Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Sales	$ 267,850,899	$ 292,935,374	$ 256,614,328
Cost of goods sold	(129,125,489)	(180,614,710)	(157,325,418)
Gross profit	138,725,410	112,320,664	99,288,910
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	(102,990,356)	(78,988,475)	(99,276,220)
General and administrative	(21,594,465)	(26,018,366)	(21,306,074)
Goodwill and other intangible assets impairment		(1,012,410)	(1,437,005)
Total operating expenses	(124,584,821)	(106,019,251)	(122,019,299)
Other operating income (expense), net
Gain (loss) on disposal of property, plant and equipment and land use rights	4,329,473	(520,619)	(14,637)
Others	(27,678)	3,801,298	(536,753)
Other operating income (expense), net	4,301,795	3,280,679	(551,390)
Income (loss) from operations	18,442,384	9,582,092	(23,281,779)
Interest income	83,103	90,008	287,967
Interest and finance costs	(3,891,376)	(4,235,956)	(2,011,282)
Amortization of deferred debt issuance cost			(379,413)
Gain on deregistration of subsidiaries	180,077
Government subsidy (in Dollars)	10,435,291	9,205,157	21,709,399
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expenses and noncontrolling interests	25,249,479	14,641,301	(3,675,108)
Income tax (expenses) benefits	(4,062,969)	(10,010,427)	279,722
Income (loss) from continuing operations	21,186,510	4,630,874	(3,395,386)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		(5,705,228)	(6,499,869)
Net income (loss)	21,186,510	(1,074,354)	(9,895,255)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
Foreign currency translation adjustments	2,699,885	12,250,387	7,203,664
Change in fair value of available for sale investments	6,094	(28,178)	2,828
Disposal of Dairy Farms		(2,341,550)
Other comprehensive income	2,705,979	9,880,659	7,206,492
Comprehensive income	23,892,489	8,806,305	(2,688,763)
Comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interest	17,943	(13,799)	(21,719)
Comprehensive income attributable to common shareholders of Feihe International, Inc.	23,910,432	8,792,506	(2,710,482)
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(24,209)	(126,302)	311,384
Settlement of redeemable common stock		1,033,738
Accretion of redemption premium on redeemable common stock			(1,086,622)
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders of Feihe International, Inc.	$ 21,162,301	$ (166,918)	$ (10,670,493)
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.05	$ 0.26	$ (0.20)
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.05	$ 0.26	$ (0.20)
Basic (in Dollars per share)		$ (0.26)	$ (0.28)
Diluted (in Dollars per share)		$ (0.26)	$ (0.28)
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.05		$ (0.48)
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.05		$ (0.48)
Basic (in Shares)	19,756,559	19,688,551	19,647,844
Diluted (in Shares)	19,756,559	19,688,551	19,647,844
Common Class A [Member]
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.05	$ 0.26	$ (0.20)
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.05	$ 0.26	$ (0.20)
Basic (in Dollars per share)		$ (0.26)	$ (0.28)
Diluted (in Dollars per share)		$ (0.26)	$ (0.28)
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.05		$ (0.48)
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.05		$ (0.48)
Basic (in Shares)	19,756,559	19,688,551	19,647,844
Diluted (in Shares)	19,756,559	19,688,551	19,647,844
Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.46	$ 0.23	$ 0.21
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.46	$ 0.23	$ 0.21
Basic (in Dollars per share)		$ (0.26)	$ (0.28)
Diluted (in Dollars per share)		$ (0.26)	$ (0.28)
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.46	$ (0.03)	$ (0.07)
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.46	$ (0.03)	$ (0.07)
Basic (in Shares)	824,380	2,065,839	2,625,000
Diluted (in Shares)	824,380	2,065,839	2,625,000