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Universal Corporation
(NYSE:UVV) 

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Universal Corporation supplies leaf tobacco products worldwide. The company operates through North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Dark Air-Cured, Oriental, and Special Services segments. It is involved in procuring, financing, processing, packing, storing, and shipping leaf tobacco fo...

Founded: 1886
Full Time Employees: 24,000
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Tobacco

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      sales and other operating revenues
    715,243,000 861,288,000 754,177,000 593,762,000 702,279,000 937,193,000 710,762,000 597,050,000 770,860,000 821,507,000 638,484,000 517,722,000 693,979,000 795,039,000 650,984,000 429,822,000 646,973,000 652,644,000 453,955,000 350,029,000 617,590,000 672,931,000 377,025,000 315,811,000 632,094,000 505,049,000 475,921,000 296,915,000 671,723,000 636,107,000 539,604,000 379,719,000 607,496,000 653,581,000 488,248,000 284,622,000 650,030,000 668,771,000 456,942,000 295,475,000 803,980,000 584,592,000 456,382,000 275,419,000 778,159,000 758,054,000 464,116,000 271,472,000 689,916,000 767,802,000 650,869,000 433,528,000 645,092,000 680,029,000 675,187,000 461,391,000 653,966,000 672,420,000 641,026,000 479,465,000 680,215,000 688,208,000 664,188,000 538,916,000 566,503,000 661,205,000 647,918,000 616,112,000 563,638,000 699,144,000 785,590,000 506,287,000 467,181,000 573,094,000 655,330,000 450,217,000 497,297,000 515,914,000 629,656,000 943,209,000 853,105,000 878,779,000 919,304,000 860,144,000 826,399,000 852,346,000 860,171,000 737,141,000  801,011,000 786,601,000 677,086,000 593,836,000 708,578,000 657,276,000  
      yoy
    1.85% -8.10% 6.11% -0.55% -8.90% 14.08% 11.32% 15.32% 11.08% 3.33% -1.92% 20.45% 7.27% 21.82% 43.40% 22.80% 4.76% -3.01% 20.40% 10.83% -2.29% 33.24% -20.78% 6.36% -5.90% -20.60% -11.80% -21.81% 10.57% -2.67% 10.52% 33.41% -6.54% -2.27% 6.85% -3.67% -19.15% 14.40% 0.12% 7.28% 3.32% -22.88% -1.67% 1.45% 12.79% -1.27% -28.69% -37.38% 6.95% 12.91% -3.60% -6.04% -1.36% 1.13% 5.33% -3.77% -3.86% -2.29% -3.49% -11.03% 20.07% 4.08% 2.51% -12.53% 0.51% -5.43% -17.52% 21.69% 20.65% 21.99% 19.88% 12.45% -6.06% 11.08% 4.08% -52.27% -41.71% -41.29% -31.51% 9.66% 3.23% 3.10% 6.87% 16.69%  6.41% 9.35% 8.87%  13.04% 19.68%      
      qoq
    -16.96% 14.20% 27.02% -15.45% -25.07% 31.86% 19.05% -22.55% -6.17% 28.67% 23.33% -25.40% -12.71% 22.13% 51.45% -33.56% -0.87% 43.77% 29.69% -43.32% -8.22% 78.48% 19.38% -50.04% 25.15% 6.12% 60.29% -55.80% 5.60% 17.88% 42.11% -37.49% -7.05% 33.86% 71.54% -56.21% -2.80% 46.36% 54.65% -63.25% 37.53% 28.09% 65.70% -64.61% 2.65% 63.33% 70.96% -60.65% -10.14% 17.97% 50.13% -32.80% -5.14% 0.72% 46.34% -29.45% -2.74% 4.90% 33.70% -29.51% -1.16% 3.62% 23.25% -4.87% -14.32% 2.05% 5.16% 9.31% -19.38% -11.00% 55.17% 8.37% -18.48% -12.55% 45.56% -9.47% -3.61% -18.06% -33.24% 10.56% -2.92% -4.41% 6.88% 4.08% -3.04% -0.91% 16.69%   1.83% 16.17% 14.02% -16.19% 7.81%   
      costs and expenses
                                                                                                    
      cost of goods sold
    616,772,000 701,700,000 614,347,000 479,635,000 586,276,000 743,605,000 567,617,000 501,129,000 619,942,000 654,556,000 506,767,000 431,210,000 571,171,000 649,539,000 540,725,000 350,104,000 524,676,000 521,171,000 361,272,000 287,556,000 493,610,000 533,431,000 308,267,000 262,046,000 522,934,000 412,076,000 379,892,000 238,265,000 552,243,000 520,677,000 440,144,000 307,498,000 490,999,000 545,063,000 395,172,000 230,765,000 530,845,000 533,318,000 369,098,000 243,278,000 663,038,000 464,686,000 358,288,000 227,030,000 656,068,000 610,482,000 379,045,000 215,932,000 586,712,000 628,495,000 531,557,000 362,060,000 538,195,000 554,588,000 537,138,000 369,361,000 542,863,000 525,315,000 521,600,000 385,107,000 561,437,000 534,164,000 530,914,000 436,679,000 455,609,000 516,541,000 500,575,000 476,748,000 468,442,000 533,176,000 630,447,000 403,253,000 390,972,000 446,089,000 512,614,000 366,049,000 424,129,000 378,348,000 500,224,000 786,934,000 714,264,000 742,497,000 754,833,000 720,576,000 648,202,000 705,758,000 709,660,000 601,067,000  640,893,000 647,008,000 521,320,000 475,090,000 576,644,000 525,571,000  
      gross profit
    98,471,000 159,588,000 139,830,000 114,127,000 116,003,000 193,588,000 143,145,000 95,921,000 150,918,000 166,951,000 131,717,000 86,512,000 122,808,000 145,500,000 110,259,000 79,718,000 122,297,000 131,473,000 92,683,000 62,473,000 123,980,000 139,500,000 68,758,000 53,765,000 109,160,000 92,973,000 96,029,000 58,650,000 119,480,000 115,430,000 99,460,000 72,221,000 116,497,000 108,518,000 93,076,000 53,857,000 119,185,000 135,453,000 87,844,000 52,197,000 140,942,000 119,906,000 98,094,000 48,389,000 122,091,000 147,572,000 85,071,000 55,540,000 103,204,000 139,307,000 119,312,000 71,468,000 106,897,000 125,441,000 138,049,000 92,030,000 111,103,000 147,105,000 119,426,000 94,358,000 118,778,000 154,044,000 133,274,000 102,237,000 110,894,000 144,664,000 147,343,000 139,364,000 95,196,000 165,968,000 155,143,000 103,034,000 76,209,000 127,005,000 142,716,000 84,168,000 73,168,000 137,566,000 129,432,000 156,275,000 138,841,000 136,282,000 164,471,000 139,568,000 178,197,000 146,588,000 150,511,000 136,074,000  160,118,000 139,593,000 155,766,000 118,746,000 131,934,000 131,705,000  
      yoy
    -15.11% -17.56% -2.32% 18.98% -23.14% 15.95% 8.68% 10.88% 22.89% 14.74% 19.46% 8.52% 0.42% 10.67% 18.96% 27.60% -1.36% -5.75% 34.80% 16.20% 13.58% 50.04% -28.40% -8.33% -8.64% -19.46% -3.45% -18.79% 2.56% 6.37% 6.86% 34.10% -2.26% -19.89% 5.96% 3.18% -15.44% 12.97% -10.45% 7.87% 15.44% -18.75% 15.31% -12.88% 18.30% 5.93% -28.70% -22.29% -3.45% 11.05% -13.57% -22.34% -3.79% -14.73% 15.59% -2.47% -6.46% -4.50% -10.39% -7.71% 7.11% 6.48% -9.55% -26.64% 16.49% -12.84% -5.03% 35.26% 24.91% 30.68% 8.71% 22.41% 4.16% -7.68% 10.26% -46.14% -47.30% 0.94% -21.30% 11.97% -22.09% -7.03% 9.28% 2.57%  -8.45% 7.82% -12.64%  21.36% 5.99%      
      qoq
    -38.30% 14.13% 22.52% -1.62% -40.08% 35.24% 49.23% -36.44% -9.60% 26.75% 52.25% -29.56% -15.60% 31.96% 38.31% -34.82% -6.98% 41.85% 48.36% -49.61% -11.13% 102.89% 27.89% -50.75% 17.41% -3.18% 63.73% -50.91% 3.51% 16.06% 37.72% -38.01% 7.35% 16.59% 72.82% -54.81% -12.01% 54.20% 68.29% -62.97% 17.54% 22.24% 102.72% -60.37% -17.27% 73.47% 53.17% -46.18% -25.92% 16.76% 66.94% -33.14% -14.78% -9.13% 50.00% -17.17% -24.47% 23.18% 26.57% -20.56% -22.89% 15.58% 30.36% -7.81% -23.34% -1.82% 5.73% 46.40% -42.64% 6.98% 50.57% 35.20% -40.00% -11.01% 69.56% 15.03% -46.81% 6.28% -17.18% 12.56% 1.88% -17.14% 17.84% -21.68% 21.56% -2.61% 10.61%   14.70% -10.38% 31.18% -10.00% 0.17%   
      gross margin %
    13.77% 18.53% 18.54% 19.22% 16.52% 20.66% 20.14% 16.07% 19.58% 20.32% 20.63% 16.71% 17.70% 18.30% 16.94% 18.55% 18.90% 20.14% 20.42% 17.85% 20.07% 20.73% 18.24% 17.02% 17.27% 18.41% 20.18% 19.75% 17.79% 18.15% 18.43% 19.02% 19.18% 16.60% 19.06% 18.92% 18.34% 20.25% 19.22% 17.67% 17.53% 20.51% 21.49% 17.57% 15.69% 19.47% 18.33% 20.46% 14.96% 18.14% 18.33% 16.49% 16.57% 18.45% 20.45% 19.95% 16.99% 21.88% 18.63% 19.68% 17.46% 22.38% 20.07% 18.97% 19.58% 21.88% 22.74% 22.62% 16.89% 23.74% 19.75% 20.35% 16.31% 22.16% 21.78% 18.69% 14.71% 26.66% 20.56% 16.57% 16.27% 15.51% 17.89% 16.23% 21.56% 17.20% 17.50% 18.46% NaN% 19.99% 17.75% 23.01% 20.00% 18.62% 20.04%  
      selling, general and administrative expenses
    72,371,000 76,927,000 72,181,000 79,192,000 73,243,000 89,512,000 63,836,000 78,696,000 82,720,000 78,563,000 73,806,000 75,477,000 70,414,000 67,974,000 72,373,000 66,452,000 65,173,000 60,267,000 65,402,000 49,844,000 58,637,000 59,335,000 52,407,000 49,410,000 70,078,000 48,858,000 52,830,000 51,136,000 57,874,000 58,302,000 45,090,000 63,852,000 56,219,000 48,839,000 48,101,000 47,302,000 58,868,000 52,068,000 40,834,000 60,199,000 60,498,000 54,081,000 60,810,000 51,296,000 73,061,000 53,539,000 59,809,000 63,777,000 60,471,000 66,468,000 68,455,000 66,619,000 65,889,000 60,928,000 59,275,000 49,203,000 67,654,000 64,747,000 57,660,000 61,578,000 64,939,000 74,826,000 51,649,000 60,183,000 68,267,000 75,719,000 71,478,000 69,592,000 72,058,000 88,556,000 83,948,000 64,847,000 60,125,000 47,869,000 66,569,000 51,107,000 36,732,000 63,010,000 73,587,000 112,480,000 116,053,000 100,794,000 99,933,000 100,566,000 112,635,000 94,602,000 85,820,000 94,849,000  83,621,000 79,939,000 85,307,000 69,887,000 74,942,000 67,199,000  
      restructuring and impairment costs
     711,000  1,122,000   10,573,000   924,000 2,599,000       8,433,000  2,024,000 2,598,000 19,979,000       857,000 19,447,000       499,000 178,000 3,682,000     2,389,000             1,441,000 399,000   7,540,000 10,995,000           9,611,000   3,304,000 15,082,000 3,519,000   33,602,000 23,861,000               
      operating income
    -14,961,000 81,950,000 67,649,000 33,813,000 42,760,000 104,076,000 68,736,000 17,225,000 68,198,000 87,464,000 55,312,000 11,035,000 52,394,000 77,526,000 37,886,000 13,266,000 57,124,000 62,773,000 29,813,000 10,605,000 62,745,000 60,186,000 16,351,000 8,528,000 31,539,000 44,115,000 43,199,000 7,514,000 60,749,000 37,681,000 54,370,000 8,369,000 60,278,000 59,679,000 44,975,000 6,555,000 59,818,000 83,207,000 43,328,000 -8,002,000 80,444,000 69,215,000 37,284,000 -5,296,000 61,309,000 92,890,000 21,912,000 -8,237,000 40,695,000 69,439,000 49,549,000 86,468,000 40,582,000 64,513,000 75,087,000 42,827,000 42,008,000 93,070,000 9,713,000 35,513,000 46,299,000 87,591,000 79,605,000 41,105,000 42,627,000 68,945,000 75,865,000 69,772,000 23,138,000 77,412,000 71,195,000 38,187,000 6,473,000 79,136,000 76,147,000 29,757,000 21,354,000 71,037,000 55,845,000 31,506,000 -10,814,000 11,627,000 64,538,000 39,002,000 65,562,000 51,986,000 49,783,000 41,225,000  76,497,000 59,654,000 52,235,000 47,580,000 56,992,000 51,008,000  
      yoy
    -134.99% -21.26% -1.58% 96.30% -37.30% 18.99% 24.27% 56.09% 30.16% 12.82% 46.00% -16.82% -8.28% 23.50% 27.08% 25.09% -8.96% 4.30% 82.33% 24.36% 98.94% 36.43% -62.15% 13.49% -48.08% 17.07% -20.55% -10.22% 0.78% -36.86% 20.89% 27.67% 0.77% -28.28% 3.80% -181.92% -25.64% 20.22% 16.21% 51.10% 31.21% -25.49% 70.15% -35.70% 50.65% 33.77% -55.78% -109.53% 0.28% 7.64% -34.01% 101.90% -3.39% -30.68% 673.06% 20.60% -9.27% 6.26% -87.80% -13.60% 8.61% 27.04% 4.93% -41.09% 84.23% -10.94% 6.56% 82.71% 257.45% -2.18% -6.50% 28.33% -69.69% 11.40% 36.35% -5.55% -297.47% 510.97% -13.47% -19.22% -116.49% -77.63% 29.64% -5.39%  -32.04% -16.55% -21.08%  34.22% 16.95%      
      qoq
    -118.26% 21.14% 100.07% -20.92% -58.91% 51.41% 299.05% -74.74% -22.03% 58.13% 401.24% -78.94% -32.42% 104.63% 185.59% -76.78% -9.00% 110.56% 181.12% -83.10% 4.25% 268.09% 91.73% -72.96% -28.51% 2.12% 474.91% -87.63% 61.22% -30.70% 549.66% -86.12% 1.00% 32.69% 586.12% -89.04% -28.11% 92.04% -641.46% -109.95% 16.22% 85.64% -804.00% -108.64% -34.00% 323.92% -366.02% -120.24% -41.39% 40.14% -42.70% 113.07% -37.09% -14.08% 75.33% 1.95% -54.86% 858.20% -72.65% -23.30% -47.14% 10.03% 93.66% -3.57% -38.17% -9.12% 8.73% 201.55% -70.11% 8.73% 86.44% 489.94% -91.82% 3.93% 155.90% 39.35% -69.94% 27.20% 77.25% -391.34% -193.01% -81.98% 65.47% -40.51% 26.11% 4.43% 20.76%   28.23% 14.20% 9.78% -16.51% 11.73%   
      operating margin %
    -2.09% 9.51% 8.97% 5.69% 6.09% 11.11% 9.67% 2.89% 8.85% 10.65% 8.66% 2.13% 7.55% 9.75% 5.82% 3.09% 8.83% 9.62% 6.57% 3.03% 10.16% 8.94% 4.34% 2.70% 4.99% 8.73% 9.08% 2.53% 9.04% 5.92% 10.08% 2.20% 9.92% 9.13% 9.21% 2.30% 9.20% 12.44% 9.48% -2.71% 10.01% 11.84% 8.17% -1.92% 7.88% 12.25% 4.72% -3.03% 5.90% 9.04% 7.61% 19.95% 6.29% 9.49% 11.12% 9.28% 6.42% 13.84% 1.52% 7.41% 6.81% 12.73% 11.99% 7.63% 7.52% 10.43% 11.71% 11.32% 4.11% 11.07% 9.06% 7.54% 1.39% 13.81% 11.62% 6.61% 4.29% 13.77% 8.87% 3.34% -1.27% 1.32% 7.02% 4.53% 7.93% 6.10% 5.79% 5.59% NaN% 9.55% 7.58% 7.71% 8.01% 8.04% 7.76%  
      equity in pretax earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
    2,299,000 1,257,000 -2,561,000 2,435,000 7,456,000 2,149,000 -642,000 140,000 4,251,000 1,384,000 -713,000 -4,166,000 2,175,000 345,000 416,000 -553,000 1,039,000 2,084,000 2,363,000 609,000 896,000 1,506,000 590,000 -7,000 1,930,000 -69,000 2,310,000 40,000 -138,000 5,512,000 -614,000 539,000 2,489,000 6,404,000 667,000 -435,000 149,000 4,495,000 1,260,000 -130,000 2,866,000 2,326,000 846,000 -616,000 3,746,000 -527,000 3,317,000 601,000 2,142,000 1,789,000 -1,563,000 1,529,000 5,827,000 -1,241,000 -320,000 1,369,000 5,459,000 1,072,000 153,000 -3,489,000 7,681,000 -1,439,000 2,014,000 378,000 5,347,000 7,783,000 5,605,000 3,641,000 7,751,000 5,259,000 7,583,000 -50,000 6,269,000 8,477,000  1,143,000 8,933,000 9,570,000 -728,000 -3,088,000 10,532,000 6,492,000 1,160,000 -2,921,000 5,811,000 8,917,000 -1,988,000 2,909,000  -1,880,000 3,776,000 4,764,000 5,581,000 -1,448,000 1,542,000  
      other non-operating income
    1,095,000 584,000 582,000 586,000 1,176,000 468,000 461,000 464,000 905,000 726,000 728,000 725,000 1,999,000 -69,000 -77,000 -62,000 2,529,000 56,000 54,000 48,000 -432,000 30,000 -20,000 -18,000 -907,000 633,000 633,000 627,000 283,000 163,000 196,000 190,000                                                                 
      interest income
    179,000 360,000 778,000 647,000 1,757,000 623,000 295,000 808,000 466,000 1,720,000 953,000 1,365,000 5,616,000 77,000 93,000 237,000 118,000 209,000 517,000 73,000 63,000 2,000 101,000 159,000 169,000 164,000 240,000 1,008,000 488,000 233,000 299,000 512,000 324,000 166,000 526,000 670,000 281,000 482,000 271,000 363,000 282,000 452,000 205,000 239,000 218,000 148,000 67,000 143,000 201,000 344,000 143,000 261,000 244,000 183,000 70,000 157,000 74,000 519,000 364,000 357,000 109,000 754,000 1,416,000 444,000 327,000 130,000 231,000 565,000 743,000 195,000 417,000 950,000 3,861,000 4,453,000 4,576,000 4,288,000                     
      interest expense
    18,565,000 17,260,000 20,438,000 17,777,000 18,326,000 19,303,000 21,273,000 20,734,000 18,152,000 15,525,000 17,053,000 15,543,000 16,041,000 14,265,000 12,270,000 6,724,000 6,947,000 7,462,000 7,130,000 6,208,000 5,814,000 6,735,000 5,595,000 6,810,000 5,493,000 5,197,000 5,136,000 4,028,000 4,236,000 4,732,000 4,593,000 3,949,000 3,705,000 4,020,000 3,964,000 3,932,000 3,844,000 4,051,000 4,335,000 4,054,000 3,936,000 3,937,000 3,912,000 3,884,000 3,611,000 4,637,000 4,852,000 4,020,000 3,684,000 5,157,000 6,160,000 5,306,000 4,235,000 5,670,000 5,938,000 6,170,000 5,462,000 6,175,000 5,665,000 5,533,000 5,813,000 6,257,000 5,862,000 5,126,000 3,923,000 5,438,000 6,694,000 8,155,000 6,417,000 11,435,000 10,113,000 7,666,000 9,634,000 10,314,000 10,569,000 11,391,000 11,833,000 14,347,000 15,083,000 18,151,000 21,128,000 21,745,000 19,612,000 18,808,000 15,768,000 15,721,000 14,155,000 12,608,000  12,198,000 11,076,000 10,959,000 12,029,000 11,798,000 10,484,000  
      income before income taxes and other items
    33,151,250 66,891,000 46,010,000 19,704,000 33,373,250 88,013,000 47,577,000 -2,097,000 27,103,000 75,769,000 39,227,000 -6,584,000 23,956,500 63,614,000 26,048,000 6,164,000 22,101,000 57,660,000 25,617,000 5,127,000 17,067,000 54,989,000 11,427,000 1,852,000 21,513,250 39,646,000 41,246,000 5,161,000 23,544,000 38,857,000 49,658,000 5,661,000 26,822,750 62,229,000 42,204,000 2,858,000            -11,513,000    82,952,000 42,418,000 57,785,000 68,899,000 38,183,000 29,974,750 88,486,000 4,565,000 26,848,000 48,655,750 80,649,000 77,173,000 36,801,000 53,062,500 71,420,000 75,007,000 65,823,000 25,215,000 71,431,000 69,082,000 31,421,000 6,969,000 81,752,000 67,765,000 23,797,000 29,299,000 66,260,000 40,034,000 10,267,000 -21,410,000 -3,626,000 46,086,000 17,273,000 55,605,000 45,182,000 33,640,000 31,526,000  62,419,000 52,354,000 46,040,000 41,132,000 43,746,000 42,066,000  
      income taxes
    4,810,000 25,303,000 11,207,000 5,337,000 6,394,000 20,217,000 13,608,000 727,000 9,611,000 14,482,000 8,439,000 -1,423,000 -10,525,000 12,253,000 6,642,000 3,363,000 20,081,000 13,505,000 3,862,000 1,215,000 16,734,000 14,548,000 3,178,000 -5,048,000 9,195,000 10,328,000 11,499,000 4,266,000 23,454,000 7,768,000 15,365,000 -5,399,000 25,064,000 12,010,000 13,898,000 -463,000             12,145,000 22,212,000 12,139,000 29,039,000 15,733,000 18,070,000 19,613,000 12,950,000 12,187,000 26,884,000 12,562,000 9,526,000 19,512,000 23,064,000 23,390,000  20,983,000 22,946,000 20,335,000 22,019,000 12,554,000 18,638,000 23,115,000 10,281,000 862,000 29,204,000 24,577,000 9,156,000 15,923,000 24,805,000 15,008,000 13,191,000 7,645,000 781,000 19,154,000 6,823,000 18,938,000 17,956,000 18,850,000 12,453,000  22,471,000 18,847,000 8,029,000 14,602,000 15,528,000 14,935,000  
      net income
    -34,763,000 41,588,000 34,803,000 14,367,000 14,328,000 67,796,000 33,969,000 -2,824,000 46,057,000 61,287,000 30,788,000 -5,161,000 56,668,000 51,361,000 19,406,000 2,801,000 33,782,000 44,155,000 21,755,000 3,912,000 40,724,000 40,441,000 8,249,000 6,900,000 18,043,000 29,318,000 29,747,000 895,000 33,692,000 31,089,000 34,293,000 11,060,000 34,322,000 50,219,000 28,306,000 3,321,000 36,450,000 57,062,000 26,498,000 -7,504,000 52,594,000 46,615,000 25,064,000 -6,125,000 46,375,000 58,077,000 15,484,000 525,000 27,209,000 44,203,000 29,830,000 53,913,000 26,685,000 39,715,000 49,286,000 25,233,000 29,892,000 61,602,000 -7,997,000 17,322,000 28,764,000 57,585,000 53,783,000 24,418,000 23,395,000 48,474,000 54,672,000 43,804,000 15,762,000 53,084,000 41,782,000 21,111,000 9,898,000 50,752,000 39,798,000 18,708,000 19,516,000 24,105,000 3,079,000 -2,348,000 -24,724,000 -5,669,000 26,514,000 11,819,000 33,766,000 27,907,000 13,861,000 20,479,000  37,367,000 34,428,000 31,589,000 23,785,000 26,743,000 28,477,000  
      yoy
    -342.62% -38.66% 2.46% -608.75% -68.89% 10.62% 10.33% -45.28% -18.72% 19.33% 58.65% -284.26% 67.75% 16.32% -10.80% -28.40% -17.05% 9.18% 163.73% -43.30% 125.71% 37.94% -72.27% 670.95% -46.45% -5.70% -13.26% -91.91% -1.84% -38.09% 21.15% 233.03% -5.84% -11.99% 6.82% -144.26% -30.70% 22.41% 5.72% 22.51% 13.41% -19.74% 61.87% -1266.67% 70.44% 31.39% -48.09% -99.03% 1.96% 11.30% -39.48% 113.66% -10.73% -35.53% -716.31% 45.67% 3.92% 6.98% -114.87% -29.06% 22.95% 18.80% -1.63% -44.26% 48.43% -8.68% 30.85% 107.49% 59.24% 4.59% 4.99% 12.84% -49.28% 110.55% 1192.56% -896.76% -178.94% -525.21% -88.39% -119.87% -173.22% -120.31% 91.28% -42.29%  -25.32% -59.74% -35.17%  39.73% 20.90%      
      qoq
    -183.59% 19.50% 142.24% 0.27% -78.87% 99.58% -1302.87% -106.13% -24.85% 99.06% -696.55% -109.11% 10.33% 164.67% 592.82% -91.71% -23.49% 102.96% 456.11% -90.39% 0.70% 390.25% 19.55% -61.76% -38.46% -1.44% 3223.69% -97.34% 8.37% -9.34% 210.06% -67.78% -31.66% 77.41% 752.33% -90.89% -36.12% 115.34% -453.12% -114.27% 12.83% 85.98% -509.21% -113.21% -20.15% 275.08% 2849.33% -98.07% -38.45% 48.18% -44.67% 102.03% -32.81% -19.42% 95.32% -15.59% -51.48% -870.31% -146.17% -39.78% -50.05% 7.07% 120.26% 4.37% -51.74% -11.34% 24.81% 177.91% -70.31% 27.05% 97.92% 113.29% -80.50% 27.52% 112.73% -4.14% -19.04% 682.88% -231.13% -90.50% 336.13% -121.38% 124.33% -65.00% 20.99% 101.33% -32.32%   8.54% 8.99% 32.81% -11.06% -6.09%   
      net income margin %
    -4.86% 4.83% 4.61% 2.42% 2.04% 7.23% 4.78% -0.47% 5.97% 7.46% 4.82% -1.00% 8.17% 6.46% 2.98% 0.65% 5.22% 6.77% 4.79% 1.12% 6.59% 6.01% 2.19% 2.18% 2.85% 5.80% 6.25% 0.30% 5.02% 4.89% 6.36% 2.91% 5.65% 7.68% 5.80% 1.17% 5.61% 8.53% 5.80% -2.54% 6.54% 7.97% 5.49% -2.22% 5.96% 7.66% 3.34% 0.19% 3.94% 5.76% 4.58% 12.44% 4.14% 5.84% 7.30% 5.47% 4.57% 9.16% -1.25% 3.61% 4.23% 8.37% 8.10% 4.53% 4.13% 7.33% 8.44% 7.11% 2.80% 7.59% 5.32% 4.17% 2.12% 8.86% 6.07% 4.16% 3.92% 4.67% 0.49% -0.25% -2.90% -0.65% 2.88% 1.37% 4.09% 3.27% 1.61% 2.78% NaN% 4.66% 4.38% 4.67% 4.01% 3.77% 4.33%  
      less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries
    -3,710,750 -8,339,000 -634,000 -5,870,000 -3,308,000 -8,157,000 -8,029,000 2,954,000 -1,908,500 -8,071,000 -2,660,000 3,097,000 -805,750 -9,701,000 2,449,000 4,029,000 -2,253,750 -9,215,000 -2,245,000 2,445,000 -1,885,250 -7,168,000 -747,000 374,000    1,177,000    2,119,000 -1,675,500 -4,819,000 -2,139,000 256,000   -1,234,000 2,028,000    178,000 -1,326,250 -5,038,000 -459,000 192,000   -4,386,000      -1,156,250 -3,149,000 -42,000 -1,434,000 -1,584,250 -5,287,000 -1,952,000                                  
      net income attributable to universal corporation
    -43,278,000 33,249,000 34,169,000 8,497,000 9,338,000 59,639,000 25,940,000 130,000 40,318,000 53,216,000 28,128,000 -2,064,000 53,707,000 41,660,000 21,855,000 6,830,000 25,770,000 34,940,000 19,510,000 6,357,000 39,361,000 33,273,000 7,502,000 7,274,000 15,565,000 25,966,000 28,077,000 2,072,000 31,361,000 28,135,000 31,446,000 13,179,000 30,518,000 45,400,000 26,167,000 3,577,000 32,869,000 53,647,000 25,264,000 -5,476,000 47,964,000 44,534,000 22,465,000 -5,947,000 45,827,000 53,039,000 15,025,000 717,000 26,671,000 38,585,000 25,444,000 58,309,000 26,102,000 35,542,000 47,981,000 23,125,000 25,755,000 58,453,000 -8,039,000 15,888,000 27,116,000 52,298,000 51,831,000 25,320,000 26,441,000 45,696,000 52,515,000 43,745,000                             
      earnings per share:
                                                                                                    
      basic
    -1.73 1.33 1.36 0.34 0.37 2.39 1.04 0.01 1.62 2.14 1.13 -0.08 2.17 1.68 0.88 0.28 1.04 1.41 0.79 0.26 1.6 1.35 0.3 0.3 0.63 1.04 1.12 0.08 1.24 1.12 1.25 0.53 1.21 1.8 1.03 0.14 -1.84 2.17 0.95 -0.4 1.96 1.8 0.83 -0.43 1.84 2.13 0.49 -0.13 0.99 1.5 0.94 2.34 0.96 1.36 1.89 0.83 0.94 2.36 -0.51 0.52 1.01 2.05 0.89 1.318 1.7 1.97 1.6                             
      diluted
    -1.72 1.32 1.36 0.34 0.37 2.37 1.03 0.01 1.61 2.12 1.12 -0.08 2.15 1.67 0.88 0.27 1.03 1.4 0.78 0.26 1.59 1.34 0.3 0.29 0.63 1.04 1.11 0.08 1.24 1.11 1.24 0.52 1.2 1.78 1.02 0.14 -1.75 1.92 0.9 -0.4 1.74 1.6 0.81 -0.43 1.63 1.87 0.48 -0.13 0.94 1.36 0.9 2.05 0.91 1.25 1.68 0.81 0.91 2.06 -0.51 0.52 0.96 1.82 1.78 0.87 1.195 1.54 1.77 1.47                             
      weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                                    
      basic
    25,037,983 25,056,517 25,035,110 24,999,570 24,947,208 24,980,792 24,946,632 24,876,220 24,851,858 24,849,498 24,869,697 24,842,171 24,773,710 24,770,294 24,779,237 24,769,015 24,764,177 24,792,108 24,776,930 24,694,489 24,656,009 24,677,122 24,658,895 24,602,610 24,982,259 24,931,711 25,086,580 25,158,369 25,129,192 25,162,268 25,152,864 25,064,420 25,274,975 25,230,336 25,334,661 25,407,293 23,433,860 22,982,473 22,777,394 22,734,225 22,683,290 22,717,043 22,675,323 22,622,930 23,035,920 23,095,861 23,178,082 23,223 23,239 23,216 23,207 23,317 23,355 23,406 23,379 23,297                                         
      diluted
    25,171,162 25,188,876 25,178,546 25,131,857 25,127,356 25,142,667 25,135,973 25,066,106 25,040,914 25,055,829 25,015,369 24,842,171 24,943,841 24,928,426 24,939,427 24,935,554 24,922,896 24,949,091 24,916,346 24,852,151 24,788,566 24,818,918 24,770,421 24,703,579 25,106,351 25,055,054 25,197,325 25,284,258 25,330,437 25,365,766 25,337,720 25,284,700 25,508,144 25,460,409 25,546,546 25,632,157 23,770,088 27,996,583 27,968,156 22,734,225 27,825,491 27,854,908 27,850,628 22,622,930 28,221,264 28,291,017 23,508,427 23,223 28,392 28,364 28,336 28,465 28,478 28,517 28,501 28,391                                         
      total comprehensive income, net of income taxes
    24,551.25 40,449 34,654 23,102 20,538.75 56,974 33,531 -8,350 20,909.5 55,884 28,549 -795 20,094.25 64,082 17,578 -1,283 18,069.25 45,862 13,669 12,746 21,237.5 55,681 22,060 7,209 12,869.75 40,023 14,908 -3,452 13,867 23,363 34,582 -2,477 24,039.75 53,971 33,079 9,109 19,009.5 58,717 29,651 -12,330 5,462.5 19,470 19,470 2,380 15,317 54,965 4,954 1,349 40,707 46,387 61,024 55,417 30,395.5 48,424 57,704 15,454                                         
      less: comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
    -3,611.75 -8,198 -356 -5,893 -3,116.5 -7,784 -8,026 3,344 -1,888.75 -8,255 -2,541 3,241 -744 -10,071 2,737 4,358 -2,211.25 -9,201 -2,060 2,416 -1,891.5 -7,114      1,054                                                                     
      comprehensive income attributable to universal corporation
    20,939.5 32,251 34,298 17,209 17,422.25 49,190 25,505 -5,006 19,020.75 47,629 26,008 2,446 19,350.25 54,011 20,315 3,075 15,858 36,661 11,609 15,162 19,346 48,567 21,078 7,739 11,874 36,532 13,362 -2,398                                                                     
      dividends declared per common share
    0.615 0.82 0.82 0.82 0.608 0.81 0.81 0.81 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.593 0.79 0.79 0.79 0.585 0.78 0.78 0.78 0.578 0.77 0.77 0.77 0.57 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.563 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.408 0.55 0.54 0.54 0.4 0.54 0.53 0.53 0.393 0.53 0.52 0.52 0.385 0.52 0.51 0.51 0.378 0.51 0.5 0.5 0.37 0.5 0.49 0.49                                         
      other income
                      -2,532,000     -4,173,000                  -3,390,000          -81,619,000      -11,111,000  -9,592,000  -19,368,000                                   
      less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                          -982 530 -995.75 -3,491 -1,546                                                                      
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries
                            -2,478,000 -3,352,000 -1,670,000  -2,331,000 -2,954,000 -2,847,000      -3,581,000 -3,415,000   -4,630,000 -2,081,000 -2,599,000      -538,000 -5,618,000   -583,000 -4,173,000 -1,305,000 -2,108,000           -2,157,000 -59,000                             
      less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income taxes
                                -921.25 -3,221 -2,742  -1,725 -5,128 -2,076 304 -494 -3,214           -1,271.25 -5,432   -1,969.5 -4,274 -1,407 -2,197                                         
      comprehensive income attributable to universal corporation, net of income taxes
                                12,945.75 20,142 31,840 -199 22,314.75 48,843 31,003 9,413 18,515.5 55,503 28,644 -10,085 4,963.75 17,211 17,211 2,644 13,986.25 49,872 4,776 1,297 39,435.75 40,955 56,649 60,139 28,426 44,150 56,297 13,257                                         
      less: comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income taxes
                                   2,278       -1,007 2,245 -498.75 -2,259 -2,259 264 -1,330.75 -5,093 -178 -52   -4,375                                              
      dividends on universal corporation convertible perpetual preferred stock
                                         -3,687,000 -3,687,000 -3,687,000 -3,687,000 -3,687,000 -3,687,000 -3,687,000 -3,687,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000                             
      earnings available to universal corporation common shareholders
                                    30,518,000 45,400,000 26,167,000 3,577,000 -41,484,000 49,960,000 21,577,000 -9,163,000 44,277,000 40,847,000 18,778,000 -9,634,000 42,122,000 49,309,000 11,312,000 -2,995,000 22,958,000 34,873,000 21,731,000 54,597,000 22,389,000 31,830,000 44,268,000 19,413,000 22,042,000 54,741,000 -11,752,000 12,176,000 23,403,000 48,586,000 48,118,000 21,608,000 22,728,000 41,984,000 48,802,000 40,033,000                             
      earnings per share attributable to universal corporation common shareholders:
                                                                                                    
      basic
    -1.73 1.33 1.36 0.34 0.37 2.39 1.04 0.01 1.62 2.14 1.13 -0.08 2.17 1.68 0.88 0.28 1.04 1.41 0.79 0.26 1.6 1.35 0.3 0.3 0.63 1.04 1.12 0.08 1.24 1.12 1.25 0.53 1.21 1.8 1.03 0.14 -1.84 2.17 0.95 -0.4 1.96 1.8 0.83 -0.43 1.84 2.13 0.49 -0.13 0.99 1.5 0.94 2.34 0.96 1.36 1.89 0.83 0.94 2.36 -0.51 0.52 1.01 2.05 0.89 1.318 1.7 1.97 1.6                             
      diluted
    -1.72 1.32 1.36 0.34 0.37 2.37 1.03 0.01 1.61 2.12 1.12 -0.08 2.15 1.67 0.88 0.27 1.03 1.4 0.78 0.26 1.59 1.34 0.3 0.29 0.63 1.04 1.11 0.08 1.24 1.11 1.24 0.52 1.2 1.78 1.02 0.14 -1.75 1.92 0.9 -0.4 1.74 1.6 0.81 -0.43 1.63 1.87 0.48 -0.13 0.94 1.36 0.9 2.05 0.91 1.25 1.68 0.81 0.91 2.06 -0.51 0.52 0.96 1.82 1.78 0.87 1.195 1.54 1.77 1.47                             
      income before income taxes
                                        56,404,000 84,133,000 40,524,000 -11,823,000 79,656,000 68,056,000 34,423,000 -9,557,000 61,662,000 87,874,000 20,444,000  39,354,000 66,415,000 41,969,000                                              
      income tax expense
                                        9,194,500 27,071,000 14,026,000 -4,319,000 6,842,000 21,441,000 9,359,000 -3,432,000 5,679,750 29,797,000 4,960,000 -12,038,000                                                 
      cost in excess of carrying value on repurchase of convertible perpetual stock
                                                -4,500 -18,000                                                   
      restructuring costs
                                                397,000 1,143,000 3,350,000  2,038,000 3,400,000 1,308,000  921,750  3,687,000    2,962,000 6,859,000   2,020,000 949,000                            18,224,000 1,279,000  13,498,000  
      less: net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries
                                                       4,396,000            902,000 3,046,000 -2,778,000                               
      less: comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income taxes
                                                       4,722                                             
      charge for european commission fine in italy
                                                                                                    
      charge for (reversal of) european commission fines in italy and spain
                                                            12,272,750  49,091,000                                      
      retained earnings - beginning of year
                                                            206,437.75   825,751 191,803.25   767,213 171,740   686,960 177,913,750    170,558,000   682,232,000                     
      cash dividends declared:
                                                                                                    
      series b 6.75% convertible perpetual preferred stock
                                                            -2,784.25   -3,712 -2,784.25   -3,712 -2,784.25   -3,712 -2,784,250   -3,712,000 -2,784,250   -3,713,000 -2,743,250   -3,547,000                 
      common stock
                                                            -8,388.75   -11,189 -8,472.75   -11,347 -8,667.5   -11,536 -8,819,000   -12,382,000 -9,105,500   -12,054,000 -8,390,250   -11,072,000                 
      repurchase of common stock - cost in excess of stated capital amount
                                                            -706.75   -2,827 -6,768.5   -8,605 -3,251.5   -2,773 -23,301,000    -878,250                        
      dividend equivalents on restricted stock units
                                                            -96   -118 -79   -97                                 
      retained earnings - end of period
                                                            211,037.5   823,793 206,061   768,772 192,525.75   712,684 172,003,750    182,387,000   674,303,000 169,572,250   681,020,000 183,445,750   734,796,000 177,694,500   689,730,000    143,782.25   577,548  
      see accompanying notes.
                                                                                                    
      income taxes:
                                                                   12,383,000                                 
      minority interests, net of income taxes
                                                                        -3,101,000 -291,000 4,185,000 29,000 -3,791,000 1,796,000 2,715,000 -3,537,000                     
      income from continuing operations
                                                                        15,762,000 53,084,000 41,782,000 21,111,000 9,898,000 50,752,000 40,473,000 18,178,000 21,121,000 35,779,000 28,263,000                  
      income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
                                                                               530,000 -1,605,000 -11,674,000 -25,184,000                  
      dividends on convertible perpetual preferred stock
                                                                        -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,713,000 -3,547,000                 
      earnings available to common shareholders
                                                                        12,049,000 49,372,000 38,069,000 17,399,000 6,185,000 47,040,000 36,086,000 14,995,000 15,804,000 20,392,000 -634,000 -5,895,000                 
      basic earnings per common share:
                                                                                                    
      from continuing operations
                                                                        500 1,980 1,500 650 230 1,720 1,340 530 660 1,240 950                  
      from discontinued operations
                                                                              -20 20                     
      diluted earnings per common share:
                                                                                                    
      adoption of financial accounting standards board interpretation 48 (fin 48) as of april 1, 2007
                                                                            -2,717,500   -10,870,000                     
      retained earnings—beginning of year
                                                                           711,655,000                         
      repurchase of common stock—cost in excess of stated capital amount
                                                                           -45,350,000                         
      retained earnings—end of period
                                                                           671,322,000                   614,844,000      
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
                                                                            -36,250  -675,000                      
      equity in pretax loss of unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                              -2,389,000                      
      minority interests
                                                                                271,250 5,676,000 -3,237,000 -576,000 -4,331,000 1,262,000 418,000 -1,369,000 2,901,000 -681,000 929,000 -1,406,000  2,581,000 -921,000 6,422,000 2,745,000 1,475,000 -1,346,000  
      discontinued operations:
                                                                                                    
      operating results of discontinued operations, net of income taxes
                                                                                2,488,250 -552,000 8,101,000                  
      loss on sale of businesses, net of income taxes
                                                                                -8,321,250  -33,285,000                  
      impairment charge on businesses held for sale, net of income taxes
                                                                                -2,780,500 -11,122,000                   
      from discontinued operations:
                                                                                                    
      operating results
                                                                                97.5 -20 310                  
      loss on sale of businesses
                                                                                -322.5  -1,290                  
      impairment charge on businesses held for sale
                                                                                -107.5 -430                   
      total from discontinued operations
                                                                                -332.5 -450 -980                  
      retained earnings - beginning of period
                                                                                174,496,750   697,987,000 183,440,750   733,763,000 169,800,500   679,202,000    142,264.75   569,059  
      impairment charge
                                                                                   12,289,000                 
      basic earnings per common share
                                                                                   -230                 
      diluted earnings per common share
                                                                                   -230                 
      european commission fines
                                                                                          14,908,000          
      earnings per common share - basic
                                                                                    317.5 -220 1,030 460 610 1,090 540 800  1,490       
      earnings per common share - diluted
                                                                                    317.5 -220 1,030 460 605 1,080 540 800  1,480       
      cash dividends declared
                                                                                    -8,161,000   -10,786,000 -7,667,750   -9,951,000   -8,989,000 -6,707.75   -8,833  
      net income of foreign subsidiaries for the three months ended march 31, 2004
                                                                                                    
      purchase of common stock
                                                                                                    
      purchase of common stock, net of shares issued
                                                                                              -3,268,000 -11,526   -11,155  
      earnings per common share—basic
                                                                                              1,380      
      earnings per common share—diluted
                                                                                              1,370      
      retained earnings—beginning of period
                                                                                              592,673,000      
      earnings per common share
                                                                                               772.5 950 1,040 1,090  
      diluted earnings per share
                                                                                               0.77 0.94 1.04 1.09  
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        assets
                                                                                                       
        current assets
                                                                                                       
        cash and cash equivalents
      62,178,000 85,227,000 88,652,000 178,435,000 260,115,000 215,108,000 80,118,000 101,700,000 55,593,000 74,102,000 99,683,000 80,518,000 64,690,000 71,283,000 58,855,000 86,566,000 81,648,000 99,305,000 754,000 100,682,000 84,688,000 197,221,000 95,405,000 8,126,000 57,084,000 100,015,000 107,430,000 64,734,000 53,173,000 167,996,000 297,556,000 138,358,000 67,876,000 66,008,000 234,128,000 146,578,000 41,203,000 128,605,000 283,993,000 411,507,000 294,894,000 316,087,000 319,447,000 167,625,000 68,970,000 130,439,000 248,783,000 120,315,000 29,567,000 148,457,000 163,532,000 191,867,000 74,631,000 124,469,000 367,864,000 341,572,000 115,690,000 207,393,000 261,699,000 152,368,000 45,505,000 93,795,000 141,007,000 91,427,000 43,816,000 245,953,000 164,170,000 61,991,000 131,167,000 212,626,000 87,971,000 40,765,000 141,805,000 186,070,000 502,277,000 381,094,000 320,764,000 358,236,000 220,438,000 348,432,000 93,518,000 66,632,000 30,619,000 81,378,000 64,223,000 58,625,000 70,523,000 47,521,000 52,686,000 39,310,000 135,793,000 57,183,000 44,659,000 48,610,000 149,477,000 84,355,000 58,003,000 
        accounts receivable
      563,864,000 571,511,000 445,257,000 424,157,000 625,876,000 650,021,000 537,602,000 435,941,000 525,262,000 435,306,000 368,924,000 375,564,000 402,073,000 536,650,000 469,406,000 319,114,000 385,437,000 400,132,000 6,643,000 297,442,000 279,900,000 367,482,000 354,676,000 17,885,000 329,332,000 222,162,000 340,711,000 271,981,000 337,825,000 217,905,000 368,110,000 336,564,000 355,674,000 247,812,000 377,119,000 347,175,000 338,700,000 209,321,000 439,288,000 280,978,000 251,805,000 218,665,000 428,659,000 267,632,000 303,963,000 257,349,000 434,362,000 290,234,000 290,162,000 238,900,000 468,015,000 329,120,000 365,777,000 259,613,000 401,747,000 351,655,000 352,745,000 292,633,000 390,790,000 406,541,000 378,406,000 322,690,000 335,575,000 292,490,000 315,290,000 266,960,000 255,847,000 293,985,000 229,764,000 263,383,000 342,595,000 284,107,000 224,854,000 231,107,000 233,861,000 229,687,000 213,100,000 261,106,000 289,548,000 250,833,000 473,246,000 466,013,000 489,424,000 475,868,000 489,248,000 494,963,000 418,377,000 453,649,000 430,736,000 432,546,000 356,835,000 408,213,000 370,784,000 311,232,000 222,338,000 347,245,000 301,197,000 
        advances to suppliers
      177,222,000 168,348,000 121,569,000 79,154,000 169,385,000 156,108,000 139,766,000 100,451,000 139,064,000 159,481,000 105,637,000 111,176,000 170,801,000 163,237,000 106,475,000 99,875,000 129,838,000 126,830,000  82,192,000 70,377,000 121,618,000 102,795,000 3,011,000 65,643,000 65,221,000 133,778,000 120,079,000 75,828,000 80,032,000 106,850,000 98,942,000 53,823,000 70,731,000 122,786,000 108,952,000 66,580,000 58,218,000 103,750,000 93,175,000 47,841,000 69,044,000 101,890,000 84,905,000 40,627,000 58,041,000 114,883,000 106,563,000 70,296,000 77,273,000 134,621,000 120,443,000 62,013,000 64,721,000 132,100,000 118,380,000 80,946,000 78,260,000 135,317,000 94,732,000 75,477,000 130,783,000 160,616,000 132,815,000 128,923,000 167,400,000 134,209,000 89,169,000 141,383,000 214,282,000 153,806,000 149,096,000 116,254,000 149,376,000 114,897,000 100,347,000 66,717,000 113,396,000 83,629,000 78,647,000 143,517,000 121,355,000 132,811,000 146,318,000 151,492,000 171,906,000 147,506,000 144,406,000 113,913,000 140,758,000 124,870,000 122,991,000 115,928,000 139,993,000 121,609,000 109,589,000 53,684,000 
        accounts receivable—unconsolidated affiliates
      12,300,000 62,390,000 114,071,000 127,701,000 7,143,000 578,000 66,646,000 60,991,000 5,385,000 33,109,000 55,409,000 73,286,000 12,210,000 5,920,000 51,179,000 48,512,000 4,540,000 1,909,000  63,112,000 52,047,000 584,000 6,197,000  47,807,000 32,827,000 11,483,000 24,748,000 82,812,000 63,388,000 30,951,000 77,543,000 107,198,000 101,483,000 2,040,000 1,799,000 50,533,000 62,239,000 2,373,000 2,073,000 51,558,000 46,794,000 2,316,000 762,000 59,370,000 65,821,000 1,907,000 342,000 98,707,000 82,196,000 7,375,000 776,000 70,175,000 62,040,000 555,000 5,673,000 69,872,000 59,858,000 7,370,000    10,433,000   11,670,000    20,371,000  34,403,000 16,183,000 43,718,000  51,559,000  37,290,000    19,215,000    4,759,000    6,156,000  5,622,000 7,595,000  4,243,000  5,647,000 
        inventories—at lower of cost or net realizable value:
                                                                                                       
        tobacco
      832,360,000 990,638,000 1,138,630,000 1,219,769,000 806,332,000 924,684,000 1,070,655,000 1,202,341,000 1,070,580,000 1,009,030,000 1,086,240,000 1,100,722,000 833,876,000 866,380,000 968,167,000 1,080,362,000 822,513,000 855,587,000  854,331,000 874,381,000 640,653,000 814,287,000  888,213,000 858,940,000 707,298,000 937,661,000 918,592,000 898,409,000 629,606,000 867,181,000 935,406,000 947,520,000 679,428,000 796,165,000 869,325,000 917,945,000 565,943,000 736,368,000 827,936,000 846,356,000 637,132,000 965,917,000 999,312,000 921,920,000 636,488,000 1,011,234,000 1,164,293,000 1,047,613,000 639,812,000 841,834,000 1,037,320,000 1,078,040,000 623,377,000 742,895,000 901,154,000 962,347,000 682,095,000 862,991,000 966,914,000 987,379,000 742,422,000 940,168,000 1,076,984,000 812,186,000 770,708,000 919,842,000 886,232,000 586,136,000 613,597,000 778,053,000 965,244,000 602,945,000 486,785,000 638,214,000 814,564,000 595,901,000 656,329,000 755,768,000 812,489,000 666,708,000 712,396,000 797,516,000 838,089,000 609,114,000 637,889,000 792,981,000 790,089,000 562,927,000 565,635,000 609,431,000 529,736,000 530,876,000 548,391,000 540,591,000 453,417,000 
        other
      203,537,000 212,321,000 222,505,000 205,036,000 189,610,000 189,663,000 211,476,000 187,743,000 193,518,000 196,246,000 212,268,000 198,730,000 202,907,000 211,561,000 234,581,000 198,966,000 194,161,000 161,704,000  161,001,000 140,249,000 145,965,000 144,333,000  116,299,000 104,399,000 99,275,000 84,621,000 97,536,000 77,654,000 69,611,000 74,360,000 87,958,000 73,358,000 69,301,000 69,687,000 90,108,000 74,628,000 68,087,000 67,638,000 86,472,000 66,080,000 60,888,000 65,123,000 85,222,000 69,851,000 62,195,000 74,791,000 100,516,000 83,484,000 67,219,000 74,377,000 80,651,000 63,425,000 57,745,000 60,067,000 70,099,000 61,162,000 53,197,000 57,261,000 73,048,000 60,871,000 48,647,000 50,551,000 64,792,000 52,952,000 50,716,000 66,039,000 66,851,000 60,712,000 67,000,000 80,095,000 63,766,000 42,562,000 42,289,000 47,524,000 45,713,000 40,577,000 45,553,000 59,727,000 55,441,000 49,596,000 50,573,000 71,183,000 70,185,000 42,473,000 48,623,000 53,011,000 49,715,000 35,071,000 28,969,000 35,878,000 30,377,000 25,195,000 28,973,000 26,278,000 32,103,000 
        prepaid income taxes
      22,958,000 16,020,000 23,066,000 22,715,000 19,595,000 10,930,000 20,771,000 23,576,000 19,484,000 18,304,000 23,918,000 21,640,000 16,493,000 17,363,000 14,820,000 11,370,000 13,095,000 23,590,000  23,112,000 17,804,000 15,029,000 18,174,000  20,712,000 13,426,000 12,144,000 13,619,000 13,454,000 20,985,000 14,264,000 21,170,000 17,131,000 20,242,000 16,032,000 14,459,000 21,110,000 16,523,000 16,713,000 11,419,000 24,448,000 19,948,000 17,814,000 16,359,000 19,779,000 28,828,000 17,811,000 13,842,000 28,138,000 30,688,000 27,866,000 28,015,000 28,004,000 18,649,000 6,245,000 15,734,000 16,889,000 17,921,000 20,819,000 13,661,000 17,777,000 20,493,000 18,661,000 8,633,000 11,075,000 13,514,000 14,632,000 23,544,000 14,238,000 13,181,000 20,270,000 10,058,000 13,005,000 17,696,000 8,032,000 9,227,000 9,036,000 8,760,000 2,831,000 3,287,000 4,374,000 3,943,000 5,808,000 8,250,000 4,132,000 5,504,000 19,650,000 18,322,000 10,061,000 9,635,000 4,031,000 5,819,000 12,375,000 14,846,000 18,109,000 10,511,000 6,297,000 
        other current assets
      97,278,000 76,970,000 85,928,000 89,360,000 78,041,000 68,553,000 84,884,000 85,712,000 93,655,000 88,051,000 95,634,000 93,153,000 99,840,000 79,495,000 87,910,000 90,380,000 116,779,000 76,255,000 415,000 76,050,000 85,016,000 66,806,000 68,928,000 833,000 69,564,000 65,675,000 67,498,000 61,450,000 70,338,000 75,689,000 71,197,000 70,309,000 73,862,000 71,511,000 88,209,000 92,959,000 94,294,000 71,823,000 81,252,000 61,856,000 56,026,000 50,772,000 70,400,000 67,456,000 75,122,000 72,898,000 81,570,000 80,683,000 83,754,000 78,186,000 142,755,000 127,086,000 130,721,000 126,202,000 124,213,000 68,999,000 72,100,000 65,610,000 88,317,000 71,121,000 70,444,000 77,527,000 73,864,000 65,784,000 74,227,000 75,367,000 64,234,000 74,236,000 80,031,000 64,964,000 65,630,000 90,503,000 93,216,000 61,960,000 58,264,000 65,632,000 54,099,000 62,480,000 52,511,000 64,938,000 81,514,000 50,605,000 48,703,000 58,762,000 64,869,000 54,808,000 46,554,000 43,355,000 49,216,000 38,721,000 23,613,000 34,893,000 34,201,000 23,311,000 20,727,000 24,165,000 24,262,000 
        total current assets
      1,971,697,000 2,183,425,000 2,239,678,000 2,346,327,000 2,156,097,000 2,215,645,000 2,211,918,000 2,198,455,000 2,102,541,000 2,013,629,000 2,047,713,000 2,054,789,000 1,802,890,000 1,951,889,000 1,991,393,000 1,935,145,000 1,748,011,000 1,745,312,000  1,657,922,000 1,604,462,000 1,555,358,000 1,604,795,000  1,594,654,000 1,462,665,000 1,479,617,000 1,578,893,000 1,649,558,000 1,602,058,000 1,588,145,000 1,684,427,000 1,698,928,000 1,598,665,000 1,589,043,000 1,577,774,000 1,571,853,000 1,539,302,000 1,561,399,000 1,665,014,000 1,640,980,000 1,633,746,000 1,638,546,000 1,661,082,000 1,683,856,000 1,640,443,000 1,634,610,000 1,738,592,000 1,899,993,000 1,807,228,000 1,673,247,000 1,737,956,000 1,880,043,000 1,834,653,000 1,745,973,000 1,741,566,000 1,723,481,000 1,797,151,000 1,690,629,000 1,712,353,000 1,745,351,000 1,795,128,000 1,578,234,000 1,661,515,000 1,830,942,000 1,693,076,000 1,529,777,000 1,616,508,000 1,608,705,000 1,503,919,000 1,428,841,000 1,516,009,000 1,687,547,000 1,417,060,000 1,512,295,000 1,552,587,000 1,602,455,000 1,545,365,000 1,497,473,000 1,691,561,000 2,041,863,000 1,802,598,000 1,849,496,000 1,953,662,000 2,008,826,000 1,788,808,000 1,759,433,000 1,846,530,000 1,795,725,000 1,526,669,000 1,469,142,000 1,503,072,000 1,374,997,000 1,322,462,000 1,271,991,000 1,311,070,000 1,105,037,000 
        property, plant and equipment
                        11,000,000     24,437,000                                                                          
        land
      26,249,000 26,286,000 26,285,000 26,266,000 26,113,000 26,081,000 25,972,000 25,926,000 26,244,000 26,516,000 26,262,000 24,930,000 24,926,000 24,142,000 23,998,000 23,872,000 23,959,000 24,752,000  22,502,000 23,439,000 22,400,000 22,499,000  21,515,000 21,454,000 21,376,000 22,510,000 22,696,000 22,785,000 22,952,000 23,018,000 23,020,000 23,041,000 23,180,000 22,885,000 22,822,000 22,787,000 22,852,000 22,760,000 22,914,000 22,927,000 22,987,000 22,870,000 16,583,000 16,853,000 16,790,000 16,868,000 17,022,000 17,239,000 17,275,000 17,249,000 17,231,000 17,187,000 17,125,000 17,151,000 17,098,000 17,059,000 17,087,000 16,976,000 13,986,000 14,186,000 14,851,000 15,490,000 15,866,000 16,036,000 16,147,000 16,188,000 16,002,000 15,773,000 15,978,000 16,133,000 16,516,000 16,460,000 17,061,000 16,684,000 16,795,000 16,640,000 17,141,000 17,279,000 78,700,000 72,617,000 71,991,000 70,725,000 72,002,000 78,127,000 75,246,000 72,050,000 70,188,000 60,823,000 59,105,000 51,692,000 51,110,000 35,265,000 28,431,000 28,336,000 27,214,000 
        buildings
      333,416,000 332,864,000 335,300,000 337,290,000 333,398,000 327,376,000 330,407,000 326,988,000 323,969,000 319,740,000 316,180,000 312,014,000 311,138,000 305,215,000 300,925,000 294,179,000 293,935,000 296,642,000  289,939,000 293,734,000 284,430,000 268,377,000  259,875,000 258,306,000 256,488,000 255,202,000 261,599,000 262,688,000 261,976,000 253,150,000 269,738,000 268,789,000 271,757,000 269,670,000 268,702,000 267,740,000 266,802,000 264,485,000 266,107,000 264,438,000 264,838,000 256,970,000 252,153,000 239,218,000 238,372,000 239,177,000 239,568,000 241,909,000 239,913,000 239,194,000 237,923,000 235,506,000 234,694,000 232,780,000 230,898,000 228,191,000 228,982,000 225,010,000 239,325,000 241,771,000 257,380,000 265,390,000 266,298,000 266,350,000 259,912,000 259,596,000 254,846,000 251,875,000 252,846,000 255,875,000 256,470,000 254,737,000 250,202,000 245,788,000 242,966,000 241,410,000 250,281,000 249,893,000 411,211,000 398,395,000 404,436,000 376,490,000 378,851,000 395,077,000 403,596,000 382,425,000 376,952,000 364,948,000 348,153,000 306,092,000 303,916,000 281,955,000 260,025,000 257,991,000 252,831,000 
        machinery and equipment
      759,654,000 756,467,000 746,284,000 739,899,000 723,935,000 709,840,000 705,246,000 702,153,000 693,868,000 720,816,000 705,977,000 705,045,000 689,220,000 679,970,000 659,409,000 669,967,000 668,451,000 662,504,000  653,789,000 661,753,000 658,826,000 662,854,000  657,435,000 644,092,000 634,395,000 609,976,000 609,320,000 611,209,000 608,191,000 603,752,000 642,915,000 636,425,000 634,660,000 621,051,000 612,722,000 606,473,000 597,213,000 603,860,000 599,897,000 593,507,000 591,327,000 591,292,000 585,466,000 590,470,000 576,010,000 580,026,000 577,064,000 574,178,000 562,597,000 565,985,000 563,615,000 553,752,000 545,478,000 553,383,000 548,953,000 539,310,000 537,031,000 531,183,000 530,982,000 537,693,000 555,316,000 552,575,000 551,551,000 532,824,000 535,278,000 523,380,000 507,681,000 492,214,000 503,993,000 504,568,000 517,272,000 519,695,000 515,870,000 509,791,000 519,097,000 512,586,000 521,608,000 526,467,000 701,500,000 704,503,000 735,902,000 772,416,000 760,505,000 746,198,000 729,876,000 704,835,000 703,716,000 694,314,000 689,277,000 695,450,000 679,556,000 654,930,000 613,523,000 590,553,000 565,414,000 
        property, plant and equipment - sum
      1,119,319,000 1,115,617,000 1,107,869,000 1,103,455,000 1,083,446,000 1,063,297,000 1,061,625,000 1,055,067,000 1,044,081,000 1,067,072,000 1,048,419,000 1,041,989,000 1,025,284,000 1,009,327,000 984,332,000 988,018,000 986,345,000 983,898,000  966,230,000 978,926,000 965,656,000 953,730,000  938,825,000 923,852,000 912,259,000 887,688,000 893,615,000 896,682,000 893,119,000 879,920,000 935,673,000 928,255,000 929,597,000 913,606,000 904,246,000 897,000,000 886,867,000 891,105,000 888,918,000 880,872,000 879,152,000 871,132,000 854,202,000 846,541,000 831,172,000 836,071,000 833,654,000 833,326,000                  799,164,000                              
        less accumulated depreciation
      -746,365,000 -740,949,000 -735,473,000 -728,180,000 -710,472,000 -689,445,000 -685,883,000 -680,011,000 -678,201,000 -706,642,000 -691,811,000 -685,042,000 -674,122,000 -663,333,000 -643,584,000 -642,918,000 -641,227,000 -636,042,000  -630,766,000 -627,279,000 -616,146,000 -621,928,000  -617,553,000 -608,173,000 -597,106,000 -592,457,000 -598,184,000 -597,257,000 -590,625,000 -572,634,000 -613,130,000 -604,765,000 -605,803,000 -596,722,000 -587,465,000 -580,927,000 -569,527,000    -553,265,000    -525,783,000   -528,596,000 -523,239,000   -519,103,000 -509,829,000 -509,913,000 -498,470,000 -486,925,000 -479,908,000 -469,414,000 -479,882,000 -483,481,000 -510,844,000 -512,413,000 -503,859,000 -485,723,000 -483,349,000 -476,256,000 -462,266,000 -447,575,000 -453,288,000 -450,946,000 -463,345,000 -456,059,000 -442,844,000 -432,222,000 -422,401,000 -410,478,000 -408,408,000 -401,712,000 -614,056,000 -593,418,000 -608,864,000 -599,066,000 -588,650,000   568,587,000 574,783,000 559,217,000 552,073,000 524,234,000 521,201,000 482,142,000 466,360,000 456,231,000 452,963,000 
        other assets
                                                                                                       
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      37,272,000 36,906,000 37,319,000 38,428,000 34,260,000 33,982,000 32,487,000 30,582,000 32,510,000 34,913,000 36,318,000 36,890,000 40,505,000 42,337,000 43,278,000 41,099,000 40,243,000 34,139,000 8,531,000 33,790,000 31,281,000 31,230,000 34,717,000  35,665,000 37,576,000 39,256,000 34,230,000 34,838,000 34,472,000                                                                    
        goodwill
      172,695,000 213,798,000 213,815,000 213,864,000 213,840,000 213,819,000 213,872,000 213,810,000 213,869,000 213,891,000 213,856,000 213,893,000 213,922,000 213,881,000 213,803,000 213,902,000 213,998,000 214,023,000 41,061,000 172,964,000 173,041,000 173,051,000  46,144,000                                                                      121,333,000 119,674,000 119,408,000 117,939,000 
        other intangibles
      48,604,000 50,635,000 52,650,000 55,237,000 57,836,000 60,444,000 63,263,000 66,074,000 68,883,000 71,697,000 74,475,000 77,290,000 80,101,000 82,917,000 86,129,000 89,352,000 92,571,000 95,790,000  67,510,000 69,905,000 72,304,000                                                                        5,725,000 5,955,000 6,576,000 7,330,000 
        investments in unconsolidated affiliates
      82,287,000 85,137,000 84,526,000 87,988,000 79,317,000 70,351,000 78,774,000 75,531,000 76,289,000 75,335,000 70,618,000 73,466,000 76,184,000 72,565,000 70,878,000 75,188,000 81,006,000 81,040,000  84,517,000 85,064,000 84,218,000 85,610,000  82,628,000 79,198,000 77,543,000 77,783,000 79,072,000 80,985,000 80,482,000 80,558,000 83,962,000 83,327,000 89,302,000 86,246,000 86,247,000 82,645,000 78,457,000 75,574,000 81,441,000 79,510,000 82,441,000 75,351,000 79,995,000 78,450,000 76,512,000 82,341,000 88,841,000 94,802,000 95,305,000 95,095,000 99,362,000 96,992,000 94,405,000 92,775,000 91,024,000 89,189,000 93,312,000 84,306,000 88,217,000 113,745,000 115,478,000 103,821,000 107,588,000 106,336,000 124,503,000 120,608,000 112,781,000 103,987,000 110,166,000 108,137,000 115,744,000 116,185,000 114,622,000 105,228,000 105,931,000 104,316,000 94,242,000 94,839,000 100,833,000 102,419,000 90,047,000 87,018,000 86,390,000 98,789,000 94,000,000 87,880,000 89,043,000 94,460,000 92,510,000 93,559,000 90,119,000 91,126,000 82,722,000 85,235,000 89,762,000 
        deferred income taxes
      15,636,000 15,395,000 18,238,000 20,461,000 16,539,000 17,517,000 15,526,000 18,287,000 15,181,000 14,855,000 16,192,000 15,187,000 13,091,000 10,005,000 18,180,000 14,532,000 11,616,000 15,676,000  17,193,000 18,013,000 12,149,000 22,281,000 14,419,000 22,615,000 23,085,000 20,954,000 16,354,000 16,250,000 15,582,000 13,357,000 13,959,000 20,473,000 19,162,000 17,118,000 21,049,000 23,136,000 25,451,000 25,422,000 24,266,000 25,720,000 20,860,000 23,853,000 25,303,000 31,491,000 35,296,000 36,611,000 40,588,000 34,560,000 20,431,000 22,052,000 24,438,000 30,751,000 37,494,000 32,127,000 36,591,000 43,986,000 51,967,000 51,025,000 52,766,000 69,905,000 54,479,000 47,009,000 43,669,000 47,342,000 47,074,000 48,711,000 48,503,000 43,385,000 68,264,000 36,799,000 32,979,000 24,281,000 22,737,000 19,158,000 24,739,000 22,824,000 25,182,000 27,443,000 28,698,000 22,264,000 22,078,000 12,826,000 6,935,000 7,151,000 6,875,000 16,719,000 14,535,000 15,146,000 16,908,000 6,249,000 5,995,000 6,168,000 11,552,000 6,637,000 6,008,000 5,945,000 
        pension asset
      16,542,000 13,580,000 13,393,000 13,006,000 12,819,000 12,511,000 12,293,000 12,075,000 11,857,000 11,586,000 10,650,000 10,516,000 9,984,000 12,740,000 12,740,000 12,704,000 12,667,000 13,495,000  13,381,000 11,764,000 11,950,000                                                                            
        other noncurrent assets
      49,080,000 43,970,000 38,424,000 38,721,000 45,870,000 42,298,000 41,711,000 43,098,000 50,229,000 37,538,000 35,342,000 48,681,000 51,343,000 32,575,000 36,848,000 52,356,000 41,115,000 46,197,000  43,057,000 50,916,000 52,154,000 54,071,000  42,239,000 44,661,000 43,711,000 50,186,000 45,085,000 47,333,000 50,712,000 44,378,000 47,480,000 45,632,000 50,448,000 49,033,000 42,434,000 42,494,000 41,899,000 41,798,000 49,107,000 57,693,000 62,999,000 53,953,000 55,976,000 74,221,000 76,515,000 60,975,000 68,973,000 76,599,000 91,794,000 89,349,000 87,748,000 88,443,000 55,478,000 52,638,000 51,262,000 50,097,000 56,886,000 56,249,000 51,416,000 66,165,000 99,729,000 96,493,000 90,431,000 106,507,000 122,057,000 115,342,000 91,297,000 94,510,000 97,020,000 96,767,000 92,922,000 109,755,000 183,948,000 126,243,000 130,343,000 133,696,000 159,133,000 175,069,000 154,847,000 182,914,000 185,141,000 190,571,000 172,923,000 150,990,000 129,897,000 119,717,000 91,883,000 103,623,000 89,085,000 91,631,000 86,208,000 88,495,000 89,835,000 80,237,000 86,505,000 
        other assets - sum
      422,116,000 459,421,000 458,365,000 467,705,000 460,481,000 450,922,000 457,926,000 459,457,000 468,818,000 459,815,000 457,451,000 475,923,000 485,130,000 467,020,000 481,856,000 499,133,000 493,216,000 500,360,000  432,412,000 439,984,000 437,056,000 452,044,000  326,366,000 328,496,000 326,151,000 276,595,000 273,243,000 276,401,000 242,545,000 236,903,000 250,775,000 247,013,000 255,795,000 255,309,000 250,876,000 249,613,000 244,666,000 240,507,000 255,301,000 257,122,000 268,364,000 250,338,000 255,681,000 260,205,000 258,474,000 254,894,000 275,966,000 289,446,000                  357,066,000                              
        total assets
      2,766,767,000 3,017,514,000 3,070,439,000 3,189,307,000 2,989,552,000 3,040,419,000 3,045,586,000 3,032,968,000 2,937,239,000 2,833,874,000 2,861,772,000 2,887,659,000 2,639,182,000 2,764,903,000 2,813,997,000 2,779,378,000 2,586,345,000 2,593,528,000  2,425,798,000 2,396,093,000 2,341,924,000 2,388,641,000  2,242,292,000 2,106,840,000 2,120,921,000 2,150,719,000 2,218,232,000 2,177,884,000 2,133,184,000 2,228,616,000 2,272,246,000 2,169,168,000 2,168,632,000 2,149,967,000 2,139,510,000 2,104,988,000 2,123,405,000 2,226,929,000 2,218,513,000 2,213,884,000 2,232,797,000 2,237,034,000 2,253,990,000 2,212,728,000 2,198,473,000 2,298,826,000 2,480,891,000 2,401,404,000 2,270,907,000 2,340,429,000 2,483,558,000 2,436,650,000 2,306,155,000 2,300,725,000 2,285,199,000 2,354,502,000 2,266,919,000 2,269,639,000 2,303,639,000 2,397,625,000 2,227,867,000 2,318,846,000 2,494,438,000 2,371,040,000 2,224,286,000 2,296,482,000 2,255,469,000 2,138,176,000 2,097,255,000 2,186,322,000 2,379,703,000 2,134,112,000 2,322,834,000 2,308,120,000 2,377,842,000 2,328,822,000 2,328,614,000 2,552,937,000 3,105,958,000 2,901,341,000 2,959,380,000 3,080,245,000 3,117,234,000 2,885,324,000 2,789,673,000 2,842,616,000 2,748,326,000 2,482,773,000        
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                                       
        current liabilities
                                                                                                       
        notes payable and overdrafts
      287,564,000 462,248,000 539,583,000 621,275,000 455,039,000 538,526,000 579,132,000 581,087,000 417,217,000 365,327,000 301,379,000 359,832,000 195,564,000 348,073,000 582,382,000 454,659,000 182,639,000 252,609,000  184,982,000 153,337,000 101,294,000 129,603,000  235,413,000 92,758,000 78,033,000 92,592,000 155,352,000 73,640,000 54,023,000 129,316,000 148,049,000 73,291,000 45,421,000 50,804,000 98,268,000 45,064,000 59,133,000 52,052,000 71,002,000 70,753,000 66,179,000 65,894,000 86,095,000 86,553,000 59,862,000 116,771,000 359,349,000 205,370,000 62,905,000 72,341,000 194,266,000 133,109,000 105,318,000 87,423,000 93,646,000 149,855,000 128,016,000 130,165,000 288,444,000 263,302,000 149,291,000 204,769,000 372,727,000 177,013,000 151,252,000 301,376,000 171,125,000 168,608,000 140,677,000 260,511,000 260,590,000 126,229,000 139,632,000 117,173,000 124,221,000 131,159,000 169,283,000 169,962,000 487,850,000 448,601,000 454,842,000 495,435,000 538,460,000 429,470,000 353,141,000 392,313,000 394,375,000 244,031,000 172,393,000 253,423,000 265,742,000 355,116,000 124,656,000  126,798,000 
        accounts payable
      90,139,000 82,580,000 99,599,000 119,803,000 98,036,000 78,327,000 87,106,000 79,747,000 108,727,000 89,301,000 70,737,000 88,362,000 83,213,000                                                              173,864,000 195,320,000 259,117,000 220,181,000 192,797,000 214,047,000 381,379,000 332,732,000 343,770,000 362,634,000 355,313,000 299,452,000 313,839,000 308,867,000 320,514,000 331,963,000 329,872,000 352,201,000 361,058,000 296,407,000 307,430,000  288,741,000 
        accounts payable—unconsolidated affiliates
      510,000 2,708,000 299,000 76,000 1,999,000 5,985,000 174,000  1,621,000 122,000 166,000 1,495,000 5,830,000 57,000  88,000 5,308,000 8,788,000  2,414,000 18,000 1,282,000 7,416,000  117,000  55,000 7,494,000 56,000 10,000 106,000 1,470,000 4,862,000  16,072,000 16,184,000 56,000 869,000 7,231,000 10,522,000  2,730,000 8,343,000 21,768,000 98,000 4,650,000 3,281,000 12,500,000 1,150,000 42,000 65,000 32,216,000 8,000 21,000 4,739,000 54,000 233,000 54,000 295,000    4,154,000   6,464,000    19,191,000  320,000 119,000 10,343,000  125,000  644,000    2,996,000    279,000    2,571,000  3,375,000 2,073,000  4,159,000  10,153,000 
        customer advances and deposits
      3,376,000 1,667,000 2,782,000 4,557,000 3,763,000 3,362,000 6,837,000 15,660,000 17,179,000 19,620,000 166,505,000 103,436,000 3,061,000 5,365,000 12,644,000 19,438,000 13,724,000 26,341,000 351,000 25,219,000 9,307,000 8,765,000 14,498,000  8,049,000 10,575,000 10,242,000 8,230,000 6,513,000 4,397,000 21,675,000 56,355,000 45,098,000 3,414,000 7,021,000 23,939,000 16,807,000 1,841,000 11,007,000 14,201,000 37,334,000 8,406,000 16,438,000 41,209,000 67,100,000 4,328,000 30,183,000 65,450,000 57,723,000 61,147,000 15,869,000 59,779,000 92,871,000 64,071,000 24,914,000 60,537,000 47,809,000 69,371,000 16,832,000 45,061,000 56,332,000 65,588,000 8,426,000 87,934,000 86,628,000 107,858,000 38,032,000 70,089,000 57,288,000 14,162,000 27,344,000 60,326,000 165,945,000 21,030,000 86,099,000 109,432,000 132,434,000 133,608,000 122,086,000 177,853,000 187,189,000 98,871,000 139,331,000 144,580,000 144,230,000 48,634,000 125,107,000 175,263,000 183,554,000 59,894,000 111,973,000 193,202,000 42,093,000 103,726,000 109,180,000  83,528,000 
        accrued compensation
      33,234,000 27,381,000 30,776,000 22,577,000 44,646,000 32,232,000 29,266,000 20,903,000 39,766,000 27,967,000 26,772,000 20,890,000 33,108,000 21,670,000 20,944,000 15,933,000 27,281,000 18,803,000 655,000 19,591,000 18,576,000 29,918,000 22,744,000 3,350,000 19,499,000 16,373,000 23,710,000 21,761,000 22,046,000 23,084,000 31,372,000 23,989,000 22,610,000 20,969,000 27,886,000 19,387,000 19,509,000 19,404,000 32,007,000 22,800,000 18,885,000 22,863,000 27,593,000 20,681,000 18,423,000 24,597,000 28,232,000 20,469,000 20,272,000 26,213,000 31,772,000 23,905,000 22,152,000 29,627,000 36,694,000 25,870,000 23,654,000 29,843,000 30,659,000 20,638,000 17,526,000 22,532,000 30,201,000 19,029,000 17,559,000 30,097,000 25,143,000 22,581,000 20,818,000 24,710,000 16,646,000 17,632,000 19,128,000 25,484,000 15,007,000 14,733,000 15,874,000 18,519,000 13,858,000 14,825,000 30,347,000 33,995,000 24,852,000 25,326,000 27,611,000 35,621,000 27,866,000 27,309,000 25,786,000 32,703,000 30,691,000 23,780,000 31,959,000 20,383,000 17,730,000  24,444,000 
        income taxes payable
      17,643,000 19,949,000 14,573,000 15,528,000 12,586,000 15,341,000 7,948,000 10,766,000 7,477,000 5,499,000 4,494,000 5,620,000 3,274,000 3,715,000 4,589,000 5,708,000 7,427,000 10,742,000  1,136,000 5,919,000 4,516,000 6,650,000 946,000 2,947,000 2,359,000 5,334,000 1,991,000 1,155,000 1,576,000 1,066,000 3,090,000 6,668,000 6,813,000 7,557,000 8,052,000 3,935,000 2,132,000 5,103,000 7,239,000 1,240,000 4,057,000 7,190,000 8,568,000 5,612,000 6,934,000 9,243,000 12,596,000 11,164,000 12,072,000 15,694,000 15,741,000 14,694,000 18,965,000 14,034,000 18,727,000 15,869,000 17,459,000 12,866,000 12,085,000 9,294,000 10,942,000 12,265,000 11,901,000 15,656,000 18,991,000 11,753,000 11,574,000 8,839,000 6,867,000 10,087,000 9,891,000 7,133,000 8,886,000 12,712,000 13,537,000 12,863,000 11,549,000 34,366,000 25,262,000 15,900,000 12,026,000 17,024,000 18,588,000 32,622,000 32,866,000 32,440,000 32,503,000 30,559,000 22,007,000 15,726,000 23,958,000 20,969,000 32,597,000 25,673,000  15,353,000 
        current portion of operating lease liabilities
      11,172,000 11,277,000 11,809,000 11,233,000 10,742,000 9,835,000 10,325,000 9,588,000 10,356,000 10,403,000 10,469,000 10,673,000 11,404,000 11,160,000 10,735,000 10,568,000 10,303,000 9,128,000 8,531,000 8,985,000 7,998,000 7,898,000 9,014,000  9,105,000 9,914,000 9,823,000 8,394,000 8,591,000 8,938,000                                                                    
        accrued expenses and other current liabilities
      120,603,000 143,637,000 129,210,000 147,639,000 123,350,000 135,707,000 128,634,000 128,305,000 109,015,000 106,635,000 120,623,000 127,564,000 106,533,000                                                                                     
        current portion of long-term debt
                                                                                                       
        total current liabilities
      564,241,000 751,447,000 828,631,000 942,688,000 750,161,000 819,315,000 849,422,000 846,056,000 711,358,000 624,874,000 701,145,000 717,872,000 441,987,000 598,227,000 798,447,000 742,012,000 518,724,000 547,785,000  399,409,000 353,168,000 293,157,000 346,346,000  408,164,000 265,600,000 267,399,000 270,627,000 352,444,000 290,942,000 253,748,000 358,327,000 390,259,000 303,701,000 267,720,000 256,527,000 280,912,000 258,986,000 267,996,000 238,739,000 261,594,000 274,460,000 246,270,000 290,692,000 333,152,000 299,025,000 270,913,000 374,302,000 723,234,000 620,429,000 454,977,000 515,237,000 759,967,000 733,970,000 622,597,000 567,442,000 377,918,000 491,608,000 392,708,000 429,564,000 583,145,000 674,911,000 512,351,000 614,042,000 807,049,000 614,999,000 454,704,000 627,337,000 619,006,000 549,875,000 505,095,000 628,490,000 686,408,000 402,326,000 586,129,000 605,962,000 711,293,000 692,974,000 581,449,000 622,695,000 1,113,904,000 937,806,000 1,149,502,000 1,161,406,000 1,212,311,000 969,761,000 982,613,000 993,307,000 1,012,608,000 739,110,000 729,856,000 952,352,000 824,281,000 897,187,000 772,193,000  673,431,000 
        long-term debt
      616,727,000 616,585,000 618,196,000 618,057,000 617,918,000 617,780,000 617,641,000 617,502,000 617,364,000 617,225,000 617,086,000 616,948,000 616,809,000 616,750,000 518,923,000 518,798,000 518,547,000 518,547,000  518,422,000 518,297,000 518,172,000 518,047,000  368,894,000 368,829,000 368,764,000 368,698,000 368,633,000 368,568,000 368,503,000 368,438,000 369,262,000 369,174,000 369,086,000 368,998,000 368,909,000 368,821,000 368,733,000 368,645,000 368,556,000 368,468,000 370,000,000                                                       
        pensions and other postretirement benefits
      35,471,000 36,665,000 36,490,000 36,307,000 35,336,000 36,485,000 36,734,000 43,386,000 43,251,000 43,301,000 42,378,000 42,725,000 42,769,000 50,773,000 49,398,000 51,528,000 52,890,000 52,624,000  54,598,000 55,622,000 57,637,000 66,764,000  64,947,000 70,473,000 70,680,000 55,305,000 54,113,000 59,364,000 59,257,000 41,601,000 56,347,000 60,360,000 64,843,000 74,577,000 74,636,000 77,312,000 80,689,000 78,930,000 80,005,000 88,782,000 92,177,000 90,643,000 93,588,000 95,985,000 97,048,000 73,052,000 74,975,000 82,759,000 85,081,000 92,762,000 95,098,000 132,331,000 135,629,000 139,105,000 140,085,000 140,820,000 140,529,000 100,690,000 105,546,000 106,612,000 102,858,000 100,719,000 100,899,000 96,888,000 90,662,000 86,888,000 94,219,000 91,248,000 86,609,000 91,562,000 91,776,000 88,278,000 98,242,000 104,764,000 103,218,000 100,004,000                    
        long-term operating lease liabilities
      24,359,000 23,570,000 23,584,000 24,945,000 20,608,000 20,408,000 19,038,000 17,457,000 19,302,000 22,050,000 22,804,000 23,343,000 25,540,000 27,030,000 27,905,000 28,727,000 29,617,000 22,612,000  22,530,000 20,826,000 19,725,000 22,709,000  22,813,000 24,040,000 25,893,000 23,465,000 23,331,000 23,098,000                                                                    
        other long-term liabilities
      24,925,000 26,222,000 26,228,000 26,032,000 22,901,000 18,688,000 28,425,000 27,167,000 27,902,000 26,609,000 15,769,000 29,160,000 32,512,000 22,797,000 15,302,000 30,024,000 34,464,000 49,235,000  55,174,000 59,815,000 59,814,000 71,346,000  72,657,000 75,130,000 69,427,000 51,185,000 56,146,000 52,387,000 43,214,000 38,467,000 41,758,000 45,628,000 45,955,000 47,289,000 31,338,000 31,189,000 31,424,000 30,038,000 41,413,000 45,480,000 41,794,000 33,179,000 37,472,000 34,091,000 36,790,000 34,077,000 34,567,000 36,279,000 34,457,000 36,348,000 35,911,000 36,261,000 36,838,000 86,938,000 86,221,000 85,454,000 90,609,000 87,147,000 88,232,000 44,729,000 50,213,000 47,661,000 52,936,000 69,886,000 71,607,000 73,845,000 81,639,000 79,159,000 66,796,000 72,906,000 81,828,000 84,958,000 73,322,000 77,239,000 86,728,000 70,528,000 112,489,000 126,025,000 148,411,000 136,082,000 117,905,000 134,221,000 133,916,000 131,885,000 139,276,000 109,202,000 92,632,000 93,739,000 98,059,000 97,780,000 96,522,000 63,955,000 74,432,000  63,791,000 
        total liabilities
      1,305,643,000 1,492,340,000 1,566,289,000 1,689,718,000 1,489,014,000 1,548,507,000 1,587,582,000 1,589,469,000 1,458,316,000 1,375,224,000 1,444,264,000 1,474,480,000 1,202,230,000 1,364,161,000 1,459,264,000 1,419,319,000 1,201,576,000 1,234,286,000  1,092,372,000 1,054,538,000 993,499,000 1,071,626,000  963,416,000 828,507,000 831,637,000 797,508,000 879,649,000 825,806,000 753,306,000 838,833,000 893,828,000 806,896,000 783,330,000 779,294,000 810,528,000 783,144,000 796,827,000 745,427,000 779,615,000 788,968,000 779,735,000 817,838,000 866,279,000 828,886,000 801,379,000 894,274,000 1,102,011,000 1,010,813,000 860,015,000 949,119,000 1,124,099,000 1,122,145,000 1,018,498,000 1,024,276,000 1,037,241,000 1,148,082,000 1,060,929,000 1,061,580,000 1,135,499,000 1,192,900,000 1,028,462,000 1,129,871,000 1,332,809,000 1,242,665,000 1,072,803,000 1,175,010,000 1,175,686,000 1,104,932,000 1,046,599,000 1,149,910,000 1,303,580,000 1,015,299,000 1,206,218,000 1,227,226,000 1,330,024,000 1,292,267,000 1,322,478,000 1,570,691,000 2,108,623,000 1,918,671,000 2,118,713,000 2,216,968,000 2,270,299,000 2,027,691,000 1,957,033,000 2,034,694,000 1,949,355,000 1,722,940,000        
        shareholders’ equity
                                                                                                       
        universal corporation:
                                                                                                       
        preferred stock:
                                                                                                       
        series a junior participating preferred stock, no par value, 500,000 shares authorized, none issued or outstanding
                                                                                                       
        common stock
      351,523,000 354,126,000 352,909,000 355,498,000 351,626,000 350,243,000 349,064,000 347,152,000 345,596,000 344,467,000 339,241,000 338,445,000 337,247,000 335,160,000 333,540,000 332,520,000 330,662,000 330,306,000  328,836,000 327,471,000 326,673,000 325,350,000  323,761,000 322,449,000 321,502,000 324,388,000 324,927,000 325,515,000 326,600,000 326,323,000 324,626,000 322,889,000 321,559,000 321,832,000 320,121,000 321,215,000 321,207,000 319,509,000 210,569,000 209,044,000 208,946,000 206,941,000 207,349,000 206,018,000 206,002,000 205,699,000 207,552,000 206,538,000 206,446,000 204,104,000 202,844,000 201,557,000 202,579,000 197,805,000 197,435,000 196,410,000 196,135,000 194,806,000 193,644,000  191,608,000 193,263,000  195,001,000 195,679,000 195,227,000 195,437,000 194,037,000 193,020,000 193,643,000 200,763,000 206,436,000 198,581,000 198,086,000 196,809,000 176,453,000 130,564,000 124,601,000 124,032,000 120,618,000 118,933,000 118,933,000 118,010,000 117,520,000 112,914,000 112,224,000 111,896,000 112,505,000 94,912,000 95,169,000 90,665,000 87,035,000   90,157,000 
        retained earnings
      1,136,989,000 1,200,890,000 1,188,283,000 1,174,758,000 1,186,981,000 1,197,972,000 1,158,658,000 1,153,026,000 1,173,196,000 1,152,863,000 1,119,615,000 1,114,822,000 1,136,898,000 1,102,887,000 1,080,920,000 1,081,309,000 1,094,192,000 1,090,110,000  1,074,629,000 1,074,586,000 1,087,663,000 1,067,437,000  1,053,295,000 1,064,927,000 1,076,760,000 1,089,718,000 1,088,608,000 1,084,987,000 1,106,178,000 1,093,829,000 1,084,763,000 1,072,230,000 1,080,934,000 1,058,556,000 1,027,147,000 1,024,567,000 1,034,841,000 1,090,148,000 1,054,004,000 1,044,674,000 1,066,064,000 1,033,986,000 1,005,353,000 998,560,000 1,020,155,000 997,380,000 971,391,000 972,068,000 993,093,000 982,109,000 959,242,000 949,271,000 918,509,000 910,454,000 895,107,000 862,480,000 854,654,000 844,150,000 800,763,000 823,793,000 825,751,000 824,244,000 798,269,000 767,213,000 770,103,000 743,922,000 712,684,000 686,960,000 688,015,000 653,402,000 671,322,000 711,655,000 729,548,000 698,340,000 674,303,000 682,232,000 678,289,000 669,305,000 681,020,000 697,987,000 733,783,000 750,509,000 734,796,000 733,763,000 710,778,000 693,633,000 689,730,000 679,202,000 642,419,000 614,844,000 592,673,000 575,129,000 574,797,000  569,059,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -73,112,000 -72,208,000 -71,210,000 -71,339,000 -80,051,000 -97,605,000 -87,156,000 -86,721,000 -81,585,000 -80,254,000 -74,667,000 -72,547,000 -77,057,000 -77,255,000 -89,606,000 -88,066,000 -84,311,000 -104,412,000  -106,133,000 -98,232,000 -107,037,000 -122,262,000  -137,556,000 -151,132,000 -151,597,000 -104,310,000 -114,876,000 -100,161,000 -95,691,000 -75,667,000 -73,048,000 -73,442,000 -60,064,000 -55,444,000 -58,887,000 -63,723,000 -69,559,000 -71,723,000 -73,579,000 -76,959,000 -72,350,000 -70,439,000 -71,657,000 -66,403,000 -74,994,000 -47,168,000 -44,001,000 -33,752,000 -34,332,000 -40,135,000 -42,505,000 -73,710,000 -75,540,000 -73,305,000 -81,913,000 -90,229,000 -80,361,000 -62,152,000 -54,519,000 -39,910,000 -44,776,000 -53,670,000 -51,122,000 -52,667,000 -36,084,000 -36,745,000 -45,207,000 -64,547,000 -50,263,000 -30,944,000 -12,156,000 -15,483,000 -31,521,000 -33,674,000 -38,603,000 -40,976,000 -30,675,000 -33,844,000 -38,115,000 -47,280,000 -44,509,000 -37,280,000 -36,621,000 -28,895,000    -31,874,000 -53,688,000       
        total universal corporation shareholders' equity
      1,415,400,000 1,482,808,000 1,469,982,000 1,458,917,000 1,458,556,000 1,450,610,000 1,420,566,000 1,413,457,000 1,437,207,000 1,417,076,000 1,384,189,000 1,380,720,000 1,397,088,000 1,360,792,000 1,324,854,000 1,325,763,000 1,340,543,000 1,316,004,000  1,297,332,000 1,303,825,000 1,307,299,000 1,270,525,000  1,239,500,000 1,236,244,000 1,246,665,000 1,309,796,000 1,298,659,000 1,310,341,000 1,337,087,000 1,344,485,000 1,336,341,000 1,321,677,000 1,342,429,000 1,324,944,000 1,288,381,000 1,282,059,000 1,286,489,000 1,441,946,000 1,402,556,000 1,388,321,000 1,414,222,000 1,382,050,000 1,352,607,000 1,349,737,000 1,362,725,000 1,368,544,000 1,347,965,000 1,357,877,000 1,378,230,000 1,359,101,000 1,332,604,000 1,290,141,000 1,258,571,000 1,247,977,000 1,223,652,000 1,181,684,000 1,183,451,000 1,189,827,000 1,152,911,000 1,189,496,000 1,185,606,000 1,176,860,000 1,154,693,000                                 
        noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries
      45,724,000 42,366,000 34,168,000 40,672,000 41,982,000 41,302,000 37,438,000 30,042,000 41,716,000 41,574,000 33,319,000 32,459,000 39,864,000 39,950,000 29,879,000 34,296,000 44,226,000 43,238,000  36,094,000 37,730,000 41,126,000 46,490,000  39,376,000 42,089,000 42,619,000 43,415,000 39,924,000 41,737,000 42,791,000 45,298,000 42,077,000 40,595,000 42,873,000 45,729,000 40,601,000 39,785,000 40,089,000 39,556,000 36,342,000 36,595,000 38,840,000 37,146,000 35,104,000 34,105,000 34,369,000 36,008,000 30,915,000 32,714,000 32,662,000 32,209,000 26,855,000 24,364,000 29,086,000 28,472,000 24,306,000 24,736,000 22,539,000 18,232,000 15,229,000 15,229,000 13,799,000 12,115,000 6,936,000 5,805,000 8,762,000 6,045,000 3,846,000                             
        total shareholders' equity
      1,461,124,000 1,525,174,000 1,504,150,000 1,499,589,000 1,500,538,000 1,491,912,000 1,458,004,000 1,443,499,000 1,478,923,000 1,458,650,000 1,417,508,000 1,413,179,000 1,436,952,000 1,400,742,000 1,354,733,000 1,360,059,000 1,384,769,000 1,359,242,000  1,333,426,000 1,341,555,000 1,348,425,000 1,317,015,000  1,278,876,000 1,278,333,000 1,289,284,000 1,353,211,000 1,338,583,000 1,352,078,000 1,379,878,000 1,389,783,000 1,378,418,000 1,362,272,000 1,385,302,000 1,370,673,000 1,328,982,000 1,321,844,000 1,326,578,000 1,481,502,000 1,438,898,000 1,424,916,000 1,453,062,000 1,419,196,000 1,387,711,000 1,383,842,000 1,397,094,000 1,404,552,000 1,378,880,000 1,390,591,000 1,410,892,000 1,391,310,000 1,359,459,000 1,314,505,000 1,287,657,000 1,276,449,000 1,247,958,000 1,206,420,000 1,205,990,000 1,208,059,000 1,168,140,000 1,204,725,000 1,199,405,000 1,188,975,000 1,161,629,000                                 
        total liabilities and shareholders' equity
      2,766,767,000 3,017,514,000 3,070,439,000 3,189,307,000 2,989,552,000 3,040,419,000 3,045,586,000 3,032,968,000 2,937,239,000 2,833,874,000 2,861,772,000 2,887,659,000 2,639,182,000 2,764,903,000 2,813,997,000 2,779,378,000 2,586,345,000 2,593,528,000  2,425,798,000 2,396,093,000 2,341,924,000 2,388,641,000  2,242,292,000 2,106,840,000 2,120,921,000 2,150,719,000 2,218,232,000 2,177,884,000 2,133,184,000 2,228,616,000 2,272,246,000 2,169,168,000 2,168,632,000 2,149,967,000 2,139,510,000 2,104,988,000 2,123,405,000 2,226,929,000 2,218,513,000 2,213,884,000 2,232,797,000 2,237,034,000 2,253,990,000 2,212,728,000 2,198,473,000 2,298,826,000 2,480,891,000 2,401,404,000 2,270,907,000 2,340,429,000 2,483,558,000 2,436,650,000 2,306,155,000 2,300,725,000 2,285,199,000 2,354,502,000 2,266,919,000 2,269,639,000 2,303,639,000 2,397,625,000 2,227,867,000 2,318,846,000 2,494,438,000                                 
        accounts payable and accrued expenses
                   208,187,000 167,153,000 235,618,000 272,042,000 221,374,000 6,159,000 157,082,000 158,013,000 139,484,000 156,421,000 11,683,000 133,034,000 133,621,000 140,202,000 130,165,000 158,731,000 179,297,000 145,506,000 144,107,000 162,972,000 199,214,000 163,763,000 138,161,000 142,337,000 189,676,000 153,515,000 131,925,000 133,133,000 165,651,000 120,527,000 132,572,000 155,824,000 171,963,000 140,112,000 146,516,000 154,826,000 198,085,000 212,422,000 196,255,000 222,226,000 275,677,000 225,648,000 164,831,000 187,957,000 207,526,000 187,790,000 199,408,000 198,942,000 217,225,000 213,014,000 180,054,000 214,339,000 259,576,000 196,126,000 214,729,000 281,336,000 236,837,000 201,961,000 200,310,000 233,493,000 210,354,000                        
        inventory
                        15,792,000     33,162,000                                                                          
        intangibles
                                                                                                       
        customer relationships
                        24,000,000     53,000,000                                                                          
        developed technology
                        4,500,000                                                                               
        trade names
                             7,800,000                                                                          
        non-compete agreements
                        3,000,000                                                                               
        total assets acquired
                        115,696,000     194,398,000                                                                          
        liabilities
                                                                                                       
        total liabilities assumed
                        15,696,000     30,398,000                                                                          
        total assets acquired and liabilities assumed
                        100,000,000     164,000,000                                                                          
        restructuring costs:
                                                                                                       
        employee termination benefits
                        627,000                                                                               
        total restructuring costs
                        627,000                                                                               
        impairment costs:
                                                                                                       
        total impairment costs
                        7,806,000                                                                               
        total restructuring and impairment costs
                        8,433,000                                                                               
        goodwill and other intangibles
                            255,365,000  143,219,000 143,976,000 144,687,000 98,042,000 97,998,000 98,029,000 97,994,000 98,008,000 98,860,000 98,892,000 98,927,000 98,981,000 99,059,000 99,023,000 98,888,000 98,869,000 99,033,000 99,059,000 99,071,000 99,035,000 99,049,000 99,120,000 99,146,000 99,220,000 99,291,000 99,429,000 99,453,000 99,537,000 99,648,000 99,738,000 99,048,000 99,118,000 99,145,000 99,211,000 99,266,000 99,293,000 99,365,000 99,461,000 99,546,000 99,602,000 105,444,000 105,561,000 106,000,000 106,036,000 106,030,000 106,097,000 106,137,000 106,267,000 106,413,000 106,647,000 104,689,000 104,493,000 104,371,000 104,284,000 104,265,000 106,274,000 142,750,000 136,130,000 134,817,000 135,164,000 135,420,000 138,053,000 138,362,000 136,135,000 133,844,000 134,664,000 132,853,000 132,472,000 132,903,000     
        tobacco sales
                             1,715,066,000                                                                          
        ingredient sales
                             127,393,000                                                                          
        processing revenue
                             73,021,000                                                                          
        other sales and revenue from contracts with customers
                             49,983,000                                                                          
        total revenue from contracts with customers
                             1,965,463,000                                                                          
        other operating sales and revenues
                             17,894,000                                                                          
        consolidated sales and other operating revenues
                             1,983,357,000                                                                          
        series b 6.75% convertible perpetual preferred stock, no par value, 220,000 shares authorized, no shares outstanding
                                                                                                       
        inventories—at lower of cost or market:
                                                                                                       
        less: accumulated depreciation
                                             -569,697,000 -566,686,000 -557,856,000  -545,518,000 -539,749,000 -534,461,000  -530,731,000 -528,722,000   -531,696,000 -530,038,000                                             
        series b 6.75% convertible perpetual preferred stock, no par value, 220,000 shares authorized, 107,418 shares issued and outstanding
                                             104,012,000                                                          
        series b 6.75% convertible perpetual preferred stock, no par value, 220,000 shares authorized, 218,490 shares issued and outstanding
                                              211,562,000 211,562,000 211,562,000 211,562,000 211,562,000 211,562,000 211,562,000                                                   
        current portion of long-term obligations
                                                      118,750,000 117,500,000 116,250,000 115,000,000 213,750,000 212,500,000 211,250,000 210,000,000 8,750,000 17,500,000 16,250,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 95,000,000 95,000,000 95,000,000 100,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000  79,500,000 79,500,000 79,500,000 79,500,000   150,000,000 154,000,000 164,000,000 164,000,000 22,513,000 18,526,000 8,534,000 8,585,000 169,438,000 113,432,000 113,438,000 123,439,000 130,035,000 56,257,000 57,419,000 45,941,000 64,418,000 102,413,000 100,387,000 83,385,000 183,365,000  124,414,000 
        long-term obligations
                                                 370,000,000 370,000,000 370,000,000 370,000,000 370,000,000 230,000,000 235,000,000 240,000,000 245,000,000 173,750,000 177,500,000 181,250,000 185,000,000 387,500,000 390,000,000 392,500,000 395,000,000 300,000,000 321,612,000 320,193,000 322,486,000 326,466,000 414,764,000 414,222,000 331,905,000 329,596,000 331,808,000 333,943,000 321,617,000 399,496,000 402,942,000 400,644,000 399,272,000 398,122,000 398,952,000 548,769,000 752,781,000 761,520,000 762,201,000 771,750,000 835,267,000 838,733,000 838,687,000 741,519,000 851,735,000 769,348,000 770,296,000 775,358,000 609,939,000 614,994,000 498,680,000 514,527,000  435,592,000 
        series b 6.75% convertible perpetual preferred stock, no par value, 220,000 shares authorized, 219,596 shares issued and outstanding
                                                     212,633,000                                                  
        series b 6.75% convertible perpetual preferred stock, no par value, 220,000 shares authorized, 219,999 shares issued and outstanding
                                                      213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000                                       
        current
                                                                                                       
        accounts receivable - unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                 912,000 47,875,000 47,111,000  35,978,000 68,493,000  26,550,000 39,199,000 15,654,000  35,234,000    46,732,000  47,343,000  43,709,000 53,647,000 28,171,000  2,769,000 2,807,000 4,693,000  6,182,000 5,550,000 6,545,000  6,681,000   6,183,000  1,359,000  
        inventories - at lower of cost or market:
                                                                                                       
        liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                                                       
        accounts payable - unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                 7,207,000 2,607,000 322,000  15,355,000 140,000  17,398,000 6,988,000 100,000  28,880,000    8,815,000  27,000  10,730,000 2,220,000 2,705,000  245,000 1,411,000 637,000  185,000 795,000 401,000  4,783,000   5,573,000    
        shareholders' equity
                                                                                                       
        series b 6.75% convertible perpetual preferred stock, no par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, 219,999 shares issued and outstanding
                                                                 213,023,000 213,023,000  213,023,000 213,023,000  213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000 213,023,000                     
        series a junior participating preferred stock, no par value,
                                                                                                       
        500,000 shares authorized, none issued or outstanding
                                                                                                       
        series b 6.75% convertible perpetual preferred stock, no par value,
                                                                                                       
        5,000,000 shares authorized, 219,999 shares issued
                                                                                                       
        and outstanding
                                                                   213,023,000                                    
        authorized, 23,226,863 shares issued and outstanding
                                                                                                       
        series a junior participating preferred stock, no par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued or outstanding
                                                                                                       
        series a junior participating preferred stock, no par
                                                                                                       
        value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued
                                                                                                       
        or outstanding
                                                                                                       
        series b 6.75% convertible perpetual preferred stock,
                                                                                                       
        no par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, 219,999
                                                                                                       
        shares issued and outstanding (219,999 at
                                                                                                       
        september 30, 2009, and march 31, 2010)
                                                                      213,023,000                                 
        authorized, 23,908,085 shares issued and outstanding
                                                                                                       
        (24,715,901 at september 30, 2009, and 24,325,228
                                                                                                       
        at march 31, 2010)
                                                                      194,523,000                                 
        total universal corporation shareholders’ equity
                                                                       1,122,570,000 1,142,721,000 1,115,427,000 1,075,937,000                             
        total shareholders’ equity
                                                                       1,128,375,000 1,151,483,000 1,121,472,000 1,079,783,000 1,029,473,000 1,043,795,000 1,029,124,000 1,072,952,000 1,115,631,000 1,109,631,000 1,075,775,000 1,045,532,000 1,030,733,000 991,202,000 973,086,000 979,961,000 964,871,000 808,207,000 832,162,000 816,185,000 822,388,000 800,611,000 774,693,000 766,699,000 759,833,000 683,643,000 648,800,000 620,278,000 610,318,000 603,080,000  587,995,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                       2,371,040,000 2,224,286,000 2,296,482,000 2,255,469,000 2,138,176,000 2,097,255,000 2,186,322,000 2,379,703,000 2,134,112,000 2,322,834,000 2,308,120,000 2,377,842,000 2,328,822,000 2,328,614,000 2,552,937,000 3,105,958,000 2,901,341,000 2,959,380,000 3,080,245,000 3,117,234,000 2,885,324,000 2,789,673,000 2,842,616,000 2,748,326,000 2,482,773,000        
        short-term investments
                                                                            5,939,000 15,950,000 28,939,000 58,889,000                        
        minority interests
                                                                           3,771,000 6,861,000 7,288,000 3,171,000 3,182,000 6,985,000 5,119,000 2,286,000 5,822,000 14,934,000 9,160,000 17,374,000 17,799,000 32,460,000 31,115,000 30,750,000 35,245,000 32,029,000 33,229,000 32,272,000 34,383,000 33,356,000 33,416,000 34,346,000 27,084,000 23,927,000  28,300,000 
        current assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                 4,564,000 8,295,000 42,437,000 75,482,000                   
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                 1,642,000 2,757,000 13,314,000 15,816,000                   
        noncurrent assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                                       
        noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                                       
        series b 6.75% convertible perpetual preferred stock, no par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, 220,000 shares issued and outstanding
                                                                                   213,024,000                    
        postretirement benefits other than pensions
                                                                                    45,733,000 44,422,000 43,401,000 45,560,000 44,785,000 44,117,000 43,918,000 43,459,000 42,643,000 42,821,000 42,283,000 41,721,000 40,989,000 40,491,000 40,305,000 39,857,000 39,335,000  38,666,000 
        series a junior participating preferred stock, no par value, 500,000 authorized shares, none issued or outstanding
                                                                                                       
        series b 6.75% convertible perpetual preferred stock, no par value, 5,000,000 authorized shares, 220,000 issued and outstanding shares
                                                                                    213,024,000                   
        agri-products
                                                                                     47,584,000 148,707,000 166,122,000 203,089,000 164,848,000 166,587,000 172,448,000 172,365,000 126,377,000 127,573,000 106,214,000 82,276,000 76,748,000 82,527,000 73,184,000 66,574,000 74,129,000 83,634,000 
        series b 6.75% convertible perpetual preferred stock, no par value, 5,000,000 authorized shares, 220,000 issued and outstanding
                                                                                     213,024,000 213,024,000                 
        lumber and building products
                                                                                      178,622,000 170,331,000 160,478,000 139,797,000 148,157,000 167,333,000 175,045,000 146,823,000 150,045,000 138,423,000 134,190,000 140,299,000 140,647,000 137,480,000 84,913,000 86,840,000 80,848,000 
        property, plant and equipment—at cost
                                                                                                       
        series b 6.75% convertible perpetual preferred stock, no par value, 5,000,000 authorized shares, 200,000 issued and outstanding shares
                                                                                       193,546,000                
        property, plant and equipment - at cost
                                                                                                       
        preferred stock, no par value, authorized 5,000,000 shares, none issued or outstanding
                                                                                                       
        accumulated depreciation
                                                                                           -595,732,000 -602,078,000           
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                                                            -23,081,000 -31,164,000 -34,927,000   -61,213,000 -63,060,000 -51,846,000 -59,637,000  -71,221,000 
        preferred stock, no par value, authorized 5,000,000
                                                                                                       
        shares, none issued or outstanding
                                                                                                       
        shares, 25,278,217 issued and outstanding
                                                                                                       
        see accompanying notes.
                                                                                                       
        preferred stock, no par value, authorized 5,000,000 shares none issued or outstanding
                                                                                                       
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2004-12-31 2004-09-30 2004-06-30 2003-12-31 2003-09-30 2003-03-31 2002-12-31 
                                                                                                   
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          net income
        -34,763,000 41,588,000 34,803,000 14,367,000 14,328,000 67,796,000 33,969,000 -2,824,000 46,057,000 61,287,000 30,788,000 -5,161,000 56,668,000 51,361,000 19,406,000 2,801,000 33,782,000 44,155,000 21,755,000 3,912,000 40,724,000 40,441,000 8,249,000 6,900,000 18,043,000 29,318,000 29,747,000 895,000 33,692,000 31,089,000 34,293,000 11,060,000 34,322,000 50,219,000 28,306,000 3,321,000 36,450,000 57,062,000   52,594,000 46,615,000 25,064,000 -6,125,000 46,375,000 58,077,000 15,484,000 525,000 27,209,000 44,203,000 29,830,000 53,913,000 26,685,000 39,715,000 49,286,000 25,233,000 29,892,000 61,602,000 -7,997,000 17,322,000 28,764,000 57,585,000 53,783,000 24,418,000 23,395,000 48,474,000 54,672,000 43,804,000 15,762,000 53,084,000 41,782,000 21,111,000 9,898,000 50,752,000 39,798,000 18,708,000 19,516,000 24,105,000 3,079,000 -2,348,000 -24,724,000 -5,669,000 26,514,000 11,819,000 62,247,000 34,340,000 20,479,000 71,795,000 34,428,000 79,005,000 55,220,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          depreciation and amortization
        13,231,000 13,008,000 13,616,000 13,582,000 15,219,000 15,134,000 14,856,000 14,564,000 14,483,000 14,834,000 14,255,000 14,754,000 14,456,000 14,550,000 14,165,000 14,129,000 13,411,000 14,014,000 13,038,000 12,058,000 12,107,000 12,245,000 10,276,000 10,105,000                                                                    
          provision for losses (recoveries) on advances
                                                                                                   
          inventory write-downs
                                                                                                   
          stock-based compensation expense
        -2,724,000 1,358,000 906,000 7,575,000 1,073,000 875,000 1,942,000 4,641,000 1,438,000 4,914,000 1,852,000 3,859,000                                                                                
          foreign currency remeasurement loss
        2,130,000 3,383,000 3,557,000 -2,362,000 -6,087,000 10,849,000 -5,837,000 7,171,000 1,887,000 -4,301,000 5,998,000 1,530,000 -2,557,000 -7,526,000 7,159,000 -968,000 12,200,000 -126,000 6,449,000 506,000 348,000 -3,718,000 -414,000 -4,691,000 18,601,000 -3,946,000 3,264,000 -1,497,000 -4,000 -2,162,000 4,895,000 -943,000 3,246,000 514,000 1,973,000 -5,917,000 -3,224,000 1,374,000 1,477,000 9,642,000 1,025,000 -489,000 19,175,000 2,806,000 14,605,000 7,075,000 8,439,000 -1,283,000          2,891,000 1,743,000 178,000 -3,056,000 -1,185,000                              
          foreign currency exchange contracts
        499,000 -203,000 3,631,000 -6,162,000 -2,290,000 -19,000 4,565,000 -1,340,000 -3,020,000 92,000 -5,240,000 7,803,000 -437,000 1,038,000 3,642,000 9,920,000 -15,190,000 -506,000 1,359,000 1,127,000 6,156,000 446,000 5,782,000 -13,951,000                                                                    
          deferred income taxes
        585,000 8,180,000 -6,467,000 -3,259,000 4,699,000 -3,769,000 4,136,000 -3,983,000 -3,326,000 1,482,000 -1,154,000 -2,406,000                 9,344,000    7,835,000                                                           
          equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates, net of dividends
                                                                -4,111,000                                   
          goodwill impairment
                                                                                                   
          restructuring and impairment costs
        711,000 1,122,000   924,000       8,433,000 2,024,000 2,598,000                499,000 178,000   2,389,000             1,441,000    7,540,000            9,611,000 3,304,000 15,082,000    33,602,000           
          restructuring payments
        -351,000 -183,000 -105,000 -2,669,000 -676,000 -542,000 -97,000 -253,000 -182,000 -193,000       -347,000 -584,000 -1,427,000 -1,776,000 -3,104,000 -2,242,000 -2,937,000 -2,343,000 -146,000                                                                  
          pension settlement
                                                                                                   
          other
        1,480,000 -1,411,000 80,000 -43,000 -1,681,000 3,304,000 -861,000 644,000 267,000 -278,000 1,007,000 5,000 -24,880,000 10,923,000 708,000 7,001,000 -1,301,000 6,730,000 -2,190,000 -2,726,000 -6,633,000 2,211,000 6,399,000 -3,350,000 -11,486,000 3,015,000 -4,081,000 3,780,000 -6,670,000 14,769,000 4,442,000 -6,928,000 -18,298,000 3,521,000 10,554,000 -1,944,000 -11,753,000 8,398,000 -9,187,000 8,079,000 -5,022,000 16,855,000 -7,976,000 8,457,000 -6,552,000 6,750,000 -5,075,000 -4,395,000 -4,854,000 4,684,000 14,138,000 -11,717,000 -14,641,000 1,920,000 15,042,000 -3,495,000 -14,570,000 -3,772,000 9,690,000 10,371,000 18,734,000 5,873,000 -14,216,000 -1,023,000 8,377,000 -11,403,000 -5,263,000 13,825,000 -23,075,000 18,577,000 2,668,000 10,003,000 -11,233,000 8,825,000 10,134,000 -2,469,000 6,030,000 2,890,000 -110,000 -973,000 7,611,000 83,000 -439,000 -3,713,000        
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net:
                                                                                                   
          accounts receivable
                                                                                                   
          inventories
        126,514,000 150,975,000 52,113,000 -419,123,000 112,414,000 154,000,000 113,774,000 -135,456,000 -67,114,000 100,293,000 -6,251,000 -263,171,000                                                                                
          other assets
        -27,709,000 4,269,000 1,572,000 627,000 -10,910,000 11,068,000 519,000 8,510,000 -17,307,000 6,304,000 5,995,000 4,240,000                                                                                
          accounts payable
        5,681,000 -15,037,000 -19,940,000 16,678,000 14,559,000 -1,193,000 6,640,000 -28,706,000 22,228,000 17,452,000 -17,764,000 -1,110,000                                                                                
          accrued expenses and other current liabilities
        -15,125,000 14,364,000 -10,305,000 5,879,000 7,600,000 2,101,000 -14,547,000 -5,423,000 21,770,000 -18,036,000 -3,153,000 7,833,000                                                                                
          income taxes
        -9,124,000 12,084,000 -1,441,000 -548,000 -14,303,000 17,544,000 -349,000 -889,000 323,000 6,014,000 -3,659,000 -2,336,000                                                                                
          customer advances and deposits
        1,650,000 -1,033,000 -1,802,000 478,000 286,000 -3,128,000 -8,915,000 -1,090,000 -2,419,000 -146,879,000 63,190,000 100,473,000                                                                                
          net cash provided (used) by operating activities
        187,139,000    158,746,000 215,641,000 15,031,000 -62,444,000 -27,895,000 -57,271,000   173,293,000 162,398,000 -120,477,000 -225,771,000  69,195,000 6,152,000 -126,923,000  188,582,000 -150,006,000 47,000          174,477,000 -106,766,000 -117,079,000   6,369,000 16,056,000 177,128,000                                       10,661,000     15,489,000 -117,217,000 -69,286,000  52,624,000 -27,393,000  
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                                   
          purchase of property, plant and equipment
        -8,526,000 -19,204,000 -9,046,000 -12,053,000 -7,716,000 -16,089,000 -16,047,000 -22,749,000 -18,281,000 -15,102,000 -14,670,000 -17,960,000 -15,244,000 -12,842,000 -11,518,000 -15,070,000 -13,372,000 -21,186,000 -4,217,000 -14,428,000 -32,360,000 -11,043,000 -14,365,000 -8,386,000 -13,535,000 -8,384,000 -7,629,000 -5,679,000 -10,390,000 -8,327,000 -9,025,000 -11,018,000 -10,470,000 -8,798,000 -8,413,000 -6,356,000 -7,086,000 -10,977,000 -10,264,000 -7,303,000 -8,649,000 -10,047,000 -13,557,000 -14,900,000 -15,178,000 -12,636,000 -13,763,000 -16,808,000 -15,003,000 -11,074,000 -9,404,000 -10,368,000 -7,187,000 -4,093,000 -10,777,000 -8,726,000 -7,923,000 -11,777,000 -9,647,000 -8,827,000 -7,328,000 -8,456,000 -10,191,000 -13,154,000 -14,654,000 -16,494,000 -15,271,000 -11,158,000 -6,756,000 -7,152,000 -15,622,000 -6,126,000 -9,349,000 -4,990,000 -6,514,000 -6,851,000 -4,263,000 -4,913,000 -2,861,000 -13,141,000 -13,284,000 -14,052,000 -19,805,000 -27,076,000 -67,108,000 -37,676,000 -14,078,000 -38,000,000 -19,500,000 -87,000,000 -61,000,000 
          proceeds from sale of business, less cash of businesses sold
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
        -728,000 5,720,000 738,000 143,000 1,748,000 623,000 545,000 867,000 325,000 1,219,000 387,000 326,000 -555,000 -10,000 1,352,000 292,000 395,000 5,842,000 5,178,000 1,589,000 7,350,000 2,306,000 1,562,000 218,000 5,601,000 1,692,000 1,028,000 226,000 684,000 519,000 269,000 589,000 122,000 1,799,000 3,067,000 206,000 1,509,000 218,000 195,000 252,000 1,602,000 225,000 542,000 613,000 731,000 2,808,000 590,000 393,000 1,249,000 1,163,000 189,000 145,000 171,000 1,131,000 267,000 1,965,000                 7,242,000                   
          net cash used by investing activities
        -9,254,000 -13,484,000 -8,308,000 -11,910,000 -5,968,000 -15,466,000 -15,502,000 -21,882,000 -17,956,000 -13,883,000 -10,526,000 -17,634,000 -15,799,000 -10,775,000 -10,166,000 -13,610,000 -12,977,000 -117,806,000 961,000 -12,839,000 -25,666,000 -170,632,000 -12,803,000 -8,168,000 -88,115,000 -6,196,000 -6,601,000 -5,453,000 -9,706,000 -7,808,000 -6,756,000 -10,429,000 -10,348,000 -7,549,000 -5,346,000 -6,150,000 -5,975,000 -10,759,000 -10,069,000 -7,051,000 -7,445,000 -16,184,000 -13,015,000 -14,287,000 -14,588,000 -9,828,000 -13,173,000 -16,415,000 -12,721,000 -9,911,000 -9,215,000 -10,223,000  -1,958,000         -5,452,000 -12,209,000                -12,847,000            
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                                   
          issuance (repayment) of short-term debt
                                   19,257,000 -73,857,000 -16,596,000 73,511,000 28,978,000 -5,964,000 -48,280,000 52,143,000 -16,058,000 5,950,000 -16,509,000 -572,000 5,782,000 712,000 -19,658,000 -2,480,000 26,306,000 -54,457,000 -240,432,000 155,018,000 142,489,000  -121,875,000 53,411,000 31,739,000  -7,125,000 -56,711,000 26,958,000  -155,484,000 34,486,000 109,662,000 -61,860,000 -167,490,000 62,015,000 127,985,000 18,685,000   -3,124,000 31,646,000 -116,596,000 17,566,000 127,318,000    -13,761,000 -21,592,000 9,238,000       79,421,000 118,593,000 120,655,000  -12,300,000 228,000,000 -2,000,000 
          issuance of long-term debt
                                                                                        95,000,000 95,000,000  203,000,000 2,900,000 144,000,000 138,000,000 
          repayment of long-term debt
                                                                             -150,000,000 -4,000,000   -8,530,000   -51,000 -169,370,000 -7,108,000 -2,115,000 -11,439,000 -52,269,000 -19,525,000 -4,550,000 -69,500,000 -3,400,000 -122,000,000  
          dividends paid to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries
                                                                                                   
          repurchase of common stock
                            -13,332,000 -7,787,000 -7,124,000 -5,214,000 -1,443,000 -8,971,000           -10,754,000 -13,271,000 -7,202,000 -14,145,000 -3,428,000    -4,004,000 -13,479,000 -13,910,000 -8,607,000 -10,933,000 -16,852,000 -4,395,000 -7,966,000 -2,981,000 -5,384,000 -58,460,000 -47,229,000 -12,616,000                   
          dividends paid on common stock
        -20,437,000 -20,436,000 -20,406,000 -20,020,000 -20,020,000 -20,020,000 -19,987,000 -19,659,000 -19,647,000 -19,647,000 -19,710,000 -19,398,000 -19,398,000 -19,399,000 -19,439,000 -19,155,000 -19,195,000 -19,194,000 -19,171,000 -18,876,000 -18,876,000 -18,877,000 -18,857,000 -18,567,000 -18,767,000 -18,880,000 -18,979,000 -18,742,000 -18,727,000 -18,726,000 -18,718,000 -13,712,000 -13,813,000 -13,562,000 -13,675,000 -13,649,000 -13,647,000 -12,075,000 -12,066,000 -12,040,000 -12,040,000 -11,813,000 -11,787,000 -11,749,000 -11,852,000 -11,824,000 -11,817,000 -11,844,000 -11,841,000 -11,608,000 -11,596,000 -11,676,000 -11,662,000 -11,488,000 -11,450,000 -11,396,000 -11,391,000 -10,977,000 -11,148,000 -11,195,000 -11,310,000 -11,232,000 -11,352,000 -11,427,000 -11,567,000 -11,365,000 -11,489,000 -11,461,000 -11,315,000 -11,661,000 -11,233,000 -11,729,000 -12,180,000 -12,319,000 -12,049,000 -12,054,000 -11,862,000 -11,408,000 -11,081,000 -11,072,000            
          settlement costs from termination of interest rate swap agreements
                                                                                                  
          debt issuance costs and other
                                    -1,041,000                -636,000                                               
          net cash provided (used) by financing activities
        -200,606,000    -108,067,000 -64,457,000 -21,465,000 130,754,000 27,559,000 45,127,000 -84,360,000 137,349,000 -164,343,000 -145,896,000 103,717,000 245,471,000  47,644,000 9,380,000 27,151,000  25,684,000 119,387,000 191,000    -7,582,000  -37,611,000 53,532,000 11,167,000        -12,195,000                        91,913,000    -21,278,000                        
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
                            -436,000 687,000 491,000 515,000 -605,000 305,000 -426,000 214,000 -56,000 218,000 -241,000 -529,000 123,000 289,000 142,000 375,000 86,000 -674,000 87,000 -170,000 343,000 -268,000 -373,000 8,000 -324,000 -220,000 -629,000 65,000 53,000 -200,000 -185,000 -345,000 -94,000 99,000 107,000 -209,000 154,000 -326,000 -1,948,000 224,000 374,000 -114,000 1,526,000 -1,052,000 -14,000 3,000 1,274,000 888,000 -1,145,000 -1,013,000 -1,154,000 678,000 41,000 17,000 82,000 65,000 21,000 -13,000 -198,000 285,000 110,000 -32,000 169,000 -667,000 644,000       
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                        87,550,000    -127,514,000            -28,335,000    26,292,000    109,331,000            124,655,000 47,206,000   -316,207,000 119,825,000 61,150,000 -37,173,000 136,184,000 -126,141,000 254,914,000 26,886,000 36,013,000 -50,759,000 17,155,000 5,598,000 31,213,000 8,211,000 13,376,000 91,134,000 12,524,000  91,474,000 
          cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
        260,115,000 55,593,000 64,690,000 87,648,000 203,221,000                                                                       
          cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                                   
          supplemental information—cash paid for:
                                                                                                   
          interest
                                                                                                   
          income taxes, net of refunds
                                                                                                   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used by operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          net provision for losses (recoveries) on advances to suppliers
         4,531,000 -2,862,000 52,000  5,117,000 -4,811,000 -751,000  6,115,000 2,453,000 1,382,000  7,161,000 -992,000 -42,000  2,908,000 284,000 -328,000                                                                        
          inventory writedowns
         7,546,000 8,311,000 1,469,000  1,393,000 860,000 4,371,000  1,943,000 543,000 2,327,000                                                                                
          equity in net loss of unconsolidated affiliates, net of dividends
         -776,000 2,934,000 -1,943,000  2,363,000 558,000 -154,000  -1,080,000 505,000 2,630,000                                                                                
          accounts and notes receivable
         -129,035,000 -45,856,000 169,177,000  -67,252,000 -141,944,000 78,524,000 -48,247,000 -108,158,000 23,267,000 23,457,000                                                                                
          issuance of short-term debt
         -77,732,000 -83,080,000 165,861,000  -40,517,000 -529,000 162,140,000  64,784,000 -58,155,000 163,804,000  -233,815,000 128,261,000 271,663,000  69,163,000 32,811,000 49,439,000  -105,439,000 141,958,000 20,688,000  -62,802,000                                                      24,952,000  -39,247,000 -43,086,000 125,436,000        
          dividends paid to noncontrolling interests
         -6,860,000 -7,203,000  -3,920,000 -630,000 -8,330,000  -1,681,000 -4,164,000  -1,680,000 -5,145,000  -2,057,000 -3,696,000 -980,000             -2,940,000   -3,189,000   -2,206,000   -9,000 -78,000   -12,000 -108,000   -9,000       1,000                           
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents
         42,000 -163,000 711,000  -728,000 354,000 -321,000  446,000 -374,000 4,000  701,000 -785,000 -1,172,000  -410,000 -499,000 78,000                                                                        
          net increase in cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents
         -3,425,000 -89,783,000 -81,680,000  134,990,000 -21,582,000 46,107,000  -25,581,000 19,165,000 15,828,000                                                                                
          cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of period
         -3,425,000 -89,783,000 178,435,000  134,990,000 -21,582,000 101,700,000  -25,581,000 19,165,000 80,518,000  6,428,000 -27,711,000 92,566,000  -1,377,000 15,994,000 90,688,000                                                                        
          net cash used by operating activities
          32,745,000 -205,103,000        -103,891,000              106,921,000 -163,080,000 -116,739,000  115,683,000 -44,667,000 -168,329,000           -28,867,000 -114,935,000  352,119,000 -238,849,000 -114,893,000   -74,156,000 -232,990,000   3,168,000 -57,936,000   23,204,000 -145,244,000   -52,382,000 -262,824,000   -82,025,000 -51,724,000                -68,818,000       66,474,000 
          net cash from financing activities
          -114,057,000 134,622,000                                        10,870,000   133,761,000 116,168,000    163,000    10,600,000   -61,987,000 90,885,000                    28,787,000     94,411,000 175,327,000  22,000,000    
          brazil tax ruling
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from termination of interest rate swap agreements
                                                                                                
          proceeds from sale of business, net of cash held by the business
                    2,077,000 1,168,000                                                                            
          change in estimated fair value of contingent consideration for fruitsmart acquisition
                          -4,173,000                                                                    
          purchase of business, net of cash held by the business
                           -656,000                                                                       
          supplemental information:
                                                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents
                  19,165,000 80,518,000 -6,593,000 12,428,000 -27,711,000 86,566,000 -17,657,000 -1,377,000 15,994,000 84,688,000 101,816,000                                                                       
          restricted cash
                      6,000,000 6,000,000                                                                       
          total cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents
                  19,165,000 80,518,000 -6,593,000 6,428,000 -27,711,000 92,566,000 -17,657,000 -1,377,000 15,994,000 90,688,000 101,816,000                                                                       
          changes in operating assets and liabilities
                     84,891,000 -164,565,000 -258,612,000  -5,829,000 -30,584,000 -141,720,000  116,815,000 -180,589,000 12,087,000  67,433,000 -199,156,000 -128,819,000  47,199,000 -93,481,000 -179,366,000  127,131,000 -155,913,000 -122,647,000  82,081,000 -22,858,000 -2,690,000  78,265,000 -72,253,000 -129,793,000  264,032,000 -268,118,000 -118,286,000  212,580,000 -135,398,000 -209,035,000  205,048,000 -77,063,000 -83,580,000  99,036,000 -45,596,000 -186,063,000  148,396,000 -107,377,000 -303,270,000  131,375,000 -153,117,000 -126,603,000  78,664,000 -139,199,000 -182,739,000  85,519,000 17,066,000 -73,597,000  -12,125,000 3,750,000 -22,611,000  22,341,000 44,519,000 -113,622,000 -106,509,000 -193,101,000 -112,017,000 11,339,000 9,866,000 -156,398,000 -27,746,000 
          debt issuance and other
                                                                                                   
          net decrease in cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents
                     6,428,000 -27,711,000 4,918,000  -1,377,000 15,994,000 -112,533,000                                                                        
          provision for losses (recoveries) on advances and guaranteed loans to suppliers
                                                                                                   
          inventories and other assets
                                                                                                   
          accounts payable and other accrued liabilities
                                                                                                   
          net cash from operating activities
                                            67,562,000                32,757,000                                   107,134,000    
          capital expenditures
                                            -7,086,000                -7,187,000                                   -38,000,000    
          free cash flows
                                            60,476,000                25,570,000                                   69,134,000    
          net cash provided/(used) by financing activities
                                                                                                   
          net provision for losses (recoveries) on advances and guaranteed loans to suppliers
                             2,405,000 291,000 57,000  1,978,000 -1,720,000 -165,000  2,363,000 -4,611,000 -797,000  3,438,000 -353,000 1,290,000  2,452,000 -1,925,000 -113,000  3,328,000 -2,317,000 -2,037,000   -1,981,000 -516,000                                            
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                              -42,931,000 -7,415,000  11,561,000 -114,823,000 -129,560,000  70,482,000 1,868,000 -168,120,000   -87,402,000 -155,388,000   -21,193,000 -3,360,000  98,655,000 -61,469,000 -118,344,000  90,748,000 -118,890,000 -15,075,000   -49,838,000 -243,395,000   -91,703,000 -54,306,000   -48,290,000 -47,212,000  47,611,000 -17,965,000 -184,172,000  102,179,000 -69,176,000 -81,459,000    -44,265,000                  -9,393,000  
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                              107,430,000 297,556,000 234,128,000 283,993,000 319,447,000 248,783,000 163,532,000 367,864,000 261,699,000 141,007,000 245,953,000  212,626,000            66,632,000 58,625,000 39,310,000 39,310,000 39,310,000 44,659,000 44,659,000 58,003,000 58,003,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                              -42,931,000 100,015,000  11,561,000 -114,823,000 167,996,000  70,482,000 1,868,000 66,008,000  105,375,000 -87,402,000 128,605,000  116,613,000 -21,193,000 316,087,000  98,655,000 -61,469,000 130,439,000  90,748,000 -118,890,000 148,457,000  117,236,000 -49,838,000 124,469,000  225,882,000 -91,703,000 207,393,000  106,863,000 -48,290,000 93,795,000  47,611,000 -17,965,000 61,781,000  102,179,000 -69,176,000 131,167,000  47,206,000 -101,040,000 141,805,000  121,183,000 60,330,000 320,764,000  -127,994,000 254,914,000 93,518,000  -50,759,000 17,155,000 64,223,000 70,523,000 47,521,000 52,686,000 135,793,000 57,183,000 48,610,000 149,477,000 
          net cash used by financing activities
                                        -34,838,000 -61,842,000 24,568,000 -32,534,000 -189,187,000 -32,282,000   -18,204,000    -84,740,000    -26,315,000    645,000    -22,415,000    -90,362,000                               
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                                   
          depreciation
                                 9,269,000 9,164,000 9,067,000 9,453,000 9,211,000 9,795,000 8,645,000 8,730,000 8,621,000 8,667,000 8,818,000 9,804,000 8,783,000 8,682,000 8,642,000 9,533,000 8,859,000 9,217,000 9,145,000 9,039,000 9,057,000 8,645,000 8,653,000 8,199,000 9,024,000 9,447,000 10,587,000 10,990,000 10,775,000 10,840,000 10,803,000 10,662,000 9,710,000 10,759,000 11,027,000 11,180,000 10,958,000 10,693,000 10,823,000 10,400,000 10,364,000 10,622,000 9,902,000 9,110,000 9,651,000 11,708,000 10,292,000 10,355,000 10,443,000 9,772,000 10,813,000 9,761,000 12,499,000 6,463,000 17,700,000 15,993,000 14,812,000 18,253,000 15,695,000 51,913,000 33,044,000 15,585,000 26,000,000 11,892,000 34,000,000 23,000,000 
          net cash (used) provided by financing activities
                                                                                                   
          conversion of convertible perpetual preferred stock
                                                                                                   
          dividends paid on convertible perpetual preferred stock
                                            -3,687,000 -3,687,000 -3,687,000 -3,687,000 -3,687,000 -3,687,000 -3,687,000 -3,687,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,712,000 -3,713,000 -3,713,000 -3,547,000            
          restructuring and impairment costs, net of payments
                                                                                                   
          fair value gain upon acquisition of partner's interest in joint venture
                                                                                                  
          purchase of partner's interest in joint venture, net of cash held by the business
                                                                                                  
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          gain on favorable outcome of excise tax case in brazil
                                                        -81,619,000                                        
          issuance of common stock
                                                    187,000 457,000 3,456,000   134,000     524,000 133,000   37,000 8,241,000 80,000 278,000 15,773,000 45,048,000 5,856,000   1,685,000 923,000 490,000 2,930,000 1,168,000 802,000 4,000,000 4,700,000   
          conversion/repurchase of convertible perpetual preferred stock
                                                                                                   
          net loss
                                               -7,504,000                                                    
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          amortization
                                                222,000 222,000 223,000 223,000 295,000 819,000 407,000 409,000 398,000 409,000 420,000 415,000 430,000 419,000 425,000 434,000 431,000 492,000 385,000 400,000 398,000 406,000 402,000 412,000 417,000 771,000 516,000 504,000 293,000 243,000 244,000 249,000 260,000 273,000 931,000 393,000 394,000 483,000 306,000 699,000 956,000 555,000 748,000 1,127,000 2,641,000 1,735,000 848,000 2,000,000 792,000 4,000,000 2,000,000 
          provision for losses on advances and guaranteed loans to suppliers
                                                                                                   
          repurchase of convertible perpetual preferred stock
                                                    -1,148,000                                               
          issuance of long-term obligations
                                                                                                
          repayment of long-term obligations
                                                    -348,750,000 -3,750,000 -3,750,000 -3,750,000 -202,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -1,250,000 -11,250,000 -1,250,000 -1,250,000    -5,000,000 -10,000,000                           
          restructuring costs
                                                    397,000 1,143,000   2,038,000 3,400,000        2,962,000 6,859,000   2,020,000 949,000                            
          net provision for losses on advances and guaranteed loans to suppliers
                                                                                                   
          benefit from losses on advances and guaranteed loans to suppliers
                                                        -2,376,000   2,946,000 -1,211,000 -1,181,000 2,556,000 1,459,000                                    
          foreign currency remeasurement gain
                                                        -327,000   2,534,000 -146,000 -38,000 -1,605,000 -8,790,000        1,876,000                            
          equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates, net of dividends
                                                                                                   
          gain on fire loss insurance settlement
                                                                -9,592,000                                
          gain on sale of property in brazil
                                                                                                  
          charge for european commission fine in italy
                                                                                                   
          net cash (used) provided by operating activities
                                                        10,648,000                                           
          proceeds from fire loss insurance settlement
                                                                9,933,000                                
          repayment of short-term debt
                                                                                 20,677,000              -93,000,000    
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used) provided by operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          equity in net income (income) of unconsolidated affiliates, net of dividends
                                                           -1,014,000                                        
          gain on assignment of farmer contracts and sale of related assets
                                                                                                  
          charge for (reversal of) european commission fines in italy and spain
                                                                                                 
          proceeds from assignment of farmer contracts and sale of related assets
                                                                                                  
          net cash (used) provided by investing activities
                                                                                                   
          net cash provided (used) by investing activities
                                                               -6,761,000    6,923,000 -4,005,000     -15,272,000 -14,950,000 -9,345,000                        
          provisions for losses on advances and guaranteed loans to suppliers
                                                                 4,011,000 2,167,000 4,254,000  12,191,000 4,372,000 2,991,000  10,321,000 8,244,000 583,000  4,455,000 6,206,000 3,766,000  3,001,000 8,437,000 780,000                
          proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment, and other
                                                                 10,745,000 2,088,000 5,817,000  -3,172,000 4,739,000 945,000  1,222,000 321,000 1,813,000  232,000 10,432,000 3,866,000   15,813,000 110,000                
          purchases of short-term investments
                                                                            -9,658,000                    
          maturities and sales of short-term investments
                                                                            6,015,000 10,093,000 13,132,000 39,608,000                    
          cash flows from operating activities of continuing operations:
                                                                                                   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities of continuing operations:
                                                                                                   
          net income from discontinued operations
                                                                                   -530,000                
          currency remeasurement (gain) loss
                                                                                                   
          net cash from operating activities of continuing operations
                                                                                -112,456,000 158,813,000                  
          cash flows from investing activities of continuing operations:
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of businesses, less cash of businesses sold
                                                                                1,400,000                  
          net cash provided (used) by investing activities of continuing operations
                                                                            3,313,000    -16,052,000   18,415,000 7,711,000 -11,181,000              
          cash flows from financing activities of continuing operations:
                                                                                                   
          net cash used by financing activities of continuing operations
                                                                            16,618,000     -3,358,000                  
          net cash provided (used) by continuing operations
                                                                             48,219,000      -37,939,000                
          cash flows from discontinued operations:
                                                                                                   
          net cash from operating activities of discontinued operations
                                                                                3,346,000 3,149,000  25,878,000              
          net cash used by investing activities of discontinued operations
                                                                                -12,000 -5,000 -172,000 -1,490,000              
          net cash used by financing activities of discontinued operations
                                                                                   -2,443,000                
          net cash from discontinued operations
                                                                                 820,000 701,000  2,786,000              
          cash and cash equivalents of continuing operations at beginning of year
                                                                            186,070,000 358,236,000 -1,608,000              
          cash and cash equivalents of discontinued operations at beginning of year
                                                                                239,000 -1,000 1,609,000              
          less: cash and cash equivalents of discontinued operations at end of year
                                                                                                   
          supplemental information—cash paid from continuing operations:
                                                                                                   
          remeasurement gain
                                                                           6,261,000  17,829,000                      
          remeasurement loss
                                                                                                   
          minority interests
                                                                                                   
          dividends paid to minority shareholders
                                                                                                   
          issuance of convertible perpetual preferred stock, net of issuance costs
                                                                                    19,478,000            
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used) by operating activities of continuing operations:
                                                                                                   
          net cash provided (used) by operating activities of continuing operations
                                                                             182,503,000       131,615,000 83,619,000              
          proceeds from sale of business, less cash of business sold
                                                                                   25,156,000                
          deposit to escrow account
                                                                                                   
          less: cash and cash equivalents of discontinued operations at end of period
                                                                                  820,000 538,000                
          net cash from investing activities of continuing operations
                                                                              7,942,000 27,690,000                    
          net cash provided (used) by financing activities of continuing operations
                                                                              -55,840,000 64,685,000    -13,756,000 -390,000 -201,352,000              
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used by operating activities of continuing operations:
                                                                                                   
          net income (income) from discontinued operations
                                                                                                   
          net cash used by operating activities of continuing operations
                                                                               -137,318,000    -42,598,000                
          net cash used by continuing operations
                                                                               -44,943,000                    
          net loss from discontinued operations
                                                                                  1,605,000 21,998,000              
          currency remeasurement loss
                                                                                                   
          net cash provided (used) by financing activities of discontinued operations
                                                                                                   
          net cash provided (used) by discontinued operations
                                                                                                   
          deconsolidation of zimbabwe operations
                                                                                                   
          net cash from continuing operations
                                                                                 119,808,000                  
          translation loss
                                                                                                   
          accrued liability for european commission fines
                                                                                            14,908,000 14,908,000      
          purchase of business, net of cash acquired
                                                                                             -12,477,000   -69,000,000  
          proceeds from sale of businesses, less 21,727 cash of businesses sold
                                                                                                   
          net cash provided (used) by operating activities of discontinued operations
                                                                                                   
          provisions for losses on advances to suppliers
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of businesses, less 20,345 cash of businesses sold
                                                                                                  
          proceeds from sale of property, plant, and equipment and other
                                                                                     -6,268,000              
          impairment charge
                                                                                      12,289,000            
          other adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities
                                                                                       4,932,000  -22,862,000 648,000 16,163,000 -9,711,000 -8,143,000 5,819,000 -4,000,000 -4,354,000 12,000,000 14,000,000 
          sales of property, plant, and equipment and other
                                                                                       294,000  1,955,000 1,627,000 2,171,000   2,261,000     
          inventory valuation allowances and accrued losses on firm purchase commitments
                                                                                                   
          provision for losses on advances to suppliers
                                                                                                   
          sales of property, plant and equipment
                                                                                                   
          net cash from investing activities
                                                                                        5,757,000 -26,436,000 -18,178,000 -24,905,000 -79,331,000 -49,899,000 -24,294,000 -38,000,000 -19,500,000 -156,000,000 -61,000,000 
          issuance of convertible preferred stock, net of issuance costs
                                                                                                   
          purchases of common stock
                                                                                               -3,500,000 -3,500,000 -49,000,000 -32,000,000 
          dividends paid
                                                                                        -11,072,000 -11,057,000 -10,801,000 -10,786,000 -30,671,000 -19,909,000 -9,951,000 -19,000,000 -9,000,000 -27,000,000 -18,000,000 
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents of foreign subsidiaries for the three months ended march 31, 2004
                                                                                                   
          supplemental information—cash paid:
                                                                                                   
          net cash from in financing activities
                                                                                           99,988,000        
          restructuring costs, net of cash paid
                                                                                                   
          deferred taxes
                                                                                                   
          purchase of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                            -15,934,000 -15,934,000      
          sales of property, plant and equipment, and other
                                                                                            3,711,000 3,711,000      
          net cash provided (used) in financing activities
                                                                                              106,956,000  -20,600,000 174,000,000  
          equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                                                   
          sales of property, plant and equipment and other
                                                                                                   
          changes in operating assets and liabilities net:
                                                                                                   
          net cash provided in financing activities
                                                                                                  86,000,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities
                                                                                                   
          see accompanying notes.
                                                                                                   
          purchase of a minority interest
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of investments