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RETIREMENT PLANS AND POST RETIREMENT PENSION PLANS, Assumptions (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2016 | Oct. 31, 2015 | Oct. 31, 2014
United States Defined Benefit Plans |  |  |
Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 4.20% | 4.00% |
Average increase in compensation levels (in hundredths) | 3.50% | 3.50% | 3.50%
Expected long-term return on assets (in hundredths) | 7.50% | 8.00% | 8.00%
Assumptions used to calculate the benefit obligation |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 3.75% | 4.20% |
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation, Rate of Compensation Increase |  | 3.50% |
United States Postretirement Benefit Plans |  |  |
Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 4.00% | 4.00% |
Expected long-term return on assets (in hundredths) | 7.50% | 8.00% | 8.00%
Current medical cost trend rate (in hundredths) | 7.00% | 8.00% | 8.00%
Ultimate medical cost trend rate (in hundredths) | 3.50% | 3.50% | 3.50%
Medical cost trend rate decreases to ultimate rate in year | 2029 | 2028 | 2028
Assumptions used to calculate the benefit obligation |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 3.50% | 4.00% |
Current medical cost trend rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 6.00% | 7.00% |
Ultimate medical cost trend rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 3.50% | 3.50% |
Medical cost trend rate decreases to ultimate rate in year - benefit obligation | 2029 | 2029 |
Minimum [Member] | United States Defined Benefit Plans |  |  |
Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) |  | 4.00% |
Minimum [Member] | Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans |  |  |
Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 0.77% | 1.50% | 1.50%
Average increase in compensation levels (in hundredths) | 2.25% | 2.50% | 2.50%
Expected long-term return on assets (in hundredths) | 4.25% | 4.00% | 4.00%
Assumptions used to calculate the benefit obligation |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 0.40% | 0.77% |
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation, Rate of Compensation Increase | 2.00% | 2.25% |
Minimum [Member] | United States Postretirement Benefit Plans |  |  |
Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) |  |  | 4.00%
Maximum [Member] | United States Defined Benefit Plans |  |  |
Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) |  |  | 4.50%
Maximum [Member] | Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans |  |  |
Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 3.76% | 4.00% | 4.50%
Average increase in compensation levels (in hundredths) | 4.00% | 3.25% | 3.25%
Expected long-term return on assets (in hundredths) | 6.50% | 6.50% | 6.50%
Assumptions used to calculate the benefit obligation |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 2.62% | 3.76% |
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation, Rate of Compensation Increase | 4.25% | 4.00% |
Maximum [Member] | United States Postretirement Benefit Plans |  |  |
Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) |  |  | 4.25%

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