Other Income, Net (Schedule of Other Income) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2016		Mar. 31, 2015
Component of Other Income [Line Items]
Net exchange (losses) gains		$ (121)		$ 79	[1]
Total		372		199
Gain on sale of entity		369
Gain on sale of entity, after-tax		214
Other Income [Member]
Component of Other Income [Line Items]
Royalty income		57		34
Interest income		16		25
Equity in earnings of affiliates, net		10		4
Net gain on sales of businesses and other assets		373	[2]	5
Net exchange (losses) gains		(121)		79	[3]
Miscellaneous income and expenses, net	[4]	37		52
Total		$ 372		199
Foreign currency loss due to devaluation of Ukrainian hryvnia [Member]
Component of Other Income [Line Items]
Net exchange (losses) gains				$ (40)

[1] Includes a charge of $(40) associated with remeasuring the company's Ukrainian hryvnia net monetary assets in the three months ended March 31, 2015, which were recorded in other income, net in the company's interim Consolidated Income Statements. See Note 5 for additional information.

[2] Includes a pre-tax gain of $369 ($214 net of tax) for the three months ended March 31, 2016 related to the sale of DuPont (Shenzhen) Manufacturing Limited. See Note 3 for additional information.

[3] The $79 net exchange gain for the three months ended March 31, 2015, includes a net $(40) pre-tax exchange loss associated with the devaluation of the Ukrainian hryvnia

[4] Miscellaneous income and expenses, net, includes interest items, certain insurance recoveries and gains related to litigation settlements and other items.