The number of customers that are reflected in the stated concentration of risk.

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The number of principal operations of the entity that are located near geologic fault lines.

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The number of subsidiaries owned by the entity.

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Amount of direct write-downs of accounts receivable charged against the allowance.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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1. THE COMPANY AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) subsidiary facility customer	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) customer	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) customer
Concentration of credit risk
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable write-offs \| $	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Basis of consolidation and risks and uncertainties
Number of subsidiaries \| subsidiary	4
Number of principal operations near fault lines \| facility	2
Net revenue \| Customer Concentration Risk
Concentration of credit risk
Number of customers	4	4	3
Net revenue \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Customer One
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage attributable to customers	26.00%	28.00%	35.00%
Net revenue \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Customer Two
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage attributable to customers	20.00%	16.00%	13.00%
Net revenue \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Customer Three
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage attributable to customers	20.00%	14.00%	12.00%
Net revenue \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Customer Four
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage attributable to customers	10.00%	13.00%
Accounts receivable member \| Credit Concentration Risk
Concentration of credit risk
Number of customers	4	4
Accounts receivable member \| Credit Concentration Risk \| Customer One
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage attributable to customers	36.00%	26.00%
Accounts receivable member \| Credit Concentration Risk \| Customer Two
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage attributable to customers	26.00%	25.00%
Accounts receivable member \| Credit Concentration Risk \| Customer Three
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage attributable to customers	13.00%	13.00%
Accounts receivable member \| Credit Concentration Risk \| Customer Four
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage attributable to customers	10.00%	11.00%