Condensed Combining Financial Information (Condensed Combining Statement Of Comprehensive Income) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Net sales	$ 1,973	$ 1,947
Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization	1,640	1,618
Depreciation and amortization	34	42
Gross profit	299	287
Selling and administrative expense	104	106
Provision for restructuring	4	0
Loss from early extinguishments of debt	38	0
Net interest expense	58	56
Technology royalty	0	0
Translation and foreign exchange	2	3
Income before income taxes and equity earnings	93	122
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes	24	32
Equity earnings/(loss) in affiliates	(2)	0
Net income	67	90
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(26)	(21)
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings	41	69
Comprehensive income	47	168
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(23)	(24)
Comprehensive income attributable to Crown Holdings	24	144
Crown European Holdings SA [Member] | Parent [Member]
Translation and foreign exchange		0
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes		0
Equity earnings/(loss) in affiliates	41	69
Net income	41	69
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		0
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings	41	69
Comprehensive income	24	144
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests		0
Comprehensive income attributable to Crown Holdings	24	144
Crown European Holdings SA [Member] | Issuer [Member]
Gross profit
Selling and administrative expense	0	0
Provision for restructuring	0
Loss from early extinguishments of debt	1
Net interest expense	13	15
Technology royalty	0
Translation and foreign exchange	0	0
Income before income taxes and equity earnings	(14)	(15)
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes	0	0
Equity earnings/(loss) in affiliates	22	49
Net income	8	34
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		0
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings	8	34
Comprehensive income	(11)	98
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests		0
Comprehensive income attributable to Crown Holdings	(11)	98
Crown European Holdings SA [Member] | Guarantors [Member]
Net sales	1,008	1,089
Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization	828	911
Depreciation and amortization	14	18
Gross profit	166	160
Selling and administrative expense	81	83
Provision for restructuring	2
Loss from early extinguishments of debt	37
Net interest expense	32	31
Technology royalty	(8)	(7)
Translation and foreign exchange	2	2
Income before income taxes and equity earnings	20	51
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes	16	18
Equity earnings/(loss) in affiliates	37	36
Net income	41	69
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings	41	69
Comprehensive income	24	144
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests		0
Comprehensive income attributable to Crown Holdings	24	144
Crown European Holdings SA [Member] | Non-Guarantors [Member]
Net sales	965	858
Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization	812	707
Depreciation and amortization	20	24
Gross profit	133	127
Selling and administrative expense	23	23
Provision for restructuring	2
Net interest expense	13	10
Technology royalty	8	7
Translation and foreign exchange	0	1
Income before income taxes and equity earnings	87	86
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes	8	14
Equity earnings/(loss) in affiliates	0	0
Net income	79	72
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(26)	(21)
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings	53	51
Comprehensive income	49	143
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(23)	(24)
Comprehensive income attributable to Crown Holdings	26	119
Crown European Holdings SA [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
Translation and foreign exchange		0
Income before income taxes and equity earnings
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes		0
Equity earnings/(loss) in affiliates	(102)	(154)
Net income	(102)	(154)
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings	(102)	(154)
Comprehensive income	(39)	(361)
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests		0
Comprehensive income attributable to Crown Holdings	(39)	(361)
Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc [Member] | Parent [Member]
Selling and administrative expense	0
Provision for restructuring	0
Equity earnings/(loss) in affiliates	41	69
Net income	41	69
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings	41	69
Comprehensive income	24	144
Comprehensive income attributable to Crown Holdings	24	144
Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc [Member] | Issuer [Member]
Selling and administrative expense	3	3
Net interest expense	26	23
Income before income taxes and equity earnings	(29)	(26)
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes	2	(4)
Equity earnings/(loss) in affiliates	72	91
Net income	41	69
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings	41	69
Comprehensive income	24	144
Comprehensive income attributable to Crown Holdings	24	144
Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc [Member] | Non-Guarantors [Member]
Net sales	1,973	1,947
Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization	1,640	1,618
Depreciation and amortization	34	42
Gross profit	299	287
Selling and administrative expense	101	103
Provision for restructuring	4
Loss from early extinguishments of debt	38
Net interest expense	32	33
Translation and foreign exchange	2	3
Income before income taxes and equity earnings	122	148
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes	22	36
Equity earnings/(loss) in affiliates
Net income	100	112
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(26)	(21)
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings	74	91
Comprehensive income	80	190
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(23)	(24)
Comprehensive income attributable to Crown Holdings	57	166
Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
Income before income taxes and equity earnings	0
Equity earnings/(loss) in affiliates	(115)	(160)
Net income	(115)	(160)
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings	(115)	(160)
Comprehensive income	(81)	(310)
Comprehensive income attributable to Crown Holdings	(81)	(310)
Crown Americas, LLC, Crown Americas Capital Corp. And Crown Americas Capital Corp. II [Member] | Parent [Member]
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes		0
Equity earnings/(loss) in affiliates	41	69
Net income	41	69
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings	41	69
Comprehensive income	24	144
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests		0
Comprehensive income attributable to Crown Holdings	24	144
Crown Americas, LLC, Crown Americas Capital Corp. And Crown Americas Capital Corp. II [Member] | Issuer [Member]
Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization	0
Selling and administrative expense	3	2
Provision for restructuring
Loss from early extinguishments of debt	37
Net interest expense	13	13
Technology royalty		0
Translation and foreign exchange		0
Income before income taxes and equity earnings	(53)	(15)
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes	(20)	(6)
Equity earnings/(loss) in affiliates	52	55
Net income	19	46
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings	19	46
Comprehensive income	24	46
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests		0
Comprehensive income attributable to Crown Holdings	24	46
Crown Americas, LLC, Crown Americas Capital Corp. And Crown Americas Capital Corp. II [Member] | Guarantors [Member]
Net sales	534	540
Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization	429	440
Depreciation and amortization	7	10
Gross profit	98	90
Selling and administrative expense	37	39
Provision for restructuring	4
Net interest expense	23	22
Technology royalty	(9)	(10)
Translation and foreign exchange		0
Income before income taxes and equity earnings	43	39
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes	28	21
Equity earnings/(loss) in affiliates	26	51
Net income	41	69
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		0
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings	41	69
Comprehensive income	24	144
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests		0
Comprehensive income attributable to Crown Holdings	24	144
Crown Americas, LLC, Crown Americas Capital Corp. And Crown Americas Capital Corp. II [Member] | Non-Guarantors [Member]
Net sales	1,439	1,407
Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization	1,211	1,178
Depreciation and amortization	27	32
Gross profit	201	197
Selling and administrative expense	64	65
Provision for restructuring	0
Loss from early extinguishments of debt	1
Net interest expense	22	21
Technology royalty	9	10
Translation and foreign exchange	2	3
Income before income taxes and equity earnings	103	98
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes	16	17
Equity earnings/(loss) in affiliates		0
Net income	87	81
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(26)	(21)
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings	61	60
Comprehensive income	62	159
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(23)	(24)
Comprehensive income attributable to Crown Holdings	39	135
Crown Americas, LLC, Crown Americas Capital Corp. And Crown Americas Capital Corp. II [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes		0
Equity earnings/(loss) in affiliates	(121)	(175)
Net income	(121)	(175)
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings	(121)	(175)
Comprehensive income	(87)	(325)
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests		0
Comprehensive income attributable to Crown Holdings	$ (87)	$ (325)