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Sale of Non-United States Accounts Receivable - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 Singapore RPA [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 Singapore RPA [Member] SGD	Oct. 31, 2014 European RPA [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 European RPA [Member] EUR (€)
Finance Receivable Transferred To Held For Sale [Line Items]
Financing receivable maximum amount under receivable purchase agreement		$ 11,800,000gef_FinancingReceivableMaximumAmountUnderReceivablePurchaseAgreement / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = gef_SingaporeReceivablePurchaseAgreementMember	15,000,000gef_FinancingReceivableMaximumAmountUnderReceivablePurchaseAgreement / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = gef_SingaporeReceivablePurchaseAgreementMember	$ 184,700,000gef_FinancingReceivableMaximumAmountUnderReceivablePurchaseAgreement / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = gef_NieuwAmsterdamReceivablesPurchaseAgreementMember	€ 145,000,000gef_FinancingReceivableMaximumAmountUnderReceivablePurchaseAgreement / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = gef_NieuwAmsterdamReceivablesPurchaseAgreementMember
Minimum percentage of eligible receivables related with bank funds initial purchase price	75.00%gef_MinimumPercentageOfEligibleReceivablesRelatedWithBankFundsInitialPurchasePrice
Maximum percentage of eligible receivables related with bank funds initial purchase price	90.00%gef_MaximumPercentageOfEligibleReceivablesRelatedWithBankFundsInitialPurchasePrice
Receivables held by third party	$ 0us-gaap_TradeReceivablesHeldForSaleNet

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Amount classified as trade receivables attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28367877&loc=d3e4428-111522

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