2.4.0.82113100 - Disclosure - ROYALTY EXPENSEtruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0000899751duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1twi_RoyaltyExpenseAbstracttwi_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Royalty Expense [Abstract]2false 2twi_RoyaltyExpenseTextBlocktwi_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:12px;text-indent:-12px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"> ROYALTY EXPENSE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Company has a trademark license agreement with Goodyear to manufacture and sell certain tires in North America and Latin America under the Goodyear name.&#160;&#160;The North American and Latin American farm tire royalties were prepaid for seven years as part of the 2011 Goodyear Latin American farm tire acquisition. In May 2012, the Company and Goodyear entered into an agreement under which Titan will sell certain non-farm tire products directly to third party customers and pay a royalty to Goodyear</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. Royalty expenses recorded were </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$3.3 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$2.7 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> for the quarters ended </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">June&#160;30, 2013</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and 2012, respectively. Royalty expenses were </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$7.0 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$5.0 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> for the six months ended </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">June&#160;30, 2013</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and 2012, respectively.</font></div></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure of the nature of royalty expense due to a trademark license agreement to manufacture and sell products under another brand name.No definition available.false0ROYALTY EXPENSEfalseROYALTY EXPENSEUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://www.titan-intl.com/role/RoyaltyExpense12