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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that were forfeited during the reporting period.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Amount of accumulated difference between fair value of underlying shares on dates of exercise and exercise price on options exercised (or share units converted) into shares.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Number of share options (or share units) exercised during the current period.

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Details Narrative) - USD ($)				1 Months Ended					6 Months Ended
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2019	Feb. 12, 2019	Mar. 22, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Apr. 30, 2019	Jan. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018	Jan. 31, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Board of Directors [Member]
Restricted stock units granted				2,725	6,677	75,353		58,578
Vesting period					1 year	1 year		1 year
Stock awards forfeited (shares)				7,326
Stock forfeited				$ 47,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Board of Directors [Member] \| April 2019 Awards [Member]
Stock-based compensation									$ 15,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Board of Directors [Member] \| June 2019 Awards [Member]
Stock-based compensation									7,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Board of Directors [Member] \| Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Stock-based compensation									380,000	$ 415,000
Stock Awards [Member] \| Employees [Member]
Number of common shares granted							68,764	5,130
Number of shares returned for employee's withholding taxes (shares)	9,806	1,221	7,552
Value of shares returned for employee's withholding taxes	$ 64,000	$ 7,893	$ 62,000
Stock Awards [Member] \| Employees [Member] \| Tranche One [Member]
Number of common shares granted					4,950
Stock Awards [Member] \| Employees [Member] \| Tranche Two [Member]
Number of common shares granted					94,972
Stock Awards [Member] \| Awards in 2016 [Member] \| Employees [Member]
Stock awards forfeited (shares)					11,193		12,330
Stock Awards [Member] \| Awards in 2017 [Member] \| Employees [Member]
Stock awards forfeited (shares)					8,299		9,130
Stock Awards [Member] \| Awards in 2018 [Member] \| Employees [Member]
Stock awards forfeited (shares)					8,593
Stock Awards [Member] \| Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] \| Employees [Member]
Stock-based compensation										10,000
Stock Awards [Member] \| Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] \| April 2019 Awards [Member] \| Employees [Member] \| Tranche One [Member]
Stock-based compensation									6,000
Stock Awards [Member] \| Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] \| April 2019 Awards [Member] \| Employees [Member] \| Tranche Two [Member]
Stock-based compensation									69,000
Stock Awards [Member] \| Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] \| March 2018 Awards [Member] \| Employees [Member]
Stock-based compensation									140,000
Stock Awards [Member] \| Cost of Sales [Member] \| Employees [Member]
Stock-based compensation										$ 36,000
Stock Awards [Member] \| Cost of Sales [Member] \| April 2019 Awards [Member] \| Employees [Member] \| Tranche One [Member]
Stock-based compensation									26,000
Stock Awards [Member] \| Cost of Sales [Member] \| April 2019 Awards [Member] \| Employees [Member] \| Tranche Two [Member]
Stock-based compensation									21,000
Stock Awards [Member] \| Cost of Sales [Member] \| March 2018 Awards [Member] \| Employees [Member]
Stock-based compensation									$ 27,000
Stock Option Plans [Member]
Stock options exercised									35,000
Fair value of shares on exercise date									$ 231,003
Shares received in exercise of options for exchange (shares)									34,478