Concentrations and Credit Risk (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

SCHEDULE OF REVENUE BY MAJOR CUSTOMERS BY REPORTING SEGMENTS [Table Text Block]

		Year ended			Three months ended			Year ended
		September 30, 2016			December 31, 2016			December 31, 2017
Customer A	$	3,574,273	34.47%	$	*	*	$	*	*
Customer B		2,442,816	23.56%		*	*		*	*
Customer C (Tianjin New Energy)		*	*		2,352,577	67.21%		*	*
Customer D		*	*		559,646	15.99%		12,869,446	22.05%
Customer E		*	*		*	*		29,837,878	38.15%

SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE BY MAJOR CUSTOMER [Table Text Block]

		September 30, 2016			December 31, 2016			December 31, 2017
Customer A	$	1,529,703	64.21%	$	1,286,206	52.11%	$	*	*
Customer D		*	*		857,180	34.73%		*	*
Customer E		*	*		*	*		23,835,201	62.08%
Customer F		*	*		*	*		4,855,518	12.65%
Customer G		*	*		*	*		4,664,285	12.15%

SCHEDULE OF TRANSACTIONS WITH THE FORMER SUBSIDIARIES [Table Text Block]

		September 30, 2016		December 31, 2016		December 31, 2017
Purchase of inventories from
BAK Tianjin	$	2,743,618	$	-	$	126,567
Shenzhen BAK		5,565,461		1,547,424		27,903,206
Sales of finished goods to
BAK Tianjin		636,331		7,296		141,117
Shenzhen BAK		102,322		30,601		61,961
Tianjin BAK New Energy (Note 14)		-		2,352,577		-
Zhengzhou BAK Battery Co., Ltd*		576		2,693		29,867
Sales of raw materials to
Shenzhen BAK	$	836,425	$	-	$	-