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DERIVATIVES (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of fair values of derivative instruments on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets | Fair values of derivative instruments in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets follow:
|  | June 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Derivatives by hedge designation |  | Other Current Assets |  | Other Current Liabilities |  | Other Assets |  | Other Liabilities |  | Other Current Assets |  | Other Current Liabilities |  | Other Assets |  | Other Liabilities
Designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts |  | $ | 676 |  |  | $ | 514 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 647 |  |  | $ | 404 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Interest rate swap agreements |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,682 |  |  | 1,584 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 302 |  |  | 7,033 |
Not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts |  | 5,471 |  |  | 558 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 6,375 |  |  | 829 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total derivatives |  | $ | 6,147 |  |  | $ | 1,072 |  |  | $ | 2,682 |  |  | $ | 1,584 |  |  | $ | 7,022 |  |  | $ | 1,233 |  |  | $ | 302 |  |  | $ | 7,033 |
Schedule of effects of undesignated derivative instruments on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Income | The effects of undesignated derivative instruments on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income consisted of the following:
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
Derivatives by hedge designation |  | Classification of gain (loss) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Not designated as hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts |  | Selling, general & administrative expenses |  | $ | 1,010 |  |  | $ | (4,406 | ) |  | $ | 6,417 |  |  | $ | 4,249 |
Schedule of effects of designated hedges on AOCI and the entity's Consolidated Statements of Income | The effects of designated hedges on AOCI and the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income consisted of the following:
Total gain (loss) recognized in AOCI, net of tax |  | June 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Foreign exchange contracts |  | $ | 201 |  |  | $ | 173 |
Net investment contracts |  | 1,521 |  |  | 1,521 |
The Company expects a gain of $201 related to existing contracts to be reclassified from AOCI, net of tax, to earnings over the next 12 months as the hedged transactions are realized.
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
Derivative type |  | Gain (loss) recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income: |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Foreign exchange contracts |  | Sales |  | $ | 387 |  |  | $ | (37 | ) |  | $ | 775 |  |  | $ | 106 |
|  | Cost of goods sold |  | 152 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 249 |  |  | 53 |

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