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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Sep. 30, 2017 | Jun. 30, 2017 | Mar. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Jan. 01, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Provisional discrete net tax benefit |  |  |  |  |  | $ (59) |  |  |  |
U.S. tax reform transition tax |  |  |  |  |  | 1,317 | $ 0 | $ 0 |  |
Provisional deferred tax benefit |  |  |  |  |  | 1,311 |  |  |  |
Deferred tax benefit related to changes in our indefinite reinvestment assertion |  |  |  |  |  | $ 61 |  |  |  |
Federal income tax rates |  |  |  |  |  | 35.00% | 35.00% | 35.00% |  |
Unremitted earnings indefinitely reinvested | $ 2,000 |  |  |  |  | $ 2,000 |  |  |  |
Impact on provision for income tax, out-of-period adjustments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 14 |  |
Effective tax rate |  |  |  |  |  | 22.00% | 8.90% | 7.50% |  |
Total favorable discrete items |  |  |  |  |  | $ 117 | $ 161 | $ 119 |  |
Gains on coffee business transactions and divestitures | (2) | $ (187) | $ 3 | $ 0 |  | 186 | 9 | $ 6,822 |  |
Effective tax rate, excluding the discrete items |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17.80% |  |
Loss carryforwards | 4,060 |  |  |  |  | 4,060 |  |  |  |
Loss carryforwards, expire at various dates between 2018 and 2037 | 1,105 |  |  |  |  | 1,105 |  |  |  |
Loss carryforwards, indefinitely | 2,955 |  |  |  |  | 2,955 |  |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits | 579 |  |  |  |  | 579 | $ 610 | $ 756 | $ 610 | $ 852
Impact on tax provision from unrecognized tax benefits | 524 |  |  |  |  | 524 |  |  | 549 |
Unrecognized tax benefits reasonably possible increase resulting from unfavorable audit developments |  |  |  |  |  | 40 |  |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits reasonably possible decrease resulting from audit settlements and the expiration of statutes of limitations in various jurisdictions | 150 |  |  |  |  | 150 |  |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits reasonably possible reductions due to audit settlements and expiration of statutes of limitations |  |  |  |  |  | 150 |  |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits, income tax penalties and interest accrued | $ 212 |  |  |  |  | 212 |  |  | $ 189 |
Net benefit for interest and penalties |  |  |  |  |  | $ 26 |  |  |  |
Unremitted Foreign Earnings And Profits [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accumulated foreign earnings and profits, percentage |  |  |  |  |  | 8.00% |  |  |  |
Scenario Forecast |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal income tax rates |  |  |  |  | 21.00% |  |  |  |  |
Liquid Assets [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accumulated foreign earnings and profits, percentage |  |  |  |  |  | 15.50% |  |  |  |
Coffee Business |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gains on coffee business transactions and divestitures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,809 |  |
Tax expense on gains from divestitures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 184 |  |
Tax costs incurred to remit proceeds up from lower-tier foreign subsidiaries |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 27 |  |

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