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SPECIAL ITEMS - Employee-Separation Programs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended | 24 Months Ended | 36 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2021 | Nov. 01, 2020 | Nov. 03, 2019 | Oct. 30, 2022 | Oct. 30, 2022
OPEB |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Curtailment expense |  | $ 34 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | 335 |  |  |
Employee-separation program payments |  | 166 |  |  |
Employee-separation programs savings |  | 85 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Forecasted |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Employee-separation program payments |  |  |  | $ 135 | $ 301
Employee-separation programs savings | $ 250 |  |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | OPEB |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Curtailment expense |  | $ 34 |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit (Cost) Credit, Curtailment Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible List] |  | Other Cost of Operating Revenue |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | $ 104 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Research and Development |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | 55 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Selling, Administrative and General Expenses |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | 135 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Other Operating Expenses |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | 41 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Agriculture and Turf |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | 225 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Agriculture and Turf | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | 82 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Agriculture and Turf | Research and Development |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | 47 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Agriculture and Turf | Selling, Administrative and General Expenses |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | 96 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Construction and Forestry |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | 54 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Construction and Forestry | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | 22 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Construction and Forestry | Research and Development |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | 8 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Construction and Forestry | Selling, Administrative and General Expenses |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | 24 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Financial Services |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | 15 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Financial Services | OPEB |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Curtailment expense |  | 6 |  |  |
2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Financial Services | Selling, Administrative and General Expenses |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | $ 15 |  |  |
2019 Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  |  | $ 30 |  |
2019 Employee-Separation Programs | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  |  | 5 |  |
2019 Employee-Separation Programs | Research and Development |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  |  | 1 |  |
2019 Employee-Separation Programs | Selling, Administrative and General Expenses |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  |  | 24 |  |
2019 Employee-Separation Programs | Agriculture and Turf |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  |  | 19 |  |
2019 Employee-Separation Programs | Agriculture and Turf | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  |  | 5 |  |
2019 Employee-Separation Programs | Agriculture and Turf | Research and Development |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  |  | 1 |  |
2019 Employee-Separation Programs | Agriculture and Turf | Selling, Administrative and General Expenses |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  |  | 13 |  |
2019 Employee-Separation Programs | Construction and Forestry |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  |  | 2 |  |
2019 Employee-Separation Programs | Construction and Forestry | Selling, Administrative and General Expenses |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  |  | 2 |  |
2019 Employee-Separation Programs | Financial Services |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  |  | 9 |  |
2019 Employee-Separation Programs | Financial Services | Selling, Administrative and General Expenses |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  |  | $ 9 |  |

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