Derivative Financial Instruments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

8. Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company offsets amounts of cash collateral deposited with counterparties arising from certain derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty against the fair value amounts reported for those derivative instruments. The effects of derivative instruments on our consolidated financial statements were as follows as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011(in thousands) (amounts presented exclude any income tax effects).

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments in Consolidated Balance Sheet

		Derivative Assets (Liabilities)
	Consolidated Balance Sheet Location	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
Derivative not designated as hedging instrument:
Commodity contract	Other current assets	$	—	$	(470	)
Cash collateral held or provided with counterparty	Other current assets		—		781
Total		$	—	$	311

Effects of Derivative Instruments on Income

		Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
Consolidated Statements of Operations Location		2012			2011		2012			2011
		gain (loss)			gain (loss)		gain (loss)			gain (loss)
Derivative not designated as hedging instrument:
Commodity contract	Net Sales	$	(592	)	$	—	$	(1,498	)	$	(532	)
Commodity contract	Cost of Goods Sold		(1,365	)		—		(1,886	)		—
	Net amount recognized in earnings	$	(1,957	)	$	—	$	(3,384	)	$	(532	)

In accordance with these provisions, we have categorized our financial assets and liabilities, based on the priority of the inputs to the valuation technique, into a three-level fair value hierarchy as set forth below. If the inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities recorded on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets are categorized based on the inputs to the valuation techniques as follows:

Level 1 — Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date. As of September 30, 2012, we do not have any Level 1 financial assets or liabilities.

Level 2 — Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on quoted prices in markets where trading occurs infrequently or whose values are based on quoted prices of instruments with similar attributes in active markets. Level 2 inputs include the following:

· Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets (examples include corporate and municipal bonds which trade infrequently);

· Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability (examples include interest rate and currency swaps); and

· Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the asset or liability (examples include certain securities and derivatives).

See tables above for Level 2 financial assets and liabilities.

Level 3 — Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. These inputs reflect management’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in pricing the asset or liability. As of September 30, 2012, we do not have any Level 3 financial assets or liabilities.

There were no transfers between the various financial asset and liability levels during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.