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Related Parties (Notes)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]
RELATED PARTIES

Services Provided by and to Historical Dow and its affiliates
Following the Merger, Historical DuPont reports transactions with Historical Dow and its affiliates as related party transactions. Historical DuPont sells to and procures from Historical Dow and its affiliates certain feedstocks and raw materials that are consumed in each company's manufacturing process, as well as finished goods. Historical DuPont also provides to Historical Dow and its affiliates certain seed production and distribution services.  The following table presents amounts due to or due from Historical Dow and its affiliates at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018:

(In millions)
March 31, 2019
December 31, 2018
Accounts and notes receivable - net
$
112

$
201

Accounts payable
$
201

$
288



The table below presents revenue earned and expenses incurred in transactions with Historical Dow and its affiliates for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018:

 
Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions)
2019
2018
Net sales
$
115

$
44

Cost of goods sold 
$
109

$
24



For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, purchases from Historical Dow and its affiliates were $106 million and $43 million, respectively. Historical DuPont also received transfers of certain feedstocks and energy from Historical Dow and its affiliates at cost which totaled $82 million and $79 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively,

Transactions with DowDuPont
In November 2017, DowDuPont's Board of Directors authorized an initial $4,000 million share repurchase program to buy back shares of DowDuPont common stock. The $4,000 million share repurchase program was completed in the third quarter of 2018. In February 2019 and 2018, the Board declared first quarter dividends per share of DowDuPont common stock payable on March 15, 2019 and March 15, 2018, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, Historical DuPont declared and paid distributions to DowDuPont of about $317 million and $830 million, respectively, primarily to fund a portion of DowDuPont's dividend payments for these periods, and, specific to 2018, to fund a portion of DowDuPont's share repurchases.

In addition, at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, Historical DuPont had a payable to DowDuPont of $103 million included in accounts payable in the interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets related to its estimated tax liability for the period beginning with the Merger through the date of the Dow Distribution, during which time the parties filed a consolidated US tax return. See Note 8 for additional information.