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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details 3) (Net sales revenue, Customer concentration risk)	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2014	Feb. 28, 2013	Feb. 29, 2012
Largest customer
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Percentage of net sales revenue in foreign currencies	19.00%	19.00%	20.00%
Largest customer | United States
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Percentage of sales from largest customer that were within the U.S.	92.00%	91.00%	93.00%
Second largest customer | United States
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Percentage of net sales revenue in foreign currencies	11.00%	11.00%	11.00%

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Percentage of revenues from customer that are generated within the United States.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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