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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] | The (provision for)/benefit from income taxes consisted of the following:
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Current |  |  |  |  |
U.S. federal | $ | (80,029 | ) |  | $ | (26,893 | ) |  | $ | 973 |
State | (4,569 | ) |  | (624 | ) |  | (12 | )
Foreign | (288 | ) |  | (342 | ) |  | (1,242 | )
| (84,886 | ) |  | (27,859 | ) |  | (281 | )
Deferred |  |  |  |  |
U.S. federal | (2,598 | ) |  | (2,079 | ) |  | (14,554 | )
State | (595 | ) |  | (1,066 | ) |  | (1,283 | )
Foreign | (55 | ) |  | (32 | ) |  | 69 |
| (3,248 | ) |  | (3,177 | ) |  | (15,768 | )
Changes in valuation allowance | (257 | ) |  | 679 |  |  | 832 |
Total | $ | (88,391 | ) |  | $ | (30,357 | ) |  | $ | (15,217 | )
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] | A reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to the actual income tax rate was as follows:
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
REIT income not subject to federal tax |  | (7.1 | ) |  | (10.4 | ) |  | (16.8 | )
Income tax rate at federal statutory rates |  | 27.9 | % |  | 24.6 | % |  | 18.2 | %
Installment note prepayment |  | — |  |  | (3.7 | ) |  | — |
Built-in gains tax holiday |  | — |  |  | (1.9 | ) |  | — |
CBPC |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (10.5 | )
CBPC for AFMC exchange |  | (3.3 | ) |  | (1.9 | ) |  | — |
Taxing authority settlements and unrecognized tax benefit adjustments |  | — |  |  | (5.3 | ) |  | (1.1 | )
Other |  | (0.5 | ) |  | (1.9 | ) |  | (0.1 | )
Income tax rate as reported |  | 24.1 | % |  | 9.9 | % |  | 6.5 | %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] | The nature of the temporary differences and the resulting net deferred tax asset (liability) for the two years ended December 31, were as follows:
| 2012 |  | 2011
Gross deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations | $ | 29,944 |  |  | $ | 33,295 |
Pension, postretirement and other employee benefits | 66,354 |  |  | 62,382 |
Foreign and state NOL carryforwards | 18,023 |  |  | 17,796 |
Tax credit carryforwards | 4,429 |  |  | 4,443 |
Other | 8,736 |  |  | 13,615 |
Total gross deferred tax assets | 127,486 |  |  | 131,531 |
Less: Valuation allowance | (19,294 | ) |  | (18,811 | )
Total deferred tax assets after valuation allowance | 108,192 |  |  | 112,720 |
Gross deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Accelerated depreciation | (61,414 | ) |  | (62,594 | )
Repatriation of foreign earnings | (5,428 | ) |  | (5,030 | )
Other | (4,461 | ) |  | (4,021 | )
Total gross deferred tax liabilities | (71,303 | ) |  | (71,645 | )
Net deferred tax asset | $ | 36,889 |  |  | $ | 41,075 |
Current portion of deferred tax asset | $ | 15,845 |  |  | $ | 17,133 |
Noncurrent portion of deferred tax asset | 26,792 |  |  | 30,211 |
Noncurrent portion of deferred tax liability | (5,748 | ) |  | (6,269 | )
Net deferred tax asset | $ | 36,889 |  |  | $ | 41,075 |
Summary of Operating Loss Carryforwards [Table Text Block] | Included above are the following foreign and state net operating loss ("NOL") and tax credit carryforwards as of December 31, 2012:
Item | Gross Amount |  | Valuation Allowance |  | Expiration
New Zealand NOL Carryforwards (a) | $ | 17,394 |  |  | $ | (4,781 | ) |  | None
State NOL Carryforwards (a) | 233,023 |  |  | (13,242 | ) |  | 2013 - 2018
State and Foreign Tax Credits | 3,099 |  |  | (1,271 | ) |  | 2013 - 2018
Cellulosic Biofuel Producer Credit | 1,330 |  |  | — |  |  | 2016
Total Valuation Allowance |  |  | $ | (19,294 | ) |  |
(a) Fully reserved at December 31, 2012.
Summary of Tax Credit Carryforwards [Table Text Block] | Included above are the following foreign and state net operating loss ("NOL") and tax credit carryforwards as of December 31, 2012:
Item | Gross Amount |  | Valuation Allowance |  | Expiration
New Zealand NOL Carryforwards (a) | $ | 17,394 |  |  | $ | (4,781 | ) |  | None
State NOL Carryforwards (a) | 233,023 |  |  | (13,242 | ) |  | 2013 - 2018
State and Foreign Tax Credits | 3,099 |  |  | (1,271 | ) |  | 2013 - 2018
Cellulosic Biofuel Producer Credit | 1,330 |  |  | — |  |  | 2016
Total Valuation Allowance |  |  | $ | (19,294 | ) |  |
(a) Fully reserved at December 31, 2012.
Summary of Income Tax Examinations [Table Text Block] | The following table provides detail of the tax years that remain open to examination by the IRS and other significant taxing jurisdictions:
Taxing Jurisdiction | Open Tax Years
U.S. Internal Revenue Service | 2009 – 2012
State of Alabama | 2009 – 2012
State of Florida | 2005 – 2006, 2009 – 2012
State of Georgia | 2009 – 2012
New Zealand Inland Revenue | 2008 – 2012
Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block] | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending unrecognized tax benefits for the three years ended December 31 is as follows:
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Balance at January 1, | $ | 6,580 |  |  | $ | 22,580 |  |  | $ | 17,973 |
Decreases related to prior year tax positions | — |  |  | (16,000 | ) | (a) | (1,057 | )
Increases related to current year tax positions | — |  |  | — |  |  | 5,780 |
Payments | — |  |  | — |  |  | (116 | )
Balance at December 31, | $ | 6,580 |  |  | $ | 6,580 |  |  | $ | 22,580 |
(a) | During 2011, the Company received a final examination report from the IRS regarding its TRS 2009 tax return. As a result, Rayonier reversed the uncertain tax liability recorded in 2009 relating to the taxability of the AFMC and recognized a $16 million tax benefit in the third quarter of 2011.

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