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VAT TAX ISSUE IN BRAZIL (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2014
Vat Tax Issues Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Value Added Tax Claims [Table Text Block] | A table summarizing all five different VAT claims and their status is listed below:
|  |  |  | Interest & |  |  |  | Approximate |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Principle |  | Penalty |  | Total |  | for Totals |  | Loss Possibility |  | Strategy |  | Collateral |
|  | R$ |  | R$ |  | R$ |  | US $ |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | 305,897 |  |  | 491,272 |  |  | 797,168 |  |  | 362,000 |  | Remote |  | To wait Judicial Process |  | New Land |
|  |  | 573,457 |  |  | 1,098,475 |  |  | 1,671,932 |  |  | 760,000 |  | Remote |  | To wait Judicial Process |  | Plant |
|  |  | 6,209,836 |  |  | 6,653,586 |  |  | 12,863,422 |  |  | 5,847,000 |  | Probable |  | To wait Judicial Process and offer Judicial Deposit (approx. 3% net sales) |  | - |
|  |  | 402,071 |  |  | 770,133 |  |  | 1,172,204 |  |  | 533,000 |  | Remote |  | To wait Judicial Process |  | New Land |
|  |  | 285,009 |  |  | 249,140 |  |  | 534,149 |  |  | 243,000 |  | Loss Agreed |  | *Accept State Amnesty (8 installments, approx. BRL 42K) |  | - |
|  |  | 7,776,270 |  |  | 9,262,605 |  |  | 17,038,875 |  |  | 7,745,000 |  |  |  | *After State Amnesty Accepted |  |  |
|  |  | PRINCIPAL |  |  | INTEREST |  |  | TOTAL |  |  |  |  | State Requirements |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | 285,009 |  |  | 15,626 |  |  | 334,835 |  |  |  |  | 8 Installments representing accepted amnesty per above |  |  |  |  |
Total |  |  | 285,009 |  |  | 15,626 |  |  | 334,835 |  |  | 152,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule Of Value Added Tax [Table Text Block] | The foregoing forms the basis for the US$1.6 million charge to expense recorded by Lakeland in the first quarter of fiscal 2011.
|  | BRL (millions) |  | US (millions) |
Foreign exchange rate (at the time recorded |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.82 |  |  | 1.82 |  |  | 1.82 |
|  | Total Paid |  |  |  |  |  | Total Paid Or |  |  |  |  |
|  | Or To Be |  |  |  |  |  | To Be Paid |  |  |  |  |
|  | Paid Into |  |  |  |  |  | Into |  |  |  |  |
|  | Government |  |  |  |  |  | Government |  |  |  |  |
|  | Under |  | Total Not |  |  |  | Under |  | Total Not |  |  |
|  | Amnesty |  | Available |  | Available |  | Amnesty |  | Available |  | Available For |
|  | Program |  | For Credit1 |  | For Credit2 |  | Program |  | For Credit¹ |  | Credit2 |
Original claim 2004-2006 |  |  | 3.5 |  |  | 1.4 |  |  | 2.1 |  |  | 1.9 |  |  | 0.8 |  |  | 1.1 |
Second claim |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Preacquisition 2007-April 2008 |  |  | 2.4 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | 1.4 |  |  | 1.3 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.8 |
Postacquisition May 2008 - April 2009 |  |  | 3.3 |  |  | 1.4 |  |  | 1.9 |  |  | 1.8 |  |  | 0.8 |  |  | 1.0 |
Totals |  |  | 9.2 |  |  | 3.8 |  |  | 5.4 |  |  | 5.0 |  |  | 2.1 |  |  | 2.9 |
Escrow released from one seller |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | - |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | - |
Charged to expense at April 30, 2010 |  |  | - |  |  | 2.8 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | - |
2 The amount allowed as credit against future payments represents the VAT taxes actually previously paid to the neighboring state.
Schedule Of Unused Value Added Tax Credit [Table Text Block] | The Company has reflected the above items on its January 31, 2014, balance sheet as follows:
|  |  |  | R$ millions |  | US$ millions(1) |
Noncurrent assets |  | VAT taxes eligible for future credit |  |  | 3.4 |  |  | 1.9 |
Long-term liabilities |  | Taxes payable |  |  | 6.2 |  |  | 3.3 |
(1) At exchange rate prevailing in 2010 when recorded.

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