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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]  
Loss Contingency
  December 31, 2012$654    
  Accruals for environmental matters deemed      
   probable and reasonably estimable  54    
  Environmental liability payments  (43)    
  Other  20    
  March 31, 2013$685    
Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
         
 Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts: 
         
    March 31,  December 31, 
    2013  2012 
  Accrued liabilities$ 305 $ 304 
  Other liabilities  380   350 
   $ 685 $ 654 
Asbestos Related Liabilities
 Asbestos Related Liabilities       
   Bendix NARCO Total
        
 December 31, 2012$653$1,119$1,772
  Accrual for update to estimated liability  49  2  51
  Asbestos related liability payments  (42)  (1)  (43)
        
 March 31, 2013$660$1,120$1,780
Insurance Recoveries for Asbestos Related Liabilities
 Insurance Recoveries for Asbestos Related Liabilities       
   Bendix NARCO Total
        
 December 31, 2012$138$569$707
  Probable insurance recoveries related to       
  estimated liability  10  -  10
  Insurance receipts for asbestos related liabilities  (8)  (11) (19)
        
 March 31, 2013$140$558$698
        
NARCO and Bendix asbestos related balances are included in the following balance sheet accounts
 NARCO and Bendix asbestos related balances are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
         
   March 31,  December 31,  
   2013  2012  
         
 Other current assets$ 44 $ 44  
 Insurance recoveries for asbestos related liabilities   654   663  
         
  $ 698 $ 707  
         
 Accrued liabilities$ 480 $ 480  
 Asbestos related liabilities  1,300   1,292  
         
  $ 1,780 $ 1,772  
         
The following tables present information regarding Bendix related asbestos claims activity
 Three Months Ended  Year Ended
  March 31,   December 31,
Claims Activity 2013   2012 2011
         
Claims Unresolved at the beginning of period 23,141   22,571 22,480
Claims Filed during the period  1,151   3,920 3,592
Claims Resolved during the period(a) (716)   (3,350) (3,501)
         
Claims Unresolved at the end of period 23,576   23,141 22,571
         
(a) The number of claims resolved in 2012 includes approximately 288 claims previously classified as inactive (85% non-malignant and accrued liability of approximately $1.3 million) which were activated during 2012. The number of claims resolved in 2011 includes approximately 351 claims previously classified as inactive (82% non-malignant and accrued liability of approximately $1.7 million) which were activated during 2011.
 
         
Disease distribution of claims
       
Disease Distribution of Unresolved Claims March 31,    December 31,
  2013   2012 2011
         
Mesothelioma and Other Cancer Claims  5,619    5,367  4,943
Nonmalignant Claims  17,957    17,774  17,628
         
Total Claims  23,576    23,141  22,571
         
Average resolution values per asbestos claim
 Honeywell has experienced average resolution values per claim excluding legal costs as follows:
            
        Year Ended December 31,       
   2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
            
   (in whole dollars)  
Malignant claims$ 49,000$ 48,000$ 54,000$ 50,000$ 65,000
Nonmalignant claims$ 1,400$ 1,000$ 1,300$ 200$ 1,500