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3. Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Statement of Operations Data |
Schedule of Property, plant and equipment |
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Land |  | $ | 2,764,619 |  |  | $ | 2,837,780 |
Plant and buildings |  |  | 82,355,467 |  |  |  | 83,004,928 |
Furniture and fixtures |  |  | 557,636 |  |  |  | 376,333 |
Machinery and equipment |  |  | 2,076,162 |  |  |  | 2,615,140 |
Construction in progress |  |  | 539,234 |  |  |  | 82,627 |
Total gross property, plant & equipment |  |  | 88,293,118 |  |  |  | 88,916,808 |
Less accumulated depreciation |  |  | (9,364,989 | ) |  |  | (5,023,336 | )
Total net property, plant & equipment |  | $ | 78,928,129 |  |  | $ | 83,893,472 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of all information related to any significant acquisition and disposal. Disclosure may include methodology and assumptions, type of asset, asset classification, useful life, useful purpose, acquisition cost, method of acquisition or disposal, depreciation method, gain (loss) on disposal pretax and net of tax, date of acquisition or disposal and restrictions on amount of proceeds from donated assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 + Details
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