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CHANGES IN BUSINESS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Financial information for discontinued operations | The major classes of line items constituting earnings (loss) from discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of earnings are presented in the table below.
|  | Year Ended August 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Net sales |  | $ | 304,650 |  |  | $ | 1,155,046 |  |  | $ | 1,055,872 |
Costs and expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost of goods sold |  | 276,184 |  |  | 1,089,837 |  |  | 991,076 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses |  | 25,317 |  |  | 75,153 |  |  | 74,274 |
Interest expense |  | (86 | ) |  | (104 | ) |  | (742 | )
Earnings (loss) before income taxes |  | 3,235 |  |  | (9,840 | ) |  | (8,736 | )
Income taxes (benefit) |  | (34 | ) |  | (5,997 | ) |  | (1,497 | )
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations |  | $ | 3,269 |  |  | $ | (3,843 | ) |  | $ | (7,239 | )
Components of assets and liabilities of businesses held for sale | As a result of the exit of the International Marketing and Distribution segment and the sale of the Company's structural steel fabrication operations, the assets and liabilities related to such operations have been classified as assets and liabilities of businesses held for sale and discontinued operations at August 31, 2017 on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, and consisted of the following:
|  | Year Ended August 31, 2017
(in thousands) |  | Businesses Held for Sale* |  | Discontinued Operations |  | Total
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable |  | $ | 38,279 |  |  | $ | 106,905 |  |  | $ | 145,184 |
Inventories |  | 10,676 |  |  | 141,135 |  |  | 151,811 |
Other current assets |  | 77 |  |  | 38 |  |  | 115 |
Assets of businesses held for sale and discontinued operations |  | 49,032 |  |  | 248,078 |  |  | 297,110 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts payable-trade |  | $ | 13,108 |  |  | $ | 42,563 |  |  | $ | 55,671 |
Accrued expenses and other payables |  | 16,785 |  |  | 15,372 |  |  | 32,157 |
Liabilities of businesses held for sale and discontinued operations |  | $ | 29,893 |  |  | $ | 57,935 |  |  | $ | 87,828 |
* At August 31, 2017, $8.8 million of property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization, was included in other noncurrent assets on the consolidated balance sheets.

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