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Financial Instruments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Financial Instruments Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions |
December 31, | 2016 | 2015
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: |  |
Foreign currency contracts | $ | — |  | $ | 10 |
Commodity contracts | 422 |  | 356 |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |
Foreign currency contracts | 9,896 |  | 8,065 |
Commodity contracts | 7 |  | 70 |
Schedule of Cash Flows Hedges Included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
December 31, | 2016 | 2015
Beginning balance | $ | (24 | ) | $ | (6 | )
Additions and revaluations of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges | 20 |  | (25 | )
Clearance of hedge results to earnings, after-tax | 11 |  | 7 |
Ending balance | $ | 7 |  | $ | (24 | )
Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value |
|  | Fair Value at December 31 Using Level 2 Inputs
| Balance Sheet Location | 2016 | 2015
Asset derivatives: |  |  |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts 1 | Accounts and notes receivable, net | $ | 182 |  | $ | 74 |
Total asset derivatives 2 |  | $ | 182 |  | $ | 74 |
Cash collateral 1 | Other accrued liabilities | $ | 52 |  | $ | 7 |
Liability derivatives: |  |  |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts | Other accrued liabilities | 121 |  | 80 |
Commodity contracts | Other accrued liabilities | — |  | 4 |
|  | 121 |  | 84 |
Total liability derivatives 2 |  | $ | 121 |  | $ | 84 |
1. | Cash collateral held as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 is related to foreign currency derivatives not related to hedging instruments.
2. | The company's derivative assets and liabilities subject to enforceable master netting arrangements totaled $114 and $35 at December 31, 2016 and 2015.
Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) in Statement of Financial Performance |
| Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCL 1 (Effective Portion) | Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income 2 |
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | Income Statement Classification
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | (1 | ) | $ | (28 | ) | Interest expense 3
Cash flow hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts | — |  | (2 | ) | 27 |  | — |  | 10 |  | 11 |  | Net sales
Foreign currency contracts | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 4 |  | Income from discontinued operations after income taxes
Commodity contracts | 32 |  | (35 | ) | 26 |  | (18 | ) | (22 | ) | (30 | ) | Cost of goods sold
| 32 |  | (37 | ) | 53 |  | (18 | ) | (13 | ) | (43 | ) |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts | — |  | — |  | — |  | (304 | ) | 434 |  | 607 |  | Other income, net 4
Foreign currency contracts | — |  | — |  | — |  | (12 | ) | (3 | ) | — |  | Net sales
Commodity contracts | — |  | — |  | — |  | (11 | ) | (2 | ) | (21 | ) | Cost of goods sold
| — |  | — |  | — |  | (327 | ) | 429 |  | 586 |  |
Total derivatives | $ | 32 |  | $ | (37 | ) | $ | 53 |  | $ | (345 | ) | $ | 416 |  | $ | 543 |  |
1. | OCI is defined as other comprehensive loss.
2. | For cash flow hedges, this represents the effective portion of the gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCL into income during the period. For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, there was no material ineffectiveness with regard to the company's cash flow hedges.
3. | Gain (loss) recognized in income of derivative is offset to $0 by gain (loss) recognized in income of the hedged item.
4. | Gain (loss) recognized in other income, net, was partially offset by the related gain (loss) on the foreign currency-denominated monetary assets and liabilities of the company's operations, see Note 5 for additional information.
Schedule of Cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities |
| December 31, 2016 | December 31, 2015
| Cash and Cash Equivalents | Marketable Securities | Total Estimated Fair Value | Cash and Cash Equivalents | Marketable Securities | Total Estimated Fair Value
Cash | $ | 1,892 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,892 |  | $ | 1,938 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,938 |
Level 1: |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 550 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 550 |
U.S. Treasury securities 1 | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 788 |  | 788 |
Level 2: |  |  |  |  |  |
Certificate of deposit / time deposits 2 | $ | 2,713 |  | $ | 1,362 |  | $ | 4,075 |  | $ | 2,812 |  | $ | 118 |  | $ | 2,930 |
Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities | $ | 4,605 |  | $ | 1,362 |  |  | $ | 5,300 |  | $ | 906 |  |
1. | Available-for-sale securities are reported at estimated fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported as component of accumulated other comprehensive loss. Proceeds from the sale of available-for-sale securities were $788 and $75 in the years ended December 31, 2016, and 2015, respectively.
2. | Held-to-maturity investments are reported at amortized cost.

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