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SUBSEQUENT EVENT	9 Months Ended
SUBSEQUENT EVENT	Sep. 30, 2012
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
SUBSEQUENT EVENT	SUBSEQUENT EVENT On October 24, 2012, International Paper announced that it had entered into an agreement with Jari Celulose, Embalagens e Papel S/A, a Grupo Orsa company, to form a joint venture. Jari's industrial packaging assets, including three containerboard mills and four box plants, will be separated from its pulp and forestry businesses and transferred to a newly formed company in which International Paper will hold a 75% stake. International Paper's investment in the joint venture will be approximately $470 million (based on the foreign exchange rate at the date the agreement was announced). The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the 2013 first quarter.