GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill By Operating Segment

Goodwill	Agricultural Sciences			Consumer Solutions			Infrastructure Solutions			Performance Materials & Chemicals			Performance Plastics			Total
In millions
Net goodwill at Dec 31, 2014	$	1,558		$	4,389		$	4,451		$	809		$	1,425		$	12,632
Divestiture of ANGUS Chemical Company	—			—			—			(292		)	—			(292		)
Divestiture of the Sodium Borohydride business	—			—			—			(45		)	—			(45		)
Sale of an Agricultural Sciences product line	(10		)	—			—			—			—			(10		)
Divestiture of AgroFresh	(101		)	—			—			—			—			(101		)
Goodwill related to the Coodetec acquisition	31			—			—			—			—			31
Goodwill related to the Univation step acquisition	—			—			—			—			141			141
Foreign currency impact	—			(11		)	(51		)	(8		)	(25		)	(95		)
Net goodwill at Sep 30, 2015	$	1,478		$	4,378		$	4,400		$	464		$	1,541		$	12,261

Other Intangible Assets

Other Intangible Assets	At September 30, 2015							At December 31, 2014
In millions	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Intangible assets with finite lives:
Licenses and intellectual property	$	1,967	$	(1,075	)	$	892	$	1,777	$	(1,060	)	$	717
Patents	121		(109		)	12		122		(108		)	14
Software	1,257		(622		)	635		1,287		(648		)	639
Trademarks	689		(445		)	244		685		(409		)	276
Customer-related	3,197		(1,343		)	1,854		3,443		(1,366		)	2,077
Other	175		(148		)	27		158		(146		)	12
Total other intangible assets, finite lives	$	7,406	$	(3,742	)	$	3,664	$	7,472	$	(3,737	)	$	3,735
IPR&D (1), indefinite lives	79		—			79		33		—			33
Total other intangible assets	$	7,485	$	(3,742	)	$	3,743	$	7,505	$	(3,737	)	$	3,768

(1) In-process research and development (“IPR&D”) purchased in a business combination.

Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Schedule of Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block]

Univation Intangible Assets	Gross Carrying Amount		Weighted-average Amortization Period
In millions
Intangible assets with finite lives:
Licenses and intellectual property	$	340	10 years
Software	5		5 years
Trademarks	12		18 years
Customer-related	76		10 years
Total	$	433	10 years

Schedule of Amortization Expense of Intangible Assets

Amortization Expense	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
In millions	Sep 30, 2015		Sep 30, 2014		Sep 30, 2015		Sep 30, 2014
Other intangible assets, excluding software	$	105	$	108	$	316	$	330
Software, included in “Cost of sales”	$	19	$	18	$	54	$	51

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

Estimated Amortization Expense In millions
2015	$	500
2016	$	487
2017	$	469
2018	$	453
2019	$	382
2020	$	358