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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Summary of Inventory by Product Group

The following is a summary of inventory by product group:

 

     March 31  
     2014      2013  

Prime coil inventory  

   $ 7,685,177       $ 10,981,835   

Non-standard coil inventory  

     2,572,787         3,741,718   

Tubular raw material  

     463,254         3,308,419   

Tubular finished goods  

     24,567,341         21,187,196   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 35,288,559       $ 39,219,168   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Estimated Useful Lives of Various Classes of Assets

Depreciation is calculated primarily by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the various classes of assets as follows:

 

Buildings  

     20 years   

Machinery and equipment  

     10 years   

Yard improvements  

     5 to 10 years   

Loaders and other rolling stock  

     5 to 10 years