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12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas [Table Text Block]

Net sales and long-lived assets related to operations in the United States and other foreign countries for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2012, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:



	2012		2011		2010
Net sales
U.S.	$	38,438,064	$	33,421,745	$	33,220,925
Foreign	11,214,302		13,760,491		15,460,197
Total	$	49,652,366	$	47,182,236	$	48,681,122
Long-lived assets
U.S.	$	3,050,983	$	3,295,430	$	3,402,956
Foreign	991,192		1,044,707		1,220,821
Total	$	4,042,175	$	4,340,137	$	4,623,777

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Tabular disclosure of information concerning material long-lived assets (excluding financial instruments, customer relationships with financial institutions, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred taxes assets) located in identified geographic areas and/or the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to that country from which revenue is material. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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