INVENTORIES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2013

INVENTORIES

Schedule of inventories

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market with cost determined by the first-in, first-out method.  Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

	February 28, 2013			November 30, 2012
Finished goods	$	18,348		$	19,887
Finished goods consigned to others	376			363
Work in progress	2,601			1,732
Raw materials	10,527			10,687
	31,852			32,669
Less allowance for obsolescence and slow moving items	(1,341		)	(1,351		)
	$	30,511		$	31,318