Condensed Combined Debtor-In-Possession Financial Information - Statement of Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Sales and other operating revenues	$ 262,809	$ 276,670
Cost of goods and services sold	243,183	236,958
Gross profit	19,626	39,712
Selling, general, and administrative expenses	60,757	49,377
Other (expense) income, net	(2,392)	2,948
Operating loss	(43,596)	(6,929)
Debt retirement expense	828	0
Interest expense	31,262	33,812
Interest income	755	1,154
Reorganization items:
Professional fees	(2,573)	0
United States trustee fees	(518)	0
Write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs and discount	(4,020)	0
DIP financing fees	(19,755)	0
Loss before income taxes and other items	(101,797)	(39,587)
Income tax benefit	(8,168)	23,453
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries	820	877
Net loss	(92,809)	(62,163)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(648)	(366)
Net loss attributable to Pyxus International, Inc.	(92,161)	$ (61,797)
Pyxus International Debtor-in-Possession
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Sales and other operating revenues	190,806
Cost of goods and services sold	167,534
Gross profit	23,272
Selling, general, and administrative expenses	43,151
Other (expense) income, net	(2,536)
Operating loss	(22,415)
Debt retirement expense	828
Interest expense	21,403
Interest income	1,514
Reorganization items:
Professional fees	(2,573)
United States trustee fees	(518)
Write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs and discount	(4,020)
DIP financing fees	(19,755)
Loss before income taxes and other items	(69,998)
Income tax benefit	(160)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries	(34,859)
Net loss	(104,697)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	0
Net loss attributable to Pyxus International, Inc.	$ (104,697)