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VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2018
SEC Schedule, 12-09, Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
SEC Schedule, 12-09, Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block] | SCHEDULE II – VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
|  | Year ended October 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Allowance for doubtful accounts (in thousands): |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance as of beginning of year |  |  | $3,006 |  |  |  | $3,159 |  |  |  | $2,038 |
Additions charged to costs and expenses |  | 492 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 390 |
Additions (credited) charged to other accounts (a) |  | (13 | ) |  | 298 |  |  | 973 |
Deductions (b) |  | (227 | ) |  | (458 | ) |  | (242 | )
Allowance as of end of year |  |  | $3,258 |  |  |  | $3,006 |  |  |  | $3,159 |
(a) | Principally additions from acquisitions and foreign currency translation adjustments.
(b) | Principally write-offs of uncollectible accounts receivable, net of recoveries.
|  | Year ended October 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Inventory valuation reserves (in thousands): |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserves as of beginning of year |  |  | $92,148 |  |  |  | $81,449 |  |  |  | $69,654 |
Additions charged to costs and expenses |  | 9,227 |  |  | 6,284 |  |  | 10,270 |
Additions charged to other accounts (a) |  | 1,270 |  |  | 6,264 |  |  | 6,268 |
Deductions (b) |  | (7,254 | ) |  | (1,849 | ) |  | (4,743 | )
Reserves as of end of year |  |  | $95,391 |  |  |  | $92,148 |  |  |  | $81,449 |
(a) | Principally additions from acquisitions and foreign currency translation adjustments.
(b) Principally write-offs of slow-moving, obsolete or damaged inventory.

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