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Segment information (Details Textual) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	$ 498,663	$ 491,771	$ 1,506,292	$ 1,514,069
Bulk [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	836,249	1,274,471	2,454,361	2,928,287
Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	7,638	7,638	22,915	37,295
Manufacturing [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	$ 399,987	$ 398,368	$ 1,198,707	$ 1,204,313

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- Definition

The aggregate expense recognized in the current period that allocates the cost of tangible assets, intangible assets, or depleting assets to periods that benefit from use of the assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 22
-Subparagraph (e)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109223946&loc=d3e3602-108585

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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