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ROYALTY EXPENSE | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Royalty Expense [Abstract] |
ROYALTY EXPENSE | ROYALTY EXPENSE The Company has a trademark license agreement with Goodyear to manufacture and sell certain tires in North America and Latin America under the Goodyear name. The North American and Latin American farm tire royalties were prepaid for seven years as part of the 2011 Goodyear Latin American farm tire acquisition. In May 2012, the Company and Goodyear entered into an agreement under which Titan will sell certain non-farm tire products directly to third party customers and pay a royalty to Goodyear. Royalty expenses recorded were $3.7 million and $3.9 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Royalty expenses were $11.2 million and $11.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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