Exhibit 12

E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(Dollars in millions)

	Six Months
	Ended
	June 30,			Years Ended December 31,
	2009			2008			2007			2006			2005			2004
Net income attributable to Dupont before cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles	$	905		$	2,007		$	2,988		$	3,148		$	2,056		$	1,780
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		311			381			748			196			1,470			(329	)
Noncontrolling interests in earnings (losses) of consolidated subsidiaries		5			3			7			(15	)		37			(9	)
Adjustment for companies accounted for by the equity method		(43	)		6			218			11			(1	)		99
Capitalized interest		(27	)		(49	)		(45	)		(37	)		(23	)		(17	)
Amortization of capitalized interest		19			37			34			33			33			365	a
		1,170			2,385			3,950			3,336			3,572			1,889
Fixed charges:
Interest and debt expense		212			376			430			460			518			362
Capitalized interest		27			49			45			37			23			17
Rental expense representative of interest factor		53			107			107			94			88			91
		292			532			582			591			629			470
Total adjusted earnings available for payment of fixed charges	$	1,462		$	2,917		$	4,532		$	3,927		$	4,201		$	2,359
Number of times fixed charges earned		5.0			5.5			7.8			6.6			6.7			5.0

^a Includes write-off of capitalized interest associated with exiting certain businesses.