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Related Party Transactions - Outstanding Balances and Transactions with Related Parties (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due from related parties | $ 13,354 | $ 12,573 |
Amounts due to related parties | 7,343 | 4,633 |
Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd. [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due from related parties | 88 | 2,693 |
Amounts due to related parties | 1,019 | 457 |
Purchases of materials | 12,818 | 2,291 | $ 3,706
Purchases of products | 5,352 | 6,305 | 3,592
Sales | 1,457 | 493 | 111
Fabrication Income received | 208 |  |
Management fee received |  | 4 | 17
Management fee paid | 143 | 145 | 241
Information technology service fee paid | 114 | 118 | 97
PEWC, Singapore Branch [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due from related parties | 15 | 14 |
Management fee received | 14 | 14 | 14
PEWC Singapore Co. (Pte) Ltd. [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due to related parties | 1,008 | 993 |
Interest expenses paid | 15 | 11 | 9
PEWC (HK) [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due from related parties | 7,420 | 7,488 |
Amounts due to related parties | 2,394 | 88 |
Purchases of materials | 4,180 | 6,331 | 32,440
Sales | 24,437 | 25,546 | 29,634
Immediate Holding Company [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due to related parties | 1,537 | 1,537 |
Siam Pacific Holding Company Limited [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due from related parties | 180 | 164 |
Amounts due to related parties | 1,362 | 1,362 |
Italian-Thai and affiliates [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due from related parties | 5,651 | 2,214 |
Sales | 6,203 | 3,058 | 3,030
Construction of factory building expenses and acquisition of assets |  | 285 | 2,605
Fujikura Limited [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due to related parties |  | 131 |
Purchases of products | 1,115 | 1,064 | $ 917
Others [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due to related parties | $ 23 | $ 65 |

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