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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2014
Equity Method Investments And Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Total Net Assets of Flexible Packaging JV | The following table presents the Flexible Packaging JV total net assets (Dollars in millions):
October 31, 2013 |  | Asset Co. |  |  | Global Textile |  |  | Trading Co. |  |  | Flexible Packaging JV |
Total assets |  | $ | 155.5 |  |  | $ | 44.9 |  |  | $ | 163.6 |  |  | $ | 364.0 |
Total liabilities |  |  | 209.8 |  |  |  | 1.2 |  |  |  | 57.3 |  |  |  | 268.3 |
Net assets |  | $ | (54.3 | ) |  | $ | 43.7 |  |  | $ | 106.3 |  |  | $ | 95.7 |
July 31, 2014 |  | Asset Co. |  |  | Global Textile |  |  | Trading Co. |  |  | Flexible Packaging JV |
Total assets |  | $ | 154.0 |  |  | $ | 38.2 |  |  | $ | 166.4 |  |  | $ | 358.6 |
Total liabilities |  |  | 145.2 |  |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | 48.2 |  |  |  | 195.5 |
Net assets |  | $ | 8.8 |  |  | $ | 36.1 |  |  | $ | 118.2 |  |  | $ | 163.1 |

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