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Business Segment and Geographic Data Information (Sales of Principal Products) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Billions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Sales of Principal Products	$ 18.3	$ 18.2	$ 18.6
Consumer Tissue Products
Sales of Principal Products	5.9	6.0	6.1
Baby and Child Care Products
Sales of Principal Products	6.3	6.4	6.6
Away from Home Professional Products
Sales of Principal Products	3.2	3.1	3.2
All Other
Sales of Principal Products	$ 2.9	$ 2.7	$ 2.7

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Aggregate revenue during the period from the sale of goods in the normal course of business, after deducting returns, allowances and discounts.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(a))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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