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Income Taxes - Deferred Income Taxes - Undistributed Earnings - Narrative (Detail) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2017	Oct. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2017
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Undistributed earnings from our foreign subsidiaries that will not be reinvested indefinitely	$ 145,300,000	$ 138,900,000	$ 146,900,000
Deferred tax liability, undistributed earnings from foreign subsidiaries	322,000	657,000	497,000
U.S. income and foreign withholding taxes	42,400,000	41,400,000	44,000,000
U.S. foreign income tax credits	$ 42,100,000	$ 40,700,000	43,500,000
Unconsolidated Joint Venture [Member] | Haiti [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries to be reinvested indefinitely			$ 1,800,000

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