BUSINESSES HELD FOR SALE, DIVESTITURES AND IMPAIRMENTS (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Temple Inland Building Products Business [Member] Facilities	Dec. 31, 2012 Temple Inland Building Products Business [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Containerboard Mills [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Containerboard Mills [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Containerboard Mills [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Hueneme Mill [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Shorewood Divestiture [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Shorewood Divestiture [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Shorewood Divestiture [Member]	Feb. 13, 2013 Deltic Timber Corporation (Deltic) [Member] Temple Inland Building Products Business [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Limited [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Limited [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Georgia-Pacific [Member] Temple Inland Building Products Business [Member]	Apr. 02, 2013 Georgia-Pacific [Member] Temple Inland Building Products Business [Member]	Mar. 27, 2013 Georgia-Pacific [Member] Temple Inland Building Products Business [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of facilities to be sold						15
Proceeds from divestitures			$ 733	$ 474														$ 733
Significant acquisitions and disposals, acquisition costs or sale proceeds															20
Disposal group, transfer of ownership interest															50.00%
Disposal of business, contractual sale price																			710	750
Assets of businesses held for sale	0		0		759		759
Goodwill, gross	7,920		7,920		7,744		26
Acquired finite and indefinite lived intangible asset, amount							153
Liabilities of businesses held for sale	0		0		44		44
Disposal group, not discontinued operation, gain (loss) on disposal	(1)	(18)	(1)	(89)				(19)	(9)	(28)		(6)	7	(1)
Disposal group, not discontinued operation, gain (loss) on disposal, net of tax								(49)	(5)			(4)	6
Bargain purchase gain (loss) on acquisition of business	0	0	13	0												1	0
Impairment of long-lived assets to be disposed of											62
Impairment of long-lived assets to be disposed of, net of tax											$ 38