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DIVESTITURES (Divestiture of Ownership Interest in Dow Kokam LLC) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 11 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Nov. 30, 2013
Nov. 21, 2013
Nov. 22, 2013
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]            
Repayments of Long-term Debt $ 747us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt $ 4,272us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt $ 3,988us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt      
Dow Kokam LLC [Member]            
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]            
Repayments of Long-term Debt       75us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= dow_DowKokamLlcMember
   
Notes Receivable, Fair Value Disclosure           75dow_NotesLoansandFinancingReceivableGross
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= dow_DowKokamLlcMember
Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Net, Noncurrent 61us-gaap_NotesAndLoansReceivableGrossNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= dow_DowKokamLlcMember
         
Dow Kokam LLC [Member] | Corporate Segment [Member]            
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]            
Sale of Stock, Percentage of Ownership before Transaction         67.40%us-gaap_SaleOfStockPercentageOfOwnershipBeforeTransaction
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= dow_DowKokamLlcMember
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Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal $ 0us-gaap_DisposalGroupNotDiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposal
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= dow_DowKokamLlcMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateMember
$ 26us-gaap_DisposalGroupNotDiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposal
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= dow_DowKokamLlcMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateMember
[1] $ 0us-gaap_DisposalGroupNotDiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposal
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= dow_DowKokamLlcMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateMember
$ 26us-gaap_DisposalGroupNotDiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposal
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= dow_DowKokamLlcMember
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= us-gaap_CorporateMember
   
[1] See Note 5 for additional information.