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ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS |
ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS | 4. ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS Allowance for doubtful accounts are comprised of allowances for accounts receivable trade, advances to suppliers and other receivables. An analysis of allowances for accounts receivable, trade for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015 is as follows:
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Beginning of the year |  |  | 47,582 |  |  | 38,483 |  |  | 31,817 |
Allowances reversed during the year, net |  |  | (1,897 | ) |  | (5,843 | ) |  | (1,084 | )
Accounts written-off against allowances |  |  | (7,878 | ) |  | (9 | ) |  | (858 | )
Foreign exchange effect |  |  | 676 |  |  | (814 | ) |  | (1,719 | )
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Closing balance |  |  | 38,483 |  |  | 31,817 |  |  | 28,156 |
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An analysis of allowances for advances to suppliers for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015 is as follows:
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Beginning of the year |  |  | 38,545 |  |  | 40,047 |  |  | 37,735 |
Allowances made during the year, net |  |  | 855 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 1,291 |
Accounts written-off against allowances |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (9,465 | )
Foreign exchange effect |  |  | 647 |  |  | (2,316 | ) |  | (932 | )
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Closing balance |  |  | 40,047 |  |  | 37,735 |  |  | 28,629 |
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An analysis of allowances for other receivables for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014, 2015 is as follows:
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Beginning of the year |  |  | 756 |  |  | 887 |  |  | 830 |
Allowances made (reversed) during the year, net |  |  | 108 |  |  | (53 | ) |  | 3,257 |
Foreign exchange effect |  |  | 23 |  |  | (4 | ) |  | (202 | )
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Closing balance |  |  | 887 |  |  | 830 |  |  | 3,885 |
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