Equity Method Investments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Schedule of Equity in Net Assets of Investee Companies

The following summarizes the Company's equity method investments as of March 31, 2020:

Investee Name	Location	Primary Purpose	The Company's Ownership Percentage		Basis Difference
Adams International Ltd.	Thailand	purchase and process tobacco	49	%	$	—
Alliance One Industries India Private Ltd.	India	purchase and process tobacco	49	%	—
China Brasil Tobacos Exportadora SA	Brazil	purchase and process tobacco	49	%	5,515
Criticality LLC	U.S.	extraction of cannabidiol from industrial hemp	40	%	865
Nicotine River, LLC	U.S.	produce consumable e-liquids	40	%	1,840
Oryantal Tutun Paketleme	Turkey	process tobacco	50	%	—
Purilum, LLC	U.S.	produce flavor formulations and consumable e-liquids	50	%	—
Siam Tobacco Export Company	Thailand	purchase and process tobacco	49	%	—

The following summarizes financial information for these equity method investments:

	Years Ended March 31,
Operations statement:	2020		2019		2018
Sales	$	293,163	$	332,245	$	317,183
Gross profit	50,209		52,309		53,161
Net income	16,667		22,855		23,954
Company's dividends received	7,348		7,300		2,826

	March 31,
Balance sheet:	2020		2019
Current assets	$	145,207	$	152,661
Property, plant, and equipment and other assets	56,481		53,103
Current liabilities	82,377		89,791
Long-term obligations and other liabilities	6,296		3,222

Of the amounts presented above, the following summarizes the financial information of the Company's significant equity investee, China Brasil Tobacos Exportadora SA ("CBT"):

	Years Ended March 31,
Operations statement:	2020		2019		2018
Sales	$	170,092	$	191,966	$	200,609
Gross profit	27,297		32,075		32,989
Net income	13,446		16,502		16,575
Net income attributable to CBT	6,589		8,086		8,122