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RETIREMENT PLANS AND POST RETIREMENT PENSION PLANS (Assumptions) (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2019 | Oct. 31, 2018
UNITED STATES | Pension Plan [Member] |  |
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating net periodic benefit cost [Abstract] |  |
Discount rate - net periodic rate (in hundredths) | 4.50% | 3.75%
Average increasee in compensation levels - net periodic costs (in hundredths) | 3.00% | 3.00%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs (in hundredths) | 7.50% | 7.50%
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating benefit obligation [Abstract] |  |
Discount rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 3.25% | 4.50%
Average increase in compensation levels - net periodic costs (in hundredths) | 3.00% | 3.00%
UNITED STATES | Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member] |  |
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating net periodic benefit cost [Abstract] |  |
Discount rate - net periodic rate (in hundredths) | 4.25% | 3.50%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs (in hundredths) | 7.50% | 7.50%
Current medical cost trend rate (in hundredths) | 6.00% | 6.00%
Ultimate medical cost trend rate (in hundredths) | 4.00% | 3.50%
Medical cost trend rate decreases to ultimate rate in year | 2029 | 2029
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating benefit obligation [Abstract] |  |
Discount rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 3.00% | 4.25%
Current medical cost trend rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 6.25% | 6.00%
Ultimate medical cost trend rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 4.50% | 4.00%
Medical cost trend rate decreases to ultimate rate in year - benefit obligation | 2027 | 2029
Foreign Plan [Member] | Pension Plan [Member] |  |
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating net periodic benefit cost [Abstract] |  |
Discount rate minimum - net periodic cost (in hundredths) | 0.54% | 0.59%
Discount rate maximum - net periodic costs (in hundredths) | 2.83% | 2.52%
Average increase in compensation levels - net periodic costs - minimum (in hundredths) | 2.50% | 2.50%
Average increase in compensation levels - net periodic costs - maximum (in hundredths) | 3.00% | 3.25%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs - minimum (in hundredths) | 4.00% | 4.00%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs - maximum (in hundredths) | 6.50% | 6.50%
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating benefit obligation [Abstract] |  |
Discount rate minimum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 0.79% | 0.83%
Discount rate maximum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 1.89% | 2.83%
Average increase in compensation levels minimum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 2.50% | 2.50%
Average increase in compensation levels maximum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 3.00% | 3.00%

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- Definition Expected minimum rate of compensation increases (for pay-related plans). + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition An assumption as to the maximum rate of return on plan assets reflecting the average rate of earnings expected on the funds invested or to be invested to provide for the benefits included in the benefit obligation. + References No definition available. + Details
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