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RESTRUCTURING AND ASSET IMPAIRMENT CHARGES
 9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
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The Company continues to focus on efficiency and cost improvements. During the nine months ended December 31, 2018, the Company continued to respond to changes in the business, with two cost-saving and restructuring initiatives. The first initiative involves the closing of one of its foreign processing facilities in order to process tobacco in the affected area under a third-party processing arrangement going forward. The second initiative involves the consolidation of the Company's U.S. green tobacco processing operations into its Wilson, North Carolina facility and the repurposing of its Farmville, North Carolina facility for storage and special projects. The following summarizes restructuring and impairment charges:

Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,
2018201720182017
Employee separation charges$1,122 $— $2,499 $— 
Asset impairment and other non-cash charges545 — 891 — 
Restructuring and asset impairment charges$1,667 $— $3,390 $— 

The following summarizes the liability for employee separation charges recorded in the Leaf - North America and Leaf - Other Regions segments: 

Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,
2018201720182017
Leaf - North AmericaLeaf - Other RegionsLeaf - North AmericaLeaf - Other RegionsLeaf - North AmericaLeaf - Other RegionsLeaf - North AmericaLeaf - Other Regions
Beginning balance$107 $889 $— $— $— $107 $— $— 
Accruals892 230 — — 1,139 1,360 — — 
Payments(73)(328)— — (213)(676)— — 
Ending balance$926 $791 $— $— $926 $791 $— $— 

There was no liability for employee separation charges recorded in the Other Products and Services segment.
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