text: impact of state and local taxes and by provision made for U.S. 
  sales, operating income increased to 7.1% in the current year 
  income tax on a portion of undistributed earnings not considered 
  from 6.8% in 2011. The $17.6 million increase in operating 
  permanently reinvested in our Canadian subsidiaries which 
  income during fiscal 2012 primarily reflects higher sales levels and 
  increased the rate by 2.8% and 1.8%, respectively. 
  the impact of leverage on increased sales as we kept our SD&A to 
  We expect our income tax rate for fiscal 2013 to be in the range 
  20.5% of sales in 2012 versus 20.9% in fiscal 2011. 
  of 34.0% to 35.0%. 
  Operating income as a percentage of sales for the Service Center 
  As a result of the factors addressed above, net income for fiscal 
  Based Distribution segment increased to 7.1% in fiscal 2012 from 
  2012 increased $12.0 million or 12.4% from the prior year. Net 
  6.5% in fiscal 2011, this increase is attributable to improved 
  income per share increased at a slightly higher rate of 13.4% due 
  gross profit margins (representing 0.4% of the improvement) and 
  to stock repurchases in fiscal 2012. 