INCOME TAXES - Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015
Deferred Tax Assets
Other postretirement benefit liabilities	$ 2,191	$ 1,972
Accrual for sales allowances	592	618
Tax loss and tax credit carryforwards	661	604
Foreign unrealized losses	472	458
Pension liabilities - net	706	315
Accrual for employee benefits	133	172
Share-based compensation	152	141
Allowance for credit losses	88	72
Deferred gains on distributed foreign earnings	32	33
Deferred compensation	50	51
Other items, assets	439	436
Less valuation allowances	(1,029)	(940)
Deferred income tax, assets	4,487	3,932
Deferred Tax Liabilities
Tax over book depreciation	578	574
Lease transactions	817	528
Goodwill and other intangible assets	89	80
Undistributed foreign earnings	30	25
Other items, liabilities	175	119
Deferred income tax, liabilities	1,689	$ 1,326
Additional Deferred Income Tax Information
Capital losses	60
Tax loss and tax credit carryforwards, expiring from 2017 through 2036	178
Tax loss and tax credit carryforwards with an indefinite carryforward period	$ 483