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Note 13 - Hedging Activities (Details) - Effect on Consolidated Financial Statements (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Sales [Member] | Interest Rate Hedges [Member]    
Note 13 - Hedging Activities (Details) - Effect on Consolidated Financial Statements [Line Items]    
Gain/(loss) recognized in other comprehensive income (oci) $ (13)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= glw_InterestRateHedgesMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
 
Gain reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective) 5us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= glw_InterestRateHedgesMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
[1]  
Cost of Sales [Member] | Interest Rate Hedges [Member]    
Note 13 - Hedging Activities (Details) - Effect on Consolidated Financial Statements [Line Items]    
Gain reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective) 2us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= glw_InterestRateHedgesMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_CostOfSalesMember
[1]  
Cash Flow Hedging [Member]    
Note 13 - Hedging Activities (Details) - Effect on Consolidated Financial Statements [Line Items]    
Gain/(loss) recognized in other comprehensive income (oci) 14us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember
(7)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember
Gain reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective) 7us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember
[1]  
Foreign Exchange Contract [Member]    
Note 13 - Hedging Activities (Details) - Effect on Consolidated Financial Statements [Line Items]    
Gain/(loss) recognized in other comprehensive income (oci) $ 27us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
$ (7)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
[1] The amount of hedge ineffectiveness at March 31, 2015 and 2014 was insignificant.