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Operating Segments (Operating Results For The Company's Reportable Segments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Sales and Other Operating Revenues |  | $ 2,120,373 | $ 2,271,801 | $ 2,542,115
Operating Income |  | 181,647 | 167,874 | 246,151
Equity in pretax earnings of unconsolidated affiliates | [1] | (5,422) | (7,137) | (3,897)
Restructuring and impairment costs | [2] | (2,389) | (4,890) | (6,746)
Other income | [3] | 3,390 | 12,676 | 81,619
Segment Assets |  | 2,232,797 | 2,188,449 | 2,264,893
Goodwill |  | 99,031 | 99,085 | 99,080
Depreciation and Amortization |  | 37,644 | 37,324 | 38,899
Capital Expenditures |  | 47,153 | 58,385 | 45,849
Operating Segments [Member] |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Sales and Other Operating Revenues |  | 2,120,373 | 2,271,801 | 2,542,115
Operating Income |  | 186,068 | 167,225 | 175,175
Flue-Cured And Burley Leaf Tobacco Operations [Member] |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Sales and Other Operating Revenues |  | 1,900,798 | 2,044,809 | 2,280,855
Operating Income |  | 174,743 | 156,899 | 156,664
Segment Assets |  | 1,914,029 | 1,891,150 | 1,948,668
Goodwill |  | 97,318 | 97,372 | 97,367
Depreciation and Amortization |  | 33,501 | 33,111 | 35,062
Capital Expenditures |  | 27,404 | 45,117 | 40,260
Flue-Cured And Burley Leaf Tobacco Operations [Member] | North America [Member] |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Sales and Other Operating Revenues |  | 361,827 | 305,028 | 348,627
Operating Income |  | 31,147 | 31,060 | 23,217
Segment Assets |  | 364,271 | 281,757 | 272,161
Goodwill |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Depreciation and Amortization |  | 4,314 | 4,284 | 6,018
Capital Expenditures |  | 2,282 | 5,814 | 2,676
Flue-Cured And Burley Leaf Tobacco Operations [Member] | Other Regions [Member] |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Sales and Other Operating Revenues | [4] | 1,538,971 | 1,739,781 | 1,932,228
Operating Income | [4] | 143,596 | 125,839 | 133,447
Segment Assets | [4] | 1,549,758 | 1,609,393 | 1,676,507
Goodwill | [4] | 97,318 | 97,372 | 97,367
Depreciation and Amortization | [4] | 29,187 | 28,827 | 29,044
Capital Expenditures | [4] | 25,122 | 39,303 | 37,584
Other Tobacco Operations [Member] |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Sales and Other Operating Revenues | [5] | 219,575 | 226,992 | 261,260
Operating Income | [5] | 11,325 | 10,326 | 18,511
Segment Assets | [5] | 318,768 | 297,299 | 316,225
Goodwill | [5] | 1,713 | 1,713 | 1,713
Depreciation and Amortization | [5] | 4,143 | 4,213 | 3,837
Capital Expenditures | [5] | $ 19,749 | $ 13,268 | $ 5,589
[1] | Equity in pretax earnings of unconsolidated affiliates is included in segment operating income (Other Tobacco Operations segment), but is reported below consolidated operating income and excluded from that total in the consolidated statements of income.
[2] | Restructuring and impairment costs are excluded from segment operating income, but are included in consolidated operating income in the consolidated statements of income (see Note 2).
[3] | Other income in fiscal year 2016 represents a gain from remeasuring to fair value the Company's original 50% ownership in Procesadora Unitab, S.A., a tobacco processing joint venture in Guatemala, upon acquiring the 50% interest held by the Company's joint venture partner (See Note 13). Other income represents the reversal of a valuation allowance on IPI excise tax credits in Brazil in fiscal year 2015 and the gain on the favorable outcome of the IPI tax credit case in fiscal year 2014 (see Note 13).
[4] | Includes South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia regions, as well as inter-region eliminations.
[5] | Includes Dark Air-Cured, Oriental, and Special Services, as well as inter-company eliminations. Sales and other operating revenues, goodwill, depreciation and amortization, and capital expenditures include limited amounts or no amounts for Oriental because the business is accounted for on the equity method and its financial results consist principally of equity in the pretax earnings of the unconsolidated affiliate. The investment in the unconsolidated affiliate is included in segment assets and was approximately $81.8 million, $74.9 million, and $93.3 million, at March 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively.

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