Acquisitions And Joint Ventures (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended					0 Months Ended						1 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Feb. 13, 2012 Temple-Inland Inc. [Member] T	Dec. 31, 2012 Temple-Inland Inc. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Temple-Inland Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Temple-Inland Inc. [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Temple-Inland Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Temple-Inland Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2010 SCA Packaging Asia [Member] Plants Facilities	Jan. 14, 2013 ORSA IP [Member] [Domain] Facilities	Jan. 31, 2013 Olmuksa Joint Venture [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Olmuksa Joint Venture [Member]	Oct. 08, 2011 Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Limited [Member]	Oct. 14, 2011 Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Limited [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Appm Acquisition [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Appm Acquisition [Member]	Oct. 08, 2011 Acquisition Related Additional Tender Offer [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Shandong IP & Sun Food Packaging Co., Ltd. [Member] T	Jan. 31, 2013 International Paper [Member] Olmuksa Joint Venture [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 International Paper [Member] Shandong IP & Sun Food Packaging Co., Ltd. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 International Paper [Member] Shandong IP & Sun Food Packaging Co., Ltd. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Sun Food Packaging Co., Ltd. [Member] Shandong IP & Sun Food Packaging Co., Ltd. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Sun Food Packaging Co., Ltd. [Member] Shandong IP & Sun Food Packaging Co., Ltd. [Member]	Oct. 14, 2011 Non-Compete Agreement [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding common stock acquired, price per share				$ 32.00
Acquisition of business, debt assumed			$ 110	$ 700						$ 34
Mills required to be divested				3
Acquisition of business, purchase price				3,700						202	470														58
Tons of aggregate capacity to be divested				970,000
Percentage of interest acquired											75.00%				75.00%					87.40%		55.00%	45.00%
Containerboard mills acquired in business acquisition											3
Box plants acquired in business acquisition											4
Land-use rights, value																								28
Percentage of outstanding shares acquired												43.70%	43.70%		53.50%			21.50%
Acquisition of businesses, cash paid										168					226			105
Cash paid to purchase interest in joint venture																				56	55
Combined production capacity, tons																			500,000
Deposited in escrow account																25	25
Number of corrugated box plants										13
Number of specialty packaging facilities										2
Currency transaction loss														9
Gain on bargain purchase price adjustment	7	7
Gain on bargain purchase price adjustment, net of tax	7	7
Inventory write up								20
Inventory write up after taxes								12
Integration related costs					28	58	35	43	164
Integration related costs, after taxes					$ 19	$ 34	$ 22	$ 33	$ 105