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INVESTMENTS IN RELATED COMPANIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Investments in Related Companies [Abstract]  
Cost-method Investments, Description [Text Block]
INVESTMENTS IN RELATED COMPANIES
The Corporation's ownership interests in related companies at December 31, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

Investments in Related Companies at Dec 31
Ownership Interest
Investment Balance
In millions
2017
2016
2017
2016
Dow International Holdings Company 1
12
%
15
%
$
633

$
633

Dow Quimica Argentina S.A. 2
%
23
%


Dow Quimica Mexicana S.A. de C.V.
15
%
15
%
5

5

Other
%
%
1

1

Total Investments in Related Companies
 
 
$
639

$
639


1. Ownership interest changed as a result of stock transfers and redemptions in Dow International Holdings Company by the parent company, Dow.
2. UCC transferred its shares in Dow Quimica Argentina S.A. ("DQA") to PBB Polisur S.R.L. and Dow Investment Argentina S.A., subsidiaries of Dow, in exchange for $2 million in cash and was included in "Sundry income (expense) - net" in the consolidated statements of income. In 2013, UCC's investment in DQA was fully impaired.