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Description of Business, Basis of Consolidation, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Business Sales Segmentation

Selective enterprise information is as follows:

		2017				2016				2015
Net sales:
Insecticides		$	132,137			$	119,226			$	117,180
Herbicides/soil fumigants/fungicides			121,581				123,540				111,897
Other, including plant growth regulators			47,691				29,438				29,013
Total crop			301,409				272,204				258,090
Non-crop			53,638				39,909				31,292
		$	355,047			$	312,113			$	289,382
Gross profit:
Crop		$	117,892			$	107,821			$	97,198
Non-crop			29,500				20,467				14,704
		$	147,392			$	128,288			$	111,902

Summary of Operating Expense

Operating expenses include cost centers for Selling, General and Administrative, Research, Product Development, and Regulatory, and Freight, Delivery and Warehousing.

		2017				2016				2015
Selling		$	29,112			$	27,442			$	27,052
General and administrative			37,660				32,128				28,516
Research, product development and regulatory			26,076				21,298				19,116
Freight, delivery and warehousing			27,750				26,880				25,694
		$	120,598			$	107,748			$	100,378

Components of Inventories

The components of inventories consist of the following:

		2017				2016
Finished products		$	107,595			$	103,832
Raw materials			15,529				16,744
		$	123,124			$	120,576

Components of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

The components of basic and diluted earnings per share were as follows:

		2017				2016				2015
Numerator:
Net income attributable to American Vanguard		$	20,274			$	12,788			$	6,591
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding—basic			29,100				28,859				28,673
Dilutive effect of stock options and grants			603				535				564
			29,703				29,394				29,237

Stock Based Compensation, Unamortized Stock-Based Compensation and Remaining Weighted Average Period

The below tables illustrate the Company’s stock based compensation, unamortized stock-based compensation, and remaining weighted average period for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015. This projected expense will change if any stock options and restricted stock are granted or cancelled prior to the respective reporting periods, or if there are any changes required to be made for estimated forfeitures.

		Stock-Based Compensation				Unamortized Stock-Based Compensation				Remaining Weighted Average Period (years)
December 31, 2017
Incentive Stock Options		$	345			$	—				—
Performance Based Options			416				—				—
Restricted Stock			2,705				3,788				1.0
Performance Based Restricted Stock			1,248				1,642				1.8
Total		$	4,714			$	5,430
December 31, 2016
Incentive Stock Options		$	354			$	397				1.0
Performance Based Options			188				178				1.0
Restricted Stock			1,630				2,153				1.6
Performance Based Restricted Stock			995				796				1.7
Total		$	3,167			$	3,524
December 31, 2015
Incentive Stock Options		$	431			$	887				2.0
Performance Based Options			149				331				2.0
Restricted Stock			2,972				2,153				1.3
Performance Based Restricted Stock			329				583				1.5
Total		$	3,881			$	3,954

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