VAT Tax Issue in Brazil and Prior Period Adjustments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Vat Tax Issues Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Value Added Tax Claims [Table Text Block]

A table summarizing all four different VAT claims remaining open and their status is listed below:

Principal	Interest & Penalty		Total		Approximate for Totals		Loss Possibility	Strategy	Collateral
R$	R$		R$		US $
305,897		534,038		839,935	$	280,577	Remote	To await Judicial Process and negotiate judicial deposit	New Land
573,457		1,337,933		1,911,390	$	636,492	Remote	To await Judicial Process and negotiate judicial deposit	Plant
6,209,836		8,356,422		14,566,258		4,865,800	Probable	To await Judicial Process and negotiate judicial deposit	-
402,071		826,346		1,228,417	$	410,347	Remote	To await Judicial Process and negotiate judicial deposit	New Land
7,491,261		11,054,740		18,546,000	$	6,193,216

Schedule Of Unused Value Added Tax Credit [Table Text Block]

The Company has reflected the above items on its April 30, 2015, balance sheet as follows:

		R$ millions	US$ millions
Liabilities of discontinued operations	Taxes payable	6.2	2.1