SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) (Realignment of organizational structure [Member])	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Realignment of organizational structure [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Date of subsequent event	Apr. 07, 2014
Description of subsequent event	In April 2014, the Company announced the realignment of our Honeywell Process Solutions business from Automation and Control Solutions into Performance Materials and Technologies. Following the reorganization, the Company’s four segments remained Aerospace, Automation and Control Solutions, Performance Materials and Technologies and Transportation Systems.

Describes the event or transaction that occurred between the balance sheet date and the date the financial statements are issued or available to be issued.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 855

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-Subparagraph (a)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6842918&loc=SL6314017-165662

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