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Post Retirement Benefit Plans - Number of Participants in Defined Benefit Plans (Details) - Pension Plan - Participant | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2020 | Oct. 31, 2019
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants | 2,226 | 2,455
Vested former employees and deferred members | 3,385 | 5,236
Retirees and beneficiaries | 6,526 | 6,462
Netherlands |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants | 63 | 63
Vested former employees and deferred members | 105 | 97
Retirees and beneficiaries | 405 | 414
United Kingdom |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants | 0 | 0
Vested former employees and deferred members | 366 | 366
Retirees and beneficiaries | 662 | 662
United States |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants | 2,127 | 2,351
Vested former employees and deferred members | 2,788 | 4,643
Retirees and beneficiaries | 5,138 | 5,074
Germany |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants | 36 | 41
Vested former employees and deferred members | 82 | 86
Retirees and beneficiaries | 267 | 258
Other International |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants | 0 | 0
Vested former employees and deferred members | 44 | 44
Retirees and beneficiaries | 54 | 54

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