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Advances to and Investments in Foreign Joint Ventures' Operations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Equity Method Investments And Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Financial Information of Foreign Joint Ventures | Sales to foreign joint ventures’ operations are made on an arm’s length basis and intercompany profits, if any, are eliminated in consolidation. Summary financial information of BOMAY and MIEFE in U.S. dollars was as follows at December 31, 2016 and 2015:
| BOMAY |  |  | MIEFE |
| 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total current assets | $ | 47,700 |  |  | $ | 68,151 |  |  | $ | 425 |  |  | $ | 2,365 |
Total non-current assets |  | 3,589 |  |  |  | 4,131 |  |  |  | 17 |  |  |  | 70 |
Total assets | $ | 51,289 |  |  | $ | 72,282 |  |  | $ | 442 |  |  | $ | 2,435 |
Liabilities and equity: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ | 24,196 |  |  | $ | 44,415 |  |  | $ | 551 |  |  | $ | 1,930 |
Total joint ventures’ equity |  | 27,093 |  |  |  | 27,867 |  |  |  | (109 | ) |  |  | 505 |
Total liabilities and equity | $ | 51,289 |  |  | $ | 72,282 |  |  | $ | 442 |  |  | $ | 2,435 |
| Twelve Months Ended December 31, |
| BOMAY |  |  | MIEFE |
| 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Revenue | $ | 33,468 |  |  | $ | 47,347 |  |  | $ | 1,167 |  |  | $ | 5,741 |
Gross Profit | $ | 6,687 |  |  | $ | 8,353 |  |  | $ | 481 |  |  | $ | 1,112 |
Earnings | $ | 2,010 |  |  | $ | 2,433 |  |  | $ | (631 | ) |  | $ | (567 | )
Schedule of Activity in Investment in Foreign Joint Ventures | The Company’s investments in and advances to its foreign joint ventures’ operations were as follows as of December 31, 2016 and 2015:
| 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
| BOMAY* |  |  | MIEFE |  |  | TOTAL |  |  | BOMAY* |  |  | MIEFE |  |  | TOTAL |
| (in thousands) |  |  | (in thousands) |
Investments in foreign joint ventures: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 2,033 |  |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 2,047 |  |  | $ | 2,033 |  |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 2,047 |
Additional amounts invested and advanced |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Balance, end of year |  | 2,033 |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 2,047 |  |  |  | 2,033 |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 2,047 |
Undistributed earnings: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of year |  | 8,098 |  |  |  | (11 | ) |  |  | 8,087 |  |  |  | 8,157 |  |  |  | 358 |  |  |  | 8,515 |
Equity in earnings (loss) |  | 804 |  |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | 801 |  |  |  | 973 |  |  |  | (232 | ) |  |  | 741 |
Dividend distributions |  | (589 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (589 | ) |  |  | (1,032 | ) |  |  | (137 | ) |  |  | (1,169 | )
Balance, end of year |  | 8,313 |  |  |  | (14 | ) |  |  | 8,299 |  |  |  | 8,098 |  |  |  | (11 | ) |  |  | 8,087 |
Foreign currency translation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of year |  | 765 |  |  |  | 205 |  |  |  | 970 |  |  |  | 1,358 |  |  |  | 134 |  |  |  | 1,492 |
Change, during the year |  | (661 | ) |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | (653 | ) |  |  | (593 | ) |  |  | 71 |  |  |  | (522 | )
Balance, end of year |  | 104 |  |  |  | 213 |  |  |  | 317 |  |  |  | 765 |  |  |  | 205 |  |  |  | 970 |
Investments, end of year | $ | 10,450 |  |  | $ | 213 |  |  | $ | 10,663 |  |  | $ | 10,896 |  |  | $ | 208 |  |  | $ | 11,104 |
* | Accumulated statutory reserves in equity method investments of $2.89 million and $2.72 million at December 31, 2016 and 2015, are included in AETI’s consolidated retained earnings. In accordance with the People’s Republic of China, (“PRC”), regulations on enterprises with foreign ownership, an enterprise established in the PRC with wholly-owned foreign ownership is required to provide for certain statutory reserves, namely (i) General Reserve Fund, (ii) Enterprise Expansion Fund and (iii) Staff Welfare and Bonus Fund, which are appropriated from net profit as reported in the enterprise’s PRC statutory accounts. A non-wholly-owned foreign invested enterprise is permitted to provide for the above allocation at the discretion of its board of directors. The aforementioned reserves can only be used for specific purposes and are not distributable as cash dividends.

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