Investments in Affiliates (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, Schedule of Investments [Abstract]

Equity method investments and ownership interests by business segment are as follows:



	Ownership as of December 31,		Carrying Value as of December 31,		Share of Earnings (Loss) Year Ended December 31,			Dividends and Other Distributions Year Ended December 31,
	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2017	2019		2018		2017
	(In percentages)		(In $ millions)
Engineered Materials
Ibn Sina	25	25	164	164	68	96	58	(69	)	(112	)	(1	)
InfraServ GmbH & Co. Hoechst KG⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾	32	32	116	129	14	20	19	(17	)	(25	)	(26	)
Fortron Industries LLC	50	50	133	122	18	14	17	(7	)	(3	)	(6	)
Korea Engineering Plastics Co., Ltd.	50	50	146	150	27	29	25	(28	)	(27	)	(25	)
Polyplastics Co., Ltd.	45	45	192	196	44	64	57	(39	)	(45	)	(64	)
Sherbrooke Capital Health and Wellness, L.P.⁽²⁾	—	10	—	2	—	—	1	—		—		—
Other Activities⁽³⁾
InfraServ GmbH & Co. Gendorf KG⁽⁴⁾	30	30	38	36	8	7	4	(5	)	(5	)	(5	)
YNCORIS GmbH & Co. KG⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	22	22	16	16	3	3	2	(3	)	(4	)	(4	)
Total			805	815	182	233	183	(168	)	(221	)	(131	)

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⁽¹⁾	InfraServ GmbH & Co. Hoechst KG is owned primarily by an entity included in the Company's Engineered Materials segment. The Company's Acetyl Chain segment also holds an ownership percentage.


⁽²⁾	The Company accounted for its ownership interest in Sherbrooke Capital Health and Wellness, L.P. ("Sherbrooke") under the equity method of accounting because the Company was able to exercise significant influence.


⁽³⁾	InfraServ real estate service companies ("InfraServ Entities") own and operate sites in Frankfurt am Main-Hoechst, Gendorf and Knapsack, Germany. The InfraServ Entities were created to own land and property and to provide various technical and administrative services at these manufacturing locations.


⁽⁴⁾	See Note 18 for further information.

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Formerly known as InfraServ GmbH & Co. Knapsack KG

Schedule of summarized balance sheet information for Ibn Sina (National Methanol) [Table Text Block]



	As of September 30,
	2019	2018
	(In $ millions)
Current assets	253	448
Noncurrent assets	871	825
Current liabilities	148	200
Noncurrent liabilities	433	450

Schedule of Summarized Income Statement Financial Information for Ibn Sina (National Methanol) [Table Text Block]



	Twelve Months Ended September 30,
	2019	2018	2017
	(In $ millions)
Revenues	726	913	759
Gross profit	299	396	306
Net income	227	322	256

Schedule of equity securities without readily determinable fair value

Equity investments without readily determinable fair values and ownership interests by business segment are as follows:



	Ownership as of December 31,		Carrying Value as of December 31,		Dividend Income for the Year Ended December 31,
	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2017
	(In percentages)		(In $ millions)
Acetate Tow
Kunming Cellulose Fibers Co. Ltd.	30	30	14	14	11	12	12
Nantong Cellulose Fibers Co. Ltd.	31	31	121	115	79	87	81
Zhuhai Cellulose Fibers Co. Ltd.	30	30	30	30	22	13	14
Other Activities
InfraServ GmbH & Co. Wiesbaden KG	8	8	5	5	1	1	1
Other			—	—	—	4	—
Total			170	164	113	117	108

Schedule of Transactions with Affiliates

Transactions and balances with affiliates are as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2019	2018	2017
	(In $ millions)
Purchases	291	305	250
Sales and other credits	102	117	77
Interest expense	1	1	—

Schedule of Balances with Affiliates



	As of December 31,
	2019	2018
	(In $ millions)
Trade receivables	1	—
Non-trade receivables	35	29
Total due from affiliates	36	29

Short-term borrowings⁽¹⁾	67	50
Trade payables	43	46
Current Other liabilities	10	11
Total due to affiliates	120	107

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The Company has agreements with certain affiliates whereby excess affiliate cash is lent to and managed by the Company at variable interest rates governed by those agreements.