QUARTERLY DATA (unaudited) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
QUARTERLY DATA (unaudited)
Net sales outside of segments	$ 1,651,100,000	$ 1,552,400,000	$ 1,659,900,000	$ 1,805,900,000	$ 1,669,300,000	$ 1,745,900,000	$ 1,801,500,000	$ 1,602,000,000	$ 6,669,266,000		$ 6,818,721,000	$ 5,149,500,000
Gross profit	853,400,000	800,200,000	913,600,000	1,007,100,000	944,200,000	996,100,000	1,032,600,000	794,500,000	3,574,300,000		3,767,400,000
Operating income	812,600,000	447,800,000	875,600,000	972,900,000	901,900,000	962,100,000	998,700,000	762,700,000	3,108,883,000		3,625,423,000	2,604,204,000
Net income	533,200,000	219,300,000	565,300,000	623,600,000	539,100,000	665,100,000	660,100,000	480,100,000	1,941,372,000		2,344,353,000	1,562,709,000
Net income attributable to SCC	$ 531,800,000	$ 217,900,000	$ 563,500,000	$ 621,400,000	$ 536,900,000	$ 663,100,000	$ 658,000,000	$ 478,400,000	$ 1,934,632,000		$ 2,336,424,000	$ 1,554,051,000
Per share amounts attributable to SCC:
Net earnings - basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.63	$ 0.26	$ 0.66	$ 0.73	$ 0.62	$ 0.78	$ 0.77	$ 0.56	$ 2.28	[1]	$ 2.73	$ 1.81
Dividend per share	$ 2.75	$ 0.24	$ 0.53	$ 0.54	$ 0.70	$ 0.61	$ 0.55	$ 0.57	$ 4.06		$ 2.43	$ 1.66
Cash dividend				$ 0.19
Stock dividend				$ 0.35

[1] Number of shares and per share amounts have been retroactively adjusted in the financial statements to reflect the effect of the 9.0 million shares paid as stock dividend on February 28, 2012.