Other comprehensive loss consists of foreign currency translation adjustments which includes the settlements of net investment hedges, unrealized gains and losses from cash flow hedges, and the unamortized gain on post-retirement plans, net of their related tax effects.

The following table illustrates the changes in the balances of each component of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, for the six months ended January 31, 2021:


	Unrealized (loss) gain on cash flow hedges		Unamortized gain on post-retirement plans		Foreign currency translation adjustments		Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Beginning balance, July 31, 2020	$	(200)	$	2,181	$	(68,458)	$	(66,477)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification	1,215		(23)		13,585		14,777
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	203		36		—		239
Ending balance, January 31, 2021	$	1,218	$	2,194	$	(54,873)	$	(51,461)

The decrease in accumulated other comprehensive loss as of January 31, 2021 compared to July 31, 2020, was primarily due to the depreciation of the U.S. dollar against certain other currencies during the six-month period.

The following table illustrates the changes in the balances of each component of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, for the six months ended January 31, 2020:


	Unrealized gain on cash flow hedges		Unamortized gain on post-retirement plans		Foreign currency translation adjustments		Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Beginning balance, July 31, 2019	$	707	$	2,800	$	(74,761)	$	(71,254)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification	468		(216)		(913)		(661)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	(365)		(210)		—		(575)
Ending balance, January 31, 2020	$	810	$	2,374	$	(75,674)	$	(72,490)

The increase in accumulated other comprehensive loss as of January 31, 2020, compared to July 31, 2019, was primarily due to the appreciation of the U.S. dollar against certain other currencies during the six-month period.

Of the amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss during the six months ended January 31, 2021 and 2020, unrealized (losses) gains on cash flow hedges were reclassified to "Cost of goods sold" and net unamortized gains on post-retirement plans were reclassified into "Investment and other income" on the condensed consolidated statements of income.

The following table illustrates the income tax (expense) benefit on the components of other comprehensive income (loss) for the three and six months ended January 31, 2021 and 2020:


	Three months ended January 31,				Six months ended January 31,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Income tax (expense) benefit related to items of other comprehensive income (loss):
Cash flow hedges	$	47	$	(5)	$	(1)	$	30
Pension and other post-retirement benefits	6		93		246		93
Other income tax adjustments and currency translation	(1,304)		(130)		(1,297)		46
Income tax (expense) benefit related to items of other comprehensive income (loss)	$	(1,251)	$	(42)	$	(1,052)	$	169