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Accounts Receivable Discount Programs
 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Accounts Receivable Discount Programs [Abstract]  
Accounts Receivable Discount Programs
12. Accounts Receivable Discount Programs

The Company uses receivable discount programs with certain customers and their respective banks. Under these programs, the Company may sell those customers’ receivables to those banks at a discount to be agreed upon at the time the receivables are sold. These discount arrangements allow the Company to accelerate receipt of payment on customers’ receivables.
 
The following is a summary of the Company’s accounts receivable discount programs:

  
Years Ended March 31,
 
  
2018
  
2017
 
       
Receivables discounted
 
$
357,224,000
  
$
352,369,000
 
Weighted average days
  
340
   
342
 
Weighted average discount rate
  
3.3
%
  
2.9
%
Amount of discount as interest expense
 
$
11,182,000
  
$
9,724,000