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LEASES - Right-of-use assets and depreciation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2022 | Jun. 30, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2021
Disclosure of quantitative information about right-of-use assets [line items] |  |  |
Lease liabilities | $ 871 |  | $ 880
Right of-use assets: | 1,047 |  | 1,072
Depreciation and impairment charges: | 97 | $ 93 |
Other lease related expenses: |  |  |
Interest expense on lease liabilities | 17 | 17 |
Expenses of short-term leases | 45 | 38 |
Expenses of leases of low-value assets | 35 | 32 |
Expenses related to variable lease payments | 45 | 48 |
Additions to right-of-use assets | 151 | 58 |
Lease payments recorded as reduction of lease liabilities and cash outflow from financing activities | 95 | 100 |
Land, buildings and improvements |  |  |
Disclosure of quantitative information about right-of-use assets [line items] |  |  |
Right of-use assets: | 728 |  | 729
Depreciation and impairment charges: | 66 | 57 |
Machinery, equipment and others |  |  |
Disclosure of quantitative information about right-of-use assets [line items] |  |  |
Right of-use assets: | 319 |  | $ 343
Depreciation and impairment charges: | $ 31 | $ 36 |

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- Definition The amount of the expense relating to leases of low-value assets accounted for applying paragraph 6 of IFRS 16. This expense shall not include the expense relating to short-term leases of low-value assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 16 -IssueDate 2021-01-01 -Paragraph 53 -Subparagraph d -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=16&code=ifrs-tx-2021-en-r&anchor=para_53_d&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2021-03-24 + Details
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- Definition The amount of the expense relating to short-term leases accounted for applying paragraph 6 of IFRS 16. This expense need not include the expense relating to leases with a lease term of one month or less. Short-term lease is a lease that, at the commencement date, has a lease term of 12 months or less. A lease that contains a purchase option is not a short-term lease. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 16 -IssueDate 2021-01-01 -Paragraph 53 -Subparagraph c -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=16&code=ifrs-tx-2021-en-r&anchor=para_53_c&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2021-03-24 + Details
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- Definition The amount of the expense relating to variable lease payments not included in the measurement of lease liabilities. Variable lease payments are the portion of payments made by a lessee to a lessor for the right to use an underlying asset during the lease term that varies because of changes in facts or circumstances occurring after the commencement date, other than the passage of time. [Refer: Lease liabilities] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 16 -IssueDate 2021-01-01 -Paragraph 53 -Subparagraph e -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=16&code=ifrs-tx-2021-en-r&anchor=para_53_e&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2021-03-24 + Details
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