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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Accounts Receivable, Net [Abstract]  
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

Accounts receivable comprised the following at December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

 
December 31, 2012

 
December 31, 2011

Unrelated customers
$
199,494

 
$
204,747

Less: allowance for bad debts and credit notes
(16,784
)
 
(13,555
)
Related parties
1,919

 
1,020

Less: allowance for bad debts and credit notes
(135
)
 
(55
)
Total accounts receivable
$
184,494

 
$
192,157



Bad debt expense for the year ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 was US$ 3.8 million and US$ 3.3 million, respectively. We had net bad debt recoveries of US$ 0.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2010.

At December 31, 2012, there were CZK 132.4 million (approximately US$ 6.9 million) (December 31, 2011: CZK 545.8 million, approximately US$ 28.6 million based on December 31, 2012 rates), of receivables subject to the factoring framework agreement (see Note 5, “Long-Term Debt and Other Financing Arrangements”).