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INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURE | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 29, 2018
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURE |
7. | INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURE
Effective January 1, 2017, Culp International Holdings, Ltd. (Culp), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Culp, Inc., entered into a joint venture agreement, pursuant to which Culp owns fifty percent of CLASS International Holdings, Ltd (CLIH). CLIH produces cut and sewn mattress covers, and its operations are located in a modern industrial park on the northeast border of Haiti, which borders the Dominican Republic. CLIH commenced production in the second quarter of fiscal 2018 and complements our mattress fabric operations with a mirrored platform that enhances our ability to meet customer demand while adding a lower cost operation to our platform. CLIH incurred a net loss of $532,000 and $46,000 in fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively. CLIH’s net loss in fiscal 2017 pertained to initial start up operating expenses incurred during the fourth quarter. Culp’s equity interests in these net losses were $266,000 and $23,000 in fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively. The following table summarizes information of assets, liabilities and members’ equity of our equity method investment in CLIH:
(dollars in thousands) |  | April 29, 2018 |  |  | April 30, 2017 |
total assets |  | $ | 3,130 |  |  | $ | 2,258 |
total liabilities |  | $ | 128 |  |  | $ | 46 |
total members’ equity |  | $ | 3,002 |  |  | $ | 2,212 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for equity method investments and joint ventures. Equity method investments are investments that give the investor the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Joint ventures are entities owned and operated by a small group of businesses as a separate and specific business or project for the mutual benefit of the members of the group. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2196965 + Details
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