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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Leverage Ratio, Trigger Amount

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Effect Of Tax Exemption

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Line of Credit Facility, Term Loan Tranches, Increase Limit

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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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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs related to line of credit arrangements. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Amount of interest capitalized during the period.

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Amount of cash paid for interest, excluding capitalized interest, classified as operating activity. Includes, but is not limited to, payment to settle zero-coupon bond for accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Debt - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Debt - Additional Information (Detail)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010	Jun. 27, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 15, 2018 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effect of tax exemption granted to Texarkana Industrial Revenue Bonds (as a percent)				100.00%
Assets associated with City of Texarkana IRBs	$ 72,080,000	$ 35,000,000
Interest paid	33,161,000	34,070,000	$ 34,085,000
Interest capitalized	2,233,000	2,663,000	$ 2,706,000
Short-term notes payable	$ 12,296,000	$ 15,288,000
Weighted average interest rate of short term notes payable	4.70%	4.82%
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					$ 500,000,000
Line of credit facility, debt issuance costs					1,507,000
Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amounts used to secure letters of credit	$ 21,651,000	$ 16,800,000
Bank Group And Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional borrowing capacity	601,649,000
Asian Credit Lines
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	46,426,000
Additional borrowing capacity	34,130,000
Amended Accounts Receivable Facility \| Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity						$ 150,000,000
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					700,000,000	400,000,000
Increase in line credit facility (up to)					$ 300,000,000
Debt instrument, leverage ratio, maximum					1.75
Line of credit facility, debt issuance costs					$ 2,207,000
Borrowings outstanding	$ 0	$ 0
Line of Credit \| Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					110,000,000	$ 110,000,000
Line of Credit \| Term Loan A Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					200,000,000
Line of credit facility, debt issuance costs					$ 700,000