VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Schedule of Consolidated Variable Interest Entities, Carrying Amounts of Assets and Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2018	Jan. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$ 2,669		$ 6,188	$ 6,607
Other current assets	25,263	$ 27,293	27,244
Net property	23,662		23,812	$ 23,486
Other noncurrent assets	796	872	829
Total Assets	77,378	80,067	79,940
Current liabilities (less than $1 million at 12/31/2017)	13,755	14,435	14,377
Long-term debt	19,254		19,765
Other noncurrent obligations	5,368	$ 6,111	5,994
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	82		107
Other current assets	114		131
Net property	734		907
Other noncurrent assets	45		50
Total Assets	975		1,195
Current liabilities (less than $1 million at 12/31/2017)	334		303
Long-term debt	75		249
Other noncurrent obligations	31		41
Total liabilities	440		593
Ethanol to sugarcane joint venture
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest, Liability, Redemption Value	202
Variable Interest Entities Used to Monetize Accounts Receivable
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Other current assets	0		671
Current liabilities (less than $1 million at 12/31/2017)	0		1
Current Assets Restricted To Consolidated Variable Interest Entities	0		0
Current liabilities, nonrecourse	$ 0		$ 0
Parent Company | Ethanol to sugarcane joint venture
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent	100.00%