INDUSTRY SEGMENT INFORMATION Operating Profit by Industry Segment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2016		Jun. 30, 2015		Jun. 30, 2016		Jun. 30, 2015
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Operating profit		$ 628		$ 676		$ 1,125		$ 1,299
Interest expense, net		(129)		(144)		(252)		(281)
Earnings (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes and Equity Earnings		(14)		266		303		672
Equity earnings (loss), net of taxes		45		62		108		97
Ilim Holding [Member] | Reportable Subsegments [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Equity earnings (loss), net of taxes		46		67		108		106
Corporate and Intersegment Sales [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Interest expense, net		(129)		(144)		(252)		(281)
Noncontrolling interests/equity earnings adjustment	[1]	0		(5)		0		(4)
Corporate items, net		(26)		(8)		(47)		(17)
Restructuring and other charges		0		(203)		8		(203)
Non-operating pension expense		(487)	[2]	(50)		(531)	[2]	(122)
Industrial Packaging [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Operating profit		459	[3]	528		855	[3]	996
Printing Papers [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Operating profit		96	[4]	101		181	[4]	210
Consumer Packaging [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Operating profit		$ 73		$ 47	[5]	$ 89	[6]	$ 93	[5]

[1] 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.

[2] Includes a charge of $439 million for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2016 for a settlement accounting charge associated with term-vested lump sum payments.

[3] Includes charges of $28 million for the three months ended June 30, 2016 and $65 million for the six months ended June 30, 2016 for the impairment of the assets of our Asia corrugated packaging business in Asia and costs associated with the sale of the business.

[4] Includes a charge of $5 million for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2016 for costs associated with the announced agreement to purchase the Weyerhaeuser Pulp business.

[5] Includes a net gain of $14 million for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2015 related to the sale of the Carolina Coated Bristols brand, and costs associated with the Riegelwood mill conversion to 100% pulp production, and a charge of $1 million for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2015 for costs associated with the Coated Paperboard sheet plant closures.

[6] Includes a charge of $9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2016 for costs associated with the Riegelwood mill conversion to 100% pulp production.