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The value of company's common stock shares contributed by the entity to fund its pension plans.

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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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The increase during the period in capital lease obligations due to entering into new capital leases.

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The amount of cash paid during the current period for interest owed on money borrowed that is not charged as an expense but rather is capitalized based on the long term nature of the use of the borrowed funds.

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The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income, net of any cash received during the current period as refunds for the overpayment of taxes.

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The total amount of [all] liabilities that an Entity assumes in acquiring a business or in consideration for an asset received in a noncash (or part noncash) acquisition. Noncash is defined as transactions during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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The value of the noncash (or part noncash) consideration given (for example, liability, equity) in a transaction. Noncash is defined as transactions during a period that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of a transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of noncontrolling interest during the period.

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Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Detail) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended				3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($) years number	Dec. 31, 2008 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 JPY (¥)	Mar. 31, 2010 Sumitomo 3M Limited USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2010 Sumitomo 3M Limited JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2010 A-One JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2009 United States Qualified and Non-qualified Pension Benefits USD ($)
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
Cash income tax payments	$ 1,509	$ 834	$ 1,778
Cash interest payments	201	236	196
Capitalized interest	17	27	28
Investing and financing activities with significant non-cash components
Cash paid to purchase shares held by Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.					63	5,800
Note payable issued to Sumitomo Electric Industries					188	17,400
Five-year financed liability of 1.7 billion in Japanese Yen	18			1,700			1,700
Capital lease asset and obligation related to IT investment		50
Amortization period of IT investment (in years)		7
Contribution to U.S. defined benefit pension plan in common stock								$ 600