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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 | Oct. 31, 2017
U.S. Plan | Pension Plan |  |  |
Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 4.50% | 3.75% | 3.75%
Expected long-term return on assets (in hundredths) | 7.00% | 7.00% | 7.25%
Assumptions used to calculate the benefit obligation |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 3.25% | 4.50% |
U.S. Plan | Post-Retirement Benefit Plan |  |  |
Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 4.25% | 3.50% | 3.50%
Expected long-term return on assets (in hundredths) | 7.00% | 7.00% | 7.25%
Current medical cost trend rate | 6.00% | 6.00% | 6.00%
Ultimate medical cost trend rate | 3.50% | 3.50% | 3.50%
Medical cost trend rate decreases to ultimate rate in year | 2029 | 2029 | 2029
Assumptions used to calculate the benefit obligation |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 3.00% | 4.25% |
Defined Benefit Plan, Health Care Cost Trend Rate Assumed, Next Fiscal Year | 6.25% | 6.00% |
Defined Benefit Plan, Ultimate Health Care Cost Trend Rate | 4.50% | 3.50% |
Non-U.S. Plans | Pension Plan | Minimum |  |  |
Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 0.83% | 0.67% | 0.22%
Average increase in compensation levels (in hundredths) | 2.25% | 2.00% | 2.00%
Expected long-term return on assets (in hundredths) | 4.00% | 4.00% | 4.00%
Assumptions used to calculate the benefit obligation |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 0.22% | 0.83% |
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation, Rate of Compensation Increase | 2.25% | 2.25% |
Non-U.S. Plans | Pension Plan | Maximum |  |  |
Assumptions used to calculate the net periodic cost |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 2.68% | 2.52% | 2.66%
Average increase in compensation levels (in hundredths) | 3.25% | 3.25% | 4.25%
Expected long-term return on assets (in hundredths) | 5.75% | 6.00% | 6.25%
Assumptions used to calculate the benefit obligation |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 1.81% | 2.68% |
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation, Rate of Compensation Increase | 3.00% | 3.25% |

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