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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Quarterly Financial Data

The following table sets forth certain quarterly financial data. The quarterly earnings (loss) per share amounts for a year will not add to the earnings per share for that year due to weighting of shares used in calculating per share data.

		Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2015
(In millions, except per share data)		Q1				Q2				Q3				Q4
Net sales		$	784.6			$	869.2			$	827.5			$	715.7
Gross margin			103.9				123.5				112.8				36.1
Operating income (loss)			22.1				43.1				(811.7	)			(61.4	)
Net income (loss) from continuing operations			(2.4	)			22.8				(798.2	)			(66.0	)
Consolidated net income (loss)			(8.8	)			21.9				(792.5	)			(57.7	)
Net income (loss) attributable to Axiall			(10.6	)			20.6				(769.6	)			(56.8	)
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic		$	(0.15	)		$	0.29			$	(10.90	)		$	(0.80	)
Diluted		$	(0.15	)		$	0.29			$	(10.90	)		$	(0.80	)
		Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2014
		Q1				Q2				Q3				Q4
Net sales		$	808.5			$	974.9			$	997.5			$	861.6
Gross margin			76.8				149.6				156.7				123.2
Operating income (loss)			3.1				68.9				75.1				19.6
Net income (loss) from continuing operations			(7.7	)			37.7				48.2				(0.2	)
Consolidated net income (loss)			(10.6	)			28.1				45.1				(12.4	)
Net income (loss) attributable to Axiall			(11.6	)			27.2				44.5				(13.8	)
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic		$	(0.17	)		$	0.39			$	0.64			$	(0.20	)
Diluted		$	(0.17	)		$	0.38			$	0.63			$	(0.20	)

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Tabular disclosure of the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure includes financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 270
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51825399&loc=d3e1280-108306

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