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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
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, 2021
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Elimination | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | and | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | unallocated | ​ | ​
​ |  | CSI Solar |  | Global Energy |  | items (1) |  | Total
​ | ​ | $ | ​ | $ | ​ | $ | ​ | $
Net revenues |  | 4,371,603 |  | 1,124,083 | ​ | (218,517) | ​ | 5,277,169
Cost of revenues |  | 3,689,126 |  | 930,099 | ​ | (251,368) | ​ | 4,367,857
Gross profit |  | 682,477 |  | 193,984 | ​ | 32,851 | ​ | 909,312
Income from operations (2) | ​ | 74,132 | ​ | 97,179 | ​ | 19,070 | ​ | 190,381
​ ​ 22. SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)
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​ | ​ | Years Ended December 31, 2020
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Elimination | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | and | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 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 (2) | ​ | 253,105 | ​ | 53,414 | ​ | (86,089) | ​ | 220,430
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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 (2) | ​ | 267,642 | ​ | 18,795 | ​ | (27,558) | ​ | 258,879
(1) | Includes inter-segment elimination, and unallocated corporate costs not considered part of management’s evaluation of reportable segment operating performance.
(2) | Income from operations reflects management’s allocation and estimate as some services are shared by the Company’s two reportable segments.
Summary of the Company's net revenues generated from different geographic locations | ​
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​ | ​ | Years Ended December 31,
​ |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2021
​ | ​ | $ | ​ | $ | ​ | $
The Americas: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
—United States | ​ | 852,231 | ​ | 696,101 | ​ | 1,590,573
—Brazil |  | 395,303 |  | 284,478 |  | 442,603
—Mexico |  | 94,446 |  | 118,846 |  | 139,611
—Canada |  | 30,330 |  | 100,284 |  | 30,792
—Others | ​ | 29,731 | ​ | 21,396 | ​ | 76,015
​ |  | 1,402,041 |  | 1,221,105 |  | 2,279,594
Asia: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
—PRC |  | 317,077 |  | 504,656 |  | 1,207,003
—Japan | ​ | 372,687 | ​ | 560,701 | ​ | 509,233
—India |  | 70,893 |  | 61,141 |  | 142,300
—Thailand | ​ | 12,753 | ​ | 6,108 | ​ | 59,451
—Cyprus |  | 2,175 |  | 13,265 |  | 51,038
—Pakistan |  | 10,581 |  | 15,417 |  | 48,838
—Vietnam | ​ | 39,268 | ​ | 289,621 | ​ | 19,956
—United Arab Emirates |  | 43,311 |  | 53,981 |  | 6,168
—Korea |  | 72,552 |  | 25,896 |  | 3,413
—Others | ​ | 76,786 | ​ | 90,054 | ​ | 91,670
​ | ​ | 1,018,083 | ​ | 1,620,840 | ​ | 2,139,070
Europe and other regions: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
—Germany |  | 109,119 |  | 119,035 |  | 231,995
—Australia | ​ | 313,167 | ​ | 120,403 | ​ | 165,772
—Netherlands | ​ | 68,770 | ​ | 96,372 | ​ | 104,715
—Spain | ​ | 78,228 | ​ | 138,972 | ​ | 100,658
—South Africa | ​ | 93,911 | ​ | 49,375 | ​ | 90,761
—Czech | ​ | 17,717 | ​ | 16,144 | ​ | 34,604
—France |  | 13,516 |  | 29,974 |  | 25,980
—United Kingdom |  | 33,158 |  | 8,842 |  | 7,749
—Others |  | 52,873 |  | 55,433 |  | 96,271
​ | ​ | 780,459 | ​ | 634,550 | ​ | 858,505
Total net revenues | ​ | 3,200,583 | ​ | 3,476,495 | ​ | 5,277,169
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,
​ | ​ | 2020 | ​ | 2021
​ | ​ | $ | ​ | $
PRC |  | 1,002,409 |  | 1,230,613
Thailand | ​ | 295,240 | ​ | 266,870
Japan | ​ | 204,515 | ​ | 191,680
Argentina | ​ | 64,208 | ​ | 68,508
Mexico | ​ | 12,388 | ​ | 68,331
United States | ​ | 64,009 | ​ | 65,700
Brazil | ​ | 16,109 | ​ | 63,716
Australia | ​ | 76,330 | ​ | 15,024
Canada |  | 8,898 |  | 7,050
Others |  | 46,432 |  | 55,905
Total long-lived assets |  | 1,790,538 |  | 2,033,397
Summary of the Company's revenues generated from each product or service | ​
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​ | ​ | Years Ended December 31,
​ |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2021
​ | ​ | $ | ​ | $ | ​ | $
CSI Solar: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Solar modules |  | 2,012,059 |  | 2,348,724 |  | 3,328,301
Solar system kits |  | 116,449 |  | 157,656 |  | 302,133
Battery storage solutions | ​ | — | ​ | 7,899 | ​ | 222,655
China energy/EPC (includes electricity sales) | ​ | 58,096 | ​ | 175,388 | ​ | 178,830
Others | ​ | 295,244 | ​ | 60,661 | ​ | 121,167
Global Energy: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Solar and battery storage projects |  | 652,050 |  | 654,827 |  | 1,064,178
O&M and asset management services | ​ | 19,750 | ​ | 26,386 | ​ | 35,334
Others (includes electricity sales) |  | 46,935 |  | 44,954 |  | 24,571
Total net revenues |  | 3,200,583 |  | 3,476,495 |  | 5,277,169

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