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SPECIAL ITEMS - Impairments and Other Benefit (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2021 | May 03, 2020 | May 02, 2021 | May 03, 2020
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  |  | $ 50 |
Total expense, pretax |  |  |  | $ 114
Cost of Sales |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  |  |  | 62
Equity in Loss of Unconsolidated Affiliate |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates impairment, pretax |  |  |  | 20
Other Operating Expenses |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Equipment on operating leases impairment, pretax |  | $ 22 |  |
Operating lease inventory impairment, pretax |  | 10 |  |
Equipment on operating leases & matured operating lease inventory impairments, pretax |  |  |  | 32
Construction & Forestry |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Total expense, pretax |  |  |  | 82
Construction & Forestry | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  |  |  | 62
Construction & Forestry | Equity in Loss of Unconsolidated Affiliate |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates impairment, pretax |  |  |  | 20
Financial Services |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Total expense, pretax |  |  |  | 32
Financial Services | Other Operating Expenses |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Equipment on operating leases & matured operating lease inventory impairments, pretax |  |  |  | $ 32
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Total expense (benefit), pretax |  |  | (8) |
Impairments and Other Benefit | Foreign Tax Authority | Brazil |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Indirect tax benefit, pretax | $ (58) |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  |  | 50 |
Indirect tax benefit, pretax |  |  | (58) |
Impairments and Other Benefit | Production & Precision Ag |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Total expense (benefit), pretax |  |  | (48) |
Impairments and Other Benefit | Production & Precision Ag | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  |  | 5 |
Indirect tax benefit, pretax |  |  | (53) |
Impairments and Other Benefit | Small Ag & Turf |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Total expense (benefit), pretax |  |  | 3 |
Impairments and Other Benefit | Small Ag & Turf | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  |  | 3 |
Impairments and Other Benefit | Construction & Forestry |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Total expense (benefit), pretax |  |  | 37 |
Impairments and Other Benefit | Construction & Forestry | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  |  | 42 |
Indirect tax benefit, pretax |  |  | $ (5) |
Impairments and Other Benefit | German Asphalt Plant Factory |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax | 38 |  |  |
Fixed asset impairment, after-tax | 38 |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit | Manufacturing Locations |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax | $ 12 |  |  |
Impairments |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Equipment on operating leases impairment, pretax |  | 22 |  |
Operating lease inventory impairment, pretax |  | 10 |  |
Income tax benefit for the equipment on operating leases and matured operating lease inventory impairments |  | 9 |  |
Impairments | South African Construction Equipment Company |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates impairment, pretax |  | 20 |  |
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates impairment, after-tax |  | 20 |  |
Impairments | German Asphalt Plant Factory |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefit |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  | 62 |  |
Fixed asset impairments, after-tax |  | $ 62 |  |

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