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Note 1 - Business Information (Details Textual)	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2019	Jan. 31, 2018
Number of Reportable Segments	1
Foreign Sales	61.00%	59.50%

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Foreign sales - or foreign customers

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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