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Current Assets
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Current Assets  
Current Assets

5. Current Assets

        Trade Receivables Allowance—Activity in the trade receivables allowance account was as follows for the three-year period ended September 30, 2012.

(in thousands)
  Balance at
beginning
of year 		  Charged
to expense 		  Reclassified
to assets
held for sale 		  Accounts
written off 		  Balance at
end of year 		 

2010

   $ 3,296   $ 892   $ 0   $ (668 ) $ 3,520  

2011

     3,520     1,008     (826 )   (764 )   2,938  

2012

     2,938     532     0     (1,047 )   2,423  

        Inventories—Inventories consisted of the following at September 30:

(in thousands)
  2011   2012  

Raw materials

   $ 9,370   $ 8,021  

Finished goods

     23,877     23,567  
           

 

   $ 33,247   $ 31,588