DIVESTITURES DIVESTITURES (Divestitures Required as a Condition to the Acquisition of Rohm and Haas) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended					3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				6 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010		Jun. 30, 2010 Certain Acrylic Monomer And Specialty Latex Assets Divestiture As Condition To the Acquisition of ROH [Member]	Mar. 31, 2010 Certain Acrylic Monomer And Specialty Latex Assets Divestiture As Condition To the Acquisition of ROH [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions [Member]		Dec. 31, 2010 Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions [Member]		Jun. 30, 2010 Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions [Member] Certain Acrylic Monomer And Specialty Latex Assets Divestiture As Condition To the Acquisition of ROH [Member]	Jun. 30, 2010 Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions [Member] Hollow Sphere Particle Business Divesture as Condition to The Acquisition of Rohm and Haas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Corporate [Member]		Dec. 31, 2010 Corporate [Member]		Jun. 30, 2010 Corporate [Member] Certain Acrylic Monomer And Specialty Latex Assets Divestiture As Condition To the Acquisition of ROH [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges						$ 5	$ 8
Severance Costs						1
Restructuring charges	1,343	[1]	0	26	[1]			53	[1]	20	[1]	13		814	[1]	(2)	[1]	1
Exit or disposal activities													$ 7

[1] See Note 3 for information regarding restructuring charges.