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(Operating Profit By Industry Segment) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Sep. 30, 2019
Jun. 30, 2019
Mar. 31, 2019
Dec. 31, 2018
Sep. 30, 2018
Jun. 30, 2018
Mar. 31, 2018
Dec. 31, 2019
Dec. 31, 2018
Dec. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]                      
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity earnings $ 400 [1] $ 452 [1] $ 334 [1] $ 418 [1] $ 382 [2] $ 553 [2] $ 490 [2] $ 356 [2] $ 1,604 [1] $ 1,781 [2] $ 848
Interest expense, net                 (491) (536) (572)
Noncontrolling interests / equity earnings adjustment (b) [3]                 3 (10) (2)
Corporate expenses, net (a) [4]                 54 67 91
Corporate special items, net (a) 3   1           104 [4] 9 [4] 76 [4]
Business special items, net                 307 205 425
Non-operating pension expense $ 9 $ 9 $ 8 $ 10 $ 429 $ 25 $ 36 $ 4 36 494 530
Non-operating pension expense (income)                     484
Operating Segments [Member]                      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]                      
Business Segment Operating Profit                 2,599 3,082 2,494
Operating Segments [Member] | Industrial Packaging                      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]                      
Business Segment Operating Profit                 2,076 2,277 1,919
Business special items, net                 78 184 372
Operating Segments [Member] | Global Cellulose Fibers                      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]                      
Business Segment Operating Profit                 (6) 262 116
Business special items, net                 68 11 51
Operating Segments [Member] | Printing Papers                      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]                      
Business Segment Operating Profit                 529 543 459
Business special items, net                 161 10 2
Corporate and other                      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]                      
Interest expense, net                 $ 491 $ 536 $ 572
[1]
Includes the following pre-tax charges (gains):
 
 
2019
In millions
 
Q1

 
Q2
 
Q3
 
Q4
India impairment
 
$
—

 
$
152

 
$
8

 
$
(1
)
India divestiture transaction costs
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
3

Global Cellulose Fibers goodwill impairment
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
52

Litigation reserves
 
—

 
—

 
22

 
19

Italian antitrust fine
 
—

 
—

 
32

 
—

Environmental remediation reserve adjustment
 
—

 
—

 
15

 
10

(Gain) loss on sale of EMEA Packaging box plant
 
(7
)
 
—

 
—

 
1

EMEA Packaging business optimization
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
17

Multi-employer pension plan exit liability
 
16

 
—

 
(7
)
 
—

Abandoned property removal
 
11

 
11

 
13

 
15

Riverdale mill conversion costs
 
1

 
1

 
1

 
2

Foreign VAT refund accrual including interest
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(6
)
Debt extinguishment costs
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
21

Gain on sale of previously closed Oregon mill site
 
—

 
—

 
(9
)
 
—

Overhead cost reduction initiative
 
—

 
—

 
21

 
—

Other items
 
—

 
1

 
—

 
3

Non-operating pension expense
 
10

 
8

 
9

 
9

Total
 
$
31

 
$
173

 
$
105

 
$
145
[2]
Includes the following pre-tax charges (gains):
 
 
2018
In millions
 
Q1

 
Q2
 
Q3
 
Q4
Smurfit-Kappa acquisition proposal costs
 
$
—

 
$
12

 
$
—

 
$
—

Legal settlement
 
9

 
—

 
—

 
—

Litigation settlement recovery
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(5
)
Environmental remediation reserve adjustment
 
—

 
—

 
9

 
—

EMEA Packaging business optimization
 
22

 
26

 
—

 
(1
)
Abandoned property removal
 
9

 
9

 
6

 
8

Riverdale mill conversion costs
 
—

 
—

 
5

 
4

Brazil Packaging impairment
 
—

 
—

 
122

 
—

Debt extinguishment costs
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
10

Gain on sale of investment in Liaison Technologies
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(31
)
Non-operating pension expense
 
4

 
36

 
25

 
429

Total
 
$
44

 
$
83

 
$
167

 
$
414
[3]
Operating profits for industry segments include each segment’s percentage share of the profits of subsidiaries included in that segment that are less than wholly-owned. The pre-tax noncontrolling interests and equity earnings for these subsidiaries is added here to present consolidated earnings from continuing operations before income taxes and equity earnings.
[4] Includes sales of $15 million, operating profits (losses) of $0 million and corporate special items expense of $9 million in 2017 from previously divested businesses.