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VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS [Abstract] |
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | ﻿ SCHEDULE II ﻿ PRICESMART, INC. ﻿ VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (amounts in thousands) ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ ﻿
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﻿ |  | Balance at |  |  |  | Charged to |  |  |  |  | Balance at
﻿ |  | Beginning |  | Aeropost |  | Costs and |  |  |  |  | End of
﻿ |  | of Period |  | Acquisition |  | Expenses |  | Deductions |  | Period
﻿Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Year ended August 31, 2016 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 25 |  | $ | (18) |  | $ | 7
﻿Year ended August 31, 2017 |  | $ | 7 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 9 |  | $ | (9) |  | $ | 7
﻿Year ended August 31, 2018 |  | $ | 7 |  | $ | 452 |  | $ | 114 |  | $ | (476) |  | $ | 97

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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 FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369 + Details
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