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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Disclosure of accounts receivable | Details of accounts receivable are as follows:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Current trade receivables |  | $ | 187.9 |  |  | $ | 207.5 |
Past due trade receivables |  |  |  |  |
1-30 days |  | 52.1 |  |  | 56.8 |
31-60 days |  | 40.9 |  |  | 14.5 |
61-90 days |  | 15.6 |  |  | 13.0 |
Greater than 90 days |  | 69.9 |  |  | 56.4 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | (20.9 | ) |  | (14.5 | )
Total trade receivables |  | $ | 345.5 |  |  | $ | 333.7 |
Accrued receivables |  | 116.1 |  |  | 105.8 |
Receivables from related parties (Note 32) |  | 39.5 |  |  | 54.0 |
Other receivables |  | 67.3 |  |  | 54.9 |
Total accounts receivable |  | $ | 568.4 |  |  | $ | 548.4 |
Schedule of changes in allowance for doubtful accounts | Changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts are as follows:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts, beginning of year |  | $ | (14.5 | ) |  | $ | (15.7 | )
Additions |  | (13.6 | ) |  | (6.1 | )
Amounts charged off |  | 6.7 |  |  | 5.4 |
Unused amounts reversed |  | 1.5 |  |  | 1.4 |
Exchange differences |  | (1.0 | ) |  | 0.5 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts, end of year |  | $ | (20.9 | ) |  | $ | (14.5 | )

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