Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC (UNAUDITED) (Details 3)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC (UNAUDITED) (Details 3) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Condensed consolidating statements of cash flows    
Net cash provided by (used in) by operating activities $ 34us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities $ (67)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
Investing Activities:    
Capital expenditures (149)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment (107)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Cash received from unconsolidated affiliates 15hun_ProceedsForFundingUnconsolidatedSubsidiaryOperations 15hun_ProceedsForFundingUnconsolidatedSubsidiaryOperations
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates (13)hun_PaymentsToFundUnconsolidatedSubsidiaryOperations (11)hun_PaymentsToFundUnconsolidatedSubsidiaryOperations
Cash received from termination of cross-current interest rate contracts 66us-gaap_ProceedsFromHedgeInvestingActivities  
Other, net   (1)us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities
Net cash used in investing activities (81)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities (104)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities
Financing activities:    
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Net borrowings on overdraft facilities (2)us-gaap_ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfBankOverdrafts 4us-gaap_ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfBankOverdrafts
Repayments of short-term debt (17)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfShortTermDebt (3)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfShortTermDebt
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Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 326us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt  
Repayments of notes payable (9)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfNotesPayable (10)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfNotesPayable
Borrowings on notes payable   1us-gaap_ProceedsFromNotesPayable
Debt issuance costs paid (4)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts (2)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts
Contingent consideration paid for acquisition (4)hun_PaymentForContingentConsiderationForAcquisition (6)hun_PaymentForContingentConsiderationForAcquisition
Call premiums and other costs related to early extinguishment of debt (3)hun_PaymentsOfCallPremiumsRelatedToEarlyExtinguishmentOfDebt  
Excess tax benefit related to stock-based compensation 1us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities 1us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities
Other, net (2)us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities (5)us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 189us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities (71)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash (8)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents (1)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 134us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease (243)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 860us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue [1] 520us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 994us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue [1] 277us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Huntsman International    
Condensed consolidating statements of cash flows    
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Investing Activities:    
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(5)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDueFromRelatedParties
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(109)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities
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Financing activities:    
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(3)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfShortTermDebt
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Repayments of notes payable to affiliate (50)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfRelatedPartyDebt
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(65)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfRelatedPartyDebt
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Repayments of notes payable (9)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfNotesPayable
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(2)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts
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(6)hun_PaymentForContingentConsiderationForAcquisition
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(4)us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities
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(133)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash (8)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents
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(1)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents
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(310)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
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Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 710us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
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[1] 515us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 796us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
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[1] 205us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
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Noncash capital contribution between parent and guarantor entities 123hun_NoncashCapitalContributionBetweenParentAndGuarantorEntities
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Condensed consolidating statements of cash flows    
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Investing Activities:    
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[1] At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, $54 and $46 of cash and cash equivalents, $9 and $10 of restricted cash, $41 each of accounts and notes receivable (net), $41 and $68 of inventories, $5 and $6 of other current assets, $326 and $339 of property, plant and equipment (net), $38 and $40 of intangible assets (net), $27 each of other noncurrent assets, $88 and $92 of accounts payable, $33 and $37 of accrued liabilities, $168 and $172 of current portion of debt, $30 and $36 of longterm debt, and $95 and $97 of other noncurrent liabilities from consolidated variable interest entities are included in the respective Balance Sheet captions above. See “Note 5. Variable Interest Entities.”