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OPERATING BUSINESS SEGMENT AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATION INFORMATION | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
OPERATING BUSINESS SEGMENT AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATION INFORMATION | OPERATING BUSINESS SEGMENT AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATION INFORMATION The Company has four business segments. These business segments are components of the Company for which separate information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief executive officer in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing relative performance. The Company has three business segments that operate under the Nature’s Sunshine® Products brand and are divided based on the characteristics of their Distributor base, similarities in compensation plans, as well as the internal organization of NSP’s officers and their responsibilities (NSP Americas and NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe; and China and New Markets). The Company’s third business segment operates under the Synergy® WorldWide brand, which distributes its products through different selling and Distributor compensation plans and has products with formulations that are sufficiently different from those of NSP Americas and NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe to warrant accounting for these operations as a separate business segment. The Company’s fourth business segment, China and New Markets, anticipates deploying a multi-channel go-to-market strategy that offers select Nature’s Sunshine branded products through direct selling, e-commerce and retail channels across China. The time to market will be dependent upon regulatory processes including product registration and permit approvals. The China and New Markets segment also includes Company’s wholesale business, in which the Company sells its products to various locally managed entities independent of the Company that have distribution rights for the relevant market. All of the net sales to date in the China and New Markets segment is through the Company’s wholesale business to foreign markets, and beginning in the second quarter of 2016, pre-opening product sales through Hong Kong. Net sales for each segment have been reduced by intercompany sales as they are not included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief executive officer. The Company evaluates performance based on contribution margin (loss) by segment before consideration of certain inter-segment transfers and expenses. In the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company created the China and New Markets segment. The Company moved the reporting of its wholesale business, in which the Company sells its products to a locally managed entity independent of the Company that has distribution rights for the market, from the NSP Americas segment to the China and New Markets segment during the year ended December 31, 2014, as well as the results of its NSP Peru and United Kingdom markets, which were converted to wholesale markets during the prior year. The net sales and contribution margin of this business for the year ended December 31, 2016 were $14.5 million and $8.7 million, respectively. The net sales and contribution margin of this business for the year ended December 31, 2015 were $4.1 million and $1.9 million, respectively. The net sales and contribution margin of this business for the year ended December 31, 2014 were $5.6 million and $2.6 million, respectively. Reportable business segment information for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014 is as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):
Year Ended December 31, |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Net sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
NSP Americas |  | $ | 175,922 |  |  | $ | 179,151 |  |  | $ | 182,395 |
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe |  | 25,971 |  |  | 27,408 |  |  | 50,274 |
Synergy WorldWide |  | 124,793 |  |  | 114,081 |  |  | 128,101 |
China and New Markets |  | 14,473 |  |  | 4,065 |  |  | 5,597 |
Total net sales |  | 341,159 |  |  | 324,705 |  |  | 366,367 |
Contribution margin (1): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
NSP Americas |  | 75,005 |  |  | 74,953 |  |  | 74,603 |
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe |  | 8,604 |  |  | 9,474 |  |  | 17,851 |
Synergy WorldWide |  | 38,034 |  |  | 35,277 |  |  | 43,888 |
China and New Markets |  | 8,669 |  |  | 1,870 |  |  | 2,633 |
Total contribution margin |  | 130,312 |  |  | 121,574 |  |  | 138,975 |
Selling, general and administrative (2) |  | 120,273 |  |  | 107,702 |  |  | 119,927 |
Operating income |  | 10,039 |  |  | 13,872 |  |  | 19,048 |
Other income (loss), net |  | (773 | ) |  | (592 | ) |  | (34 | )
Income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes |  | $ | 9,266 |  |  | $ | 13,280 |  |  | $ | 19,014 |
___________________________ (1) Contribution margin consists of net sales less cost of sales and volume incentives expense. For the China and New Markets segment, contribution margin does not include service fees related to pre-opening product sales through Hong Kong. (2) Service fees in the China and New Markets segment related to pre-opening product sales through Hong Kong totaled $4.3 million, $0, and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively. These service fees are included in the Company's selling, general and administrative expenses.
Year Ended December 31, |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Capital expenditures: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
NSP Americas |  | $ | 8,999 |  |  | $ | 21,437 |  |  | $ | 25,581 |
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe |  | 131 |  |  | — |  |  | 8 |
Synergy WorldWide |  | 564 |  |  | 302 |  |  | 1,321 |
China and New Markets |  | 430 |  |  | 487 |  |  | — |
Total capital expenditures |  | $ | 10,124 |  |  | $ | 22,226 |  |  | $ | 26,910 |
Depreciation and amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
NSP Americas |  | $ | 3,997 |  |  | $ | 3,603 |  |  | $ | 3,438 |
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe |  | 42 |  |  | 26 |  |  | 25 |
Synergy WorldWide |  | 713 |  |  | 885 |  |  | 946 |
China and New Markets |  | 56 |  |  | 11 |  |  | — |
Total depreciation and amortization |  | $ | 4,808 |  |  | $ | 4,525 |  |  | $ | 4,409 |
As of December 31, |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
NSP Americas |  | $ | 146,761 |  |  | $ | 141,428 |
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe |  | 6,106 |  |  | 5,122 |
Synergy WorldWide |  | 39,083 |  |  | 38,048 |
China and New Markets |  | 13,620 |  |  | 15,922 |
Total assets |  | $ | 205,570 |  |  | $ | 200,520 |
From an individual country perspective, only the United States and South Korea comprises approximately 10 percent or more of consolidated net sales for any of the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014 as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):
Year Ended December 31, |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Net sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 148,060 |  |  | $ | 147,553 |  |  | $ | 148,219 |
South Korea |  | 57,637 |  |  | 48,476 |  |  | 54,314 |
Other |  | 135,462 |  |  | 128,676 |  |  | 163,834 |
Total net sales |  | $ | 341,159 |  |  | $ | 324,705 |  |  | $ | 366,367 |
Revenue generated by each of the Company’s product lines is set forth below (dollars in thousands):
Year Ended December 31, |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
NSP Americas: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
General health |  | $ | 78,187 |  |  | $ | 80,315 |  |  | $ | 78,218 |
Immunity |  | 19,185 |  |  | 22,042 |  |  | 23,549 |
Cardiovascular |  | 12,677 |  |  | 12,331 |  |  | 12,566 |
Digestive |  | 47,659 |  |  | 49,239 |  |  | 53,133 |
Personal care |  | 7,537 |  |  | 3,575 |  |  | 4,000 |
Weight management |  | 10,677 |  |  | 11,649 |  |  | 10,929 |
|  | 175,922 |  |  | 179,151 |  |  | 182,395 |
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
General health |  | $ | 11,059 |  |  | $ | 11,433 |  |  | $ | 18,841 |
Immunity |  | 2,898 |  |  | 3,328 |  |  | 6,512 |
Cardiovascular |  | 1,918 |  |  | 1,714 |  |  | 3,104 |
Digestive |  | 7,003 |  |  | 7,167 |  |  | 13,171 |
Personal care |  | 2,202 |  |  | 2,716 |  |  | 6,073 |
Weight management |  | 891 |  |  | 1,050 |  |  | 2,573 |
|  | 25,971 |  |  | 27,408 |  |  | 50,274 |
Synergy WorldWide: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
General health |  | $ | 35,283 |  |  | $ | 43,829 |  |  | $ | 46,546 |
Immunity |  | 620 |  |  | 752 |  |  | 974 |
Cardiovascular |  | 51,684 |  |  | 34,191 |  |  | 42,449 |
Digestive |  | 12,536 |  |  | 17,746 |  |  | 20,839 |
Personal care |  | 8,981 |  |  | 5,697 |  |  | 7,196 |
Weight management |  | 15,689 |  |  | 11,866 |  |  | 10,097 |
|  | 124,793 |  |  | 114,081 |  |  | 128,101 |
China and New Markets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
General health |  | $ | 3,399 |  |  | $ | 1,903 |  |  | $ | 2,370 |
Immunity |  | 821 |  |  | 525 |  |  | 777 |
Cardiovascular |  | 2,911 |  |  | 292 |  |  | 334 |
Digestive |  | 5,329 |  |  | 1,011 |  |  | 1,608 |
Personal care |  | 797 |  |  | 93 |  |  | 108 |
Weight management |  | 1,216 |  |  | 241 |  |  | 400 |
|  | 14,473 |  |  | 4,065 |  |  | 5,597 |
Total net sales |  | $ | 341,159 |  |  | $ | 324,705 |  |  | $ | 366,367 |
From an individual country perspective, only the United States comprise 10 percent or more of consolidated property, plant and equipment as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):
As of December 31 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Property, plant and equipment |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 70,770 |  |  | $ | 66,044 |
Other |  | 2,502 |  |  | 2,684 |
Total property, plant and equipment |  | $ | 73,272 |  |  | $ | 68,728 |
Due to the continual currency devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar, as of September 30, 2014, the Company incurred a $2.9 million impairment charge to write down the value of its fixed assets in Venezuela to $0.

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