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Debt And Lines Of Credit Debt and Lines of Credit (Summary of Long-Term Debt Footnotes) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2007
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Long-term debt     $ 2,140,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure 10,600,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue 10,700,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue  
Variable Rate [Domain]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original maturity date range, maximum 2017 2017  
Debt instrument, interest rate during period 2.80%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_VariableRateDomain
2.60%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_VariableRateDomain
 
Long-term debt 271,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_VariableRateDomain
[1] 269,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_VariableRateDomain
[1]  
Municipal Bonds [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original maturity date range, maximum 2035 2035  
Debt instrument, interest rate during period 5.70%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_MunicipalBondsMember
5.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_MunicipalBondsMember
 
Long-term debt 950,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_MunicipalBondsMember
[2] 1,487,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_MunicipalBondsMember
[2]  
Short-term Debt [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt instrument, interest rate during period 2.60%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_ShortTermDebtMember
2.80%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_ShortTermDebtMember
 
Foreign Corporate Debt Securities [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt instrument, interest rate during period 7.20%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
5.80%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
 
Long-term debt 91,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
93,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
 
Long-term Debt [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Long-term debt 275,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_LongTermDebtMember
[3] 304,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_LongTermDebtMember
[3]  
Interest Rate Swap Unwind [Member] | Long-term Debt [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Deferred gain (loss) on discontinuation of interest rate fair value hedge $ 20,000,000us-gaap_DeferredGainLossOnDiscontinuationOfInterestRateFairValueHedge
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_LongTermDebtMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= ip_InterestRateSwapUnwindMember
$ 41,000,000us-gaap_DeferredGainLossOnDiscontinuationOfInterestRateFairValueHedge
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_LongTermDebtMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= ip_InterestRateSwapUnwindMember
 
[1] The weighted average interest rate on these notes was 2.8% in 2014 and 2.6% in 2013.
[2] The weighted average interest rate on these bonds was 5.7% in 2014 and 5.5% in 2013.
[3] Includes $20 million at December 31, 2014 and $41 million at December 31, 2013, related to the unamortized gain on interest rate swap unwinds (see Note 14).