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EID - Related Party Transactions (Notes)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block] RELATED PARTIES

Services Provided by and to Historical Dow and its affiliates
Following the Merger and prior to the Dow Distribution, Corteva reports transactions with Historical Dow and its affiliates as related party transactions.

Purchases from Historical Dow and its affiliates were $42 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

Transactions with DowDuPont
In February 2019, the DowDuPont Board declared first quarter dividends per share of DowDuPont common stock payable on March 15, 2019. EID declared and paid distributions to DowDuPont of $317 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily to fund a portion of DowDuPont's dividend payment.

In addition, at March 31, 2019, EID had a payable to DowDuPont of $103 million included in accounts payable in the interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet 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 United States ("U.S.") tax return. See Note 8 - Income Taxes, for additional information.
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Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block] RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Refer to page 18 of the Corteva, Inc. interim Consolidated Financial Statements for discussion of related party transactions with Historical Dow, DowDuPont, and DuPont.

Transactions with Corteva
In the second quarter of 2019, EID entered into a related party revolving loan from Corteva, Inc., with a maturity date in 2024. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the outstanding related party loan balance was $3,872 million and $4,021 million, respectively (which approximates fair value), with an interest rate of 3.27%, and is reflected as long-term debt - related party in EID's interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Additionally, EID has incurred tax deductible interest expense of $32 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 associated with the related party loan from Corteva, Inc.

As of March 31, 2020, EID had payables to Corteva, Inc., the parent company, of $166 million and $82 million ($119 million and $154 million at December 31, 2019) included in accrued and other current liabilities and other noncurrent obligations, respectively, in the interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets related to Corteva's indemnification liabilities to Dow and DuPont per the Separation Agreements (refer to page 11 of the Corteva, Inc. interim Consolidated Financial Statements for further details of the Separation Agreements).