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Trade Accounts and Bills Receivable, net | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Trade Accounts and Bills Receivable, net [Abstract] |
Trade Accounts and Bills Receivable, net |
4. | Trade Accounts and Bills Receivable, net
Trade accounts and bills receivable as of December 31, 2017 and 2018:
|  | December 31, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |
Trade accounts receivable |  | $ | 42,095,211 |  |  | $ | 19,054,863 |
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | (3,700,922 | ) |  |  | (3,657,173 | )
|  |  | 38,394,289 |  |  |  | 15,397,690 |
Bills receivable |  |  | 19,124,323 |  |  |  | 6,353,342 |
|  | $ | 57,518,612 |  |  | $ | 21,751,032 |
Included in trade accounts and bills receivables are retention receivables of nil and $1,119,490 as of December 31, 2017 and 2018. Retention receivables are interest-free and recoverable at the end of the retention period of three to five years. An analysis of the allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows:
|  | December 31, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | 2,761,144 |  |  | $ | 3,700,922 |
Provision for the year |  |  | 839,917 |  |  |  | 474,950 |
Reversal - recoveries by cash |  |  | (114,542 | ) |  |  | (312,462 | )
Charged to consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income |  | $ | 725,375 |  |  | $ | 162,488 |
Foreign exchange adjustment |  |  | 214,403 |  |  |  | (206,237 | )
Balance at end of year |  | $ | 3,700,922 |  |  | $ | 3,657,173 |

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