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Segment Reporting (Details Textual)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013 Products Segment
Segment Reporting (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of geographical segments	2
Number of primary products	2

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Number of geographical segments.

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Number of primary products.

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