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4040 - Disclosure - INVENTORIES (Details)
(http://www.valmont.com/role/DisclosureInventoriesDetails)
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0000102729 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
INVENTORIESPeriod [Axis]
2013-12-28
2012-12-29
INVENTORIES
 
 
Raw materials and purchased parts
179,576,000  
199,808,000  
Work-in-process
27,294,000  
36,114,000  
Finished goods and manufactured goods
218,334,000  
222,284,000  
Subtotal
425,204,000  
 
458,206,000  
 
Less: LIFO reserve
45,204,000  
45,822,000  
Net inventory
380,000,000  
 
412,384,000  
 
Increase in operating income due to liquidating portion of LIFO inventories