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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  | 12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2014 EUR (€) | Sep. 09, 2011 EUR (€) | Nov. 15, 2005 EUR (€) | Mar. 31, 2015 U.S. Federal [Member] | Mar. 31, 2015 Minimum [Member] State And Foreign Jurisdictions [Member] | Mar. 31, 2015 Maximum [Member] State And Foreign Jurisdictions [Member] | Jun. 30, 2014 Deltafina [Member] USD ($)
Income Tax [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | $ 38,006,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $ 75,535,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $ 66,366,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 8,000,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / uvv_TaxObligationMemberAxis = uvv_DeltafinaMember
Fines Imposed By European Commission |  |  |  | 53,000,000 uvv_FinesImposedByEuropeanCommission | 38,900,000 uvv_FinesImposedByEuropeanCommission | 30,000,000 uvv_FinesImposedByEuropeanCommission | 30,000,000 uvv_FinesImposedByEuropeanCommission |  |  |  | 30,000,000 uvv_FinesImposedByEuropeanCommission / uvv_TaxObligationMemberAxis = uvv_DeltafinaMember
Tax benefit arising from payment of a portion of the European Commission Fine by a subsidiary | 5.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpense | 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpense | 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate | 2,200,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liability where a significant change in unrecognized tax benefits is reasonably possible | $ 200,000 us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Open Tax Year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2012 |  |  |
Open tax years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years | 6 years |

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