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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Litigation) (Details) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2010
Mar. 31, 2015
Kleen Products Llc Versus Packaging Corp of America [Member]    
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]    
Loss contingency, number of defendants 8us-gaap_LossContingencyNumberOfDefendants
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ip_KleenProductsLlcVersusPackagingCorpOfAmericaMember
 
Number of claims filed   4us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ip_KleenProductsLlcVersusPackagingCorpOfAmericaMember
Harris County San Jacinto River Superfund Site [Member]    
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]    
Number of plaintiffs seeking damages   400us-gaap_LossContingencyNumberOfPlaintiffs
/ us-gaap_EnvironmentalRemediationSiteAxis
= ip_HarrisCountySanJacintoRiverSuperfundSiteMember
Kalamazoo River Superfund Site [Member] | Time Critical Removal Action [Member]    
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]    
Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Value   19,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
/ us-gaap_EnvironmentalRemediationSiteAxis
= ip_KalamazooRiverSuperfundSiteMember
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ip_TimeCriticalRemovalActionMember
Kalamazoo River Superfund Site [Member] | Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, Fort James Corporation and Georgia Pacific LLC Cost Recovery Action [Member]    
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]    
Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Value   79,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
/ us-gaap_EnvironmentalRemediationSiteAxis
= ip_KalamazooRiverSuperfundSiteMember
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ip_GeorgiaPacificConsumerProductsLPFortJamesCorporationandGeorgiaPacificLLCCostRecoveryActionMember
Maximum [Member] | Harris County San Jacinto River Superfund Site [Member]    
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]    
Loss contingency, damages sought, value per day   25,000ip_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValuePerDay
/ us-gaap_EnvironmentalRemediationSiteAxis
= ip_HarrisCountySanJacintoRiverSuperfundSiteMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
Minimum [Member] | Harris County San Jacinto River Superfund Site [Member]    
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]    
Loss contingency, damages sought, value per day   50ip_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValuePerDay
/ us-gaap_EnvironmentalRemediationSiteAxis
= ip_HarrisCountySanJacintoRiverSuperfundSiteMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember