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Guarantees, Other Contingent Liabilities, And Other Matters (Details) | 0 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |  |  |  |  | 3 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 2 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended
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Sep. 09, 2011 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Sep. 09, 2011 EUR (€) | Nov. 15, 2005 EUR (€) | Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum [Member] USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2013 Brazil [Member] USD ($) | Oct. 28, 2013 Unsecured Debt [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 Unsecured Debt [Member] | Oct. 15, 2013 Medium-term Notes [Member] USD ($)
Guarantees, Other Contingent Liabilities, and Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted |  | $ 38,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Face amount of guarantee including unpaid accrued interest |  | 41,000,000 | 35,000,000 | 20,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of the guarantees |  | 3,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 4,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other contingent liabilities |  | 3,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fines imposed by European Commission |  |  |  |  | 30,000,000 | 30,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Charge Recorded To Accrue European Commission Fine | 49,100,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accumulated interest on European Commission fine |  |  |  |  | 5,900,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Collateralized guaranteed bank deposit |  | 53,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total amount of Brazilian IPI federal tax credits made available by court decision |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 104,000,000 |  |  |
Brazilian federal taxes offset period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 years |  |  |
Net book value on tax credits from excise tax case after valuation allowance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 90,000,000 |  |  |
Gain on favorable outcome of excise tax case in Brazil |  | 81,619,000 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  | 81,600,000 |  |  |
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 |  |  |
Advances to suppliers current and non-current |  | 174,000,000 | 186,000,000 | 199,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation allowance amount related to advances to suppliers |  | 46,000,000 | 56,000,000 | 54,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Provision for loss on uncollectible advances to suppliers |  | 9,000,000 | 3,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate balance of recoverable value added tax credits |  | 75,000,000 | 77,000,000 | 73,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation allowance on recoverable value added tax credits |  | 28,000,000 | 26,000,000 | 26,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Brazil audit assessment for tax, penalties, and interest on recoverable value added tax credits |  | 20,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reduced Brazil audit assessment for tax, penalties, and interest on recoverable value added tax credits |  | 15,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimate of possible loss on remaining VAT audit assessment |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 15,000,000 |  |  |  |
Repayment of medium-term notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 200,000,000
Interest rate, stated percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.20%
Proceeds from issuance of senior term loan |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 175,000,000 |  |
Term to maturity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 years |  |
Unused borrowing capacity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 75,000,000 |  |
Basis spread on LIBOR |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.50% |
Interest rate during period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.69% |

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