Exhibit 12

E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(Dollars in millions)

	Three Months
	Ended
	March 31,			Years Ended December 31,
	2007			2006			2005			2004			2003			2002
Income before cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles	$	945		$	3,148		$	2,056		$	1,780		$	1,002		$	1,841
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		365			196			1,470			(329	)		(930	)		185
Minority interests in earnings (losses) of consolidated subsidiaries		2			(15	)		37			(9	)		71			98
Adjustment for companies accounted for by the equity method		28			11			(1	)		99			360			48
Capitalized interest		(10	)		(37	)		(23	)		(17	)		(29	)		(45	)
Amortization of capitalized interest		9			33			33			365	(a)		119	(a)		59
		1,339			3,336			3,572			1,889			593			2,186
Fixed charges:
Interest and debt expense		99			460			518			362			347			359
Capitalized interest		10			37			23			17			29			45
Rental expense representative of interest factor		24			94			88			91			90			82
		133			591			629			470			466			486
Total adjusted earnings available for payment of fixed charges	$	1,472		$	3,927		$	4,201		$	2,359		$	1,059		$	2,672
Number of times fixed charges earned		11.1			6.6			6.7			5.0			2.3			5.5

(a) Includes write-off of capitalized interest associated with exiting certain businesses.