Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

OPERATING BUSINESS SEGMENT AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATION INFORMATION (Details)

OPERATING BUSINESS SEGMENT AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATION INFORMATION (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012 item	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Segment information
Number of business segments									3
Number of operating business segments									2
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	$ 90,377	$ 91,232	$ 92,991	$ 92,868	$ 92,056	$ 91,102	$ 91,811	$ 92,844	$ 367,468	$ 367,813	$ 349,918
Contribution margin:
Total contribution margin		35,250	37,204	35,848	36,898	36,614	36,575	35,249	140,877	144,521	130,287
Selling, general and administrative	27,719	26,228	26,530	26,384	27,086	26,767	28,329	27,424	106,861	109,606	119,024
Contract termination costs						14,750				14,750
Operating Income (Loss):
Total operating income	5,826	8,705	10,311	9,174	9,597	(5,105)	8,052	7,621	34,016	20,165	11,263
Other Income, net	1,639	(214)	165	(110)	798	1,204	(420)	265	1,480	1,847	2,727
Income before provision for income taxes	7,465	8,491	10,476	9,064	10,395	(3,901)	7,632	7,886	35,496	22,012	13,990
Capital Expenditures:
Total capital expenditures									6,779	2,242	2,677
Depreciation and Amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization									4,078	4,362	4,254
Assets:
Total Assets	193,919				175,811				193,919	175,811
Property, plant and equipment:
Total property, plant and equipment	27,950				25,137				27,950	25,137
Number of historical operating segments									2
Number of operating segments reevaluated									3
United States
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									154,716	159,471	156,767
Property, plant and equipment:
Total property, plant and equipment	20,923				18,119				20,923	18,119
Other
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									212,752	208,342	193,151
Property, plant and equipment:
Total property, plant and equipment	3,492				3,079				3,492	3,079
Venezuela
Property, plant and equipment:
Total property, plant and equipment	3,535				3,939				3,535	3,939
NSP Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									208,945	216,912	225,213
Contribution margin:
Total contribution margin									82,778	86,004	86,570
Capital Expenditures:
Total capital expenditures									5,684	993	1,898
Depreciation and Amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization									3,339	3,827	3,721
Assets:
Total Assets	136,237				124,483				136,237	124,483
NSP Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe \| Herbal Products
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									118,211	121,907	118,531
NSP Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe \| Vitamin, Mineral and Other Nutritional Supplements
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									80,567	81,974	91,852
NSP Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe \| Personal Care Products
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									6,150	7,503	7,924
NSP Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe \| Other Products
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									4,017	5,528	6,906
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									57,853	56,986	56,141
Contribution margin:
Total contribution margin									21,957	22,374	20,755
Capital Expenditures:
Total capital expenditures									44	66
Depreciation and Amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization									36	43	23
Assets:
Total Assets	8,558				9,030				8,558	9,030
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe \| Herbal Products
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									25,311	25,120	26,867
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe \| Vitamin, Mineral and Other Nutritional Supplements
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									26,147	24,202	24,416
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe \| Personal Care Products
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									6,203	7,479	4,638
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe \| Other Products
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									192	185	220
Synergy WorldWide
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									100,670	93,915	68,564
Contribution margin:
Total contribution margin									36,142	36,143	22,962
Capital Expenditures:
Total capital expenditures									1,051	1,183	779
Depreciation and Amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization									703	492	510
Assets:
Total Assets	49,124				42,298				49,124	42,298
Synergy WorldWide \| Herbal Products
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									39,607	33,563	28,045
Synergy WorldWide \| Vitamin, Mineral and Other Nutritional Supplements
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									54,128	50,936	32,296
Synergy WorldWide \| Personal Care Products
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									5,350	7,526	6,542
Synergy WorldWide \| Other Products
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue									$ 1,585	$ 1,890	$ 1,681