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Segment Information (Reconciliation to Consolidated Income Statements) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Information |  |  |
Total segment PTOI | $ 1,941 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss |  | $ 2,248 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Non operating pension and other post retirement employee benefit costs | (75)dd_Nonoperatingpensionandotherpostretirementemployeebenefitcosts |  | (30)dd_Nonoperatingpensionandotherpostretirementemployeebenefitcosts
Net exchange gains (losses) | 64 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax | [1] | (96)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax
Corporate expenses | (245)dd_SegmentReportingReconcilingItemCorporateExpenses | [2] | (217)dd_SegmentReportingReconcilingItemCorporateExpenses
Interest expense | (84)us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt |  | (103)us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt
Income before income taxes | 1,601 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |  | 1,802 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Corporate Expenses [Member] |  |  |
Segment Information |  |  |
Separation related transaction costs | (81)dd_Separationrelatedtransactioncosts / dd_DivestituresandOtherTransactionsAxis = dd_CorporateExpensesMember |  | (16)dd_Separationrelatedtransactioncosts / dd_DivestituresandOtherTransactionsAxis = dd_CorporateExpensesMember
Foreign currency loss due to devaluation of Ukrainian hryvnia [Member] |  |  |
Segment Information |  |  |
Net exchange gains (losses) | $ (40)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax / dd_ComponentofOtherIncomeandExpenseAxis = dd_ForeigncurrencylossduetodevaluationofUkrainianhryvniaMember |  | $ (39)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax / dd_ComponentofOtherIncomeandExpenseAxis = dd_ForeigncurrencylossduetodevaluationofUkrainianhryvniaMember
[1] | Included a charge of $(40) associated with remeasuring the company's Ukranian hryvnia net monetary assets in the three months ended March 31, 2015, which was recorded in other income, net in the company's interim Consolidated Income Statements.
[2] | Included transaction costs associated with the separation of the Performance Chemicals segment of $(81) and $(16) in the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, which were recorded in other operating charges in the company's interim Consolidated Income Statements.

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