INCOME TAXES (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
INCOME TAXES [Abstract]
Effective income tax rate	9.60%	29.00%	14.20%	20.30%
Tax benefit for additional domestic production deductions			$ 900
Income Tax Holiday [Line Items]
Income tax provision reduction as a result of the tax holiday			$ 0.11	$ 0.16
Foreign Country [Member] \| South Korea [Member]
Income Tax Holiday [Line Items]
Tax rate applicable on federal statutory - 2013	0.00%		0.00%
Tax rate applicable on federal statutory - 2014	0.00%		0.00%
Tax rate applicable on federal statutory - 2015	0.00%		0.00%
Tax rate applicable on federal statutory - 2016	50.00%		50.00%
Tax rate applicable on federal statutory - 2017	50.00%		50.00%
Income tax provision reduction as a result of the tax holiday			$ 2,717	$ 4,047

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Percentage applicable on federal statutory tax rate for period 4.

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The amount of income taxes from which a reporting entity is exempt or for which it will receive a reduction in income taxes as a result of the income tax holiday granted by the taxing jurisdiction.

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Per share amount effect of the income tax benefit resulting from the income tax holidays granted by taxing jurisdictions.

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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and the expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to deduction for qualified production activity.

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