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VAT Tax Issue in Brazil (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2016
Vat Tax Issues Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Value Added Tax Claims [Table Text Block] | A table summarizing all four different VAT claims remaining open and their status is listed below:
|  | Principal (tax only) |  | Total fines and fees |  | Total of the Debt |  | Negotiated fines and fees |  | Not included in amnesty settlement |  | Amnesty settlement |  | Status of unsettled items |
R$ |  |  | 305,897 |  |  | 572,264 |  |  | 878,161 |  |  | 92,853 |  |  |  |  |  | 398,750 |  |  |
USD ¹ |  | $ | 80,499 |  | $ | 150,596 |  | $ | 231,095 |  | $ | 24,435 |  |  |  |  | $ | 104,934 |  |  |
R$ |  |  | 573,457 |  |  | 1,416,106 |  |  | 1,989,563 |  |  | 236,290 |  |  | 809,747 |  |  |  |  | The new owner will continue litigation as it is expected to be decided in management favor |
USD ¹ |  | $ | 150,910 |  | $ | 372,660 |  | $ | 523,569 |  | $ | 62,182 |  | $ | 213,091 |  |  |  |  |  |
R$ |  |  | 6,081,597 |  |  | 10,638,172 |  |  | 16,719,769 |  |  | 1,903,665 |  |  |  |  |  | 7,985,262 |  |  |
USD ¹ |  | $ | 1,600,420 |  | $ | 2,799,519 |  | $ | 4,399,939 |  | $ | 500,964 |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,101,385 |  |  |
R$ |  |  | 402,071 |  |  | 876,589 |  |  | 1,278,660 |  |  | 139,858 |  |  | 541,929 |  |  |  |  | The new owner will continue litigation as it is expected to be decided in management favor |
USD ¹ |  | $ | 105,808 |  | $ | 230,681 |  | $ | 336,489 |  | $ | 36,805 |  | $ | 142,613 |  |  |  |  |  |
Total R$ |  |  | 7,363,022 |  |  | 13,503,131 |  |  | 20,866,154 |  |  | 2,372,666 |  |  | 1,351,676 |  |  | 8,384,012 |  |  |
Total USD |  | $ | 1,937,637 |  | $ | 3,553,456 |  | $ | 5,491,093 |  | $ | 624,386 |  | $ | 355,704 |  | $ | 2,206,319 |  |  |
Legal Fees |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 50,000 |  |  |
Total Loan |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,256,319 |  |  |
¹ USD amounts based on exchange rate of as of settlement on December 18, 2015 at 3.80. Values updated as of December 1, 2015, according to the Brazil internal finance department. Numbers may not add due to rounding.
Schedule Of Unused Value Added Tax Credit [Table Text Block] | The Company has reflected the above items on its April 30, 2016, balance sheet as follows:
|  |  |  | R$ millions |  | US$ millions |
Liabilities of discontinued operations |  | Taxes payable |  |  | 6.2 |  |  | 2.1 |

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