Annual Net Costs Mismatch Translation Exposure - Real vs US Dollar

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Commitment Under Cash Flow Hedges, Mass

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Derivative Financial Instruments (Narrative) (Details) R$ in Thousands, $ in Thousands, lbs in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) lbs	Mar. 31, 2022 BRL (R$)	Mar. 31, 2022 BRL (R$) lbs	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) lbs
Derivative [Line Items]
Amounts of unrealized after tax gains (losses) to be Reclassified within Twelve Months	$ (3,500)
Aluminum Futures Contracts
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 24,200			$ 22,100
Commitment Under Cash Flow Hedges, Mass \| lbs	14.3		14.3	14.9
Terphane Ltda [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 22,801		R$ 128,210
Terphane Ltda [Member] \| Oct-2018 [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Annual Net Costs Mismatch Translation Exposure - Real vs US Dollar \| R$		R$ 150,000