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Contract termination costs.

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The charge against earnings in the period for known and estimated costs of one time termination benefits provided to current employees that are involuntarily terminated under a benefit arrangement associated with exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings pursuant to a duly authorized plan.

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The aggregate amount of write-downs for impairments recognized during the period for long lived assets held for use (including those held for disposal by means other than sale).

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The amount of loss pertaining to the specified contingency that was charged against earnings in the period, including the effects of revisions in previously reported estimates.

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Fair value portion of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include, but are not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, and furniture and fixtures.

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	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014
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Employee termination benefits	$ 7ce_OneTimeTerminationBenefits	$ 23ce_OneTimeTerminationBenefits	$ 6ce_OneTimeTerminationBenefits
Consumer Specialties [Member]
Other (Charges) Gains, Net [Line Items]
Commercial disputes	(15)
Acetyl Intermediates [Member]
Other (Charges) Gains, Net [Line Items]
Commercial disputes	(8)
Asset impairments				46
Roussillon, France and Tarragona, Spain [Member] \| Acetyl Intermediates [Member]
Other (Charges) Gains, Net [Line Items]
Employee termination benefits	4
Roussillon, France [Member] \| Acetyl Intermediates [Member]
Other (Charges) Gains, Net [Line Items]
Employee termination benefits				6
Contract termination costs		3
Asset impairments					3
Tarragona, Spain [Member] \| Acetyl Intermediates [Member]
Other (Charges) Gains, Net [Line Items]
Employee termination benefits				14
Contract termination costs	2	30
Asset impairments				31
Spondon, Derby, UK [Member] \| Consumer Specialties [Member]
Other (Charges) Gains, Net [Line Items]
Employee termination benefits			5
Property, plant and equipment fair value			3
Asset impairments			8
Other Commercial Actions [Member]
Other (Charges) Gains, Net [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Loss in Period	$ 12