Restatement of Previously Issued Consolidated Financial Statements - Adjustments for Error Corrections in Statements of Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Sales and other operating revenues	$ 266,282	$ 249,144
Cost of goods and services sold	236,884	215,873
Gross profit	29,398	33,271
Selling, general and administrative expenses	29,914	31,325
Other income (expense)	560	800
Operating income (loss)	(2,904)	2,746
Interest expense	27,773	26,922
Income (loss) before income taxes and other items	(29,303)	(22,825)
Income tax expense (benefit)	(3,214)	320
Net income (loss)	(25,957)	(23,630)
Net loss attributable to Alliance One International, Inc.	$ (25,950)	$ (23,685)
Income (loss) per share:
Basic (usd per share)	$ (2.93)	$ (2.69)
Diluted (usd per share)	$ (2.93)	$ (2.69)
Inventory Adjustments [Member]
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Sales and other operating revenues	$ 0	$ 0
Cost of goods and services sold	8,456	3,797
Gross profit	(8,456)	(3,797)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	0	0
Other income (expense)	0	0
Operating income (loss)	(8,456)	(3,797)
Interest expense	0	0
Income (loss) before income taxes and other items	(8,456)	(3,797)
Income tax expense (benefit)	(2,174)	6,325
Net income (loss)	(6,282)	(10,122)
Net loss attributable to Alliance One International, Inc.	$ (6,282)	$ (10,122)
Income (loss) per share:
Basic (usd per share)	$ (0.71)	$ (1.15)
Diluted (usd per share)	$ (0.71)	$ (1.15)
Receivables Adjustments [Member]
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Sales and other operating revenues	$ 2,923	$ 125
Cost of goods and services sold	0	0
Gross profit	2,923	125
Selling, general and administrative expenses	0	0
Other income (expense)	0	0
Operating income (loss)	2,923	125
Interest expense	0	0
Income (loss) before income taxes and other items	2,923	125
Income tax expense (benefit)	202	(3,167)
Net income (loss)	2,721	3,292
Net loss attributable to Alliance One International, Inc.	$ 2,721	$ 3,292
Income (loss) per share:
Basic (usd per share)	$ 0.31	$ 0.37
Diluted (usd per share)	$ 0.31	$ 0.37
Other Adjustments [Member]
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Sales and other operating revenues	$ (455)	$ 0
Cost of goods and services sold	(1,172)	(1,839)
Gross profit	717	1,839
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(25)	0
Other income (expense)	(26)	0
Operating income (loss)	716	1,839
Interest expense	82	0
Income (loss) before income taxes and other items	634	1,839
Income tax expense (benefit)	120	76
Net income (loss)	514	1,763
Net loss attributable to Alliance One International, Inc.	$ 514	$ 1,763
Income (loss) per share:
Basic (usd per share)	$ 0.06	$ 0.20
Diluted (usd per share)	$ 0.06	$ 0.20
As Previously Reported [Member]
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Sales and other operating revenues	$ 263,812	$ 249,017
Cost of goods and services sold	229,598	213,913
Gross profit	34,214	35,104
Selling, general and administrative expenses	29,939	31,325
Other income (expense)	586	800
Operating income (loss)	1,913	4,579
Interest expense	27,691	26,922
Income (loss) before income taxes and other items	(24,404)	(20,992)
Income tax expense (benefit)	(1,362)	(2,914)
Net income (loss)	(22,910)	(18,563)
Net loss attributable to Alliance One International, Inc.	$ (22,903)	$ (18,618)
Income (loss) per share:
Basic (usd per share)	$ (2.58)	$ (2.12)
Diluted (usd per share)	$ (2.58)	$ (2.12)