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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Details 3) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) item MMBTU t	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Foreign Exchange | Options | Non-exchange Traded | Short
Derivative
Delta amount of open foreign exchange positions | $	$ 210
Foreign Exchange | Options | Non-exchange Traded | Long
Derivative
Delta amount of open foreign exchange positions | $	238
Foreign Exchange | Forwards | Non-exchange Traded | Short
Derivative
Notional amounts of open foreign exchange positions | $	17,003
Foreign Exchange | Forwards | Non-exchange Traded | Long
Derivative
Notional amounts of open foreign exchange positions | $	11,661
Foreign Exchange | Futures | Exchange Traded | Long
Derivative
Notional amounts of open foreign exchange positions | $	4
Foreign Exchange | Swaps | Non-exchange Traded | Short
Derivative
Notional amounts of open foreign exchange positions | $	462
Foreign Exchange | Swaps | Non-exchange Traded | Long
Derivative
Notional amounts of open foreign exchange positions | $	$ 52
Commodities
Derivative
Maximum period of commodity contracts for sale of agricultural commodity	1 year
Commodities | Options | Exchange Traded | Long
Derivative
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass	20,795
Commodities | Forwards | Non-exchange Traded | Short
Derivative
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass	33,887,711
Commodities | Forwards | Non-exchange Traded | Long
Derivative
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass	31,573,017
Commodities | Futures | Exchange Traded | Short
Derivative
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass	6,944,106
Commodities | Swaps | Non-exchange Traded | Short
Derivative
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass	1,180,877
Commodities | Swaps | Non-exchange Traded | Long
Derivative
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass	2,249,354
Freight | Options | Exchange Cleared | Short
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | item	76
Freight | Forwards | Exchange Cleared | Short
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | item	45
Natural Gas | Futures | Exchange Traded | Long
Derivative
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Energy Measure | MMBTU	6,560,000
Natural Gas | Swaps | Non Exchange Cleared | Long
Derivative
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Energy Measure | MMBTU	796,209
Energy - other | Forwards | Non Exchange Cleared | Long
Derivative
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass	7,108,552
Energy - other | Futures | Exchange Traded | Short
Derivative
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass	1,624,372
Energy - other | Swaps | Exchange Traded | Long
Derivative
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass	154,300
Designated derivative contracts | Freight
Derivative
Notional amounts of open foreign exchange positions | $	$ 0	$ 0

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+ References

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+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Article 12
-Section 13
-Sentence Column B

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-Publisher SEC
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