RESTRUCTURING (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) employees yr	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) employees	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) employees	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) employees	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) employees	Jun. 27, 2016 USD ($)
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring Charges	$ 454			$ 375	$ 452	$ 375
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost	(153)
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring Reserve		$ 122	$ 153				$ 153	$ 449
Cash payments	(26)	(31)
Restructuring Reserve, Accrual Adjustment	5	(2)	40
Costs Associated with Exit and Disposal Activities [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring Reserve	13	9	10		13		10
Cash payments	(1)	(1)
Restructuring Reserve, Accrual Adjustment	5		$ 1
Business Exit Costs				$ 10
Employee Severance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and Related Cost, Expected Number of Positions Eliminated | employees			500	1,750
Severance Costs				$ 196
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring Reserve	88	113	$ 143		88		143
Cash payments	$ (25)	$ (30)			$ (55)		$ (92)
Entity Number of Employees | employees	650		1,250		650		1,250
Restructuring Reserve, Accrual Adjustment	$ 0
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Assets [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Other Investments and Other Assets				$ 169
Consumer Solutions [Member] | Costs Associated with Exit and Disposal Activities [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring Reserve, Accrual Adjustment	1
Corporate Segment [Member] | Employee Severance [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring Reserve, Accrual Adjustment			$ 39
Agricultural Sciences [Member] | Costs Associated with Exit and Disposal Activities [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring Reserve, Accrual Adjustment	4
2015 Restructuring [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring Reserve	$ 101				$ 101
2016 Restructuring [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and Related Cost, Expected Number of Years to Complete | yr	2
Restructuring Charges	$ 449
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring Reserve	296				296
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Costs Associated with Exit and Disposal Activities [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost	0
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring Reserve	28				28			28
Business Exit Costs	$ 28
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Employee Severance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and Related Cost, Expected Number of Positions Eliminated | employees	2,500
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost	$ 0
Severance Costs	268
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring Reserve	268				268			268
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Assets [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost	(153)
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Other Investments and Other Assets	153
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring Reserve	0				$ 0			$ 153
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Consumer Solutions [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring Charges	28
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Consumer Solutions [Member] | Costs Associated with Exit and Disposal Activities [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Business Exit Costs	5
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Consumer Solutions [Member] | Employee Severance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Severance Costs	0
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Consumer Solutions [Member] | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Assets [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Other Investments and Other Assets	23
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Performance Plastics [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring Charges	10
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Performance Plastics [Member] | Costs Associated with Exit and Disposal Activities [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Business Exit Costs	0
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Performance Plastics [Member] | Employee Severance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Severance Costs	0
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Performance Plastics [Member] | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Assets [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Other Investments and Other Assets	10
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Infrastructure Solutions [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring Charges	97
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Infrastructure Solutions [Member] | Costs Associated with Exit and Disposal Activities [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Business Exit Costs	23
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Infrastructure Solutions [Member] | Employee Severance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Severance Costs	0
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Infrastructure Solutions [Member] | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Assets [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Other Investments and Other Assets	74
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Corporate Segment [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring Charges	314
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Corporate Segment [Member] | Costs Associated with Exit and Disposal Activities [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Business Exit Costs	0
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Corporate Segment [Member] | Employee Severance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Severance Costs	268
2016 Restructuring [Member] | Corporate Segment [Member] | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Assets [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Other Investments and Other Assets	46
Shut Down of Energy & Water Solutions Facilities and Assets [Member] | Infrastructure Solutions [Member] | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Assets [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Other Investments and Other Assets	70
Shut Down of Dow Corning Silicone Facilities [Member] | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Assets [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Other Investments and Other Assets	25
Shut Down of Dow Corning Silicone Facilities [Member] | Consumer Solutions [Member] | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Assets [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Other Investments and Other Assets	21
Shut Down of Dow Corning Silicone Facilities [Member] | Infrastructure Solutions [Member] | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Assets [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Other Investments and Other Assets	4
Shut Down and Consolidation of Corporate Facilities [Member] | Corporate Segment [Member] | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Assets [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Other Investments and Other Assets	25
Shut Down and Write Down of Small Manufacturing Facilities and Assets [Member] | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Assets [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Other Investments and Other Assets	33
Shut Down and Write Down of Small Manufacturing Facilities and Assets [Member] | Consumer Solutions [Member] | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Assets [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Other Investments and Other Assets	2
Shut Down and Write Down of Small Manufacturing Facilities and Assets [Member] | Performance Plastics [Member] | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Assets [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Other Investments and Other Assets	10
Shut Down and Write Down of Small Manufacturing Facilities and Assets [Member] | Corporate Segment [Member] | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Other Assets [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Other Investments and Other Assets	$ 21