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Summary of Property, Plant and Equipment (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, Gross	$ 134,593us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	$ 133,241us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less accumulated depreciation	(85,406)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	(83,215)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Total Property, plant and equipment	49,187us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	50,026us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Land
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, Gross	2,458us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LandMember	2,458us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LandMember
Buildings and improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, Gross	14,385us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember	14,380us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember
Machinery and equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, Gross	108,286us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentMember	107,899us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentMember
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, Gross	4,542us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_FurnitureAndFixturesMember	4,698us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_FurnitureAndFixturesMember
Automotive equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, Gross	374us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = avd_AutomotiveMember	374us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = avd_AutomotiveMember
Construction in progress
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, Gross	$ 4,548us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember	$ 3,432us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember

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Amount of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization for physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services.

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