RETIREMENT PLANS AND POST RETIREMENT PENSION PLANS, Assumptions (Details)
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12 Months Ended |
Oct. 31, 2017 |
Oct. 31, 2016 |
Oct. 31, 2015 |
| United States Defined Benefit Plans |
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| Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |
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| Discount rate (in hundredths) |
3.75%
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4.20%
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4.00%
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| Average increase in compensation levels (in hundredths) |
0.00%
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3.50%
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3.50%
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| Expected long-term return on assets (in hundredths) |
7.25%
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7.50%
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8.00%
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| Assumptions used to calculate the benefit obligation |
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| Discount rate (in hundredths) |
3.75%
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3.75%
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| United States Postretirement Benefit Plans |
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| Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |
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| Discount rate (in hundredths) |
3.50%
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4.00%
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4.00%
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| Expected long-term return on assets (in hundredths) |
7.25%
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7.50%
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8.00%
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| Current medical cost trend rate (in hundredths) |
6.00%
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7.00%
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8.00%
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| Ultimate medical cost trend rate (in hundredths) |
3.50%
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3.50%
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3.50%
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| Medical cost trend rate decreases to ultimate rate in year |
2029
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2029
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2028
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| Assumptions used to calculate the benefit obligation |
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| Discount rate (in hundredths) |
3.50%
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3.50%
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| Current medical cost trend rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) |
6.00%
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6.00%
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| Ultimate medical cost trend rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) |
3.50%
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3.50%
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| Medical cost trend rate decreases to ultimate rate in year - benefit obligation |
2029
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2029
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| Minimum [Member] | Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans |
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| Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |
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| Discount rate (in hundredths) |
0.22%
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0.77%
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1.50%
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| Average increase in compensation levels (in hundredths) |
2.00%
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2.25%
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2.50%
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| Expected long-term return on assets (in hundredths) |
4.00%
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4.25%
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4.00%
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| Assumptions used to calculate the benefit obligation |
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| Discount rate (in hundredths) |
0.67%
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0.40%
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| Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation, Rate of Compensation Increase |
2.00%
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2.00%
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| Maximum [Member] | Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans |
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| Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |
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| Discount rate (in hundredths) |
2.66%
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3.76%
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4.00%
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| Average increase in compensation levels (in hundredths) |
4.25%
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4.00%
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3.25%
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| Expected long-term return on assets (in hundredths) |
6.25%
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6.50%
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6.50%
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| Assumptions used to calculate the benefit obligation |
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| Discount rate (in hundredths) |
2.52%
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2.62%
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| Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation, Rate of Compensation Increase |
3.25%
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4.25%
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