DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (Tables)
9 Months Ended
May 31, 2021
Derivative [Line Items]  
Schedule of Interest Rate Derivatives

Subsidiary

Date
‎
Entered
‎
into

Derivative
‎
Financial
‎
Counter-
‎
party

Derivative
‎
Financial
‎
Instruments

Initial
‎
US$
‎
Notional
‎
Amount

Bank
‎
US$
‎
loan 
‎
Held
‎
with

Floating Leg
‎
(swap
‎
counter-party)

Fixed Rate
‎
for PSMT
‎
Subsidiary

Settlement
‎
Dates

Effective
‎
Period of swap

Colombia

3-Dec-19

Citibank, N.A. ("Citi")

Cross currency interest rate swap

$

7,875,000

Citibank, N.A.

Variable rate 3-month Libor plus 2.45%

7.87

%

3rd day of each December, March, June, and September, beginning on March 3, 2020

December 3, 2019 -
‎
December 3, 2024

Colombia

27-Nov-19

Citibank, N.A. ("Citi")

Cross currency interest rate swap

$

25,000,000

Citibank, N.A.

Variable rate 3-month Libor plus 2.45%

7.93

%

27th day of each November, February, May and August beginning February 27, 2020

November 27, 2019 -
‎
November 27, 2024

Colombia

24-Sep-19

Citibank, N.A. ("Citi")

Cross currency interest rate swap

$

12,500,000

PriceSmart, Inc.

Variable rate 3-month Libor plus 2.50%

7.09

%

24th day of each December, March, June and September beginning December 24, 2019

September 24, 2019 -
‎
September 26, 2022

Panama

25-Jun-18

Bank of Nova Scotia ("Scotiabank")

Interest rate swap

$

14,625,000

Bank of Nova Scotia

Variable rate 3-month Libor plus 3.0%

5.99

%

23rd day of each month beginning on July 23, 2018

June 25, 2018 -
‎
March 23, 2023

Honduras

26-Feb-18

Citibank, N.A. ("Citi")

Cross currency interest rate swap

$

13,500,000

Citibank, N.A.

Variable rate 3-month Libor plus 3.00%

9.75

%

29th day of May, August, November and February beginning May 29, 2018

February 26, 2018 -
‎
February 24, 2024

PriceSmart, Inc

7-Nov-16

MUFG Union Bank, N.A. ("Union Bank")

Interest rate swap

$

35,700,000

Union Bank

Variable rate 1-month Libor plus 1.7%

3.65

%

1st day of each month beginning on April 1, 2017

March 1, 2017 - March 1, 2027

Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions

Notional Amount as of

May 31,

August 31,

 Floating Rate Payer (Swap Counterparty)

2021

2020

Union Bank

$

32,938

$

33,894

Citibank N.A.

52,201

55,086

Scotiabank

10,500

11,625

Total

$

95,639

$

100,605

Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value

May 31, 2021

August 31, 2020

Derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments

Balance Sheet
‎
Classification

Fair
‎
Value

Net Tax
‎
Effect

Net
‎
OCI

Fair
‎
Value

Net Tax
‎
Effect

Net
‎
OCI

Cross-currency interest rate swaps

Other non-current assets

$

1,160

$

(353)

$

807

$

872

$

(265)

$

607

Interest rate swaps

Other long-term liabilities

(2,338)

547

(1,791)

(3,857)

898

(2,959)

Cross-currency interest rate swaps

Other long-term liabilities

(816)

245

(571)

(828)

248

(580)

Net fair value of derivatives designated as hedging instruments

$

(1,994)

$

439

$

(1,555)

$

(3,813)

$

881

$

(2,932)

Derivative Swaps [Member] | Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Interest Expense [Member]  
Derivative [Line Items]  
Schedule of Cash Flow Hedging Instruments, Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location

Income Statement Classification

Interest
‎
expense on
‎
borrowings(1)

Cost of
‎
swaps (2)

Total

Interest expense for the three months ended May 31, 2021

$

656

$

907

$

1,563

Interest expense for the three months ended May 31, 2020

$

1,067

$

620

$

1,687

Interest expense for the nine months ended May 31, 2021

$

2,015

$

2,785

$

4,800

Interest expense for the nine months ended May 31, 2020

$

3,287

$

1,477

$

4,764

(1)This amount is representative of the interest expense recognized on the underlying hedged transactions.

(2)This amount is representative of the interest expense recognized on the interest rate swaps and cross-currency swaps designated as cash flow hedging instruments.

Forward Foreign Exchange Contracts [Member]  
Derivative [Line Items]  
Schedule of Open Non-Deliverable Forward Foreign Exchange Contracts

Subsidiary

Dates
‎
entered into

Financial
‎
Derivative
‎
(Counterparty)

Derivative
‎
Financial
‎
Instrument

Notional
‎
Amount
‎
(in thousands)

Settlement
‎
Date

Effective Period
‎
of Forward

Colombia

28-Apr-21

Scotiabank Colpatria, S.A.

Forward foreign
‎
exchange contracts (USD)

$

5,000

28-Dec-21

April 28, 2021 - December 28, 2021

Colombia

28-May-21

Scotiabank Colpatria, S.A.

Forward foreign
‎
exchange contracts (USD)

2,000

29-Dec-21

May 28, 2021 - December 29, 2021

Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Other Instruments [Member]  
Derivative [Line Items]  
Schedule of Cash Flow Hedging Instruments, Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

May 31,

May 31,

May 31,

May 31,

Income Statement Classification

2021

2020

2021

2020

Other expense, net

$

—

$

—

$

—

$

(912)