VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 Special-Purpose Entities Forest Products	Dec. 31, 2011 Special-Purpose Entities Forest Products	Dec. 31, 2012 Buyer-sponsored SPEs Forest Products	Sep. 30, 2012 Monetization SPEs Forest Products
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Future receipt of financial instruments (current payment of note) for our special-purpose entities	$ (97)	$ 0			$ 110	$ (97)
Deferred tax liability			$ 240	$ 277

Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences net of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards after valuation allowances.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32537-109319

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 6

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=21917399&loc=d3e31931-109318

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