SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR AND NON-GUARANTOR CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 1,634,194	$ 1,628,408	$ 1,707,221	$ 1,593,728
Accounts receivable	2,584,909	2,337,515
Inventories	3,490,733	3,488,752
Inter company receivable	0	0
Other current assets	1,246,768	1,286,225
Total current assets	8,956,604	8,740,900
Property and equipment, net	2,239,921	2,092,167
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	1,317,017	415,175
Other assets	535,976	417,382
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Total assets	13,049,518	11,665,624
Current liabilities:
Bank borrowings and current portion of long-term debt	65,536	46,162
Accounts payable	4,802,194	4,561,194
Accrued payroll	360,009	339,739
Inter company payable	0	0
Other current liabilities	1,924,532	1,809,128
Total current liabilities	7,152,271	6,756,223
Long term liabilities	3,318,815	2,513,151
Flextronics International Ltd. shareholders’ equity (deficit)	2,543,255	2,360,814
Noncontrolling interests	35,177	35,436
Total shareholders’ equity	2,578,432	2,396,250
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	13,049,518	11,665,624
Reportable legal entities | Parent
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	868,114	608,971	606,521	638,714
Accounts receivable	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Inter company receivable	9,102,531	6,417,410
Other current assets	5,832	8,143
Total current assets	9,976,477	7,034,524
Property and equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	250	475
Other assets	2,232,454	2,223,402
Investment in subsidiaries	1,965,783	1,799,956
Total assets	14,174,964	11,058,357
Current liabilities:
Bank borrowings and current portion of long-term debt	60,000	40,000
Accounts payable	0	0
Accrued payroll	0	0
Inter company payable	8,809,843	6,559,569
Other current liabilities	47,572	30,553
Total current liabilities	8,917,415	6,630,122
Long term liabilities	2,714,294	2,067,421
Flextronics International Ltd. shareholders’ equity (deficit)	2,543,255	2,360,814
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total shareholders’ equity	2,543,255	2,360,814
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	14,174,964	11,058,357
Reportable legal entities | Guarantor Subsidiaries
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	188,540	168,272	190,162	210,462
Accounts receivable	1,056,939	1,208,632
Inventories	1,487,706	1,729,593
Inter company receivable	5,282,669	4,759,062
Other current assets	249,367	202,160
Total current assets	8,265,221	8,067,719
Property and equipment, net	542,606	471,052
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	66,969	64,831
Other assets	234,267	155,172
Investment in subsidiaries	2,813,134	1,658,387
Total assets	11,922,197	10,417,161
Current liabilities:
Bank borrowings and current portion of long-term debt	917	917
Accounts payable	1,538,397	1,758,305
Accrued payroll	109,299	112,692
Inter company payable	8,754,992	7,250,235
Other current liabilities	804,571	845,156
Total current liabilities	11,208,176	9,967,305
Long term liabilities	2,045,880	2,102,483
Flextronics International Ltd. shareholders’ equity (deficit)	(1,331,859)	(1,652,627)
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total shareholders’ equity	(1,331,859)	(1,652,627)
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	11,922,197	10,417,161
Reportable legal entities | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	577,540	851,165	910,538	744,552
Accounts receivable	1,527,970	1,128,883
Inventories	2,003,027	1,759,159
Inter company receivable	12,479,607	10,099,057
Other current assets	991,569	1,075,922
Total current assets	17,579,713	14,914,186
Property and equipment, net	1,697,315	1,621,115
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	1,249,798	349,869
Other assets	2,087,952	2,131,523
Investment in subsidiaries	16,874,908	16,641,212
Total assets	39,489,686	35,657,905
Current liabilities:
Bank borrowings and current portion of long-term debt	4,619	5,245
Accounts payable	3,263,797	2,802,889
Accrued payroll	250,710	227,047
Inter company payable	9,299,972	7,465,725
Other current liabilities	1,072,389	933,419
Total current liabilities	13,891,487	11,434,325
Long term liabilities	2,577,338	2,435,962
Flextronics International Ltd. shareholders’ equity (deficit)	22,985,684	21,752,182
Noncontrolling interests	35,177	35,436
Total shareholders’ equity	23,020,861	21,787,618
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	39,489,686	35,657,905
Eliminations
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	$ 0	$ 0
Accounts receivable	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Inter company receivable	(26,864,807)	(21,275,529)
Other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	(26,864,807)	(21,275,529)
Property and equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	0	0
Other assets	(4,018,697)	(4,092,715)
Investment in subsidiaries	(21,653,825)	(20,099,555)
Total assets	(52,537,329)	(45,467,799)
Current liabilities:
Bank borrowings and current portion of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts payable	0	0
Accrued payroll	0	0
Inter company payable	(26,864,807)	(21,275,529)
Other current liabilities	0	0
Total current liabilities	(26,864,807)	(21,275,529)
Long term liabilities	(4,018,697)	(4,092,715)
Flextronics International Ltd. shareholders’ equity (deficit)	(21,653,825)	(20,099,555)
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total shareholders’ equity	(21,653,825)	(20,099,555)
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$ (52,537,329)	$ (45,467,799)