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ROYALTY EXPENSE | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Royalty Expense [Abstract] |
ROYALTY EXPENSE | ROYALTY EXPENSE The Company has a trademark license agreement with Goodyear to manufacture and sell certain off-highway tires in North America and Latin America under the Goodyear name. The North American and Latin American royalties were prepaid for seven years as a part of the 2011 Goodyear Latin American farm tire acquisition. Royalty expenses recorded were $2.3 million and $2.9 million for the first quarter of 2012 and 2011, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure of the nature of royalty expense due to a trademark license agreement to manufacture and sell products under another brand name. + References No definition available. + Details
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