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Accounting policies (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Accounting policies |
Schedule of Disaggregation of revenue | The following table presents the Company’s revenue disaggregated by revenue source (unaudited).
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
Retail revenue |  | $ | 7,257,432 |  | $ | 6,686,660
Bulk revenue |  |  | 6,440,284 |  |  | 7,111,313
Services revenue |  |  | 3,114,813 |  |  | 100,577
Manufacturing revenue |  |  | 3,913,192 |  |  | 3,089,974
Total revenue |  | $ | 20,725,721 |  | $ | 16,988,524
Summary of revenue recognized and amounts billed on services segment and manufacturing segment contracts in progress | Revenue recognized and amounts billed on services segment and manufacturing segment contracts in progress are summarized as follows:
|  | March 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
Revenues recognized to date on contracts in progress |  | $ | 20,029,321 |  | $ | 24,041,993
Amounts billed to date on contracts in progress |  |  | (18,964,689) |  |  | (22,980,598)
|  | $ | 1,064,632 |  | $ | 1,061,395
Summary of net balances of billings reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet | The above net balances are reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as follows:
|  | March 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings |  | $ | 1,968,324 |  | $ | 1,675,781
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings |  |  | (903,692) |  |  | (614,386)
|  | $ | 1,064,632 |  | $ | 1,061,395

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