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Accounts Receivable (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Reserves for sales discounts
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]
Reserves for sales discounts on products shipped under promotional programs	$ 16,807	$ 18,123

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Amount of valuation and qualifying accounts and reserves.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-09)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690

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