Business segment information (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Total property, plant and equipment	$ 9,439	$ 9,591
HONG KONG
Total property, plant and equipment	797	845
The PRC
Total property, plant and equipment	$ 8,642	$ 8,746

Amount of increase (decrease) in accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization of property, plant and equipment.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229

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