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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]  
Loss Contingency
  December 31, 2013$ 643    
  Accruals for environmental matters deemed      
   probable and reasonably estimable  82    
  Environmental liability payments  (56)    
  Other  1    
  March 31, 2014$ 670    
         
Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
         
 Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts: 
         
    March 31,  December 31, 
    2014  2013 
  Accrued liabilities$305 $304 
  Other liabilities 365  339 
   $670 $643 
Asbestos Related Liabilities
 Asbestos Related Liabilities       
   Bendix NARCO Total
        
 December 31, 2013$ 656$ 955$ 1,611
  Accrual for update to estimated liability  62  1  63
  Asbestos related liability payments  (50)  (7)  (57)
        
 March 31, 2014$ 668$ 949$ 1,617
        
        
Insurance Recoveries for Asbestos Related Liabilities
 Insurance Recoveries for Asbestos Related Liabilities       
   Bendix NARCO Total
        
 December 31, 2013$ 141$ 531$ 672
  Probable insurance recoveries related to       
  estimated liability  7  -  7
  Insurance receivables settlements  2  7  9
  Insurance receipts for asbestos related liabilities  (4)  (21)  (25)
  Other  -  (2)  (2)
        
 March 31, 2014$ 146$ 515$ 661
        
NARCO and Bendix asbestos related balances are included in the following balance sheet accounts
 NARCO and Bendix asbestos related balances are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
         
   March 31,  December 31,  
   2014  2013  
         
 Other current assets$ 77 $ 77  
 Insurance recoveries for asbestos related liabilities   584   595  
         
  $ 661 $ 672  
         
 Accrued liabilities$ 461 $ 461  
 Asbestos related liabilities  1,156   1,150  
         
  $ 1,617 $ 1,611  
         
    
The following tables present information regarding Bendix related asbestos claims activity
 Three Months EndedYear Ended 
 March 31,December 31, 
Claims Activity 2014 2013 2012 
        
Claims Unresolved at the beginning of period 12,302 23,141 22,571 
Claims Filed during the period  1,049 4,527 3,920 
Claims Resolved during the period(a) (467) (15,366) (3,350) 
        
Claims Unresolved at the end of period 12,884 12,302 23,141 
        
(a) Claims resolved in the year ended December 31, 2013 included significantly aged (i.e., pending for more than six years) claims totaling 12,250 of which 92% were non-malignant.
Disease distribution of claims
     
Disease Distribution of Unresolved Claims March 31,  December 31,
  2014 2013 2012
       
Mesothelioma and Other Cancer Claims  6,340  5,810  5,367
Nonmalignant Claims  6,544  6,492  17,774
       
Total Claims  12,884  12,302  23,141
       
Average resolution values per asbestos claim
 Honeywell has experienced average resolution values per claim excluding legal costs as follows:  
            
        Year Ended December 31,       
   2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
            
   (in whole dollars)
Malignant claims$ 51,000$ 49,000$ 48,000$ 54,000$ 50,000
Nonmalignant claims$ 850$ 1,400$ 1,000$ 1,300$ 200