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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Revenue Recognition (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018
Minimum
Revenue Recognition:
Customers invoices payment due period	30 days
Maximum
Revenue Recognition:
Customers invoices payment due period	90 days

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Revenue from contract with customers invoices payment due period.

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Balance Type:	na
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- Details

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