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Segment Information | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Segment Information |
Segment Information | Note 8 - Segment Information We have two reporting segments: Biological Indicators and Instruments. The following tables set forth our segment information (in thousands):
|  | Three months ended September 30, 2013 |  | Three months ended September 30, 2012 |
|  | Biological Indicators |  | Instruments |  | Total |  | Biological Indicators |  | Instruments |  | Total |
Revenues |  | $ | 6,010 |  | $ | 6,666 |  | $ | 12,676 |  | $ | 5,320 |  | $ | 6,386 |  | $ | 11,706 |
Gross profit |  | $ | 3,482 |  | $ | 4,118 |  | $ | 7,600 |  | $ | 3,063 |  | $ | 4,185 |  | $ | 7,248 |
Selling expenses |  | 556 |  | 863 |  | 1,419 |  | 414 |  | 658 |  | 1,072 |
|  | $ | 2,926 |  | $ | 3,255 |  | 6,181 |  | $ | 2,649 |  | $ | 3,527 |  | 6,176 |
Reconciling items (1) |  |  |  |  |  | (3,243 | ) |  |  |  |  | (2,724 | )
Earnings before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,938 |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 3,452 |
|  | Six months ended September 30, 2013 |  | Six months ended September 30, 2012 |
|  | Biological Indicators |  | Instruments |  | Total |  | Biological Indicators |  | Instruments |  | Total |
Revenues |  | $ | 10,864 |  | $ | 13,030 |  | $ | 23,894 |  | $ | 10,438 |  | $ | 11,828 |  | $ | 22,266 |
Gross profit |  | $ | 6,043 |  | $ | 8,354 |  | $ | 14,397 |  | $ | 5,956 |  | $ | 7,748 |  | $ | 13,704 |
Selling expenses |  | 946 |  | 1,556 |  | 2,502 |  | 780 |  | 1,294 |  | 2,074 |
|  | $ | 5,097 |  | $ | 6,798 |  | 11,895 |  | $ | 5,176 |  | $ | 6,454 |  | 11,630 |
Reconciling items (1) |  |  |  |  |  | (5,942 | ) |  |  |  |  | (4,992 | )
Earnings before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 5,953 |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 6,638 |
(1) Reconciling items include general and administrative, research and development, and other expenses.
|  | September 30, 2013 |  | March 31, 2013 |
Total assets |  |  |  |  |
Biological Indicators |  | $ | 24,479 |  | $ | 27,558 |
Instruments |  | 35,887 |  | 31,782 |
Corporate and administrative |  | 5,421 |  | 6,579 |
|  | $ | 65,787 |  | $ | 65,919 |
All long-lived assets are located in the United States. Revenues from external customers are attributed to individual countries based upon locations to which the product is shipped or exported, as follows (in thousands):
|  | Three months ended September 30, |  | Six months ended September 30, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Net revenues from unaffiliated customers: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 7,794 |  | $ | 7,121 |  | $ | 13,824 |  | $ | 13,491 |
Foreign |  | 4,882 |  | 4,585 |  | 10,070 |  | 8,775 |
|  | $ | 12,676 |  | $ | 11,706 |  | $ | 23,894 |  | $ | 22,266 |
No foreign country exceeds 10% of total revenues.

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