Business Combination, Fair Value Step Up Of Acquired Inventory

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Business Combination, Fair Value Step-Up Of Acquired Inventory, Amount recognized in Cost of Goods sold

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Amount before valuation and LIFO reserves of completed merchandise or goods expected to be sold within one year or operating cycle, if longer.

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Gross amount, as of the balance sheet date, of merchandise, goods, commodities, or supplies held for future sale or to be used in manufacturing, servicing or production process.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Gross amount of unprocessed materials to be used in manufacturing or production process and supplies that will be consumed.

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Amount before valuation and LIFO reserves of merchandise or goods in the production process expected to be completed within one year or operating cycle, if longer.

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Inventories Schedule of Inventory (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 01, 2017
Inventory [Line Items]
Finished products		$ 2,497	$ 2,584
Semi-finished products		2,076	1,813
Raw materials and supplies		607	485
Total inventories		$ 5,180	$ 4,882
Merger with Dow [Member]
Inventory [Line Items]
Fair Value Step-up				$ 2,297
Amortization of Fair Value Step-up	$ 272