Fair Value Measurements - Recurring Basis (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Fair value of assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis
Derivative assets	$ 12,339	$ 6,638
Derivative liabilities	18,326	6,332
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring
Fair value of assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis
Deferred compensation trusts	7,091	7,719
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Foreign currency contracts
Fair value of assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis
Derivative assets	14,640	7,167
Derivative liabilities	18,168	6,561
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Commodity
Fair value of assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis
Derivative assets	0	46
Derivative liabilities	6,985	1,247
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Level 1
Fair value of assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis
Deferred compensation trusts	7,091	7,719
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Level 2 \| Foreign currency contracts
Fair value of assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis
Derivative assets	14,640	7,167
Derivative liabilities	18,168	6,561
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Level 2 \| Commodity
Fair value of assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis
Derivative assets	0	46
Derivative liabilities	$ 6,985	$ 1,247

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Fair value, before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial asset or other contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes assets not subject to a master netting arrangement and elected not to be offset.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)
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Fair value, before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial liability or contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes liabilities not subject to a master netting arrangement and elected not to be offset.

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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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