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Long-Term Debt (Senior Notes) - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015 Senior Notes Due 2017 [Member]	Feb. 09, 2007 Senior Notes Due 2017 [Member] USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member]	Jul. 28, 2009 Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member] USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Senior Notes Due 2021 [Member]	Jul. 15, 2011 Senior Notes Due 2021 [Member] EUR (€)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes issued		$ 300,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_SeniorNotesOneMember		$ 250,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_SeniorNoteTwoMember		€ 200,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_SeniorNoteThreeMember
Interest of senior notes		6.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_SeniorNotesOneMember		7.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_SeniorNoteTwoMember		7.375%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_SeniorNoteThreeMember
Senior notes due date	Feb. 01, 2017		Aug. 01, 2019		Jul. 15, 2021

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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