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Description of Business, Basis of Consolidation, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Summary of Business Sales Segmentation | Selective enterprise information is as follows:
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Net sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. crop |  | $ | 223,167 |  |  | $ | 220,635 |  |  | $ | 240,855 |
U.S. non-crop |  |  | 48,557 |  |  |  | 61,590 |  |  |  | 59,459 |
Total U.S. |  |  | 271,724 |  |  |  | 282,225 |  |  |  | 300,314 |
International |  |  | 186,980 |  |  |  | 185,961 |  |  |  | 153,958 |
Total net sales |  | $ | 458,704 |  |  | $ | 468,186 |  |  | $ | 454,272 |
Gross profit: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. crop |  | $ | 98,340 |  |  | $ | 95,429 |  |  | $ | 110,172 |
U.S. non-crop |  |  | 22,225 |  |  |  | 29,713 |  |  |  | 30,714 |
Total U.S. |  |  | 120,565 |  |  |  | 125,142 |  |  |  | 140,886 |
International |  |  | 52,025 |  |  |  | 52,212 |  |  |  | 41,745 |
Total gross profit |  | $ | 172,590 |  |  | $ | 177,354 |  |  | $ | 182,631 |
Summary of Operating Expense | Operating expenses include cost centers for Selling, General and Administrative, Research, Product Development, and Regulatory, and Freight, Delivery and Warehousing.
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Selling |  | $ | 42,389 |  |  | $ | 45,121 |  |  | $ | 39,585 |
General and administrative |  |  | 48,828 |  |  |  | 46,593 |  |  |  | 42,981 |
Research, product development and regulatory |  |  | 26,310 |  |  |  | 24,070 |  |  |  | 26,428 |
Freight, delivery and warehousing |  |  | 36,812 |  |  |  | 35,349 |  |  |  | 34,616 |
|  | $ | 154,339 |  |  | $ | 151,133 |  |  | $ | 143,610 |
Components of Inventories, Net of Reserve Allowance | The components of inventories, net of reserve allowance, consist of the following:
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Finished products |  | $ | 149,415 |  |  | $ | 151,917 |
Raw materials |  |  | 14,369 |  |  |  | 11,396 |
|  | $ | 163,784 |  |  | $ | 163,313 |
Schedule of Additional Information of Operating Leases | Additional information related to operating leases are as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2020 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2019 |
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities |  | $ | 5,657 |  |  | $ | 5,398 |
ROU assets obtained in exchange for new liabilities |  | $ | 6,309 |  |  | $ | 3,580 |
Schedule of Weighted-Average Remaining Lease Term and Discount Rate Related to Operating Leases | The weighted-average remaining lease term and discount rate related to the operating leases as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
|  | December 31, 2020 |  |  | December 31, 2019 |
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years) |  |  | 4.62 |  |  |  | 3.18 |
Weighted-average discount rate |  |  | 3.81 | % |  |  | 3.68 | %
Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Non-Cancellable Operating Leases | Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases as of December 31, 2020 were as follows:
|  | December 31, 2020 |
2021 |  | $ | 4,536 |
2022 |  |  | 2,879 |
2023 |  |  | 1,914 |
2024 |  |  | 1,192 |
2025 |  |  | 1,001 |
Thereafter |  |  | 2,020 |
Total lease payments |  | $ | 13,542 |
Less: imputed interest |  |  | 1,177 |
Total |  | $ | 12,365 |
Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets: |  |  |  |
Operating lease liabilities, current |  | $ | 4,188 |
Operating lease liabilities, long term |  | $ | 8,177 |
Summary of Selective Enterprise Information of Sales Disaggregated By Category and Geographic Region | Selective enterprise information of sales disaggregated by category and geographic region is as follows:
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Net sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. crop |  | $ | 223,167 |  |  | $ | 220,635 |
U.S. non-crop |  |  | 48,557 |  |  |  | 61,590 |
Total U.S. |  |  | 271,724 |  |  |  | 282,225 |
International |  |  | 186,980 |  |  |  | 185,961 |
Total net sales |  | $ | 458,704 |  |  | $ | 468,186 |
Timing of revenue recognition: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goods and services transferred at a point in time |  | $ | 455,726 |  |  | $ | 464,967 |
Goods and services transferred over time |  |  | 2,978 |  |  |  | 3,219 |
Total net sales |  | $ | 458,704 |  |  | $ | 468,186 |
Summary of Contract Balances |
|  | December 31, 2020 |  |  | December 31, 2019 |
Contract assets |  | $ | 3,200 |  |  | $ | 6,091 |
Deferred revenue |  | $ | 43,611 |  |  | $ | 6,826 |
Components of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share | The components of basic and diluted earnings per share were as follows:
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to American Vanguard |  | $ | 15,242 |  |  | $ | 13,601 |  |  | $ | 24,195 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares outstanding—basic |  |  | 29,450 |  |  |  | 29,030 |  |  |  | 29,326 |
Dilutive effect of stock options and grants |  |  | 543 |  |  |  | 626 |  |  |  | 722 |
Weighted average shares outstanding—diluted |  |  | 29,993 |  |  |  | 29,656 |  |  |  | 30,048 |

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