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Post Retirement Benefit Plans - Number of Participants in Defined Benefit Plans (Detail) - Participant | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2017 | Oct. 31, 2016
Pension Plan |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants (participant) | 1,442 | 1,573
Vested former employees and deferred members (participant) | 1,442 | 2,149
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant) | 2,421 | 4,114
Pension Plan | United States |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants (participant) | 1,306 | 1,405
Vested former employees and deferred members (participant) | 804 | 1,484
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant) | 925 | 2,565
Pension Plan | Foreign Plan | Germany |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants (participant) | 67 | 95
Vested former employees and deferred members (participant) | 72 | 60
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant) | 254 | 258
Pension Plan | Foreign Plan | United Kingdom |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants (participant) | 0 | 0
Vested former employees and deferred members (participant) | 431 | 462
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant) | 699 | 699
Pension Plan | Foreign Plan | Netherlands |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants (participant) | 69 | 73
Vested former employees and deferred members (participant) | 89 | 89
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant) | 488 | 534
Pension Plan | Foreign Plan | Other International |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants (participant) | 0 | 0
Vested former employees and deferred members (participant) | 46 | 54
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant) | 55 | 58
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants (participant) | 20 | 22
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant) | 653 | 704

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