Derivative Financial Instruments (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012	Apr. 02, 2011
Derivative Financial Instruments (Textual) [Abstract]
Outstanding forward currency exchange contracts expire	various dates between April 2012 and February 2014
Hedging Program number of years	2 years
Interest rate of debentures	3.125%	2.625%
Fair value of the embedded derivative	$ 931,000	$ 945,000
Percentage of foreign currency forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges	99.00%
Percentage of foreign currency forward contracts designated as fair value hedges	1.00%
Net cash flow gain (loss) reclassified into earnings	(2,600,000)
Notional amount of natural gas swap contracts	$ 1,100,000
Maturing period of natural gas swap contracts	2013 to 2017

Interest rate stated in the contractual debt agreement.

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Net fair value as of the balance sheet date of the embedded derivative or group of embedded derivatives classified as assets, net of those classified as liabilities.

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The estimated net amount of unrealized gains or losses on foreign currency cash flow hedges at the reporting date expected to be reclassified to earnings within the next 12 months.

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