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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) [Abstract] |
Quarterly Financial Information [Text Block] | Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited).
| 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 The entire disclosure for the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure may include a tabular presentation of financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income or loss before extraordinary items and earnings per share data. It also includes an indication if the information in the note is unaudited, comments on the aggregate effect of year-end adjustments, and an explanation of matters or transactions that affect comparability or are pertinent to an understanding of the information furnished. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 13 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6372559&loc=d3e765-108305 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6372559&loc=d3e725-108305 Reference 3: 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 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) -Number Topic 6 -Section G -Subsection 1 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-K (SK) -Number 229 -Section 302 -Paragraph a + Details
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