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Financial Instruments and Derivative Instruments (Details 3) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2013
Derivative instruments |
Percentage of projected intercompany purchases hedged by forward exchange contracts | 50.00%
Period of projected intercompany purchase transactions | 12 months
Notional amounts of foreign currency purchase contracts | $ 2.3
Low end of range |
Derivative instruments |
Average volume of foreign currency contracts | 2
High end of range |
Derivative instruments |
Average volume of foreign currency contracts | $ 10

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- Definition Aggregate notional amount of all foreign currency derivatives not designated as hedging instruments. Notional amount refers to the number of currency units specified in the foreign currency derivative contract. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1A -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=SL5579245-113959 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Notional Amount -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6519104 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1B -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=SL5580258-113959 + Details
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- Definition Aggregate notional amount of foreign currency derivatives to purchase a foreign currency. Notional amount refers to the number of currency units specified in the foreign currency derivative contract. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1A -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=SL5579245-113959 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Notional Amount -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6519104 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1B -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=SL5580258-113959 + Details
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- Definition Maximum length of time over which the entity is hedging its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Represents the percentage of projected intercompany purchase transactions hedged for the next twelve months by forward exchange contracts. + References No definition available. + Details
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