipment, net |
|  | At December 31, 2011 |  | At December 31, 2012 |
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|  | $ |  | $ |
Buildings |  |  | 150,147,460 |  |  | 166,300,361 |
Leasehold improvements |  |  | 2,742,305 |  |  | 4,873,232 |
Machinery |  |  | 413,079,111 |  |  | 422,895,433 |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment |  |  | 26,397,638 |  |  | 34,611,157 |
Motor vehicles |  |  | 2,908,260 |  |  | 3,023,309 |
|  |  | 595,274,774 |  |  | 631,703,582 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (122,078,346 | ) |  | (202,390,860 | )
|  |  | 473,196,428 |  |  | 429,312,722 |
Construction in process |  |  | 36,873,008 |  |  | 40,330,100 |
Property, plant and equipment, net |  |  | 510,069,436 |  |  | 469,642,822 |

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