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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Operating Activities      
Net Income $ 3,839us-gaap_ProfitLoss $ 4,816us-gaap_ProfitLoss $ 1,100us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:      
Depreciation and amortization 2,747us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 2,681us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 2,698us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Provision (Credit) for deferred income tax 466dow_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitIncludingPriorPeriodDiscontinuedOperations 113dow_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitIncludingPriorPeriodDiscontinuedOperations (465)dow_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitIncludingPriorPeriodDiscontinuedOperations
Earnings of nonconsolidated affiliates less than (in excess of) dividends received 121us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions (129)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions 287us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions
Pension contributions (815)us-gaap_PensionContributions (865)us-gaap_PensionContributions (903)us-gaap_PensionContributions
Net gain on sales of investments (76)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfInvestments (135)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfInvestments (19)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfInvestments
Net gain on sales of property, businesses and consolidated companies (45)dow_NetLossGainOnSaleOfConsolidatedCompanies (582)dow_NetLossGainOnSaleOfConsolidatedCompanies (74)dow_NetLossGainOnSaleOfConsolidatedCompanies
Net gain on sales of ownership interest in nonconsolidated affiliates 1us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentRealizedGainLossOnDisposal (30)us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentRealizedGainLossOnDisposal 0us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentRealizedGainLossOnDisposal
Goodwill and other intangible asset impairment losses 50us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss [1] 0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss 220us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss [1]
Assets impairments and related costs 23dow_Assetsimpairmentsandrelatedcosts 184dow_Assetsimpairmentsandrelatedcosts 0dow_Assetsimpairmentsandrelatedcosts
Restructuring charges (credits) (3)us-gaap_RestructuringCostsAndAssetImpairmentCharges (22)us-gaap_RestructuringCostsAndAssetImpairmentCharges 1,343us-gaap_RestructuringCostsAndAssetImpairmentCharges
Loss on early extinguishment of debt 0us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt 329us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt 123us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
Asbestos-related charge 78dow_AsbestosRelatedChargesCredit [2] 0dow_AsbestosRelatedChargesCredit 0dow_AsbestosRelatedChargesCredit
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements (42)us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationOperatingActivities (23)us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationOperatingActivities (76)us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationOperatingActivities
Other net loss 70us-gaap_OtherNoncashIncomeExpense 37us-gaap_OtherNoncashIncomeExpense 48us-gaap_OtherNoncashIncomeExpense
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquired and divested companies:      
Accounts and notes receivable (884)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsAndNotesReceivable (915)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsAndNotesReceivable (2,534)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsAndNotesReceivable
Proceeds from interests in trade accounts receivable conduits 1,079us-gaap_CashFlowsBetweenTransferorAndTransfereeBeneficialInterest 1,028us-gaap_CashFlowsBetweenTransferorAndTransfereeBeneficialInterest 2,650us-gaap_CashFlowsBetweenTransferorAndTransfereeBeneficialInterest
Inventories 224us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories 130us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories (871)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories
Accounts payable (79)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableTrade (408)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableTrade 261us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableTrade
Other assets and liabilities (252)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet 1,614us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet 287us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet
Cash provided by operating activities 6,502us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities 7,823us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities 4,075us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
Investing Activities      
Capital expenditures (3,572)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets (2,302)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets (2,614)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
Construction of assets pending sale-leaseback (48)dow_ConstructionOfAssetsPendingSaleLeaseback 0dow_ConstructionOfAssetsPendingSaleLeaseback 0dow_ConstructionOfAssetsPendingSaleLeaseback
Proceeds form sale-leaseback of assets 470us-gaap_SaleLeasebackTransactionGrossProceedsInvestingActivities 42us-gaap_SaleLeasebackTransactionGrossProceedsInvestingActivities 0us-gaap_SaleLeasebackTransactionGrossProceedsInvestingActivities
Proceeds from sales of property, businesses and consolidated companies, net of cash divested 119us-gaap_ProceedsFromSalesOfBusinessAffiliateAndProductiveAssets 660us-gaap_ProceedsFromSalesOfBusinessAffiliateAndProductiveAssets 77us-gaap_ProceedsFromSalesOfBusinessAffiliateAndProductiveAssets
Acquisitions of businesses 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired (2)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
Investments in consolidated companies, net of cash acquired (5)dow_InvestmentsInConsolidatedCompanies (21)dow_InvestmentsInConsolidatedCompanies (37)dow_InvestmentsInConsolidatedCompanies
Investments in and loans to nonconsolidated affiliates (270)dow_InvestmentsInAndLoansToNonconsolidatedAffiliates (137)dow_InvestmentsInAndLoansToNonconsolidatedAffiliates (285)dow_InvestmentsInAndLoansToNonconsolidatedAffiliates
Distributions and loan repayments from nonconsolidated affiliates 69dow_DistributionsAndLoanRepaymentsFromNonconsolidatedAffiliates 46dow_DistributionsAndLoanRepaymentsFromNonconsolidatedAffiliates 130dow_DistributionsAndLoanRepaymentsFromNonconsolidatedAffiliates
Proceeds from sale of ownership interests in nonconsolidated affiliates 8us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfEquityMethodInvestments 66us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfEquityMethodInvestments 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfEquityMethodInvestments
Purchases of investments (643)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireInvestments (462)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireInvestments (509)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireInvestments
Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments 767us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndMaturityOfOtherInvestments 639us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndMaturityOfOtherInvestments 553us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndMaturityOfOtherInvestments
Cash used in investing activities (3,105)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities (1,469)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities (2,687)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities
Financing Activities      
Changes in short-term notes payable 74us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInNotesPayableCurrent (37)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInNotesPayableCurrent (116)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInNotesPayableCurrent
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 2,448us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt 959us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt 3,347us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt
Payments on long-term debt (747)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt (4,272)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt (3,988)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt
Purchases of treasury stock (4,193)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock (307)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock 0us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 679us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 386us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 295us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock
Proceeds from sales of common stock 269us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfTreasuryStock 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfTreasuryStock 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfTreasuryStock
Issuance costs for debt and equity securities (20)us-gaap_PaymentOfFinancingAndStockIssuanceCosts (7)us-gaap_PaymentOfFinancingAndStockIssuanceCosts (22)us-gaap_PaymentOfFinancingAndStockIssuanceCosts
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements 42us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities 23us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities 76us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities
Distributions to noncontrolling interests (91)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest (55)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest (72)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest
Contributions from noncontrolling interest 36us-gaap_ProceedsFromMinorityShareholders 58us-gaap_ProceedsFromMinorityShareholders 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromMinorityShareholders
Purchases of noncontrolling interests (60)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAdditionalInterestInSubsidiaries 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAdditionalInterestInSubsidiaries 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAdditionalInterestInSubsidiaries
Dividends paid to stockholders (2,020)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends (1,479)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends (2,050)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends
Cash used in financing activities (3,583)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities (4,731)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities (2,530)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash (100)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents (1)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents 16us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents
Summary      
Increase (Decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (286)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease 1,622us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease (1,126)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 5,940us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 4,318us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 5,444us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $ 5,654us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 5,940us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 4,318us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
[1] See Note 11 for information regarding intangible asset impairment losses and Note 9 for information regarding the goodwill impairment loss.
[2] See Note 14 for information regarding the asbestos-related charge.