SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR AND NON-GUARANTOR CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 01, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Jun. 26, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 1,679,335	$ 1,607,570	$ 2,331,411	$ 1,628,408
Accounts receivable	2,057,943	2,044,757
Inventories	3,594,837	3,491,656
Inter company receivable	0	0
Other current assets	1,088,844	1,171,143
Total current assets	8,420,959	8,315,126
Property and equipment, net	2,296,445	2,257,633
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	1,324,614	1,345,820
Other assets	466,506	466,402
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Total assets	12,508,524	12,384,981
Current liabilities:
Bank borrowings and current portion of long-term debt	66,020	65,166
Accounts payable	4,317,571	4,248,292
Accrued payroll	377,527	353,547
Inter company payable	0	0
Other current liabilities	1,866,585	1,905,200
Total current liabilities	6,627,703	6,572,205
Long term liabilities	3,214,227	3,207,246
Flextronics International Ltd. shareholders’ equity (deficit)	2,623,407	2,570,872
Noncontrolling interests	43,187	34,658
Total shareholders’ equity	2,666,594	2,605,530
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	12,508,524	12,384,981
Reportable legal entities | Parent
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	431,588	734,869	1,347,411	608,971
Accounts receivable	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Inter company receivable	9,624,074	9,105,728
Other current assets	1,740	2,951
Total current assets	10,057,402	9,843,548
Property and equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	100	175
Other assets	2,232,494	2,249,145
Investment in subsidiaries	2,675,293	2,815,426
Total assets	14,965,289	14,908,294
Current liabilities:
Bank borrowings and current portion of long-term debt	58,836	58,836
Accounts payable	0	0
Accrued payroll	0	0
Inter company payable	9,557,901	9,562,405
Other current liabilities	26,524	33,008
Total current liabilities	9,643,261	9,654,249
Long term liabilities	2,698,621	2,683,173
Flextronics International Ltd. shareholders’ equity (deficit)	2,623,407	2,570,872
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total shareholders’ equity	2,623,407	2,570,872
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	14,965,289	14,908,294
Reportable legal entities | Guarantor Subsidiaries
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	118,892	148,201	209,441	168,272
Accounts receivable	819,169	729,331
Inventories	1,536,360	1,482,410
Inter company receivable	5,918,488	5,568,392
Other current assets	182,510	180,842
Total current assets	8,575,419	8,109,176
Property and equipment, net	561,046	553,072
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	60,173	60,895
Other assets	269,927	267,034
Investment in subsidiaries	3,174,268	3,010,111
Total assets	12,640,833	12,000,288
Current liabilities:
Bank borrowings and current portion of long-term debt	946	946
Accounts payable	1,477,964	1,401,835
Accrued payroll	136,897	114,509
Inter company payable	8,546,945	7,999,335
Other current liabilities	809,796	869,470
Total current liabilities	10,972,548	10,386,095
Long term liabilities	2,059,725	2,063,988
Flextronics International Ltd. shareholders’ equity (deficit)	(391,440)	(449,795)
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total shareholders’ equity	(391,440)	(449,795)
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	12,640,833	12,000,288
Reportable legal entities | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	1,128,855	724,500	774,559	851,165
Accounts receivable	1,238,774	1,315,426
Inventories	2,058,477	2,009,246
Inter company receivable	12,736,490	12,404,722
Other current assets	904,594	987,350
Total current assets	18,067,190	17,441,244
Property and equipment, net	1,735,399	1,704,561
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	1,264,341	1,284,750
Other assets	2,001,920	2,004,437
Investment in subsidiaries	18,214,271	18,175,348
Total assets	41,283,121	40,610,340
Current liabilities:
Bank borrowings and current portion of long-term debt	6,238	5,384
Accounts payable	2,839,607	2,846,457
Accrued payroll	240,630	239,038
Inter company payable	10,174,206	9,517,102
Other current liabilities	1,030,265	1,002,722
Total current liabilities	14,290,946	13,610,703
Long term liabilities	2,493,716	2,514,299
Flextronics International Ltd. shareholders’ equity (deficit)	24,455,272	24,450,680
Noncontrolling interests	43,187	34,658
Total shareholders’ equity	24,498,459	24,485,338
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	41,283,121	40,610,340
Eliminations
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	$ 0	$ 0
Accounts receivable	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Inter company receivable	(28,279,052)	(27,078,842)
Other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	(28,279,052)	(27,078,842)
Property and equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	0	0
Other assets	(4,037,835)	(4,054,214)
Investment in subsidiaries	(24,063,832)	(24,000,885)
Total assets	(56,380,719)	(55,133,941)
Current liabilities:
Bank borrowings and current portion of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts payable	0	0
Accrued payroll	0	0
Inter company payable	(28,279,052)	(27,078,842)
Other current liabilities	0	0
Total current liabilities	(28,279,052)	(27,078,842)
Long term liabilities	(4,037,835)	(4,054,214)
Flextronics International Ltd. shareholders’ equity (deficit)	(24,063,832)	(24,000,885)
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Total shareholders’ equity	(24,063,832)	(24,000,885)
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$ (56,380,719)	$ (55,133,941)