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Employee Separation / Asset Related Charges, Net (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
2016 Restructuring Program [Member] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of Restructuring Program |
| Severance and Related Benefit Costs | Asset Related Charges | Other Non-Personnel Charges 1 | Total
Balance at December 31, 2015 | $ | 648 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 32 |  | $ | 680 |
Payments | (335 | ) | — |  | (25 | ) | (360 | )
Net translation adjustment | 3 |  | — |  | — |  | 3 |
Other adjustments | (135 | ) | 53 |  | 11 |  | (71 | )
Asset write-offs | — |  | (53 | ) | — |  | (53 | )
Balance as of September 30, 2016 | $ | 181 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 18 |  | $ | 199 |
1. | Other non-personnel charges consist of contractual obligation costs.
Restructuring Adjustment by Segment [Table Text Block] |
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended
| September 30, | September 30,
| 2016 | 2016
Agriculture | $ | 13 |  | $ | 29 |
Electronics & Communications | 2 |  | (13 | )
Industrial Biosciences | — |  | (4 | )
Nutrition & Health | 1 |  | (12 | )
Performance Materials | (2 | ) | (7 | )
Protection Solutions | — |  | (10 | )
Other | — |  | 3 |
Corporate expenses | 3 |  | (57 | )
| $ | 17 |  | $ | (71 | )
2014 Restructuring Program [Member] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of Restructuring Program |
| Severance and Related Benefit Costs | Other Non-Personnel Charges 1 | Total
Balance at December 31, 2015 | $ | 76 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | 78 |
Payments | (45 | ) | — |  | (45 | )
Balance as of September 30, 2016 | $ | 31 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | 33 |
1. | Other non-personnel charges consist of contractual obligation costs.

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