COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Asset Retirement Obligations) (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) wells brinesandwells countries manufacturingsites		Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations Carrying Value	$ 31		$ 33
Asset retirement obligation discount rate	1.87%		1.48%
Asset Retirement Obligation, Roll Forward Analysis [Roll Forward]
Asset retirement obligation, beginning balance	$ 96		$ 84
Additional accruals	17	[1]	8
Liabilities settled	(9)		(8)
Accretion expense	2		1
Revisions in estimated cash flows	5		17
Other	(1)		(6)
Asset retirement obligation, ending balance	$ 110		$ 96
Number Of Manufacturing Sites | manufacturingsites	189
Number Of Countries With Manufacturing Sites | countries	34
Number of underground storage wells without conditional asset retirement obligation | wells	42
Number of underground brine, mining and other wells without conditional asset retirement obligation | brinesandwells	141
Dow Corning, Ownership Restructure [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligation, Roll Forward Analysis [Roll Forward]
Additional accruals	$ 14

[1] Includes $14 million of asset retirement obligations from the DCC Transaction.