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The estimated net amount of existing gains or losses on cash flow hedges at the reporting date expected to be reclassified to earnings within the next 12 months.

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Fair value as of the balance sheet date of all derivative liabilities designated as interest rate fair value hedging instruments.

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Maximum length of time over which the entity is hedging its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions, excluding those forecasted transactions related to the payment of variable interest on existing financial instruments.

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Aggregate notional amount of price risk derivatives designated as a cash flow hedge with notional amounts expressed in nonmonetary units. For example the number of barrels specified in a fuel oil forward purchase contract.

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Aggregate notional amount of all foreign currency derivatives designated as hedging instruments in cash flow hedges. Notional amount refers to the number of currency units specified in the foreign currency derivative contract.

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Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)	6 Months Ended
Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)	Jun. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Aluminum MT	Dec. 31, 2010 Aluminum MT	Jun. 30, 2011 Copper MT	Dec. 31, 2010 Copper MT	Jun. 30, 2011 Natural Gas MMBtu	Dec. 31, 2010 Natural Gas MMBtu	Jun. 30, 2011 Steel T	Jun. 30, 2011 Canadian Dollar CAD	Dec. 31, 2010 Canadian Dollar CAD	Jun. 30, 2011 Chinese Renminbi CNY	Jun. 30, 2011 European Euro EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2010 European Euro EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2011 South Korean Won KRW	Dec. 31, 2010 South Korean Won KRW	Jun. 30, 2011 Singapore Dollar SGD	Dec. 31, 2010 Singapore Dollar SGD	Jun. 30, 2011 United States Dollar USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 United States Dollar USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Great British Pound GBP (£)	Jun. 30, 2011 Japanese Yen USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 2018 Notes USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 2018 Notes USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 2020 Notes USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 2020 Notes USD ($)
Derivative Financial Instruments
Estimated amount of unrealized and realized gains, net of tax, related to commodity price and currency rate hedging that will be reclassified from other comprehensive income into earnings	$ 2,900,000
Hedge period, low end of the range (in months)	12
Hedge period, high end of the range (in months)	24
Derivative financial instruments
Commodity units hedged			853	688	572	312	211,487	304,177	7,019
Short currency units hedged										23,561,557	21,186,951	17,631,000	68,389,382	43,440,929	2,199,820,637	2,245,331,882	4,800,000	4,140,000	9,907,323	8,828,840	399,999
Notional amount of the company's receive-floating/pay-fixed interest rate swaps of the company's term loans		650,800,000
Designated fair market value hedges of receive-fixed/pay-float swaps of the company's senior notes																							200,000,000	200,000,000	300,000,000	300,000,000
Notional Amount of foreign currency derivatives not designated as Hedging Instruments													€ 22,842,432	€ 7,732,026					$ 39,302,482	$ 33,158,979	£ 8,172,569	$ 200,000,000