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Restructuring Costs Restructuring Costs
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Restructuring Costs [Abstract]  
Restructuring Costs
RESTRUCTURING AND IMPAIRMENT COSTS

Universal continually reviews its business for opportunities to realize efficiencies, reduce costs, and realign its operations in response to business changes. Restructuring and impairment costs are periodically incurred in connection with those activities.     In the first quarter of fiscal year 2016, the Company recorded restructuring and impairment costs totaling $2.4 million related to plans to significantly scale back its operations in Zambia. Those costs include statutory employee termination benefits, impairment charges related to outstanding balances on loans to farmers whose contracts were terminated as a result of the decision, and impairment charges on certain property and equipment. The total restructuring liability related to these costs at June 30, 2015, was $1.7 million, the majority of which the Company expects will be paid before the end of the current fiscal year. The Zambia operations are included in the Other Regions reportable segment of the Company's flue-cured and burley leaf tobacco operations.