Income Taxes - Components of income tax and deferred tax (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 29, 2016	Feb. 28, 2015
Undistributed earnings of foreign operations	$ 62,100
Deferred tax liability for remittance of earnings	0
Components of income (loss) before income tax expense
U.S.	15,051	$ 30,874	$ 34,876
Non-U.S.	134,838	88,944	112,338
Income before income taxes	149,889	119,818	147,214
U.S.
Current	16,744	12,824	18,525
Deferred	(10,230)	(1,239)	(3,014)
U.S.	6,514	11,585	15,511
Non-U.S.
Current	(290)	4,919	(645)
Deferred	2,976	2,086	1,184
Non-U.S.	2,686	7,005	539
Total	$ 9,200	$ 18,590	$ 16,050
Effective income tax rate reconciliation
Expected effective income tax rate at the U.S. statutory rate (as a percent)	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Impact of U.S. state income taxes (as a percent)	0.30%	0.50%	0.60%
Effect of zero tax rate in Macau (as a percent)	(20.90%)	(19.30%)	(12.40%)
Effect of statutory tax rate in Barbados (as a percent)	(7.60%)	(6.80%)	(11.70%)
Effect of statutory tax rate in Switzerland (as a percent)	(3.80%)	(5.70%)	(2.90%)
Effect of income from non-U.S. operations subject to varying rates (as a percent)	2.20%	4.10%	0.90%
Effect of foreign exchange fluctuations (as a percent)	0.50%	3.30%	0.40%
Effect of asset impairment charges (as a percent)	0.40%	1.10%	1.60%
Other items	0.00%	3.30%	(0.60%)
Effective income tax rate (as a percent)	6.10%	15.50%	10.90%
Deferred tax assets, gross:
Operating loss carryforwards	$ 16,799	$ 15,419
Accounts receivable	7,375	6,332
Inventories	11,057	10,372
Accrued expenses and other	12,007	10,783
Total gross deferred tax assets	47,238	42,906
Valuation allowance	(17,600)	(16,223)
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation and amortization	(47,774)	(51,562)
Total deferred tax liabilities, net	(18,136)	(24,879)
Net increase in valuation allowance	1,400
Goodwill deductible for tax purposes	113,000	$ 133,100
Estimated tax deduction for goodwill for next fiscal year	$ 20,200
Maximum
Deferred tax liabilities:
Remaining amortization period of tax deductible goodwill	12 years

The component of total income tax expense for the period comprised of the aggregate of the increase (decrease) during the period in the entity's (i) domestic deferred tax assets and liabilities attributable to continuing operations as determined by applying the provisions of the federally enacted tax law and (ii) state and local deferred tax assets and liabilities attributable to continuing operations as determined by applying the provisions of the applicable enacted tax laws.

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