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2411402 - Disclosure - RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS - Weighted-Average Assumptions Used to Determine the Fiscal Year-end Defined Benefit Pension Obligations (Details)
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TableSchedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table]
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0001467373 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2015-09-01 - 2016-08-31
2014-09-01 - 2015-08-31
2013-09-01 - 2014-08-31
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis]Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis]Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis]
U.S. PlansNon-U.S. PlansU.S. and Non-U.S. PlansU.S. PlansNon-U.S. PlansU.S. and Non-U.S. PlansU.S. PlansNon-U.S. PlansU.S. and Non-U.S. Plans
Discount rate for determining projected benefit obligation
0.0350  
0.0240  
0.0351  
0.0450  
0.0347  
0.0446  
0.0425  
0.0353  
0.0425  
Discount rate for determining net periodic pension expense
0.0450  
0.0347  
0.0446  
0.0425  
0.0353  
0.0425  
0.0500  
0.0418  
0.0496  
Long term rate of return on plan assets
0.0475  
0.0399  
0.0454  
0.0550  
0.0455  
0.0505  
0.0550  
0.0479  
0.0487  
Rate of increase in future compensation for determining projected benefit obligation
0.0257  
0.0347  
 
0.0365  
0.0356  
 
0.0365  
0.0375  
 
Rate of increase in future compensation for determining net periodic pension expense
0.0360  
0.0356  
 
0.0365  
0.0375  
 
0.0360  
0.0379