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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Annual Rates of Depreciation | Annual rates of depreciation are as follows:
Land | 1%
Building | 2%
Machinery and equipment | 10% - 33%
Computer equipment and software | 20% - 33%
Office furniture and equipment | 6% - 20%
Automobiles | 15%
Schedule of Deferred Revenue in Consolidated Balance Sheets | These amounts are recorded as deferred revenue in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2018 |
|  | U.S. Dollars (in thousands) |
Beginning of year |  |  | 1,037 |
Deferral of revenue |  |  | 1,764 |
Recognition of deferred revenue |  |  | (977 | )
Balance at end of year |  |  | 1,824

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