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Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Current Assets    
Cash and cash equivalents (variable interest entities restricted - 2015: $244; 2014: $190) $ 6,288us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 5,654us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Accounts and notes receivable:    
Trade (net of allowance for doubtful receivables - 2015: $105; 2014: $110) 4,695us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent 4,685us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Other 4,044us-gaap_OtherReceivables 4,687us-gaap_OtherReceivables
Inventories 8,087us-gaap_InventoryNet 8,101us-gaap_InventoryNet
Deferred income tax assets - current 908us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent 812us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent
Other current assets 372us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent 328us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent
Total current assets 24,394us-gaap_AssetsCurrent 24,267us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Investments    
Investment in nonconsolidated affiliates 3,912us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments 4,201us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments
Other investments (investments carried at fair value - 2015: $1,980; 2014: $2,009) 2,400us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrent 2,439us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrent
Noncurrent receivables 550us-gaap_LongTermAccountsNotesAndLoansReceivableNetNoncurrent 620us-gaap_LongTermAccountsNotesAndLoansReceivableNetNoncurrent
Total investments 6,862us-gaap_LongTermInvestmentsAndReceivablesNet 7,260us-gaap_LongTermInvestmentsAndReceivablesNet
Property    
Property 54,201us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross 55,230us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less accumulated depreciation 36,135us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment 37,179us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Net property (variable interest entities restricted - 2015: $2,708; 2014: $2,726) 18,066us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 18,051us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Other Assets    
Goodwill 12,183us-gaap_Goodwill 12,632us-gaap_Goodwill
Other intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization - 2015: $3,757; 2014: $3,737) 3,618us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill 3,768us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
Deferred income tax assets - noncurrent 1,996us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent 2,135us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent
Asbestos-related insurance receivables - noncurrent 54dow_AsbestosRelatedInsuranceReceivablesNoncurrent 62dow_AsbestosRelatedInsuranceReceivablesNoncurrent
Deferred charges and other assets 616us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent 621us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total other assets 18,467dow_TotalOtherAssets 19,218dow_TotalOtherAssets
Total Assets 67,789us-gaap_Assets 68,796us-gaap_Assets
Current Liabilities    
Notes payable 482us-gaap_NotesPayableCurrent 551us-gaap_NotesPayableCurrent
Long-term debt due within one year 1,440us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent 394us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent
Accounts payable:    
Trade 4,417us-gaap_AccountsPayableTradeCurrent 4,481us-gaap_AccountsPayableTradeCurrent
Other 2,198us-gaap_AccountsPayableOtherCurrent 2,299us-gaap_AccountsPayableOtherCurrent
Income taxes payable 702us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent 361us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent
Deferred income tax liabilities - current 104us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCurrent 105us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCurrent
Dividends payable 562us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent 563us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent
Accrued and other current liabilities 2,482dow_AccruedAndOtherCurrentLiabilities 2,839dow_AccruedAndOtherCurrentLiabilities
Total current liabilities 12,387us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent 11,593us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Long-Term Debt (variable interest entities nonrecourse - 2015: $1,227; 2014: $1,229) 17,867us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations 18,838us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
Other Noncurrent Liabilities    
Deferred income tax liabilities - noncurrent 572us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent 622us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Pension and other postretirement benefits - noncurrent 9,863us-gaap_PostemploymentBenefitsLiabilityNoncurrent 10,459us-gaap_PostemploymentBenefitsLiabilityNoncurrent
Asbestos-related liabilities - noncurrent 425dow_AsbestosRelatedLiabilitiesNoncurrent 438dow_AsbestosRelatedLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Other noncurrent obligations 3,259us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent 3,290us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Total other noncurrent liabilities 14,119us-gaap_LiabilitiesOtherThanLongtermDebtNoncurrent 14,809us-gaap_LiabilitiesOtherThanLongtermDebtNoncurrent
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest 202us-gaap_RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCommonCarryingAmount 202us-gaap_RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCommonCarryingAmount
Stockholders’ Equity    
Preferred stock, series A 4,000us-gaap_PreferredStockValueOutstanding 4,000us-gaap_PreferredStockValueOutstanding
Common stock 3,107us-gaap_CommonStockValueOutstanding 3,107us-gaap_CommonStockValueOutstanding
Additional paid-in capital 4,792us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock 4,846us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock
Retained earnings 23,956us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit 23,045us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (8,840)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax (8,017)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Unearned ESOP shares (290)dow_UnearnedEsopSharesCost (325)dow_UnearnedEsopSharesCost
Treasury stock at cost (4,488)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue (4,233)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
The Dow Chemical Company’s stockholders’ equity 22,237us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 22,423us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Non-redeemable noncontrolling interests 977us-gaap_MinorityInterest 931us-gaap_MinorityInterest
Total equity 23,214us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 23,354us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Total Liabilities and Equity $ 67,789us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity $ 68,796us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity