INDUSTRY SEGMENT INFORMATION Operating Profit by Industry Segment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2017		Mar. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Operating profit		$ 428		$ 497
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity earnings		244		317
Interest expense, net		(142)		(123)
Noncontrolling interests/equity earnings adjustment (e)	[1]	0		0
Corporate items, net		11		21
Restructuring and other charges		0		(8)
Non-operating pension expense		31		44
Equity earnings (loss), net of taxes		48		63
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		50		62
Segment Reconciling Items [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Interest expense, net		142		123
Industrial Packaging [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Operating profit		365	[2]	396	[3]
Global Cellulose Fibers [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Operating profit		(70)	[4]	(50)
Printing Papers [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Operating profit		100		135
Consumer Packaging [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Operating profit		$ 33		$ 16	[5]

[1] Operating profits for business 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 gain of $6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 for a net bargain purchase gain on the June 2016 acquisition of the Holmen Paper newsprint mill in Madrid, Spain and a charge of $1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 for other items

[3] Includes a charge of $37 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 for the impairment of the assets of our Asia corrugated packaging business and costs associated with the sale of the business.

[4] Includes a charge of $14 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 for the amortization of the inventory fair value step-up for the pulp business acquired in December 2016, a charge of $4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 for costs associated with the acquisition of that business and a charge of $1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 for other items.

[5] Includes a charge of $9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 for costs associated with the Riegelwood mill conversion to 100% pulp production.