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Income Taxes (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended						9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 EUR (€)	Sep. 09, 2011 EUR (€)	Nov. 15, 2005 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2014 Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation excluding European Commission fine [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation excluding European Commission fine [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Deltafina [Member] USD ($)
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]
Federal statutory income tax rate	35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Effective income tax rate	34.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	33.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	23.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	33.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations					32.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / uvv_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationexcludingEuropeanCommissionfineAxis = uvv_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationexcludingEuropeanCommissionfineMember	33.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / uvv_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationexcludingEuropeanCommissionfineAxis = uvv_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationexcludingEuropeanCommissionfineMember
Consolidated income tax expense (benefit)	$ 29,797,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 22,212,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 22,719,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 63,390,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit							$ 8,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / uvv_TaxObligationMemberAxis = uvv_DeltafinaMember
Fines imposed by European Commission					$ 30,000,000uvv_FinesImposedByEuropeanCommission	€ 38,900,000uvv_FinesImposedByEuropeanCommission	€ 30,000,000uvv_FinesImposedByEuropeanCommission	€ 30,000,000uvv_FinesImposedByEuropeanCommission			$ 53,000,000uvv_FinesImposedByEuropeanCommission / uvv_TaxObligationMemberAxis = uvv_DeltafinaMember

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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