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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

SEGMENT INFORMATION

Summary of Company's revenues and gross profit and income from operations generated from each segment

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​	​	Years Ended December 31, 2020
​	​	​	​	​	​	Elimination	​	​
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​	​	​	​	​	​	unallocated	​	​
​		CSI Solar		Global Energy		items (1)		Total
​	​	$	​	$	​	$	​	$
Net revenues		3,105,044		726,167	​	(354,716)	​	3,476,495
Cost of revenues		2,496,153		577,052	​	(286,624)	​	2,786,581
Gross profit		608,891		149,115	​	(68,092)	​	689,914
Income from operations	​	253,105	​	53,414	​	(86,089)	​	220,430

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22. SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)

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​	​	Years Ended December 31, 2019
​	​	​	​	​	​	Elimination	​	​
​	​	​	​	​	​	and	​	​
​	​	​	​	​	​	unallocated	​	​
​		CSI Solar		Global Energy		items (1)		Total
​	​	$	​	$	​	$	​	$
Net revenues		2,591,154		718,735	​	(109,306)	​	3,200,583
Cost of revenues		1,977,502		604,856	​	(100,272)	​	2,482,086
Gross profit		613,652		113,879	​	(9,034)	​	718,497
Income from operations	​	267,642	​	18,795	​	(27,558)	​	258,879

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​	​	Years Ended December 31, 2018
​	​	​	​	​	​	Elimination	​	​
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​	​	​	​	​	​	unallocated	​	​
​		CSI Solar		Global Energy		items (1)		Total
​	​	$	​	$	​	$	​	$
Net revenues		2,448,057		1,427,245	​	(130,790)	​	3,744,512
Cost of revenues		1,941,539		1,184,724	​	(156,833)	​	2,969,430
Gross profit		506,518		242,521	​	26,043	​	775,082
Income from operations	​	182,488	​	171,876	​	10,293	​	364,657

Summary of the Company's net revenues generated from different geographic locations

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​	​	Years Ended December 31,
​		2018		2019		2020
​	​	$	​	$	​	$
Europe and other regions:	​	​	​	​	​	​
—Australia	​	232,409	​	313,167	​	120,403
—Germany		95,514		109,119		119,035
—Spain		58,811		78,228		138,972
—Netherlands		83,475		68,770		96,372
—South Africa	​	53,739	​	93,911	​	49,375
—United Kingdom	​	101,479	​	33,158	​	8,842
—Czech		17,411	​	17,717	​	16,144
—Others		55,730		66,389		85,407
​		698,568		780,459		634,550
The Americas:	​	​	​	​	​	​
—United States		999,144		852,231		696,101
—Brazil	​	339,964	​	395,303	​	284,478
—Mexico		50,004		94,446		118,846
—Canada	​	57,478	​	30,330	​	100,284
—Others		28,067		29,731		21,396
​		1,474,657		1,402,041		1,221,105
Asia:	​	​	​	​	​	​
—Japan		483,041		372,687		560,701
—PRC		620,520		317,077		504,656
—Vietnam	​	4,216	​	39,268	​	289,621
—Korea	​	46,697	​	72,552	​	25,896
—India		145,873		70,893		61,141
—United Arab Emirates	​	104,467	​	43,311	​	53,981
—Thailand	​	23,511	​	12,753	​	6,108
—Others		142,962		89,542		118,736
​		1,571,287		1,018,083		1,620,840
Total net revenues		3,744,512		3,200,583		3,476,495

Schedule of long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment, non-current project assets, solar power systems, prepaid land use rights and intangible assets by geographic region

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​		At December 31,		At December 31,
​	​	2019	​	2020
​	​	$	​	$
PRC		835,991		1,002,409
Thailand	​	331,931	​	295,240
Japan	​	259,197	​	204,515
Australia	​	63,143	​	76,330
United States	​	60,177	​	64,009
Canada		14,718		8,898
Others		100,513		139,137
Total long-lived assets		1,665,670		1,790,538

Summary of the Company's revenues generated from each product or service

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​	​	Years Ended December 31,
​		2018		2019		2020
​	​	$	​	$	​	$
CSI Solar:	​	​	​	​	​	​
Solar modules		1,847,305		2,012,059		2,348,724
Solar system kits		93,253		116,449		157,656
Battery storage solutions	​	—	​	—	​	7,899
China energy (includes electricity sales)	​	245,321	​	58,096	​	175,388
Others	​	131,388	​	295,244	​	60,661
Global Energy:	​	​	​	​	​	​
Solar power projects		1,319,021		652,050		654,827
O&M and asset management services	​	13,271	​	19,750	​	26,386
Others		94,953		46,935		44,954
Total net revenues		3,744,512		3,200,583		3,476,495

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