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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016 | Mar. 31, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimated effective tax rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 23.10%
Effective tax rate | 7.20% |  | 4.50% |  | 13.60% | 6.50% |  |
Total favorable discrete items | $ 60 |  |  |  | $ 109 |  |  |
Net favorable tax audit settlements and expirations of statutes of limitations | 35 |  | $ 40 |  | 73 | $ 75 |  |
Gains on coffee business transactions and divestitures |  |  | 7,122 |  |  | 7,135 |  |
Net unfavorable tax charge related to the sale of joint venture |  | $ 32 |  | $ 22 |  | $ 54 |  |
United Kingdom |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Benefit from reduction of net deferred tax liabilities in tax legislation enacted | $ 17 |  |  |  | $ 17 |  |  |
Coffee Business |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gains on coffee business transactions and divestitures |  |  | 7,122 |  |  |  |  |
Tax expense on gains from divestitures |  |  | 197 |  |  |  |  |
Tax costs incurred to remit proceeds up from lower-tier foreign subsidiaries |  |  | $ 21 |  |  |  |  |
Scenario, Forecast |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimated effective tax rate |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20.80% |

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