REVENUE RECOGNITION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

A geographic disaggregation of revenues across our company segmentation in the following tables provide information to assist in evaluating the nature, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows and how they may be impacted by economic factors.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
In millions	Industrial Packaging			Global Cellulose Fibers		Printing Papers			Corporate and Inter-segment Sales			Total
Primary Geographical Markets (a)
United States	$	3,146		$	570	$	488		$	60		$	4,264
EMEA	428			81		330			(2		)	837
Pacific Rim and Asia	18			38		59			4			119
Americas, other than U.S.	240			—		188			(5		)	423
Total	$	3,832		$	689	$	1,065		$	57		$	5,643
Operating Segments
North American Industrial Packaging	$	3,376		$	—	$	—		$	—		$	3,376
EMEA Industrial Packaging	339			—		—			—			339
Brazilian Industrial Packaging	57			—		—			—			57
European Coated Paperboard	91			—		—			—			91
Global Cellulose Fibers	—			689		—			—			689
North American Printing Papers	—			—		496			—			496
Brazilian Papers	—			—		215			—			215
European Papers	—			—		309			—			309
Indian Papers	—			—		53			—			53
Intra-segment Eliminations	(31		)	—		(8		)	—			(39		)
Corporate & Inter-segment Sales	—			—		—			57			57
Total	$	3,832		$	689	$	1,065		$	57		$	5,643

(a) Net sales are attributed to countries based on the location of the seller.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
In millions	Industrial Packaging			Global Cellulose Fibers		Printing Papers			Corporate & Intersegment			Total
Primary Geographical Markets (a)
United States	$	3,102		$	545	$	440		$	58		$	4,145
EMEA	452			75		336			(5		)	858
Pacific Rim and Asia	34			57		64			16			171
Americas, other than U.S.	239			—		213			(5		)	447
Total	$	3,827		$	677	$	1,053		$	64		$	5,621
Operating Segments
North American Industrial Packaging	$	3,369		$	—	$	—		$	—		$	3,369
EMEA Industrial Packaging	362			—		—			—			362
Brazilian Industrial Packaging	62			—		—			—			62
European Coated Paperboard	92			—		—			—			92
Global Cellulose Fibers	—			677		—			—			677
North American Printing Papers	—			—		458			—			458
Brazilian Papers	—			—		229			—			229
European Papers	—			—		319			—			319
Indian Papers	—			—		52			—			52
Intra-segment Eliminations	(58		)	—		(5		)	—			(63		)
Corporate & Inter-segment Sales	—			—		—			64			64
Total	$	3,827		$	677	$	1,053		$	64		$	5,621

(a) Net sales are attributed to countries based on the location of the seller.

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Table Text Block]

The opening and closing balances of the Company's contract assets and current contract liabilities are as follows:

In millions	Contract Assets (Short-Term)		Contract Liabilities (Short-Term)
Beginning Balance - January 1, 2019	$	395	$	56
Ending Balance - March 31, 2019	410		53
Increase / (Decrease)	$	15	$	(3	)