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Equity Earnings (Losses) of Unconsolidated Affiliates, Net of Tax and Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015 Affiliates	Apr. 30, 2014 Affiliates
Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]
Percentage of investments in affiliates in which company have non controlling interest			20.00%gef_PercentageOfInvestmentsInAffiliatesInWhichCompanyHaveNonControllingInterest
Number of affiliates in which company has equity interest			2gef_NumberOfAffiliatesInWhichCompanyHasEquityInterest	3gef_NumberOfAffiliatesInWhichCompanyHasEquityInterest
Equity earnings of affiliates	$ (300,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	$ 100,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	$ (300,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	$ 200,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Dividends received from company's equity method affiliates	0us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions	0us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions	0us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions	200,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	$ 300,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	$ 1,300,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	$ 2,200,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	$ 200,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest

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