Exhibit 12

E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

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

	Six Months
	Ended
	June 30,			Years Ended December 31,
	2007			2006			2005			2004			2003			2002
Income before cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles	$	1,917		$	3,148		$	2,056		$	1,780		$	1,002		$	1,841
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		700			196			1,470			(329	)		(930	)		185
Minority interests in earnings (losses) of consolidated subsidiaries		3			(15	)		37			(9	)		71			98
Adjustment for companies accounted for by the equity method		22			11			(1	)		99			360			48
Capitalized interest		(21	)		(37	)		(23	)		(17	)		(29	)		(45	)
Amortization of capitalized interest		17			33			33			365	(a)		119	(a)		59
		2,638			3,336			3,572			1,889			593			2,186
Fixed charges:
Interest and debt expense		207			460			518			362			347			359
Capitalized interest		21			37			23			17			29			45
Rental expense representative of interest factor		47			94			88			91			90			82
		275			591			629			470			466			486
Total adjusted earnings available for payment of fixed charges	$	2,913		$	3,927		$	4,201		$	2,359		$	1,059		$	2,672
Number of times fixed charges earned		10.6			6.6			6.7			5.0			2.3			5.5

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