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Note 10 - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Note 10 - Valuation And Qualifying Accounts Tables |
Valuation of qualifying accounts |
Description |  | Balance at beginning of year |  |  | Net charge (credit) to income |  |  | Deduction |  |  | Currency translation adjustment |  |  | Balance at end of year |
Year ended December 31, 2010: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 8,694 |  |  | $ | (1,317 | ) |  | $ | (1,063 | ) |  | $ | 572 |  |  | $ | 6,886 |
Inventory impairment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
- Lower of cost or market |  |  | 3,214 |  |  |  | (2,219 | ) |  |  | – |  |  |  | 201 |  |  |  | 1,196 |
- Obsolescence |  |  | 781 |  |  |  | 245 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 93 |  |  |  | 1,119 |
Allowance for deferred tax assets |  |  | 2,489 |  |  |  | 2,460 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | (132 | ) |  |  | 4,817 |
|  | $ | 15,178 |  |  | $ | (831 | ) |  | $ | (1,063 | ) |  | $ | 734 |  |  | $ | 14,018 |
Year ended December 31, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 6,886 |  |  | $ | (1,555 | ) |  | $ | (664 | ) |  | $ | (53 | ) |  | $ | 4,614 |
Inventory impairment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
- Lower of cost or market |  |  | 1,196 |  |  |  | 1,725 |  |  |  | (888 | ) |  |  | (14 | ) |  |  | 2,019 |
- Obsolescence |  |  | 1,119 |  |  |  | 268 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | (81 | ) |  |  | 1,306 |
- Charges related to flooding |  |  | – |  |  |  | 3,572 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | (130 | ) |  |  | 3,442 |
Allowance for deferred tax assets |  |  | 4,817 |  |  |  | (3,942 | ) |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 875 |
|  | $ | 14,018 |  |  | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | (1,552 | ) |  | $ | (278 | ) |  | $ | 12,256 |
Year ended December 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 4,614 |  |  | $ | (720 | ) |  | $ | (1,425 | ) |  | $ | 111 |  |  | $ | 2,580 |
Inventory impairment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
- Lower of cost or market |  |  | 2,019 |  |  |  | 1,157 |  |  |  | (3,945 | ) |  |  | 1,025 |  |  |  | 256 |
- Obsolescence |  |  | 1,306 |  |  |  | 419 |  |  |  | (336 | ) |  |  | (16 | ) |  |  | 1,373 |
- Charges related to flooding |  |  | 3,442 |  |  |  | 60 |  |  |  | (3,023 | ) |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | 490 |
Allowance for deferred tax assets |  |  | 875 |  |  |  | 466 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 1,341 |
|  | $ | 12,256 |  |  | $ | 1,382 |  |  | $ | (8,729 | ) |  | $ | 1,131 |  |  | $ | 6,040 |

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