Defined Benefit Plan, Recognized Net Gain (Loss) Due to Settlements from Optional Program for Term Vested Employees

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Impairment of long-lived assets to be disposed of and divestiture transaction costs

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Amount charged against earnings in the period for incurred and estimated costs, excluding asset retirement obligations, associated with exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings pursuant to a program that is planned and controlled by management, and materially changes either the scope of a business undertaken by an entity, or the manner in which that business is conducted. Also includes expenses charged against earnings in the period of an event that is infrequent in occurrence or unusual in nature.

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For transactions that are recognized separately from the acquisition of assets and assumptions of liabilities in the business combination, such as related to pre-existing relationships with the acquiree, this element represents the disclosure of the amount of acquisition related costs which have been expensed.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The aggregate amount of write-downs for impairments recognized during the period for long-lived assets held for abandonment, exchange or sale.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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INDUSTRY SEGMENT INFORMATION Operating Profit by Industry Segment Footnotes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges	$ 46	$ 1	$ 25	$ 194		$ 47	$ 219
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of	5		186			70	186
Riegelwood Conversion [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges		$ 9				9
Netting (Gain) Loss on Sale of Carolina Papers brand name and the Riegelwood mill conversion costs [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges			7	$ (14)			(7)
Ontario sheet plant closure [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges			1				2
IP Asia Packaging [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Impairment of long-lived assets to be disposed of and divestiture transaction costs	5					70
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of					$ 41
Weyerhaeuser Pulp Business [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Business combination, separately recognized transactions, additional disclosures, acquisition cost expensed	$ 7					12
U.S. Plans
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Recognized Net Gain (Loss) Due to Settlements						$ 439
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| IP-Sun JV [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of			$ 186				$ 186