Restructuring Costs Restructuring Costs	6 Months Ended
Restructuring Costs Restructuring Costs	Sep. 30, 2014
Restructuring Costs [Abstract]
Restructuring Costs	RESTRUCTURING COSTS Universal continually reviews its business for opportunities to realize efficiencies, reduce costs, and realign its operations in response to business changes. Restructuring costs are periodically incurred in connection with those activities. Six Months Ended September 30, 2014 During the second quarter of fiscal year 2015, the Company announced plans to suspend its operations in Argentina, effective December 31, 2014. In connection with that decision, during the quarter ended September 30, 2014, the Company's subsidiary in Argentina incurred costs related to employee terminations, as well as costs related to exiting its business arrangements with a supplier. The Company also initiated and completed a program to downsize certain functions at its operations in Brazil during the quarter and recorded employee termination costs in connection with that initiative. Restructuring costs recorded during the quarter totaled approximately $3.4 million on a consolidated basis. The restructuring liability at September 30, 2014, was $0.9 million, which the Company expects will be paid before the end of the current fiscal year. Six Months Ended September 30, 2013 In July 2013, the Company's subsidiary in Brazil announced plans to close a factory and centralize all tobacco processing activities in its primary facility. In connection with this initiative, the Company recorded restructuring costs totaling $0.8 million during the quarter ended September 30, 2013, which included employee termination costs, as well as costs to relocate personnel and equipment to the main facility. In addition, during the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the Company recorded $0.5 million of restructuring costs associated with other actions taken in various areas of its worldwide operations. All of the restructuring costs incurred to date in both fiscal years 2015 and 2014 related to operations that are part of the Other Regions reportable segment of the Company's flue-cured and burley leaf tobacco operations.

The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.

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