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

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Segment Information (Details)

Segment Information (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 item	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment information
Number of business segments	4us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	$ 83,878us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 93,467us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Contribution margin:
Total contribution margin	31,660natr_ContributionMargin	35,993natr_ContributionMargin
Selling, general and administrative	26,330	29,152
Operating income	5,330us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	6,841us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Other income (expense)	(318)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(262)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before provision (benefit) for income taxes	5,012	6,579
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization	996	1,237
Assets:
Total Assets	198,297us-gaap_Assets		196,799us-gaap_Assets
Property, plant and equipment
Total property, plant and equipment	56,939us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet		51,343us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
United States
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	38,522	37,615
Property, plant and equipment
Total property, plant and equipment	53,856		48,013
Other
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	33,276	43,481
Property, plant and equipment
Total property, plant and equipment	3,083		3,330
South Korea (Synergy)
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	12,080	12,371
NSP Americas
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	46,510	46,366
Contribution margin:
Total contribution margin	19,520	19,071
NSP Americas \| General health
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	20,032	19,366
NSP Americas \| Immune
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	6,217	5,959
NSP Americas \| Cardiovascular
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	3,101	3,354
NSP Americas \| Digestive
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	13,365	13,693
NSP Americas \| Personal care
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	970	1,021
NSP Americas \| Weight management
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	2,825	2,973
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	7,443	15,037
Contribution margin:
Total contribution margin	2,596	5,396
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe \| General health
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	2,879	5,545
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe \| Immune
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	913	1,968
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe \| Cardiovascular
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	453	938
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe \| Digestive
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	1,970	3,947
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe \| Personal care
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	882	1,868
NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe \| Weight management
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	346	771
Synergy WorldWide
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	28,768	30,043
Contribution margin:
Total contribution margin	9,048	10,653
Synergy WorldWide \| General health
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	10,137	10,753
Synergy WorldWide \| Immune
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	233	211
Synergy WorldWide \| Cardiovascular
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	8,881	10,444
Synergy WorldWide \| Digestive
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	4,594	5,017
Synergy WorldWide \| Personal care
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	1,612	1,736
Synergy WorldWide \| Weight management
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	3,311	1,882
China and New Markets
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	1,157	2,021
Contribution margin:
Total contribution margin	496	873
China and New Markets \| General health
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	531	800
China and New Markets \| Immune
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	158	282
China and New Markets \| Cardiovascular
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	81	136
China and New Markets \| Digestive
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	290	550
China and New Markets \| Personal care
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	27	31
China and New Markets \| Weight management
Net sales revenue:
Total net sales revenue	$ 70	$ 222
Nature's Sunshine Products
Segment information
Number of business segments	2