Divestitures and Other Transactions - Shenzhen, Performance Coatings, GLS/Vinyls, Performance Chemicals (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jan. 30, 2016	Dec. 11, 2015	Jul. 01, 2015	Jun. 23, 2015	May 12, 2015
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Chemours shares distributed to DD stockholders									1
Common stock, par value			$ 0.30	$ 0.30			$ 0.30		$ 0.30
Shares of DD stock converted									5
Separation related transaction costs			$ 35	$ 306	$ 175
Dividend received from Chemours	$ 3,923
Cash distribution received from Chemours	3,416
Net assets transferred at spin-off								$ 431
Ownership interest in DuPont (Shenzhen) Manufacturing Limited [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Ownership interest in an entity			100.00%
Gain on disposition of assets		$ 369	$ 369
Gain on disposition of assets, after-tax			214
Chemours [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Common stock, par value									$ 0.01
Prepayment to Chemours for goods and services			60			$ 190
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Separation related transaction costs			35	260	142
GLS/Vinyls [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Pre-tax gain on sale of business, continuing operations					391
After-tax gain on sale of business, continuing operations					273
Accounts and notes receivable, net [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Indemnification assets			81
Other Assets [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Indemnification assets			444
Other Current Liabilities [Member]
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Indemnified liabilities			81
Other liabilities [Member]
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Indemnified liabilities			$ 444
Other Post Employment Benefit Plans [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Curtailment gain (loss)				274
Pension Plan [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Curtailment gain (loss)				7
Corporate Expenses [Member] | Continuing Operations [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Separation related transaction costs				26	$ 33
Corporate Expenses [Member] | Loss on extinguishment of debt [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Separation related transaction costs				20
Chemours Restructuring Program [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Restructuring charges				$ 59
Chemours Notes Received [Member] | SeniorNotes7PercenteDue2025 [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Senior notes										$ 507
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage										7.00%
Chemours' Debt [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of debt	$ 4,000