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Commitments And Other Matters (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2011 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2013 | Mar. 31, 2012 | Mar. 31, 2011
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Total amount of advances funded towards tobacco purchase |  |  | $ 135,000,000 |  |  |
Commitments relating to agricultural materials,capital expenditures |  |  | 74,000,000 |  |  |
Company total exposure under guarantees |  |  | 20,000,000 |  |  |
Face amount of guarantee including unpaid accrued interest |  |  | 22,000,000 | 20,000,000 |  |
Fair value of the guarantees |  |  | 2,000,000 | 4,000,000 |  |
Other contingent liabilities |  |  | 3,000,000 |  |  |
Due period of accounts receivables |  |  | 30 |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | 7,000,000 | 8,000,000 |  |
Total Amount of Brazilian IPI Federal Tax Credits Made Available by Court Decision | 104,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Federal Taxes Offset Period | 5 years |  |  |  |  |
Net Book Value Excise Case Tax Credits | 90,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Gain on settlement of excise tax case | 81,600,000 |  | 81,619,000 | 0 | 0 |
Gain on favorable outcome of excise tax case in Brazil, after tax | 53,100,000 |  |  |  |  |
Diluted earnings per share calculation based on gain from excise tax case in Brazil | 1.87 |  |  |  |  |
Cash received in property exchange |  |  |  |  | 9,400,000 |
Number of warehouses acquired in property exchange |  |  |  |  | 2 |
Fair value of land and buildings acquired in property exchange |  |  |  |  | 11,200,000 |
Gain on sale/exchange of property |  |  | 0 | 0 | 11,111,000 |
Proceeds from insurance settlement, investing activities |  | 9,900,000 | 0 | 0 | 9,933,000 |
Gain on property and equipment fire loss insurance settlement |  | 9,600,000 | 0 | 0 | 9,592,000 |
Gain on fire loss insurance settlement |  | 6,900,000 |  |  |  |
Gain on business interruption insurance settlement |  | 2,100,000 |  |  |  | 4,800,000
Reversal of statutory severance liability |  | 4,000,000 |  |  |  |
Philip Morris International, Inc [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues from customers |  |  | 590,000,000 | 550,000,000 | 610,000,000 |
Imperial Tobacco Group, PLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues from customers |  |  | 340,000,000 | 330,000,000 | 360,000,000 |
Fiscal Year 2015 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Tobacco purchase contracts |  |  | 661,000,000 |  |  |
After Fiscal Year 2015 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Tobacco purchase contracts |  |  | $ 154,000,000 |  |  |

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