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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET |
Schedule of components of property, plant and equipment, net |
|  | At December 31, 2015 |  | At December 31, 2016 |
|  | $ |  | $ |
Buildings |  |  | 166,030 |  |  | 187,179 |
Leasehold improvements |  |  | 7,755 |  |  | 9,023 |
Machinery |  |  | 459,471 |  |  | 458,624 |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment |  |  | 39,413 |  |  | 44,443 |
Motor vehicles |  |  | 3,907 |  |  | 4,653 |
Land |  |  | — |  |  | 13,451 |
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|  |  | 676,576 |  |  | 717,373 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (391,635 | ) |  | (402,792 | )
Impairment |  |  | (8,470 | ) |  | (17,601 | )
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|  |  | 276,471 |  |  | 296,980 |
Construction in process |  |  | 54,581 |  |  | 165,365 |
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Property, plant and equipment, net |  |  | 331,052 |  |  | 462,345 |
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