Income Taxes - Significant Components of Company's Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Deferred Tax Assets
Net operating loss and other carryforwards	$ 116.4	$ 83.0
Pension liabilities	38.8	57.0
Insurance operations	2.3	2.7
Incentive liabilities	14.7	8.0
Environmental reserves	1.4	1.3
Inventories	7.6	7.8
State income taxes	7.1	7.0
Postretirement benefit obligations	3.0	3.1
Other	16.6	9.1
Interest accrued	3.1	1.2
Allowance for doubtful accounts	1.6	1.9
Restructuring reserves	0.6	1.1
Deferred compensation	4.2	3.8
Foreign tax credits	5.1	2.4
Vacation accruals	1.4	1.5
Workers compensation accruals	4.5	6.7
Total Deferred Tax Assets	228.4	197.6
Valuation allowance	(132.4)	(92.1)
Net Deferred Tax Assets	96.0	105.5
Deferred Tax Liabilities
Properties, plants and equipment	99.1	86.5
Goodwill and other intangible assets	74.0	80.4
Foreign income inclusion	1.1	1.1
Foreign exchange gains	0.2	5.7
Other	15.4	0.0
Timberland transactions	113.5	115.8
Total Deferred Tax Liabilities	303.3	289.5
Net Deferred Tax Liability	$ (207.3)	$ (184.0)