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SPECIAL ITEMS - Impairments, Other Charges (Benefits), and Dispositions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Aug. 01, 2021 | Jan. 31, 2021 | Aug. 02, 2020 | May 03, 2020 | Aug. 01, 2021 | Aug. 02, 2020
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  |  |  |  | $ 50 |
Total expense, pretax |  |  |  |  |  | $ 127
Cost of Sales |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Factory closure, pretax |  |  |  |  |  | 13
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  |  |  |  |  | 62
Equity in Loss of Unconsolidated Affiliate |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates impairment, pretax |  |  |  |  |  | 20
Other Operating Expenses |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Equipment on operating leases impairment, pretax |  |  |  | $ 22 |  |
Operating lease inventory impairment, pretax |  |  |  | 10 |  |
Equipment on operating leases & matured operating lease inventory impairments, pretax |  |  |  |  |  | 32
Small Ag & Turf |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Total expense, pretax |  |  |  |  |  | 13
Small Ag & Turf | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Factory closure, pretax |  |  |  |  |  | 13
Construction & Forestry |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Total expense, pretax |  |  |  |  |  | 82
Construction & Forestry | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  |  |  |  |  | 62
Construction & Forestry | Equity in Loss of Unconsolidated Affiliate |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates impairment, pretax |  |  |  |  |  | 20
Financial Services Segment |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Total expense, pretax |  |  |  |  |  | 32
Financial Services Segment | Other Operating Expenses |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Equipment on operating leases & matured operating lease inventory impairments, pretax |  |  |  |  |  | $ 32
Sale Of German Walk-behind Lawn Mower Business | Other Operating Expenses |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-cash impairments, pretax |  |  | $ 24 |  |  |
Non-cash impairments charge, after-tax |  |  | 24 |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefits |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Total expense (benefit), pretax |  |  |  |  | (35) |
Impairments and Other Benefits | Foreign Tax Authority | Brazil |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Indirect tax benefit, pretax |  | $ (58) |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefits | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  |  |  |  | 50 |
Indirect tax benefit, pretax |  |  |  |  | (58) |
Impairments and Other Benefits | Other Income |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Gain on sale | $ (27) |  |  |  | (27) |
Impairments and Other Benefits | Production & Precision Ag |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Total expense (benefit), pretax |  |  |  |  | (48) |
Impairments and Other Benefits | Production & Precision Ag | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  |  |  |  | 5 |
Indirect tax benefit, pretax |  |  |  |  | (53) |
Impairments and Other Benefits | Small Ag & Turf |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Total expense (benefit), pretax |  |  |  |  | (24) |
Impairments and Other Benefits | Small Ag & Turf | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  |  |  |  | 3 |
Impairments and Other Benefits | Small Ag & Turf | Other Income |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Gain on sale |  |  |  |  | (27) |
Impairments and Other Benefits | Construction & Forestry |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Total expense (benefit), pretax |  |  |  |  | 37 |
Impairments and Other Benefits | Construction & Forestry | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  |  |  |  | 42 |
Indirect tax benefit, pretax |  |  |  |  | $ (5) |
Impairments and Other Benefits | German Asphalt Plant Factory |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  | 38 |  |  |  |
Fixed asset impairment, after-tax |  | 38 |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Benefits | Manufacturing Locations |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  | $ 12 |  |  |  |
Impairments and Closure Costs |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
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 and Closure Costs | South African Construction Equipment Company |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates impairment, pretax |  |  |  | 20 |  |
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates impairment, after-tax |  |  |  | 20 |  |
Impairments and Closure Costs | Closure of Small Agriculture Equipment Factory in China |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-cash impairments, pretax |  |  | 9 |  |  |
Non-cash impairments charge, after-tax |  |  | 9 |  |  |
Severance payments, pretax |  |  | 4 |  |  |
Severance payments, after-tax |  |  | $ 4 |  |  |
Impairments and Closure Costs | German Asphalt Plant Factory |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments and Other Charges (Benefits) |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax |  |  |  | 62 |  |
Fixed asset impairments, after-tax |  |  |  | $ 62 |  |

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