Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Environmental Loss Contingencies by Site [Table Text Block]

	As of September 30, 2019
(In millions)	Indemnification Asset		Accrual balance3		Potential exposure above amount accrued3
Environmental Remediation Stray Liabilities
Chemours related obligations - subject to indemnity1,2	$	170	$	170	$	383
Other discontinued or divested businesses obligations1	—		102		224
Environmental remediation liabilities primarily related to DuPont - subject to indemnity from DuPont	34		34		61
Environmental remediation liabilities not subject to indemnity	—		43		52
Total	$	204	$	349	$	720

^1.  Represents liabilities that are subject the $200 million thresholds and sharing arrangements as discussed on page 41, under Corteva Separation Agreement.

^2.  The company has recorded an indemnification asset related to these accruals, including $30 million related to the Superfund sites.

^3. 

Accrual balance represents management’s best estimate of the costs of remediation and restoration, although it is reasonably possible that the potential exposure, as indicated, could range above the amounts accrued, as there are inherent uncertainties in these estimates.