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Commitments And Other Matters (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2013
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total amount of advances funded towards tobacco purchase |  | $ 115,000,000 uvv_AdvancesToSuppliersCurrentAndNoncurrent |  |
Commitments relating to agricultural materials,capital expenditures |  | 66,000,000 us-gaap_OtherCommitment |  |
Company total exposure under guarantees |  | 15,000,000 us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure |  |
Face amount of guarantee including unpaid accrued interest |  | 17,000,000 uvv_GuaranteeFaceAmountIncludingUnpaidAccruedInterest | 22,000,000 uvv_GuaranteeFaceAmountIncludingUnpaidAccruedInterest |
Fair value of the guarantees |  | 2,000,000 us-gaap_GuaranteesFairValueDisclosure | 2,000,000 us-gaap_GuaranteesFairValueDisclosure |
Other contingent liabilities |  | 2,000,000 uvv_OtherContingentLiabilities |  |
Due period of accounts receivables |  | 30 uvv_DuePeriodOfAccountsReceivables |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | 5,000,000 us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent | 7,000,000 us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent |
Total Amount of Brazilian IPI Federal Tax Credits Made Available by Court Decision | 104,000,000 uvv_TotalAmountofBrazilianIPIFederalTaxCreditsMadeAvailablebyCourtDecision |  |  |
Federal Taxes Offset Period | 5 years |  |  |
Gain on settlement of excise tax case | 81,600,000 uvv_Gainonsettlementofexcisetaxcase | 12,676,000 uvv_Gainonsettlementofexcisetaxcase | 81,619,000 uvv_Gainonsettlementofexcisetaxcase | 0 uvv_Gainonsettlementofexcisetaxcase
Gain on favorable outcome of excise tax case in Brazil, after tax | 53,100,000 uvv_GainonfavorableoutcomeofexcisetaxcaseinBrazilaftertax |  |  |
Diluted earnings per share calculation based on gain from excise tax case in Brazil | $ 1.87 uvv_DilutedearningspersharecalculationbasedongainfromexcisetaxcaseinBrazil |  |  |
Remaining unused tax credits on excise tax case in Brazil at current exchange rate |  | 30,000,000 uvv_Remainingunusedtaxcredits |  |
Net book value on tax credits from excise tax case after valuation allowance | 90,000,000 uvv_NetBookValueExciseCaseTaxCredits | 12,700,000 uvv_NetBookValueExciseCaseTaxCredits |  |
Philip Morris International, Inc [Member] |  |  |  |
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Revenues from customers |  | 580,000,000 us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = uvv_PhilipMorrisInternationalIncMember | 590,000,000 us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = uvv_PhilipMorrisInternationalIncMember | 550,000,000 us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = uvv_PhilipMorrisInternationalIncMember
Imperial Tobacco Group, PLC [Member] |  |  |  |
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Revenues from customers |  | 280,000,000 us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = uvv_ImperialTobaccoGroupPlcMember | 340,000,000 us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = uvv_ImperialTobaccoGroupPlcMember | 330,000,000 us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = uvv_ImperialTobaccoGroupPlcMember
Santa Catarina [Member] |  |  |  |
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Brazil Audit Assessment For Tax, Penalties, And Interest On Recoverable Value Added Tax Credits |  | 15,000,000 uvv_BrazilAuditAssessmentForTaxPenaltiesAndInterestOnRecoverableValueAddedTaxCredits / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = uvv_SantaCatarinaMember |  |
Reduction of Brazil Audit Assessment For Tax, Penalties, And Interest On Recoverable Value Added Tax Credits |  | 12,000,000 uvv_ReductionOfBrazilAuditAssessmentForTaxPenaltiesAndInterestOnRecoverableValueAddedTaxCredits / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = uvv_SantaCatarinaMember |  |
Santa Catarina [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Estimate of possible loss on remaining VAT audit assessment |  | 0 us-gaap_LossContingencyEstimateOfPossibleLoss / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = uvv_SantaCatarinaMember |  |
Santa Catarina [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Estimate of possible loss on remaining VAT audit assessment |  | 12,000,000 us-gaap_LossContingencyEstimateOfPossibleLoss / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = uvv_SantaCatarinaMember |  |
Parana [Member] |  |  |  |
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Brazil Audit Assessment For Tax, Penalties, And Interest On Recoverable Value Added Tax Credits |  | 17,000,000 uvv_BrazilAuditAssessmentForTaxPenaltiesAndInterestOnRecoverableValueAddedTaxCredits / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = uvv_ParanaMember |  |
Parana [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Estimate of possible loss on remaining VAT audit assessment |  | 0 us-gaap_LossContingencyEstimateOfPossibleLoss / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = uvv_ParanaMember |  |
Parana [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Estimate of possible loss on remaining VAT audit assessment |  | 14,000,000 us-gaap_LossContingencyEstimateOfPossibleLoss / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = uvv_ParanaMember |  |
Fiscal Year 2015 [Member] |  |  |  |
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Tobacco purchase contracts |  | 555,000,000 us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentAmount / uvv_PurchaseObligationTimePeriodAxis = uvv_FiscalYear2015Member |  |
After Fiscal Year 2015 [Member] |  |  |  |
Commitments And Other Matters [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Tobacco purchase contracts |  | $ 336,000,000 us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentAmount / uvv_PurchaseObligationTimePeriodAxis = uvv_AfterFiscalYear2015Member |  |

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