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Supplementary Information Other Income (Expense) - Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
Schedule of Sundry Income (Expense) - Net [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest income |  | $ 77 | $ 56 | $ 59
Equity in earnings (losses) of affiliates - net |  | 14 | 0 | (9)
Net gain on sales of businesses and other assets | [1] | 21 | (2) | 64
Net exchange losses | [2] | (54) | (174) | (99)
Non-operating pension and other post employment benefit credit (cost) | [3] | 1,318 | 368 | 191
Miscellaneous income (expenses) - net | [4] | (28) | (36) | 9
Other income (expense) - net |  | 1,348 | 212 | 215
Segment Reconciling Items [Member] |  |  |  |
Schedule of Sundry Income (Expense) - Net [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest income |  | (77) | (56) | (59)
Net exchange losses | [5] | 54 | 174 | 66
Non-operating pension and other post employment benefit credit (cost) |  | (1,256) | (316) | (129)
(Loss) Gain on sale or disposition of assets | [6],[7] |  | (388) |
Employee Retention Credit |  | 60 |  |
Contract Termination Cost |  | (54) |  |
Segment Reconciling Items [Member] | Crop Protection [Member] |  |  |  |
Schedule of Sundry Income (Expense) - Net [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Employee Retention Credit |  | 23 |  |
Contract Termination Cost |  | (24) |  |
Deconsolidation of a subsidiary [Member] | Segment Reconciling Items [Member] |  |  |  |
Schedule of Sundry Income (Expense) - Net [Line Items] |  |  |  |
(Loss) Gain on sale or disposition of assets | [7] |  |  | (67)
La Porte | Segment Reconciling Items [Member] | Crop Protection [Member] |  |  |  |
Schedule of Sundry Income (Expense) - Net [Line Items] |  |  |  |
(Loss) Gain on sale or disposition of assets |  | (53) |  |
APAC Business [Member] | Segment Reconciling Items [Member] | Crop Protection [Member] |  |  |  |
Schedule of Sundry Income (Expense) - Net [Line Items] |  |  |  |
(Loss) Gain on sale or disposition of assets |  | 27 |  |
Hedging Program [Member] |  |  |  |
Schedule of Sundry Income (Expense) - Net [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Net exchange losses |  | 18 | 89 | (58)
Hedging Program [Member] | Argentine peso devaluation [Member] |  |  |  |
Schedule of Sundry Income (Expense) - Net [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Net exchange losses |  | $ (67) | (82) | (51)
Hedging Program [Member] | Argentine peso devaluation [Member] | Segment Reconciling Items [Member] |  |  |  |
Schedule of Sundry Income (Expense) - Net [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Net exchange losses |  |  | $ (33) |
Hedging Program [Member] | Tax Reform Foreign Currency Exchange Impact [Member] | Segment Reconciling Items [Member] |  |  |  |
Schedule of Sundry Income (Expense) - Net [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Net exchange losses | [7] |  |  | $ (33)
[1] | The year ended December 31, 2020 includes a loss of $(53) million and a gain of $27 million relating to the expected sale of the La Porte site, for which the company signed an agreement in 2020, and the sale of a business in Asia Pacific in the crop protection segment, respectively.
[2] | Includes net pre-tax exchange gains (losses) of $(67) million, $(82) million and $(51) million associated with the devaluation of the Argentine peso for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
[3] | Includes non-service related components of net periodic benefit credits (costs) (interest cost, expected long-term rate of return on plan assets, amortization of unrecognized gain (loss), amortization of prior service benefit and settlement gain (loss)).
[4] | Miscellaneous income (expenses) - net, includes losses from sale of receivables, tax indemnification adjustments related to changes in indemnification balances as a result of the application of the terms of the Tax Matters Agreement between Corteva and Dow and/or DuPont, and other items. The year ended December 31, 2021 also includes the Employee Retention Credit of $60 million pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act as enhanced by the Consolidated Appropriations Act (“CAA”) and American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”), a gain from the remeasurement of an equity investment of $47 million, a charge related to a contract termination with a third-party service provider of $(54) million and the 2021 officer indemnification payment.
[5] | Excludes a $(33) million foreign exchange loss for the year ended December 31, 2019 associated with the devaluation of the Argentine peso. See Note 9 - Supplementary Information, to the Consolidated Financial Statements, for additional information.2.Effective January 1, 2021, on a prospective basis, the company excludes net unrealized gain or loss from mark-to-market activity for certain foreign currency derivative instruments that do not qualify for hedge accounting. There were no unrealized mark-to-market (gains) losses for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
[6] | Includes a loss recorded in other income - net related to DAS's sale of a joint venture related to synergy actions.
[7] | The year ended December 31, 2019 is presented on a pro forma basis, prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X that was in effect prior to recent amendments.

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