PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Pension and Other Post Retirements Disclosure Paragraph Details [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

Note16. Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

       Net periodic pension and other postretirement benefits costs for our significant defined benefit plans include the following components:

		Three Months Ended
		U.S. Plans				Non-U.S. Plans
Pension Benefits		March 31,				March 31,
		2013		2012		2013		2012
Service cost	$	68	$	64	$	14	$	12
Interest cost		168		184		54		55
Expected return on plan assets		(268)		(255)		(77)		(72)
Amortization of prior service cost		6		7		(1)		-
Settlements and curtailments		-		-		-		2
	$	(26)	$	-	$	(10)	$	(3)
				Three Months Ended
Other Postretirement Benefits				March 31,
				2013		2012
Service cost			$	-	$	-
Interest cost				12		14
Amortization of prior service (credit)				(1)		(3)
Recognition of actuarial losses				10		11
			$	21	$	22

In the first quarter of 2013,Honeywell made cash contributions of $134 million to ournon-U.S. pension plans.

If required, a mark to market adjustment will be recorded in the fourth quarter of 2013 in accordance with our pension accounting method as described in Note 1 to our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 contained in our Form 10-K filed on February 15, 2013.