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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2012
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES [Abstract]  
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
NOTE 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation:

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Met-Pro Corporation ("Met-Pro" or the "Company") and its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries: Mefiag B.V., Met-Pro Product Recovery/Pollution Control Technologies Inc., Strobic Air Corporation, MPC Inc., Pristine Water Solutions Inc., Mefiag (Guangzhou) Filter Systems Ltd., Met-Pro (Hong Kong) Company Limited, Met-Pro Industrial Services Inc., Bio-Reaction Industries Inc., Met-Pro Holdings LLC and Met-Pro Chile Limitada. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP") requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts disclosed in the financial statements and accompanying notes.  Estimates, by their nature, are based on judgment and available information.  Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

Significant estimates inherent in the preparation of the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include valuation of accounts receivable, goodwill, intangible assets, other long-lived assets, legal contingencies and assumptions used in the calculations of income taxes.

The accompanying interim unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. All adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of April 30, 2012 and the results of operations for the three-month periods ended April 30, 2012 and 2011, and changes in shareholders' equity and cash flows for the three-month periods then ended have been included. The results of operations for the three-month period ended April 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.  These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended January 31, 2012.  In addition, the January 31, 2012 Balance Sheet data, presented herein, was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements:

In May 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2011-04, "Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs".  The amendments in this update are the result of the work of the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") to develop common requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements.  The amendments change the wording used to describe many of the requirements in U.S. GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements.  The amendments clarify that a reporting entity should disclose quantitative information about the unobservable inputs used in a fair value measurement that is categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy in order to increase the comparability of disclosures between reporting entities applying U.S. GAAP and those applying IFRSs.  Additionally, the amendments expand the disclosures for fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 where a reporting entity will need to include the valuation processes used and the sensitivity of the fair value measurement to changes in unobservable inputs and the interrelationships between those unobservable inputs, if any.  For many of the requirements, the FASB does not intend for the amendments to result in a change in the application of the requirements in ASC Topic 820.  The amendments in this update are to be applied prospectively and are effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011.  The adoption of this update did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
 
In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05, "Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income."  The amendments in this update eliminate the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statements of shareholders' equity.  Instead, an entity will be required to present either a single continuous statement of net income and other comprehensive income or in two separate, but consecutive statements.  The amendments in this update are to be applied retrospectively and are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011.  The new guidance became effective for the Company beginning February 1, 2012 and resulted in presentation changes only.
 
In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-08, "Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment".  The amendments in this update allow an entity the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount.  If, based on its qualitative assessment, an entity concludes it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, quantitative impairment testing is required.  However, if an entity concludes otherwise, quantitative impairment testing is not required.  ASU No. 2011-08 is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2011.  The adoption of this update did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.