Credit commitments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Credit Commitments [Abstract]

Credit commitments

	December 31, 2012
(Millions of dollars)	Consolidated			Machinery and Power Systems			Financial Products
Credit lines available:
Global credit facilities	$	10,000		$	2,750		$	7,250
Other external	5,125			728			4,397
Total credit lines available	15,125			3,478			11,647
Less: Commercial paper outstanding	(3,654		)	—			(3,654		)
Less: Utilized credit	(2,501		)	(481		)	(2,020		)
Available credit	$	8,970		$	2,997		$	5,973