Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Revenues:
Product Sales	$ 8,463,806	$ 9,521,593
Revenue from freight	5,957	18,958
Total revenue	8,469,763	9,540,551
Cost of revenues	5,185,179	5,865,663
Gross profit	3,284,584	3,674,888
Operating expenses
Selling, general and administrative	4,020,178	3,335,662
Research and development	178,189	184,481
Bad debt	(10,000)
Total operating expenses	4,188,367	3,520,143
Income (loss) from operations	(903,783)	154,745
Other income (expense)
Other income	25,146	5,615
Other expense	(215)	(8,098)
Investment income	20,577	18,152
Interest expense - intrinsic value of convertible debt, amortization of debt offering costs and amortization of debt discount	(18,333)	(191,220)
Interest expense	(187,198)	(230,144)
Total other income (expense), net	(160,023)	(405,695)
(Loss) before taxes	(1,063,806)	(250,950)
Provision for taxes	7,956	7,458
Consolidated Net (loss) from continuing operations	(1,071,762)	(258,408)
Profit from discontinued operations
(Loss) from discontinued operations		(136,238)
Gain on debt extinguishments in discontinued operations		475,689
Net profit from discontinued operations		339,451
Consolidated Net profit (loss)	(1,071,762)	81,043
Less: Net profit from discontinued operations - noncontrolling interest		174,566
Net (loss) allocable to common stockholders	$ (1,071,762)	$ (93,523)
Basic and diluted (loss) per common share from continuing operations	$ (0.13)	$ (0.04)
Basic and diluted profit per common share from discontinued operations - attributable to CUI Global, Inc.		$ 0.02
Basic and diluted (loss) per common share	$ (0.13)	$ (0.01)
Basic and diluted weighted average common and common equivalents shares outstanding	8,439,629	7,137,974