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Note 6 - Investments in Joint Ventures | 9 Months Ended
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May 31, 2013
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures Disclosure [Text Block] |
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures Disclosure [Text Block] |
6. | INVESTMENTS IN JOINT VENTURES
The financial statements of the Company’s foreign joint ventures are initially prepared using the accounting principles accepted in the respective joint ventures’ countries of domicile. Amounts related to foreign joint ventures reported in the below tables and the accompanying consolidated financial statements have subsequently been adjusted to approximate U.S. GAAP in all material respects. All material profits recorded on sales from the Company to its joint ventures of goods that remain in inventory, have been eliminated for financial reporting purposes. Financial information from the audited and unaudited financial statements of the Company’s joint venture in Germany, Excor Korrosionsschutz – Technologien und Produkte GmbH (EXCOR), China, NTI Asean and all of the Company’s other joint ventures, are summarized as follows:
|  | At May 31, 2013 |
|  | Total |  |  | EXCOR |  |  | China |  |  | All Other |
Current assets |  | $ | 63,547,204 |  |  | $ | 23,056,084 |  |  | $ | 13,964,465 |  |  | $ | 26,526,655 |
Total assets |  |  | 69,688,319 |  |  |  | 25,425,172 |  |  |  | 13,993,902 |  |  |  | 30,269,245 |
Current liabilities |  |  | 19,288,471 |  |  |  | 3,056,560 |  |  |  | 6,212,433 |  |  |  | 10,019,478 |
Noncurrent liabilities |  |  | 3,358,593 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 869,532 |  |  |  | 2,489,061 |
Joint ventures’ equity |  |  | 47,041,255 |  |  |  | 22,368,612 |  |  |  | 6,911,937 |  |  |  | 17,760,706 |
Northern Technologies International Corporation’s share of joint ventures’ equity |  |  | 23,320,080 |  |  |  | 11,184,308 |  |  |  | 3,455,969 |  |  |  | 8,679,803 |
Northern Technologies International Corporation’s share of joint ventures’ undistributed earnings |  | $ | 20,877,265 |  |  | $ | 11,153,403 |  |  | $ | 3,405,969 |  |  | $ | 6,327,893 |
|  | At August 31, 2012 |
|  | Total |  |  | EXCOR |  |  | NTI ASEAN |  |  | All Other |
Current assets |  | $ | 61,973,725 |  |  | $ | 24,357,139 |  |  | $ | 15,358,967 |  |  | $ | 22,257,619 |
Total assets |  |  | 68,585,974 |  |  |  | 26,620,589 |  |  |  | 15,522,456 |  |  |  | 26,442,929 |
Current liabilities |  |  | 18,686,181 |  |  |  | 4,749,574 |  |  |  | 5,763,857 |  |  |  | 8,172,750 |
Noncurrent liabilities |  |  | 4,700,458 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,055,965 |  |  |  | 3,644,493 |
Joint ventures’ equity |  |  | 45,199,335 |  |  |  | 21,871,015 |  |  |  | 8,702,634 |  |  |  | 14,625,686 |
Northern Technologies International Corporation’s share of joint ventures’ equity |  |  | 21,461,492 |  |  |  | 10,935,509 |  |  | $ | 3,685,404 |  |  |  | 6,840,579 |
Northern Technologies International Corporation’s share of joint ventures’ undistributed earnings |  | $ | 19,403,150 |  |  | $ | 10,904,604 |  |  | $ | 3,314,445 |  |  | $ | 5,184,101 |
|  | Nine Months Ended May 31, 2013 |
|  | Total |  |  | EXCOR |  |  | China |  |  | All Other |
Net sales |  | $ | 82,788,711 |  |  | $ | 26,043,775 |  |  | $ | 10,802,206 |  |  | $ | 45,942,730 |
Gross profit |  |  | 39,447,084 |  |  |  | 13,624,792 |  |  |  | 5,134,820 |  |  |  | 20,687,472 |
Net income |  |  | 7,626,711 |  |  |  | 4,954,595 |  |  |  | 815,664 |  |  |  | 1,856,452 |
Northern Technologies International Corporation’s share of equity in income of joint ventures |  | $ | 3,733,069 |  |  | $ | 2,478,109 |  |  | $ | 407,809 |  |  | $ | 847,151 |
|  | Nine Months Ended May 31, 2012 |
|  | Total |  |  | EXCOR |  |  | NTI ASEAN |  |  | All Other |
Net sales |  | $ | 83,746,872 |  |  | $ | 25,785,840 |  |  | $ | 16,366,258 |  |  | $ | 41,594,775 |
Gross profit |  |  | 40,201,265 |  |  |  | 13,423,067 |  |  |  | 7,183,786 |  |  |  | 19,594,413 |
Net income |  |  | 8,165,791 |  |  |  | 4,830,477 |  |  |  | 1,941,417 |  |  |  | 1,393,897 |
Northern Technologies International Corporation’s share of equity in income of joint ventures |  | $ | 4,405,327 |  |  | $ | 2,396,596 |  |  | $ | 1,076,230 |  |  | $ | 932,501 |
*Prior to September 1, 2012, the Company owned 50% of NTI Asean, which included the joint venture in China, and disclosed its financial information accordingly. On September 1, 2012, the Company obtained an additional 10% ownership interest in NTI Asean and has consolidated the results of NTI Asean subsequent to that date. As a result the Company now discloses the financial information for only its joint venture in China and not all of NTI Asean accordingly. The Company records expenses that are directly attributable to the joint ventures on the consolidated statements of operations on the line “Expenses incurred in support of joint ventures”. The expenses include items such as employee compensation and benefit expenses, travel expense and consulting expense. The Company did not make any joint venture investments during the nine months ended May 31, 2013 and 2012.

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