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Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 1 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2017 | Jun. 30, 2017
Property Lease Guarantee [Member] |  |
Commitments And Contingent Liabilities [Line Items] |  |
Guarantees related to residual values of leased assets |  | $ 7
PRP site [Member] |  |
Commitments And Contingent Liabilities [Line Items] |  |
Estimated future remediation costs |  | 9
Non- PRP sites [Member] |  |
Commitments And Contingent Liabilities [Line Items] |  |
Estimated future remediation costs |  | 7
Penalty Notification Alleging Misclassification of Importation of Certain Goods into U.S. During 2004-2009 [Member] | U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) [Member] |  |
Commitments And Contingent Liabilities [Line Items] |  |
Assessed penalty |  | $ 18
Penalties paid | $ 1 |

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