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Financial Instruments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 02, 2016
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Company's outstanding derivative instruments on a gross basis as recorded on its consolidated balance sheets | The following table summarizes the Company's outstanding derivative instruments on a gross basis as recorded in its consolidated balance sheets as of April 2, 2016 and March 28, 2015:
|  | Notional Amounts |  | Derivative Assets |  | Derivative Liabilities
Derivative Instrument(a) |  | April 2, 2016 |  | March 28, 2015 |  | April 2, 2016 |  | March 28, 2015 |  | April 2, 2016 |  | March 28, 2015
|  |  |  |  |  | Balance Sheet Line(b) |  | Fair Value |  | Balance Sheet Line(b) |  | Fair Value |  | Balance Sheet Line(b) |  | Fair Value |  | Balance Sheet Line(b) |  | Fair Value
|  | (millions)
Designated Hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
FC — Inventory purchases |  | $ | 532 |  |  | $ | 587 |  |  | PP |  | $ | 1 |  |  | PP |  | $ | 49 |  |  | AE |  | $ | 14 |  |  | AE |  | $ | 9 |
FC — Other(c) |  | 210 |  |  | 118 |  |  | — |  | — |  |  | PP |  | 5 |  |  | AE |  | 9 |  |  | AE |  | 1 |
IRS — Fixed-rate debt |  | 600 |  |  | — |  |  | ONCA |  | 2 |  |  | — |  | — |  |  | ONCL |  | 2 |  |  | — |  | — |
CCS — NI |  | 630 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  | — |  |  | — |  | — |  |  | ONCL |  | 31 |  |  | — |  | — |
Total Designated Hedges |  | $ | 1,972 |  |  | $ | 705 |  |  |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  |  |  | $ | 54 |  |  |  |  | $ | 56 |  |  |  |  | $ | 10 |
Undesignated Hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
FC — Other(d) |  | $ | 541 |  |  | $ | 464 |  |  | (e) |  | $ | 19 |  |  | (f) |  | $ | 33 |  |  | AE |  | $ | 3 |  |  | (g) |  | $ | 9 |
Total Hedges |  | $ | 2,513 |  |  | $ | 1,169 |  |  |  |  | $ | 22 |  |  |  |  | $ | 87 |  |  |  |  | $ | 59 |  |  |  |  | $ | 19 |
(a) | FC = Forward foreign currency exchange contracts; IRS = Interest rate swap contracts; CCS = Cross-currency swap contracts; NI = Net investment hedges.
(b) | PP = Prepaid expenses and other current assets; AE = Accrued expenses and other current liabilities; ONCA = Other non-current assets; ONCL = Other non-current liabilities.
(c) | Primarily includes designated hedges of foreign currency-denominated intercompany royalty payments and other operational exposures.
(d) | Primarily includes undesignated hedges of foreign currency-denominated intercompany loans and other intercompany balances.
(e) | $15 million included within prepaid expenses and other current assets and $4 million included within other non-current assets.
(f) | $11 million included within prepaid expenses and other current assets and $22 million included within other non-current assets.
(g) | $8 million included within accrued expenses and other current liabilities and $1 million included within other non-current liabilities.
Offsetting Assets | The Company records and presents the fair values of all of its derivative assets and liabilities in its consolidated balance sheets on a gross basis, even though they are subject to master netting arrangements. However, if the Company were to offset and record the asset and liability balances of all of its derivative instruments on a net basis in accordance with the terms of each of its master netting arrangements, spread across eight separate counterparties, the amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheets as of April 2, 2016 and March 28, 2015 would be adjusted from the current gross presentation as detailed in the following table:
|  | April 2, 2016 |  | March 28, 2015
Derivative Instrument |  | Gross Amounts Presented in the Balance Sheet |  | Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Balance Sheet that are Subject to Master Netting Arrangements |  | Net Amount |  | Gross Amounts Presented in the Balance Sheet |  | Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Balance Sheet that are Subject to Master Netting Arrangements |  | Net Amount
|  | (millions)
Derivative assets |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | (11 | ) |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 87 |  |  | $ | (14 | ) |  | $ | 73 |
Derivative liabilities |  | $ | 59 |  |  | $ | (11 | ) |  | $ | 48 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | (14 | ) |  | $ | 5 |
Gains (losses) recognized in AOCI and gains (losses) reclassified from AOCI to Earnings | The following tables summarize the pretax impact of the effective portion of gains and losses from the Company's designated derivative instruments on its consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years presented:
|  | Gains (Losses) Recognized in OCI |  | Gains (Losses) Reclassified from AOCI to Earnings |  | Location of Gains (Losses) Reclassified from AOCI to Earnings
|  | Fiscal Years Ended |  | Fiscal Years Ended |
Derivative Instrument |  | April 2, 2016 |  | March 28, 2015 |  | March 29, 2014 |  | April 2, 2016 |  | March 28, 2015 |  | March 29, 2014 |
|  | (millions) |  |
Designated Cash Flow Hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
FC — Inventory purchases |  | $ | (7 | ) |  | $ | 50 |  |  | $ | (10 | ) |  | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | Cost of goods sold
FC — Other |  | (14 | ) |  | 19 |  |  | — |  |  | (5 | ) |  | 14 |  |  | — |  |  | Foreign currency gains (losses)
|  | $ | (21 | ) |  | $ | 69 |  |  | $ | (10 | ) |  | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  |
Designated Hedges of Net Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
CCS(a) |  | $ | (28 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |
Total Designated Hedges |  | $ | (49 | ) |  | $ | 69 |  |  | $ | (10 | ) |  | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  |
(a) | Amounts recognized in OCI would be recognized in earnings only upon the sale or liquidation of the hedged net investment.
Gains (losses) recognized in earnings from derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | The following table summarizes the pretax impact of gains and losses from the Company's undesignated derivative instruments on its consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years presented:
|  | Gains (Losses) Recognized in Earnings |  | Location of Gains (Losses) Recognized in Earnings
|  | Fiscal Years Ended |
Derivative Instrument |  | April 2, 2016 |  | March 28, 2015 |  | March 29, 2014 |
|  | (millions) |  |
Undesignated Hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
FC — Other |  | $ | (7 | ) |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 20 |  |  | Foreign currency gains (losses)
Total Undesignated Hedges |  | $ | (7 | ) |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 20 |  |  |

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