INDUSTRY SEGMENT INFORMATION (Operating Profit by Industry Segment) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013		Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating profit	$ 651		$ 601		$ 716		$ 1,107
Interest expense, net	(165)		(168)	[1]	(307)		(332)	[1]
Noncontrolling interests/equity earnings adjustment	3	[2]	4	[2]	3	[2]	4	[2]
Corporate items, net	0		0		(9)		(22)
Restructuring and other charges	(280)		9		(297)		3
Non-operating pension expense	(61)		(83)		(105)		(167)
Earnings (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes and Equity Earnings	148		363		1		593
Equity earnings (loss), net of taxes	41		(36)		8		(46)
Ilim Holding [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Equity earnings (loss), net of taxes	43		(34)		12		(45)
Industrial Packaging [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating profit	537	[3]	474	[4]	990	[3]	829	[4]
Printing Papers [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating profit	69	[5]	76		(341)	[5]	225
Consumer Packaging [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating profit	33	[6]	51	[7]	50	[6]	58	[7]
Distribution [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating profit	$ 12	[8]	$ 0	[9]	$ 17	[8]	$ (5)	[9]

[1] Includes a gain of $6 million for interest related to the settlement of an IRS tax audit.

[2] 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.

[3] Includes charges of $2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and $14 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 for integration costs associated with the acquisition of Temple-Inland, a gain of $7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and a net gain of $5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 associated with our Brazil Packaging business, and charges of $2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and net charges of $2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 for other items.

[4] Includes charges of $14 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and $26 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 for integration costs associated with the acquisition of Temple-Inland, a gain of $13 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and $14 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 for a bargain purchase adjustment on the first quarter 2013 acquisition of a majority share of our operations in Turkey, and charges of $2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and $5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 for other items.

[5] Includes charges of $49 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and $544 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 for costs associated with the shutdown of our Courtland, Alabama mill.

[6] Includes a charge of $1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and $2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 for costs associated with the Ontario sheet plant closure.

[7] Includes charges of $1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and $45 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 for costs associated with the permanent shutdown of a paper machine at our Augusta mill.

[8] Includes a gain of $1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and a net charge of $1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 for costs associated with the restructuring of our xpedx operations.

[9] Includes charges of $17 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and $24 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 for costs associated with the restructuring of the Company's xpedx operations.