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Stockholders' Equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Reconciliation of Common Stock Share Activity |
Shares of common stock | Issued | Held In Treasury
Balance January 1, 2014 | 1,014,027,000 |  | (87,041,000 | )
Issued | 8,103,000 |  | — |
Repurchased | — |  | (30,110,000 | )
Retired | (30,110,000 | ) | 30,110,000 |
Balance December 31, 2014 | 992,020,000 |  | (87,041,000 | )
Issued | 5,932,000 |  | — |
Repurchased | — |  | (39,564,000 | )
Retired | (39,564,000 | ) | 39,564,000 |
Balance December 31, 2015 | 958,388,000 |  | (87,041,000 | )
Issued | 4,808,000 |  | — |
Repurchased | — |  | (13,152,000 | )
Retired | (13,152,000 | ) | 13,152,000 |
Balance December 31, 2016 | 950,044,000 |  | (87,041,000 | )
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
| Cumulative Translation Adjustment 1 | Net Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedging Derivative Instruments | Pension Benefit Plans | Other Benefit Plans | Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Securities | Total
2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance January 1, 2014 | $ | (43 | ) | $ | (48 | ) | $ | (5,695 | ) | $ | 494 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | (5,290 | )
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications | (876 | ) | 33 |  | (2,601 | ) | (131 | ) | — |  | (3,575 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | — |  | 9 |  | 401 |  | (101 | ) | — |  | 309 |
Net other comprehensive (loss) income | $ | (876 | ) | $ | 42 |  | $ | (2,200 | ) | $ | (232 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | (3,266 | )
Balance December 31, 2014 | $ | (919 | ) | $ | (6 | ) | $ | (7,895 | ) | $ | 262 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | (8,556 | )
2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications | (1,605 | ) | (25 | ) | 39 |  | 3 |  | (17 | ) | (1,605 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | — |  | 7 |  | 535 |  | (243 | ) | (2 | ) | 297 |
Net other comprehensive (loss) income | $ | (1,605 | ) | $ | (18 | ) | $ | 574 |  | $ | (240 | ) | $ | (19 | ) | $ | (1,308 | )
Spin-off of Chemours | 191 |  | — |  | 278 |  | — |  | (1 | ) | 468 |
Balance December 31, 2015 | $ | (2,333 | ) | $ | (24 | ) | $ | (7,043 | ) | $ | 22 |  | $ | (18 | ) | $ | (9,396 | )
2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications | (510 | ) | 20 |  | (271 | ) | (81 | ) | (8 | ) | (850 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | — |  | 11 |  | 594 |  | (298 | ) | 28 |  | 335 |
Net other comprehensive (loss) income | $ | (510 | ) | $ | 31 |  | $ | 323 |  | $ | (379 | ) | $ | 20 |  | $ | (515 | )
Balance December 31, 2016 | $ | (2,843 | ) | $ | 7 |  | $ | (6,720 | ) | $ | (357 | ) | $ | 2 |  | $ | (9,911 | )
1. | The currency translation loss for the year ended December 31, 2016 is primarily driven by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar (USD) against the European Euro (EUR) partially offset by the weakening of the USD against the Brazilian real (BRL). The currency translation loss for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 is driven by the strengthening USD against primarily the EUR and BRL. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the increase over prior year is also due to changes in certain foreign entity's functional currency as described in Note 1.
Provision for taxes related to other comprehensive income [Table Text Block] |
For the year ended December 31, | 2016 | 2015 | 2014
Net gains (losses) on cash flow hedging derivative instruments | $ | (19 | ) | $ | 7 |  | $ | (26 | )
Pension benefit plans, net | (163 | ) | (317 | ) | 1,274 |
Other benefit plans, net | 194 |  | 135 |  | 155 |
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes related to other comprehensive (loss) income items | $ | 12 |  | $ | (175 | ) | $ | 1,403 |
Schedule of Components of Other Comprehensive Income / (Loss) |
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | Consolidated Statements of Income Classification
Net gains (losses) on cash flow hedging derivative instruments, before tax: | $ | 18 |  | $ | 12 |  | $ | 15 |  | See (1) below
Tax benefit | (7 | ) | (5 | ) | (6 | ) | See (2) below
After-tax | $ | 11 |  | $ | 7 |  | $ | 9 |  |
Amortization of pension benefit plans: |  |  |  |
Prior service (benefit) cost | (6 | ) | (9 | ) | 2 |  | See (3) below
Actuarial losses | 822 |  | 768 |  | 601 |  | See (3) below
Curtailment loss (gain) | 40 |  | (6 | ) | 4 |  | See (3) below
Settlement loss | 62 |  | 76 |  | 7 |  | See (3) below
Total before tax | $ | 918 |  | $ | 829 |  | $ | 614 |  |
Tax benefit | (324 | ) | (294 | ) | (213 | ) | See (2) below
After-tax | $ | 594 |  | $ | 535 |  | $ | 401 |  |
Amortization of other benefit plans: |  |  |  |
Prior service benefit | (134 | ) | (182 | ) | (214 | ) | See (3) below
Actuarial losses | 78 |  | 78 |  | 57 |  | See (3) below
Curtailment gain | (392 | ) | (274 | ) | — |  | See (3) below
Total before tax | $ | (448 | ) | $ | (378 | ) | $ | (157 | ) |
Tax expense | 150 |  | 135 |  | 56 |  | See (2) below
After-tax | $ | (298 | ) | $ | (243 | ) | $ | (101 | ) |
Net realized gains (losses) on investments, before tax: | 28 |  | (2 | ) | — |  | See (4) below
Tax expense | — |  | — |  | — |  | See (2) below
After-tax | $ | 28 |  | $ | (2 | ) | $ | — |  |
Total reclassifications for the period, after-tax | $ | 335 |  | $ | 297 |  | $ | 309 |  |
1. | Net sales and cost of goods sold
2. | Provision for income taxes from continuing operations
3. | These accumulated other comprehensive loss components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost of the company's pension and other benefit plans. See Note 17 for additional information.
4. | Other income, net

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