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Description of Business, Basis of Consolidation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Summary of Business Sales and Gross Profit Information | Based on similar economic and operational characteristics, the Company’s business is aggregated into one reportable segment. Selective enterprise information is as follows:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Net sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Insecticides |  | $ | 194,060 |  |  | $ | 137,460 |  |  | $ | 84,500 |
Herbicides |  |  | 89,899 |  |  |  | 90,782 |  |  |  | 86,780 |
Other |  |  | 45,581 |  |  |  | 43,826 |  |  |  | 32,113 |
Total crop |  |  | 329,540 |  |  |  | 272,068 |  |  |  | 203,393 |
Non-crop |  |  | 36,650 |  |  |  | 29,012 |  |  |  | 23,466 |
|  | $ | 366,190 |  |  | $ | 301,080 |  |  | $ | 226,859 |
Gross profit: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crop |  | $ | 142,019 |  |  | $ | 110,348 |  |  | $ | 77,916 |
Non-crop |  |  | 19,106 |  |  |  | 12,720 |  |  |  | 8,405 |
|  | $ | 161,125 |  |  | $ | 123,068 |  |  | $ | 86,321 |
Summary of Operating Expense | Operating expenses include cost centers for Selling, General and Administrative, Research and Product Development, Regulatory/Registration, Freight, Delivery and Warehousing.
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Selling |  | $ | 25,869 |  |  | $ | 23,318 |  |  | $ | 19,653 |
General and administrative |  |  | 29,715 |  |  |  | 21,429 |  |  |  | 17,881 |
Research, product development and regulatory |  |  | 20,750 |  |  |  | 18,041 |  |  |  | 12,635 |
Freight, delivery and warehousing |  |  | 25,468 |  |  |  | 21,054 |  |  |  | 16,961 |
|  | $ | 101,802 |  |  | $ | 83,842 |  |  | $ | 67,130 |
Components of Inventories | The components of inventories consist of the following:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Finished products |  | $ | 74,900 |  |  | $ | 61,023 |
Raw materials |  |  | 13,051 |  |  |  | 10,045 |
|  | $ | 87,951 |  |  | $ | 71,068 |
Foreign Currency Derivatives to Hedge Foreign Currency Balances Measured at Fair Value |
|  | Fair Value Measurements Using Input Type |
|  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |
As of December 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liability: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency derivative financial instrument |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 160 |  |  | $ | — |
Interest rate derivative financial instruments (1) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,201 |  |  | $ | — |
As of December 31, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liability: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency derivative financial instrument |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 399 |  |  | $ | — |
Interest rate derivative financial instruments (1) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,453 |  |  | $ | — |
| (1) | Includes accrued interest expense.
Components of Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share | The components of basic and diluted earnings per share were as follows:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to American Vanguard |  | $ | 36,867 |  |  | $ | 22,068 |  |  | $ | 10,984 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares outstanding—basic |  |  | 27,914 |  |  |  | 27,559 |  |  |  | 27,385 |
Assumed exercise of stock options—fully dilutive |  |  | 842 |  |  |  | 316 |  |  |  | 267 |
|  |  | 28,756 |  |  |  | 27,875 |  |  |  | 27,652 |
Summary of Value Option Grants Using Weighted Average Assumptions | The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (“Black-Scholes model”) to value option grants using the following weighted average assumptions:
|  | 2011 |
Risk free interest rate |  |  | 2.26 | %
Dividend yield |  |  | 0.05 | %
Volatility factor |  |  | 55.31 | %
Weighted average life (years) |  |  | 6.0 years |

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