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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract] |
Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block] | 3. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET Property and equipment consists of the following at January 31:
|  | Useful Life in Years |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Machinery and equipment |  | 3-10 |  | $ | 10,260,162 |  | $ | 10,993,470 |
Furniture and fixtures |  | 3-10 |  |  | 636,759 |  |  | 669,511 |
Leasehold improvements |  | Lease term |  |  | 1,294,928 |  |  | 1,896,338 |
Land and building (China) |  | 20-30 |  |  | 1,917,154 |  |  | 2,412,115 |
Land and building (Canada) |  | 30 |  |  | 2,201,934 |  |  | 2,444,798 |
Land and buildings (USA) |  | 30 |  |  | 6,018,838 |  |  | 6,017,082 |
Land and building (Brazil) |  | 5 |  |  | 1,362,696 |  |  | 1,638,236 |
|  |  |  |  | 23,692,471 |  |  | 26,071,550 |
Less accumulated depreciation |  |  |  |  | (11,735,960) |  |  | (12,971,202) |
Construction-in-progress |  |  |  |  | 112,596 |  |  | 989,639 |
|  |  |  | $ | 12,069,107 |  | $ | 14,089,987 |
Depreciation expense for FY14 and FY13 amounted to $1,197,696 and $1,315,037, respectively. The estimated cost to complete construction-in-progress at January 31, 2014, is $415,000.

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