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| Allowance For Credit Losses On Receivables [Table Text Block]           | The following tables present the activity related to our allowance for doubtful accounts for our retail portfolio segment, wholesale portfolio segment, and trade and other receivables: October 31, 2013(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables TotalAllowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period$27 $— $24 $51Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries(A)4 2 14 20Charge-off of accounts(B)(10) — (1) (11)Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period$21 $2 $37 $60 October 31, 2012(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables TotalAllowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period$31 $2 $17 $50Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries(A)3 (2) 13 14Charge-off of accounts(B)(7) — (6) (13)Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period$27 $— $24 $51 October 31, 2011(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables TotalAllowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period$58 $2 $36 $96Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries(A)(5) — (1) (6)Charge-off of accounts(B)(22) — (18) (40)Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period$31 $2 $17 $50_________________________(A)Amounts include currency translation. (B) |
| Impaired Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]                       | The following table presents information regarding impaired finance receivables: October 31, 2013 October 31, 2012(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Total RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio TotalImpaired finance receivables with specific loss reserves$15 $— $15 $14 $— $14Impaired finance receivables without specific loss reserves1 — 1 1 — 1Specific loss reserves on impaired finance receivables6 — 6 9 — 9Finance receivables on non-accrual status10 — 10 10 — 10                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Allowance for Credit Losses on Financing Receivables [Table Text Block] | The Company uses the aging of its receivables as well as other inputs when assessing credit quality. The following table presents the aging analysis for finance receivables: October 31, 2013(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio TotalCurrent, and up to 30 days past due$699 $1,204 $1,90330-90 days past due44 2 46Over 90 days past due8 1 9Total finance receivables$751 $1,207 $1,958                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

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Tabular disclosure of total receivables and activity in the allowance for credit losses account.
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Tabular disclosure of financing receivables (examples of financing receivables include loans, trade accounts receivable and notes receivable) and activity in the allowance for credit losses account.
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Tabular disclosure of impaired financing receivables.
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