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Direct import sales are made in larger quantities than&#13;domestic sales, typically full containers. Direct import sales represented approximately 13% and 10% of the Company&amp;#146;s total&#13;net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;The chief operating decision maker evaluates the performance of&#13;each operating segment based on segment revenues and operating income. Segment amounts are presented after converting to U.S. dollars&#13;and consolidating eliminations.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Financial data by segment:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 9pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 9pt"&gt;(in thousands)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="font-weight: bold"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center"&gt;Three months ended &lt;br /&gt;&#13;March 31&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;Sales to external customers:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2016&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2015&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 20pt"&gt;United States&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 2%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14%; text-align: right"&gt;22,526&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 2%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14%; text-align: right"&gt;20,134&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-left: 20pt"&gt;Canada&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;1,389&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;1,244&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 20pt"&gt;Europe&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;1,373&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;1,459&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-left: 20pt"&gt;Consolidated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: right"&gt;25,288&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: right"&gt;22,837&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Operating income:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20pt"&gt;United States&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;945&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;971&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-left: 20pt"&gt;Canada&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;32&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;(108&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 20pt"&gt;Europe&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(22&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(36&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-left: 20pt"&gt;Consolidated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: right"&gt;955&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: right"&gt;827&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20pt"&gt;Interest expense, net&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;184&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;130&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 20pt"&gt;Other (income) expense, net&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(38&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;76&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-left: 20pt"&gt;Consolidated income before income taxes&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: right"&gt;809&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: right"&gt;621&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;/table&gt;&#13;&#13;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="font-weight: bold"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center"&gt;March 31&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="font-weight: bold"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13; 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text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 2%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14%; text-align: right"&gt;73,688&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-left: 20pt"&gt;Canada&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;4,295&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;3,709&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 20pt"&gt;Europe&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13; 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    <us-gaap:BasisOfPresentationAndSignificantAccountingPoliciesTextBlock contextRef="From2016-01-01to2016-03-31">&lt;p style="font: bold 10pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;Note 1 &amp;#151; Basis of Presentation&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: bold 10pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in"&gt;In the opinion of management,&#13;the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial&#13;position, results of operations and cash flows of Acme United Corporation (the &amp;#147;Company&amp;#148;). These adjustments are of&#13;a normal, recurring nature. However, the financial statements do not include all of the disclosures normally required by accounting&#13;principles generally accepted in the United States of America or those normally made in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K.&#13;Please refer to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 for such disclosures. The condensed&#13;consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2015 was derived from the audited consolidated balance sheet as of that date. The&#13;results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. The information&#13;included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with Management&amp;#146;s Discussion and Analysis of&#13;Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the financial statements and notes thereto, included in the Company&amp;#146;s 2015&#13;Annual Report on Form 10-K.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in"&gt;The Company has evaluated&#13;events and transactions subsequent to March 31, 2016 and through the date these condensed consolidated financial statements were&#13;included in this Form&amp;#160;10-Q and filed with the SEC.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;</us-gaap:BasisOfPresentationAndSignificantAccountingPoliciesTextBlock>
    <us-gaap:CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTextBlock contextRef="From2016-01-01to2016-03-31">&lt;p style="font: bold 10pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;Note 2 &amp;#151; Contingencies&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: bold 10pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left"&gt;The Company is involved from time to time&#13;in disputes and other litigation in the ordinary course of business and may encounter other contingencies, which may include environmental&#13;and other matters. There are no pending material legal proceedings to which the registrant is a party, or, to the actual knowledge&#13;of the Company, contemplated by any governmental authority.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left"&gt;In 2014, the Company sold its Fremont, NC distribution&#13;facility for $850,000 in cash. Under the terms of the sale agreement, the Company is responsible to remediate any environmental&#13;contamination on the property. In conjunction with the sale of the property, the Company recorded a liability of $300,000 in the&#13;second quarter of 2014, related to the remediation of the property. 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