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Foreign Operations
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Foreign Operations

NOTE G: FOREIGN OPERATIONS

A summary of the Company’s operations by geographic area is presented below for the years ended December 31:

 

     2013     2012     2011  
     (In thousands)  

Net sales to external customers

       

United States

    $ 87,504      $ 85,374      $ 81,856   

Canada

      26,434        28,147        26,339   

Operating income (loss)

       

United States

    $ 1,085      $ (459 )    $ 7   

Canada

      (1,122 )      (1,607 )      (582 ) 

Other

      99        (67 )      31   

Identifiable assets

       

United States

    $ 36,339      $ 38,341      $ 35,317   

Canada

      9,554        11,009        11,630   

Other

      351        309        789   

The Company has an equity investment in a corporation which conducts a business that is similar to the Company’s business, but in a much smaller scale, in Mexico. That investment, which is included in long-term assets on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, totaled approximately $982,000 and $935,000 at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The results of operation of this corporation are included in equity in the net earnings of unconsolidated affiliates in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.