RECEIVABLES (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011	Jul. 31, 2011
RECEIVABLES
Minimum number of days for a receivable to be considered past due (in days)	30 days
Aging of Past Due and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	$ 119.8	$ 144.4	$ 152.8
60-89 Days Past Due	48.0	58.4	93.4
90 Days or Greater Past Due	33.1	36.9	58.4
Total Past Due	200.9	239.7	304.6
Total Non-performing	69.3	79.0	86.2
Current	24,347.5	21,759.9	21,559.8
Total Receivables	24,617.7	22,078.6	21,950.6
Retail notes
Receivable, Past Due
Generally the minimum number of days before a receivable is considered to be non-performing, accrual of finance income has been suspended and the estimated uncollectible amount is written off (in days)	120 days
Retail notes | Agriculture and turf equipment
Aging of Past Due and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	56.0	76.1	76.4
60-89 Days Past Due	21.9	25.4	58.2
90 Days or Greater Past Due	19.5	20.3	21.2
Total Past Due	97.4	121.8	155.8
Total Non-performing	40.7	41.1	45.6
Current	13,099.5	12,549.8	11,789.5
Total Receivables	13,237.6	12,712.7	11,990.9
Retail notes | Construction and forestry equipment
Aging of Past Due and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	40.3	43.6	47.3
60-89 Days Past Due	19.2	19.0	23.5
90 Days or Greater Past Due	8.0	11.2	12.8
Total Past Due	67.5	73.8	83.6
Total Non-performing	14.0	16.9	19.1
Current	1,214.6	1,064.8	1,030.8
Total Receivables	1,296.1	1,155.5	1,133.5
Retail notes | Recreational products
Aging of Past Due and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due			0.1
60-89 Days Past Due			0.1
Total Past Due			0.2
Total Non-performing		0.1	0.1
Current		3.4	3.5
Total Receivables		3.5	3.8
Revolving charge accounts
Receivable, Past Due
Generally the minimum number of days before a receivable is considered to be non-performing, accrual of finance income has been suspended and the estimated uncollectible amount is written off (in days)	120 days
Revolving charge accounts | Agriculture and turf equipment
Aging of Past Due and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	11.5	15.2	15.5
60-89 Days Past Due	3.9	5.7	6.3
90 Days or Greater Past Due	2.4	2.8	8.0
Total Past Due	17.8	23.7	29.8
Total Non-performing	0.7	1.5	0.9
Current	2,417.1	2,364.7	2,370.5
Total Receivables	2,435.6	2,389.9	2,401.2
Revolving charge accounts | Construction and forestry equipment
Aging of Past Due and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	2.7	2.1	2.0
60-89 Days Past Due	1.1	0.8	0.8
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.3	0.4	0.3
Total Past Due	4.1	3.3	3.1
Current	58.6	59.3	55.5
Total Receivables	62.7	62.6	58.6
Wholesale receivables
Receivable, Past Due
Generally the minimum number of days before a receivable is considered to be non-performing, accrual of finance income has been suspended and the estimated uncollectible amount is written off (in days)	60 days
Wholesale receivables | Agriculture and turf equipment
Aging of Past Due and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	1.8	1.5	1.3
60-89 Days Past Due	0.5	3.0	0.5
90 Days or Greater Past Due	1.4	0.6	0.6
Total Past Due	3.7	5.1	2.4
Total Non-performing	0.3	4.7	1.1
Current	5,914.1	4,350.2	5,000.7
Total Receivables	5,918.1	4,360.0	5,004.2
Wholesale receivables | Construction and forestry equipment
Aging of Past Due and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	2.1	0.4	0.6
60-89 Days Past Due			0.2
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.6	0.2	0.2
Total Past Due	2.7	0.6	1.0
Current	1,132.8	851.1	793.2
Total Receivables	1,135.5	851.7	794.2
Financing leases
Receivable, Past Due
Generally the minimum number of days before a receivable is considered to be non-performing, accrual of finance income has been suspended and the estimated uncollectible amount is written off (in days)	120 days
Financing leases | Agriculture and turf equipment
Aging of Past Due and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	4.3	4.7	7.2
60-89 Days Past Due	1.2	3.4	2.9
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.6	1.1	11.6
Total Past Due	6.1	9.2	21.7
Total Non-performing	11.9	10.2	12.5
Current	327.1	299.3	277.2
Total Receivables	345.1	318.7	311.4
Financing leases | Construction and forestry equipment
Aging of Past Due and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	1.1	0.8	2.4
60-89 Days Past Due	0.2	1.1	0.9
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.3	0.3	3.7
Total Past Due	1.6	2.2	7.0
Total Non-performing	1.7	3.0	4.5
Current	139.8	134.8	127.7
Total Receivables	143.1	140.0	139.2
Operating loans | Agriculture and turf equipment
Aging of Past Due and Non-Performing Receivables
Total Non-performing		1.5	2.4
Current	43.9	82.5	111.2
Total Receivables	$ 43.9	$ 84.0	$ 113.6