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Inventories

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2012

4. Inventories

Inventories are principally stated at the lower of first-in, first-out cost or market. Manufactured finished goods and work in process inventories include material, direct labor and overhead based on standard costs, which approximate actual costs. The Company utilizes an estimated gross profit method for determining cost of sales in interim periods.

Inventories consisted of the following:

	January 31, 2012		October 31, 2011
Printing and newspaper:
Raw materials	$	2,548,944	$	2,415,701
Work in process		1,335,837		1,252,170
Finished goods		2,753,453		2,975,769
Office products and office furniture		2,610,466		2,254,086
	$	9,248,700	$	8,897,726

- Definition

The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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