RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended																			3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013 The Dow Chemical Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 The Dow Chemical Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 The Dow Chemical Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Modeland International Holdings, Inc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 General and Administrative Expense [Member] The Dow Chemical Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 General and Administrative Expense [Member] The Dow Chemical Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 General and Administrative Expense [Member] The Dow Chemical Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Estimated Federal Tax Liability, Related Party [Member] The Dow Chemical Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Estimated Federal Tax Liability, Related Party [Member] The Dow Chemical Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Estimated Federal Tax Liability, Related Party [Member] The Dow Chemical Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Purchases from Dow [Member] Cost of Sales [Member] The Dow Chemical Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Purchases from Dow [Member] Cost of Sales [Member] The Dow Chemical Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Purchases from Dow [Member] Cost of Sales [Member] The Dow Chemical Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Activity Based Costs [Member] Cost of Sales [Member] The Dow Chemical Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Activity Based Costs [Member] Cost of Sales [Member] The Dow Chemical Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Activity Based Costs [Member] Cost of Sales [Member] The Dow Chemical Company [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Retained Earnings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Retained Earnings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Retained Earnings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] Dow Quimica Argentina S.A. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Union Carbide Subsidiary C, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Expenses from Transactions with Related Party											$ 25,000,000	$ 32,000,000	$ 48,000,000				$ 2,900,000,000	$ 3,100,000,000	$ 3,500,000,000	$ 46,000,000	$ 51,000,000	$ 35,000,000
Service Fee with Parent							10.00%
Notes Receivable, Related Parties							2,400,000,000	2,300,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity							1,000,000,000
Notes Receivable, Related Parties, Noncurrent							843,000,000	820,000,000
Impairment of investment in related company	25,000,000	[1]	131,000,000	[1]	0					131,000,000																25,000,000
Dividends declared										9,000,000													661,000,000	784,000,000	951,000,000
Dividend, Noncash, Ownership interest in Subsidiary						70,000,000
Payments of Dividends	591,000,000		775,000,000		950,000,000		591,000,000	775,000,000
Ownership Interest, Subsidiary																											100.00%
Proceeds from Dividends Received							16,000,000	25,000,000	7,000,000
Related Party Transaction, Tax Payment														$ 163,000,000	$ 0	$ 227,000,000

[1] See Note 17 for additional information.