SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details 1) Nature of Operations, Equity Investments	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019 country location
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Company owned and independent distributor locations	600
Dealer locations	7,600
Countries and territories located in \| country	190
Minimum
Investments in Equity Investees
Percentage of equity method investment ownership	20.00%
Maximum
Investments in Equity Investees
Percentage of equity method investment ownership	50.00%

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=114001798&loc=d3e33918-111571

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