INCENTIVE STOCK PLANS (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Reissued 2013 Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares for every three Rayonier shares			1
Number of Rayonier shares for issuance of one Rayonier Advanced Materials share			3
Award vesting period			2 years	24 months
Increase in intrinsic value			$ 0.7
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 0.8	$ 2.9