INDUSTRY SEGMENT INFORMATION (Note)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Industry Segment Information [Note Text Block]

INDUSTRY SEGMENT INFORMATION

International Paper’s industry segments, Industrial Packaging, Printing Papers, Consumer Packaging and Distribution, are consistent with the internal structure used to manage these businesses. All segments are differentiated on a common product, common customer basis consistent with the business segmentation generally used in the Forest Products industry.

The Company also has a 50% equity interest in Ilim in Russia that is a separate reportable industry segment.

Sales by industry segment for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
In millions	2013			2012			2013			2012
Industrial Packaging	$	3,755		$	3,335		$	11,095		$	9,900
Printing Papers	1,555			1,580			4,635			4,650
Consumer Packaging	885			765			2,570			2,355
Distribution	1,445			1,535			4,235			4,510
Corporate and Intersegment Sales	(234		)	(189		)	(704		)	(657		)
Net Sales	$	7,406		$	7,026		$	21,831		$	20,758

Operating profit by industry segment for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
In millions	2013				2012				2013				2012
Industrial Packaging	$	499		(a)	$	255		(e)	1,328			(a)	$	730		(e)
Printing Papers	93			(b)	202			(f)	318			(b)	452			(f)
Consumer Packaging	73			(c)	67			(g)	131			(c)	227			(g)
Distribution	13			(d)	15			(h)	8			(d)	18			(h)
Operating Profit	678				539				$	1,785			1,427
Interest expense, net	(147		)		(163		)		(479		)	(i)	(503		)
Noncontrolling interests/equity earnings adjustment (j)	(3		)		—				1				8
Corporate items, net	(13		)		(1		)		(35		)		(36		)
Restructuring and other charges	(26		)		(15		)		(23		)		(40		)
Non-operating pension expense	(78		)		(40		)		(245		)		(119		)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity earnings	$	411			$	320			$	1,004			$	737
Equity earnings (loss), net of taxes – Ilim	$	11			$	33			$	(34	)		$	48

(a) Includes charges of $24 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and $50 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 for integration costs associated with the acquisition of Temple-Inland, a gain of $14 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 for a bargain purchase adjustment on the first quarter 2013 acquisition of a majority share of our operations in Turkey, a gain of $9 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2013 related to the sale of the box plant facility in Bellevue, Washington, and charges of $3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and $8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 for other items.

(b) Includes charges of $51 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2013 for costs associated with the announced shutdown of our Courtland, Alabama mill.

(c) Includes charges of $45 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 for costs associated with the permanent shutdown of a paper machine at our Augusta, Georgia mill.

(d) Includes charges of $6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and $30 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 for costs associated with the restructuring of the Company's xpedx operations.

(e) Includes charges of $58 million and $136 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2012 for integration costs associated with the Temple-Inland acquisition, charges of $19 million and $28 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2012 for costs associated with the divestiture of three containerboard mills, charges of $16 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2012 for costs associated with the restructuring of our Packaging business in Europe, a charge of $62 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to adjust the value of the long-lived assets of the Hueneme mill in Oxnard, California to their fair value, a charge of $20 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 related to the write-up of the Temple-Inland inventory to fair value, and gains of $6 million and $5 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2012 for other items.

(f) Includes a gain of $1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and a net $0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 related to the acquisition of the majority interest in Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Limited.

(g) Includes a gain of $1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 for adjustments related to the sale of the Shorewood business.

(h) Includes charges of $9 million and $42 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2012 for costs associated with the restructuring of the Company's xpedx operation.

(i) Includes a gain of $6 million for interest related to the settlement of an IRS tax audit.

(j) Operating profits for industry segments include each segment’s percentage share of the profits of subsidiaries included in that segment that are less than wholly owned. The pre-tax noncontrolling interest and equity earnings for these subsidiaries are adjusted here to present consolidated earnings before income taxes and equity earnings.