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WARRANTY PROVISIONS
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]  
Product Warranty Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 16 – WARRANTY PROVISIONS

 

A return program for defective goods is negotiated with each of our wholesale customers on a year-to-year basis. Customers are either allowed to return defective goods within a specified period of time after shipment (between 6 and 9 months) or granted a “defective allowance” consisting of a fixed percentage (between 1% and 5%) off of invoice price in lieu of returning defective products. The Company records liabilities for its return goods programs and defective goods allowance program at the time of sale for the estimated costs that may be incurred. The liability for defective goods is included in warranty provisionson the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

 

Changes in the Company’s obligations for return and allowance programs are presented in the following table:

 

  Fiscal Year Ended 
  March 31,  March 31, 
  2012  2011 
Estimated return and allowance liabilities at beginning of period $144,022  $123,708 
         
Costs accrued for new estimated returns and allowances  943,561   588,927 
         
Return and allowance obligations honored  (867,823)  (568,613)
         
Estimated return and allowance liabilities at end of period $219,760  $144,022