Comprehensive Income (Loss)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Equity [Abstract]
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	12. Comprehensive Income (Loss) — Total comprehensive income (loss) includes, in addition to net income, changes in equity that are excluded from the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and are recorded directly into a separate section of stockholders’ equity on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. For the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2021, and 2020, total comprehensive income (loss) consisted of net income attributable to American Vanguard and foreign currency translation adjustments.

The entire disclosure for comprehensive income, which includes, but is not limited to, 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income.

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