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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended							3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	Feb. 08, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013 Country	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 Segment Country	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 30, 2013	Oct. 02, 2012	Dec. 31, 2010	Jan. 02, 2010	Sep. 30, 2013 Correction	Jun. 30, 2013 Correction	Mar. 31, 2013 Correction	Dec. 31, 2012 Correction	Sep. 30, 2012 Correction	Mar. 31, 2012 Correction	Sep. 30, 2013 Correction	Dec. 31, 2012 Correction	Dec. 31, 2011 Correction	Dec. 31, 2013 Prior Periods Correction	Jan. 23, 2014 Subsequent Event	Dec. 31, 2013 Venezuelan bolivar	Dec. 31, 2013 Argentina	Dec. 31, 2013 North America And Europe	Dec. 31, 2013 EEMEA	Dec. 31, 2012 EEMEA	Dec. 31, 2011 EEMEA	Dec. 31, 2013 United States	Dec. 31, 2012 United States	Dec. 31, 2011 United States	Dec. 31, 2013 United States Environmental Matters	Dec. 31, 2012 United States Environmental Matters	Mar. 19, 2013 Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum Machinery and Equipment	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum Machinery and Equipment	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum Buildings and Building Improvements	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum Software
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of countries in which entity operates		165								165
Percentage of shares divested														100.00%
Number of reportable segments										5
Change in accounting policy effect of change on net revenue										$ 37		$ 679
Change in accounting policy effect of change on operating results										6		93
Increase in cumulative net earnings		1,773	1,018	602	542	578	664	1,034	818	3,935	3,094	3,574					(12)	(15)	(32)	35	5	(1)	59	39	27	94
Cumulative correction to retained earnings															28
Foreign currency exchange rate translation	6.30												11.30			4.30																							6.30
Foreign currency impacts relating to highly inflationary accounting	54
Unfavorable devaluation relating to foreign currency										67
Net revenue		9,488	8,472	8,595	8,744	9,495	8,326	8,527	8,667	35,299	35,015	35,810																800	800		3,915	3,735	3,836	5,965	5,974	5,848
Net monetary assets denominated		257								257
Argentina peso devalued percentage against US Dollar																											15.00%
Useful life, in years																																								3 years	20 years	40 years	7 years
Discounted cash flows projection period										20 years
Discount rate																														6.60%	9.60%
Advertising expense										1,721	1,815	1,860
Research and development expense										$ 471	$ 462	$ 511
Active proceeding subsidiaries are involved in																																					1	1

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