EQUITY INVESTMENTS (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) t	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Primester [Member]
Investments, Equity Method and Joint Ventures, Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest in joint venture (in hudredths)	50.00%
Equity method investment in joint venture	$ 22	$ 19
Other Joint Ventures [Member]
Investments, Equity Method and Joint Ventures, Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest in joint venture (in hudredths)	50.00%
Equity method investment in joint venture	$ 97	$ 102
Nanjing Joint Venture [Member]
Investments, Equity Method and Joint Ventures, Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest in joint venture (in hudredths)	50.00%
Shenzhen Joint Venture [Member]
Investments, Equity Method and Joint Ventures, Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest in joint venture (in hudredths)	50.00%
Acetate Tow Joint Venture [Member]
Investments, Equity Method and Joint Ventures, Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest in joint venture (in hudredths)	45.00%
Equity investment manufacturing plant capacity \| t	30,000
Equity investment raw material estimated to provide to joint venture	100.00%
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Joint Venture [Member]
Investments, Equity Method and Joint Ventures, Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest in joint venture (in hudredths)	50.00%

For an investment in a manufacturing plant, the estimated annual production capacity.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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