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MAJOR CUSTOMERS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
MAJOR CUSTOMERS |
MAJOR CUSTOMERS | 20. MAJOR CUSTOMERS Details of customers accounting for 10% or more of total net revenues are as follows:
|  | Years Ended December 31 |
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|  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Company A |  |  | 164,522,394 |  |  | 95,557,467 |  |  | 45,987,216 |
The accounts receivable from the three customers with the largest receivable balances represents 10%, 8% and 6% of the balance of the account at December 31, 2011, and 10%, 8% and 8% of the balance of the account at December 31, 2012, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure of major customers from which the entity receives substantial of its revenue. Due to the competitive nature of the industry in which the entity belongs, the entity may not believe that the loss of any particular customer would have material adverse impact on the entity. + References No definition available. + Details
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