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Note 13 - Fair Value Measurements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Notes to Financial Statements  
Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]
(13)     Fair Value Measurements
 
U.S. GAAP establishes a valuation hierarchy for disclosure of the inputs to the valuations used to measure fair value. This hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three broad levels as follows: Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; Level 2 inputs are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, including interest rates, yield curves and credit risks, or inputs that are derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data through correlation; Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs based on the Company’s assumptions used to measure assets and liabilities at fair value. A financial asset or liability’s classification within the hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
 
The following table provides the assets and liabilities carried at fair value, measured on a recurring basis, as of December 31, 2014. The amounts were immaterial at December 31, 2015.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2014 using:
 
Description
 
Total
 
 
Level 1
 
 
Level 2
 
 
Level 3
 
                                 
Foreign currency forwards, liabilities
  $ (102 )   $ -     $ (102 )   $ -  
Interest rate swap, liabilities
    (304 )     -       (304 )     -  
Total
  $ (406 )   $ -     $ (406 )   $ -  
 
 
The fair value of the interest rate swap was estimated based on the present value of the difference between expected cash flows calculated at the contracted interest rate and the expected cash flows at current market interest rates using observable benchmarks for the LIBOR forward rates at the end of the period. The Company’s credit risk and its counterparties’ credit risks are also evaluated to estimate fair value
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The Company’s foreign currency forward contracts are measured at fair value using observable market inputs such as forward rates, the Company’s credit risk and its counterparties’ credit risks. Based on the Company’s continued ability to enter into forward contracts, the Company considers the markets for its fair value instruments to be active.
 
Based on these inputs, the Company’s interest rate swap and foreign currency forward contracts are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.
 
The Company’s financial instruments also include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivables and accounts payables. The carrying amount of these instruments approximates fair value because of their short-term nature. The carrying amount of the Company’s long-term debt approximates fair value because the debt is based on current rates at which the Company could borrow funds with similar maturities.
 
Refer to Note 12 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for further disclosures on the Company’s financial instruments.