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INVESTMENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
INVESTMENTS INVESTMENTSThe Company owns approximately 30% of the outstanding capital stock of Grupo Vasconia S.A.B. (“Vasconia”), an integrated manufacturer of aluminum products and one of Mexico’s largest housewares companies. Shares of Vasconia’s capital stock are traded on the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, the Mexican Stock Exchange. The Quotation Key is VASCONI. The Company accounts for its investment in Vasconia using the equity method of accounting and records its proportionate share of Vasconia’s net income in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. Accordingly, the Company has recorded its proportionate share of Vasconia’s net income (reduced for amortization expense related to the customer relationships acquired)
for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The value of the Company's investment balance has been translated from Mexican Pesos ("MXN") to U.S. Dollars ("USD") using the spot rates of MXN 20.51 and MXN 19.88 at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
The Company's proportionate share of Vasconia's net (loss) income has been translated from MXN to USD using the following exchange rates:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
20212020
Average exchange rate (USD to MXN)
20.33
19.91
The effect of the translation of the Company’s investment, as well as the translation of Vasconia's balance sheet, resulted in an increase to the investment of $1.3 million and a decrease of $(1.5) million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. These translation effects are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss.
Summarized income statement information for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 for Vasconia in USD and MXN is as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended
March 31,
20212020
USDMXNUSDMXN
Net sales$53,606 $1,089,817 $31,795 $633,036 
Gross profit
11,958 243,103 5,407 107,657 
Income (loss) from operations
3,784 76,933 (550)(10,948)
Net (loss) income
(770)(15,661)1,422 28,303 

The Company recorded equity in (losses) eanings of Vasconia, net of taxes, of $(0.2) million and $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Included within the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets were the following amounts due to and due from Vasconia (in thousands):
Vasconia due to and due from balancesBalance Sheet
Location
March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Amounts due from VasconiaPrepaid expenses and other current assets$56 $55 
Amounts due to VasconiaAccrued expenses and Accounts payable(243)(91)

As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the fair value (based on Level 1 inputs using the quoted stock price) of the Company’s investment in Vasconia was $31.8 million and $32.8 million, respectively. The carrying value of the Company’s investment in Vasconia was $21.1 million and $20.0 million as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.