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Note 18 - RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Note 18 - Related Party Balances And Transactions Tables |
Related party Transaction Company's Operating Subsidiaries | Fujikura Limited is a shareholder of one of the Company’s Operating Subsidiaries in Thailand.
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |
Due from: |  |  |  |  |  |
PEWC |  | $ | 1,797 |  |  | $ | 542 |
PEWC, Singapore Branch |  |  | 1,071 |  |  |  | 1,101 |
Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited (“Italian-Thai”) and its affiliates |  |  | 1,180 |  |  |  | 2,096 |
SPHC |  |  | 1,179 |  |  |  | 327 |
Shandong Yanggu Wire & Cable Corp Ltd (“Shandong Yanggu”) |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Others |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
|  | $ | 5,227 |  |  | $ | 4,066 |
Due to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
PEWC |  | $ | 9,490 |  |  | $ | 7,513 |
PEWC, Singapore Branch |  |  | 893 |  |  |  | 892 |
PEWC Singapore Co. (Pte) Ltd. |  |  | 1,276 |  |  |  | 1,185 |
Shandong Yanggu |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Fujikura Limited |  |  | 184 |  |  |  | 226 |
Thai Metal Processing Co., Ltd. |  |  | 60 |  |  |  | 119 |
SPHC |  |  | 2,384 |  |  |  | 1,493 |
Shandong Huayu |  |  | 406 |  |  |  | – |
|  | $ | 14,693 |  |  | $ | 11,428 |
Short-term loan from: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Moon View Ventures Limited (“Moon View”) |  | $ | 1,732 |  |  | $ | 195 |
|  | $ | 1,732 |  |  | $ | 195 |
Related party transactions | The transactions undertaken with related parties are summarized as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |
Purchases of copper from PEWC |  | $ | 42,236 |  |  | $ | 44,466 |  |  | $ | 21,443 |
Purchases of power cables from PEWC |  |  | 3,846 |  |  |  | 7,164 |  |  |  | 8,705 |
Purchases of raw materials from Thai Metal Processing Co. Ltd |  |  | 1,153 |  |  |  | 1,139 |  |  |  | 1,340 |
Purchases of goods from PEWC |  |  | 210 |  |  |  | 320 |  |  |  | 378 |
Purchases of goods from Fujikura Limited |  |  | 2,536 |  |  |  | 1,348 |  |  |  | 1,074 |
Purchases of machinery from PEWC |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 203 |
Sales to Italian Thai and its affiliates |  |  | 3,741 |  |  |  | 3,663 |  |  |  | 2,563 |
Sales to PEWC |  |  | 65 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 106 |
Interest expense paid to PEWC |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Interest expense paid to PEWC Singapore Co. (Pte) Ltd |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | 14 |
Interest income from Italian Thai Development Public Co Ltd |  |  |  |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Management fee paid to PEWC |  |  | 204 |  |  |  | 239 |  |  |  | 388 |
Management fee received from PEWC |  |  | – |  |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | 19 |
Management fee received from PEWC, Singapore Branch |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 15 |
Management fee received from Italian Thai Development Public Co., Ltd |  |  | 34 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Dividend income from Thai Metal Processing Co. Ltd. |  |  | 106 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 109 |
Information technology service fee paid to PEWC |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | 38 |  |  |  | 136 |

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