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Note 7 - Investments in Joint Ventures (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2013
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Condensed Balance Sheet [Table Text Block] |
|  | August 31, 2013 |
|  | TOTAL |  |  | EXCOR |  |  | China |  |  | All Other |
Current assets |  | $ | 63,052,410 |  |  | $ | 25,955,136 |  |  | $ | 11,200,355 |  |  | $ | 25,896,919 |
Total assets |  |  | 68,417,142 |  |  |  | 28,391,787 |  |  |  | 11,226,755 |  |  |  | 28,798,600 |
Current liabilities |  |  | 16,107,597 |  |  |  | 3,572,004 |  |  |  | 3,080,118 |  |  |  | 9,455,475 |
Noncurrent liabilities |  |  | 2,488,057 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 871,886 |  |  |  | 1,616,171 |
Joint ventures’ equity |  |  | 49,821,488 |  |  |  | 24,819,783 |  |  |  | 7,274,751 |  |  |  | 17,726,954 |
Northern Technologies International Corporation’s share of joint ventures’ equity |  |  | 24,702,981 |  |  |  | 12,409,893 |  |  |  | 3,637,375 |  |  |  | 8,655,713 |
Northern Technologies International Corporation's share of joint ventures' undistributed earnings |  | $ | 22,281,510 |  |  | $ | 12,378,988 |  |  | $ | 3,587,375 |  |  | $ | 6,315,147 |
|  | August 31, 2012 |
|  | TOTAL |  |  | EXCOR |  |  | NTI ASEAN |  |  | All Other |
Current assets |  | $ | 61,973,725 |  |  | $ | 24,357,139 |  |  | $ | 15,358,967 |  |  | $ | 22,257,619 |
Total assets |  |  | 68,585,974 |  |  |  | 26,620,589 |  |  |  | 15,522,456 |  |  |  | 26,442,929 |
Current liabilities |  |  | 18,686,181 |  |  |  | 4,749,574 |  |  |  | 5,763,857 |  |  |  | 8,172,750 |
Noncurrent liabilities |  |  | 4,700,458 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,055,965 |  |  |  | 3,644,493 |
Joint ventures’ equity |  |  | 45,199,335 |  |  |  | 21,871,015 |  |  |  | 8,702,634 |  |  |  | 14,625,686 |
Northern Technologies International Corporation’s share of joint ventures’ equity |  |  | 21,461,492 |  |  |  | 10,935,509 |  |  |  | 3,685,404 |  |  |  | 6,840,579 |
Northern Technologies International Corporation's share of joint ventures' undistributed earnings |  | $ | 19,403,150 |  |  | $ | 10,904,604 |  |  | $ | 3,314,445 |  |  | $ | 5,184,101 |
Condensed Income Statement [Table Text Block] |
|  | Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2013 |  |
|  | TOTAL |  |  | EXCOR |  |  | China |  |  | All Other |
Net sales |  | $ | 113,189,068 |  |  | $ | 36,476,544 |  |  | $ | 15,161,289 |  |  | $ | 61,551,235 |
Gross profit |  |  | 52,058,609 |  |  |  | 19,470,322 |  |  |  | 7,153,395 |  |  |  | 25,434,891 |
Net income |  |  | 10,650,542 |  |  |  | 7,009,897 |  |  |  | 1,157,995 |  |  |  | 2,482,650 |
Northern Technologies International Corporation’s share of equity in income of joint ventures |  | $ | 5,237,711 |  |  | $ | 3,507,057 |  |  | $ | 579,376 |  |  | $ | 1,151,278 |
|  | Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2012 |  |  |  |
|  | TOTAL |  |  | EXCOR |  |  | NTI ASEAN |  |  | All Other |
Net sales |  | $ | 111,830,961 |  |  | $ | 36,027,979 |  |  | $ | 22,035,035 |  |  | $ | 53,767,947 |
Gross profit |  |  | 50,679,875 |  |  |  | 18,667,848 |  |  |  | 9,621,930 |  |  |  | 22,390,097 |
Net income |  |  | 11,987,323 |  |  |  | 6,656,298 |  |  |  | 3,585,476 |  |  |  | 1,745,549 |
Northern Technologies International Corporation’s share of equity in income of joint ventures |  | $ | 5,519,795 |  |  | $ | 3,318,213 |  |  | $ | 1,414,248 |  |  | $ | 787,333 |

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