Investments in and Advances to Affiliates (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2009	Jun. 30, 2011 Investments in Affiliates affiliates	Jun. 30, 2010 Investments in Affiliates affiliates	Aug. 18, 2011 Foreign affiliates	Jun. 30, 2011 Foreign affiliates affiliates	Jun. 30, 2011 Unconsolidated Affiliates Provided Credit Facilities with Outstanding Balances in Receivables facilities affiliates	Jun. 30, 2011 Credit facility maturing on December 9, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011 Credit facility maturing on December 31, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011 Wilmar International Limited (WIL)
Combined balance sheets and statements of earnings of the Company's unconsolidated affiliates:
Current assets	$ 26,222,000,000	$ 18,495,000,000
Non-current assets	17,733,000,000	16,315,000,000
Current liabilities	(20,748,000,000)	(12,967,000,000)
Non-current liabilities	(5,160,000,000)	(4,209,000,000)
Noncontrolling interests	(1,072,000,000)	(783,000,000)
Net assets	16,975,000,000	16,851,000,000
Net sales	48,941,000,000	39,524,000,000	41,205,000,000
Gross profit	4,819,000,000	5,225,000,000	5,682,000,000
Net income	2,252,000,000	2,931,000,000	816,000,000
Schedule of equity method investments
Percent ownership in equity investment in Wilmar (as a percent)											16.40%
Number of unconsolidated affiliates (in affiliates)				68	73
Undistributed earnings of unconsolidated affiliates				1,300,000,000
Number of foreign affiliates whose shares are quoted in an active market (in affiliates)							2
Carrying value of direct investments							1,900,000,000
Market value of direct investments						4,700,000,000
Credit facilities provided to unconsolidated affiliates								607,000,000
Number of unconsolidated affiliates provided credit facilities by the entity (in affiliates)								10
Number of facilities with outstanding balance included in receivables that matures on December 9, 2011 (in facilities)								1
Interest rate on credit facility with advances included in receivables, basis									Australian dollar LIBOR	One month LIBOR rate
Interest rate on credit facilities with advances included in receivables, percentage points added to basis (as a percent)									2.00%
Outstanding credit facility								$ 64,000,000	$ 206,000,000	$ 72,000,000
Number of facilities with no outstanding advances included in receivables (in facilities)								1
Number of other facilities with outstanding balances included in receivables (in facilities)								7