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Inventories

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2011

Inventories

Inventories

3. Inventories

Net inventories consist of:

		March 31,
		2011				2010
Raw materials		$	92,928			$	66,288
Work-in-process			100,261				80,397
Finished goods			141,814				107,686
Total		$	335,003			$	254,371

Inventory reserves for obsolescence and other estimated losses, mainly relating to finished goods, were $15,052 and $11,678 at March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and have been included in the net amounts shown above.

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This element represents the complete disclosure related to inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher AICPA
-Name Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB)
-Number 43
-Chapter 3
-Section A
-Paragraph 9

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 6
-Subparagraph a, b, c
-Article 5

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