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Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements - Transfer of Financial Assets Accounted for as Sales (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Trade receivables transferred to third parties under factoring arrangements	$ 379	$ 740
Amounts yet to be collected and remitted to the third parties	$ 363		$ 357

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Transfers of financial assets during the period.

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Amount of derecognized financial assets from transactions which comprise an initial transfer and an agreement entered into in contemplation of the initial transfer resulting in retention of substantially all of the exposure to the economic return throughout the term of the transaction, at the date of derecognition.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4D
-Subparagraph (a)
-SubTopic 20
-Topic 860
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481326/860-20-50-4D

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