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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) [Abstract] |
Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information [Table Text Block] |
| For the Three Months Ended(1)(2)
| March 31, |  | June 30, |  | September 30, |  | December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
| (in millions, except per unit data)
Net sales | $ | 4,574 |  |  | $ | 2,399 |  |  | $ | 4,497 |  |  | $ | 3,696 |  |  | $ | 4,181 |  |  | $ | 4,486 |  |  | $ | 4,533 |  |  | $ | 3,993 |
Gross margin on net sales | 681 |  |  | 327 |  |  | 610 |  |  | 453 |  |  | 356 |  |  | 812 |  |  | 329 |  |  | 376 |
Total revenues | 5,369 |  |  | 2,729 |  |  | 4,670 |  |  | 4,260 |  |  | 5,771 |  |  | 4,516 |  |  | 4,872 |  |  | 4,291 |
Net income | 710 |  |  | 109 |  |  | 93 |  |  | 469 |  |  | 1,236 |  |  | 103 |  |  | 405 |  |  | 81 |
Net (income) attributable to non-controlling interests | (433 | ) |  | (60 | ) |  | (39 | ) |  | (212 | ) |  | (764 | ) |  | (19 | ) |  | (183 | ) |  | (75 | )
Net income attributable to Icahn Enterprises | 277 |  |  | 49 |  |  | 54 |  |  | 257 |  |  | 472 |  |  | 84 |  |  | 222 |  |  | 6 |
Basic income per LP unit(3) | $ | 2.56 |  |  | $ | 0.48 |  |  | $ | 0.48 |  |  | $ | 2.44 |  |  | $ | 4.13 |  |  | $ | 0.75 |  |  | $ | 1.91 |  |  | $ | 0.05 |
Diluted income per LP unit(3) | $ | 2.50 |  |  | $ | 0.48 |  |  | $ | 0.48 |  |  | $ | 2.37 |  |  | $ | 4.10 |  |  | $ | 0.75 |  |  | $ | 1.90 |  |  | $ | 0.05 |
(1) | Amounts for all periods presented differ from each respective Form 10-Q filing due to our acquisition of a controlling interest in New ARL on October 2, 2013, which is an entity under common control and which we consolidated on an as-if-pooling basis.
(2) | We consolidated the results of CVR effective May 5, 2012.
(3) | Basic and diluted income per LP unit is computed separately for each quarter and therefore, the sum of such quarterly per LP unit amounts may differ from the total for the year.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure includes financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)-(j) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25249566&loc=d3e1280-108306 + Details
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