Variable Interest Entities And Preferred Securities Of Subsidiaries (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended					3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended						0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2007 acre	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2007	Mar. 31, 2011 2001 Financing Entities [Member]	May 31, 2011 2002 Financing Entities [Member]	Oct. 31, 2007 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]	Dec. 31, 2006 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] Class B Interest In Entities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] Class B Interest In Entities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2006 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] Class B Interest In Entities [Member]	Mar. 16, 2011 2001 Financing Entities [Member] Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Timber Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2006 Timber Notes [Member] acre	Dec. 19, 2012 Timber Notes [Member] B N P Paribas [Member]	Jun. 21, 2012 Timber Notes [Member] B N P Paribas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Timber Notes [Member] Llyods TSB Bank Plc [Member]	May 31, 2002 2002 Financing Entities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 2002 Financing Entities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 2002 Financing Entities [Member]	Mar. 27, 2013 Preferred Securities Of Subsidiaries [Member]	Mar. 30, 2003 Preferred Securities Of Subsidiaries [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Preferred Securities Of Subsidiaries [Member] 2001 Financing Entities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Two Thousand Seven Monetized Notes [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Two Thousand Seven Monetized Notes [Member] Societe Generale SA [Member]	Jan. 23, 2012 Two Thousand Seven Monetized Notes [Member] Societe Generale SA [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Two Thousand Seven Monetized Notes [Member] Barclays Private Limited Company [Member]	Jun. 21, 2012 Two Thousand Seven Monetized Notes [Member] Barclays Private Limited Company [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Societe Generale SA [Member] Timber Notes [Member]	Jan. 23, 2012 Societe Generale SA [Member] Timber Notes [Member]	Nov. 29, 2011 Llyods TSB Bank Plc [Member] Timber Notes [Member]	Feb. 29, 2012 Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc [Member] Timber Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc [Member] Timber Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc [Member] Timber Notes [Member]	Nov. 22, 2011 Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc [Member] Timber Notes [Member]	Oct. 07, 2011 Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc [Member] Timber Notes [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Forestlands average sales																		5,600,000
Amount of consideration received									$ 2,380,000,000	$ 4,800,000,000
Contribution of Class A interests in the Borrower Entities to other newly formed entities in December 2006										200,000,000
Contribution of International Paper promissory notes to other newly formed entities										400,000,000
Interests held in entities in December 2006															5,000,000,000
Letters of credit downgrade period of replacement																	60 days											30 days
Entities acquired International Paper debt obligations for cash										4,800,000,000												1,000,000,000
Interest, offset against related debt obligations for one of the entities													5,200,000,000
International Paper debt obligations held by the Entities		5,300,000,000								5,200,000,000	5,300,000,000
Long-term debt		8,827,000,000	9,696,000,000								67,000,000	79,000,000
Short-term debt		661,000,000	444,000,000								79,000,000			38,000,000
Letters of credit issued		2,380,000,000																		707,000,000										506,000,000		500,000,000		666,000,000	1,200,000,000			797,000,000	842,000,000	1,600,000,000
Replacement fees incurred																					4,000,000								2,000,000		6,000,000		5,000,000			5,000,000	5,000,000
Number of days notice to terminate replacement waiver																			30 days
The percent of letters of credit supporting Timber Notes and Monetized Note that are cash collateralized		100.00%
Long term notes maturity term																						10 years
Transferred notes (the Monetized Notes) and cash to entities in exchange for preferred interests																						1,000,000,000
Amount of consideration received from sale of notes																499,000,000							252,000,000	191,000,000
Purchase of preferred interest from external third party																											21,000,000
Percentage of interest in financing entities							100.00%	100.00%
Payments of capital distribution								51,000,000
Timberland acreage sales	1,550,000
Financial assets					2,090,000,000
Notes receivable, fair value disclosure		2,620,000,000	2,210,000,000
Long-term debt						2,140,000,000
Financial liabilities					2,030,000,000
Long-term debt, fair value		2,490,000,000	2,120,000,000
Accretion income for amortization of purchase accounting adjustment for financial assets		19,000,000	17,000,000
Accretion expense for amortization of purchase accounting adjustment, financial liabiities		7,000,000	6,000,000
Preferred securities issued to a private investor with future dividend payments based on LIBOR in March 2003																									150,000,000	150,000,000
Forestlands acres held in United States initially by Southeast timber																										1,500,000
Distributions under preferred securities		$ 1,000,000	$ 6,000,000	$ 5,000,000