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Schedule II - Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2020
SEC Schedule, 12-09, Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves | SCHEDULE II GREIF, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves (Dollars in millions)
Description | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | Charged to Other Accounts |  | Deductions |  | Balance at End of Period
Year ended October 31, 2018: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 8.9 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |  |  | $ | (4.6) |  |  | $ | (0.5) |  |  | $ | 4.2 |
Year ended October 31, 2019: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 4.2 |  |  | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 2.0 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6.8 |
Year ended October 31, 2020: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 6.8 |  |  | $ | 1.3 |  |  | $ | 1.3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9.4 |

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