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Supplementary Information Sundry Income (Expense) - Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 4 Months Ended | 8 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Aug. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Successor [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Sundry Income (Expense) - Net [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Royalty income |  | $ 60 |  |  |  |  |
Interest income |  | 41 |  |  |  |  |
Equity in earnings of affiliates - net |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |
Net gain on sales of businesses and other assets |  | 16 |  |  |  |  |
Net exchange gains (losses) |  | 8 |  |  |  |  |
Miscellaneous income and expenses, net | [1] | 24 |  |  |  |  |
Sundry income - net |  | $ 90 |  |  |  |  |
Predecessor [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Sundry Income (Expense) - Net [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Royalty income |  |  | $ 84 |  | $ 170 |  | $ 138
Interest income |  |  | 83 |  | 102 |  | 124
Equity in earnings of affiliates - net |  |  | 55 |  | 99 |  | 49
Net gain on sales of businesses and other assets |  |  | 205 | [2] | 435 | [3] | 92
Net exchange gains (losses) |  |  | (394) |  | (106) |  | 30
Miscellaneous income and expenses, net | [1] |  | 133 |  | 7 |  | 257
Sundry income - net |  |  | 166 |  | 707 |  | $ 690
Food Safety Diagnostic Business [Member] | Predecessor [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Sundry Income (Expense) - Net [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax gain on disposal |  |  | 162 |  |  |  |
Gain on disposal, net of tax |  |  | $ 86 |  |  |  |
DuPont (Shenzhen) Manufacturing Limited [Member] | Predecessor [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Sundry Income (Expense) - Net [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gain on sale of entity |  |  |  |  | 369 |  |
Gain on sale of entity, after tax |  |  |  |  | $ 214 |  |
[1] | Miscellaneous income and expenses - net, includes interest items (in the Predecessor period only), gains (losses) on available for sale securities, gains related to litigation settlements, licensing income, gains on purchases, and other items.
[2] | Includes a pre-tax gain of $162 million ($86 million net of tax) for the period January 1 through August 31, 2017 related to the sale of global food safety diagnostics. See Note 4 for additional information.
[3] | Includes a pre-tax gain of $369 million ($214 million net of tax) for the year ended December 31, 2016 related to the sale of DuPont (Shenzhen) Manufacturing Limited. See Note 4 for additional information.

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