Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

NET INCOME PER SHARE (Details)

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NET INCOME PER SHARE (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Basic and diluted income from continuing operations:    
Income from continuing operations attributable to Huntsman Corporation $ 7us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations $ 61us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations
Basic and diluted net income:    
Net income (loss) attributable to Huntsman Corporation $ 5us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 54us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Shares (denominator):    
Weighted average shares outstanding 243.9us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 240.9us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Dilutive securities:    
Stock-based awards (in shares) 3.3us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements 3.6us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements
Total weighted average shares outstanding, including dilutive shares 247.2us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 244.5us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding