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Notes Payable (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Bank Lines of Credit and Notes | Bank lines of credit and notes payable are summarized as follows:
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Maximum borrowings under bank lines of credit: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Domestic banks |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 100,000 |
Foreign banks |  |  | 45,102 |  |  |  | 48,619 |
Total |  | $ | 45,102 |  |  | $ | 148,619 |
Outstanding notes payable: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Domestic bank debt |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 100,000 |
Foreign bank debt |  |  | 1,108 |  |  |  | 6,181 |
Total |  | $ | 1,108 |  |  | $ | 106,181 |
Weighted-average interest rate on notes payable |  |  | 2.75 | % |  |  | 1.00 | %
Unused bank lines of credit |  | $ | 43,994 |  |  | $ | 42,438 |

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