GOODWILL (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Details of goodwill
Goodwill at the beginning of the period	$ 126,000,000	$ 162,700,000
Translation adjustments	(6,000,000)	(3,400,000)
Goodwill at the end of the period	120,000,000	159,300,000
Goodwill, impaired, accumulated impairment loss	0
Asia
Details of goodwill
Goodwill at the beginning of the period	0	0
Translation adjustments	0	0
Goodwill at the end of the period	0	0
Latin America
Details of goodwill
Goodwill at the beginning of the period	107,000,000	143,700,000
Translation adjustments	(6,000,000)	(3,400,000)
Goodwill at the end of the period	101,000,000	140,300,000
North America/ Europe
Details of goodwill
Goodwill at the beginning of the period	19,000,000	19,000,000
Translation adjustments	0	0
Goodwill at the end of the period	$ 19,000,000	$ 19,000,000

Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6388280&loc=d3e13770-109266

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
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