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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET |
Schedule of components of property, plant and equipment, net |
|  | At December 31, 2014 |  | At December 31, 2015 |
|  | $ |  | $ |
Buildings |  |  | 182,889 |  |  | 166,030 |
Leasehold improvements |  |  | 6,849 |  |  | 7,755 |
Machinery |  |  | 459,272 |  |  | 459,471 |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment |  |  | 36,526 |  |  | 39,413 |
Motor vehicles |  |  | 3,365 |  |  | 3,907 |
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|  |  | 688,901 |  |  | 676,576 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (348,143 | ) |  | (391,635 | )
Impairment |  |  | (1,605 | ) |  | (8,470 | )
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|  |  | 339,153 |  |  | 276,471 |
Construction in process |  |  | 33,328 |  |  | 54,581 |
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Property, plant and equipment, net |  |  | 372,481 |  |  | 331,052 |
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