TRANSFERS OF FINANCIAL ASSETS (Sale of Trade Accounts Receivable in North America and Europe) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended					1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2011 North America and Europe [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 North America and Europe [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 North America and Europe [Member] Trade Accounts Receivable [Member]	May 31, 2010 North America and Europe [Member] Trade Accounts Receivable [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 North America and Europe [Member] Trade Accounts Receivable [Member]		Dec. 31, 2010 North America and Europe [Member] Trade Accounts Receivable [Member]		Dec. 31, 2011 North America [Member] Trade Accounts Receivable [Member]		Dec. 31, 2010 North America [Member] Trade Accounts Receivable [Member]
Tranfers of Financial Assets [Line Items]
Derecognized Assets, Securitized or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement Assets and any Other Financial Assets Managed Together, Net Credit Losses During Period								$ 8,000,000		$ 2,000,000
Percentage of anticipated credit losses												1.22%	[1]	1.42%	[1]
Impact to carrying value, 10 percent adverse change												2,000,000	[1]	2,000,000	[1]
Impact to carrying value, 20 percent adverse change												4,000,000	[1]	5,000,000	[1]
Carrying value of interests held				1,141,000,000	1,267,000,000
Repurchase of previously sold receivables, related to a divestiture						71,000,000	13,000,000
Loss from sale of transferred financial assets								24,000,000		26,000,000
Sale of receivables								16,000,000		818,000,000
Collections reinvested in revolving receivables								28,609,000,000		22,866,000,000
Interests in conduits	1,737,000,000	1,038,000,000	0					1,737,000,000	[2]	1,038,000,000	[2]
Delinquencies on sold receivables still outstanding								155,000,000		169,000,000
Trade accounts receivable outstanding and derecognized								$ 2,385,000,000		$ 2,335,000,000

[1] Applies to North America only as there are no anticipated credit losses in Europe.

[2] Presented in "Operating Activities" in the consolidated statements of cash flows.