9. INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

	Years Ended December 31,
	2015			2014		2013
Federal:
Current	$	2,656,870		$	3,656,356	$	2,540,701
Deferred		287,755			848,666		778,213
Total Federal		2,944,625			4,505,022		3,318,914
State & local:
Current		81,433			203,144		109,254
Deferred		86,863			140,552		(29,619	)
Total State & local		168,296			343,696		79,635
Foreign
Current		13,391			46,911		42,450
Deferred		(41,969	)		255		1,769
Total Foreign		(28,578	)		47,166		44,219
Total	$	3,084,343		$	4,895,884	$	3,442,768

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	Years Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Expected expense at statutory rate	$	3,404,159		$	5,147,234		$	3,775,418
Increase (decrease) in income taxes resulting from:
Exempt income from Dominican Republic operations due to tax holiday		(2,816,963	)		(3,477,301	)		(1,871,847	)
Tax on repatriated earnings from Dominican Republic operations		2,556,940			3,090,036			1,592,238
Impact of Canadian deemed dividend		-			12,703			9,712
State and local income taxes		67,886			284,838			45,948
Section 199 manufacturing deduction		(194,498	)		(135,690	)		(51,396	)
Meals and entertainment		98,082			91,475			76,465
Nondeductible penalties		5,998			1,563			1,500
Provision to return filing adjustments and other		(37,261	)		(118,974	)		(135,270	)
Total	$	3,084,343		$	4,895,884		$	3,442,768

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2015			2014
Deferred tax assets:
Asset valuation allowances and accrued expenses	$	510,798		$	776,416
Inventories		563,815			705,028
State and local income taxes		425,179			394,776
Pension and deferred compensation		72,004			80,969
Net operating losses		650,620			575,702
Total deferred tax assets		2,222,416			2,532,891
Valuation allowances		(569,459	)		(569,881	)
Total deferred tax assets		1,652,957			1,963,010
Deferred tax liabilities:
Fixed assets		(1,655,838	)		(1,736,042	)
Intangible assets		(11,185,988	)		(11,001,289	)
Other assets		(400,651	)		(482,549	)
Tollgate tax on Lifestyle earnings		(379,271	)		(379,271	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(13,621,748	)		(13,599,151	)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(11,968,791	)	$	(11,636,141	)
Deferred income taxes - current	$	1,031,818		$	1,291,907
Deferred income taxes - non-current		(13,000,609	)		(12,928,048	)
	$	(11,968,791	)	$	(11,636,141	)