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Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 01, 2011
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block] | The financial statement Schedule II-VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS is filed as part of this Form 10-K. SANMINA-SCI CORPORATION SCHEDULE II-VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
| Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Charged (Credited) to Operations |  | Charges Utilized |  | Balance at End of Period
| (In thousands)
Allowances for Doubtful Accounts, Product Returns and Other Net Sales adjustments |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fiscal year ended October 3, 2009 | $ | 14,934 |  |  | $ | (1,133 | ) |  | $ | (379 | ) |  | $ | 13,422 |
Fiscal year ended October 2, 2010 | $ | 13,422 |  |  | $ | 3,571 |  |  | $ | (241 | ) |  | $ | 16,752 |
Fiscal year ended October 1, 2011 | $ | 16,752 |  |  | $ | (1,187 | ) |  | $ | (1,028 | ) |  | $ | 14,537 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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