VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Schedule of Consolidated Variable Interest Entities, Carrying Amounts of Assets and Liabilities) (Details) $ in Millions				3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Oct. 05, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 02, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest					$ (86)		$ (98)	$ (67)
Repayments of Long-term Debt					588		1,114	747
Payments to Acquire Additional Interest in Subsidiaries					202		175	60
Cash and cash equivalents					6,607		8,577	5,654		$ 5,940
Other current assets					23,659		23,941
Net property					23,486		17,854	18,051
Other noncurrent assets					565		535
Total Assets	[2]				79,511	[1]	67,938	68,639
Current liabilities (nonrecourse 2016: $286; 2015: $256)					12,604		11,115
Other noncurrent obligations (nonrecourse 2016: $47; 2015: $51)					5,560		4,332
Long-Term Debt Nonrecourse					$ 330		487
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of Joint Ventures					7
Cash and cash equivalents					$ 75		158
Other current assets					95		112
Net property					961		1,717
Other noncurrent assets					55		65
Total Assets					1,186		2,052
Current liabilities (nonrecourse 2016: $286; 2015: $256)					286		258
Long-term debt (nonrecourse 2016: $330; 2015: $487)					330		504
Other noncurrent obligations (nonrecourse 2016: $47; 2015: $51)					47		51
Total liabilities					663		813
Current liabilities, nonrecourse					286		256
Long-Term Debt Nonrecourse					330		487
Other Nonrecourse Liabilities Noncurrent					47		51
Ethanol to sugarcane joint venture [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest, Liability, Redemption Value					$ 202
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent					100.00%
Netherlands Owner Trust [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
VariableInterestEntityLeaseExpirationPurchaseAmount			$ 406
Repayments of Long-term Debt			346
Payments to Acquire Additional Interest in Subsidiaries			$ 60
Variable Interest Entities Used to Monetize Accounts Receivable [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Other current assets					$ 477		103
Current liabilities (nonrecourse 2016: $286; 2015: $256)					1		1
Current Assets Restricted To Consolidated Variable Interest Entities					0		0
Current liabilities, nonrecourse					0		$ 0
Chlor-Alkali joint venture [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners		50.00%					50.00%
Variable Interest in Midwest US Ag Joint Venture [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent									49.00%
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest				$ 22
Agricultural Sciences [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total Assets	[2]				7,015	[1]	$ 6,333	7,292
Chlorine Value Chain [Domain]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal		$ 2,233			$ 6		$ 2,233	$ 0
Chlorine Value Chain [Domain] | Chlor-Alkali joint venture [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Payments for Repurchase of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest		133
Chlorine Value Chain [Domain] | Chlor-Alkali joint venture [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Loss on purchase of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest included in disposal group		$ 25
Midwest US Ag Subsidiary [Member] | Agricultural Sciences [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal				$ 44

[1] Equity contributions to Sadara, which prior to 2016 were reflected in the Corporate segment, were reallocated to Performance Materials & Chemicals and Performance Plastics in 2016.

[2] Presented in accordance with newly implemented ASU 2015-17 and ASU 2015-03. See Notes 1 and 2 for additional information.