SEGMENT AND REGIONAL SALES INFORMATION (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) Segment	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Operating Segments | Segment		4
Sales [Abstract]
Sales		$ 2,714	$ 2,409
Earnings (Loss) Before Interest and Taxes [Abstract]
Earnings before interest and taxes		333	389
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Assets by Segment	[1]	15,806		$ 15,519
Operating Segments [Member]
Sales [Abstract]
Sales		2,554	2,147
Earnings (Loss) Before Interest and Taxes [Abstract]
Earnings before interest and taxes		364	367
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Assets by Segment	[1]	12,928		12,524
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Sales [Abstract]
Sales	[2]	160	262
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member] | Growth Initiatives and Businesses not Allocated to Segments [Member]
Earnings (Loss) Before Interest and Taxes [Abstract]
Earnings before interest and taxes		(32)	1
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member] | Pension and OPEB Costs Not Allocated to Operating Segments [Member]
Earnings (Loss) Before Interest and Taxes [Abstract]
Earnings before interest and taxes		23	27
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member] | Other Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Member]
Earnings (Loss) Before Interest and Taxes [Abstract]
Earnings before interest and taxes		9	(4)
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member] | Transaction costs and Gain/Loss on Business
Earnings (Loss) Before Interest and Taxes [Abstract]
Earnings before interest and taxes		(6)	0
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member] | Steam Line Incident
Earnings (Loss) Before Interest and Taxes [Abstract]
Earnings before interest and taxes		(25)	0
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member] | Asset impairments and restructuring charges, net
Earnings (Loss) Before Interest and Taxes [Abstract]
Earnings before interest and taxes		0	(2)
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member] | Divested businesses
Earnings (Loss) Before Interest and Taxes [Abstract]
Earnings before interest and taxes		6	28
Additives And Functional Products [Member]
Earnings (Loss) Before Interest and Taxes [Abstract]
Earnings before interest and taxes		145	107
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Assets by Segment	[1]	4,416		4,188
Additives And Functional Products [Member] | Previously Reported
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Assets by Segment				4,643
Additives And Functional Products [Member] | Prior Period Revised
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Assets by Segment				5,195
Additives And Functional Products [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Sales [Abstract]
Sales		805	609
Advanced Materials [Member]
Earnings (Loss) Before Interest and Taxes [Abstract]
Earnings before interest and taxes		61	146
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Assets by Segment	[1]	4,704		4,661
Advanced Materials [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Sales [Abstract]
Sales		737	716
Chemical Intermediates [Member]
Earnings (Loss) Before Interest and Taxes [Abstract]
Earnings before interest and taxes		134	69
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Assets by Segment	[1]	2,785		2,703
Chemical Intermediates [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Sales [Abstract]
Sales		799	605
Fibers [Member]
Earnings (Loss) Before Interest and Taxes [Abstract]
Earnings before interest and taxes		24	45
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Assets by Segment	[1]	1,023		972
Fibers [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Sales [Abstract]
Sales		213	217
Corporate and Other
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Assets by Segment	[1]	2,878		2,995
Corporate and Other | Previously Reported
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Assets by Segment				2,540
Corporate and Other | Prior Period Revised
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Assets by Segment				$ 1,988
North America [Member]
Sales [Abstract]
Sales		1,198	1,004
Asia Pacific [Member]
Sales [Abstract]
Sales		612	608
EMEA [Member]
Sales [Abstract]
Sales		745	656
Latin America [Member]
Sales [Abstract]
Sales		$ 159	$ 141

[1] Segment assets include accounts receivable, inventory, fixed assets, goodwill, and intangible assets. As disclosed in Note 1, "Significant Accounting Policies", December 31, 2021 Assets by Segment have been recast from Note 20, "Segment and Regional Sales Information", to the Company's 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Prior to the recast, December 31, 2021 assets reported for the AFP segment were revised from $4,643 million to $5,195 million, and assets reported for Corporate & Other Assets were revised from $2,540 million to $1,988 million. Total assets were not impacted by the misclassification.

[2] "Other" includes sales revenue from the divested rubber additives and held for sale adhesives resins businesses previously part of the AFP segment.