ACQUISITIONS AND JOINT VENTURES (Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities Acquired) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2007	Jan. 14, 2013 Orsa IP	Jan. 02, 2013 Olmuksan Joint Venture	Feb. 13, 2012 Temple-Inland Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash and temporary investments			$ 16	$ 5
Accounts and notes receivable			5	72	466
Inventory			27	31	484
Deferred income tax assets - current					140
Other current assets				2	57
Plant property and equipment			321	89	2,911
Investments				11
Financial assets of special purpose entity	2,090				2,091
Goodwill			210		2,139
Other intangible assets			125		693
Deferred charges and other assets					54
Other long-term assets			3
Total assets acquired			707	210	9,035
Notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt				17	130
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities			10	26	704
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt					527
Nonrecourse financial liabilities of special purpose entities		2,030			2,030
Deferred income tax liability			72	2	1,252
Pension benefit obligation					338
Postretirement and postemployment benefit obligation				6	99
Other liabilities					221
Total liabilities assumed			82	51	5,301
Non-controlling interest			155	18
Net assets acquired, less noncontrolling interest			470	141
Net assets acquired					$ 3,734