Document and Entity Information - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Jun. 01, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Entity Central Index Key	0000939930
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--03-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-K/A
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2015
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	We are filing this amended Form 10-K/A (“Form 10-K/A”) to amend our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2015, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 8, 2015 (“Original Filing”), to restate our consolidated financial statements and related footnote disclosures for the years ended March 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013. This Form 10-K/A also includes certain restated quarterly information under the Supplementary Information heading in Item 8 of this Form 10-K/A.
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		8,858,310
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	No
Entity Public Float			$ 161.5