Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

OTHER NONCURRENT LIABILITIES (Details)

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OTHER NONCURRENT LIABILITIES (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Other noncurrent liabilities    
Pension liabilities $ 965us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPensionPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent $ 546us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPensionPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Other postretirement benefits 134us-gaap_OtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent 101us-gaap_OtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Environmental accruals 53us-gaap_AccruedEnvironmentalLossContingenciesNoncurrent 22us-gaap_AccruedEnvironmentalLossContingenciesNoncurrent
Restructuring and plant closing costs 49us-gaap_RestructuringReserveNoncurrent 58us-gaap_RestructuringReserveNoncurrent
Asset retirement obligations 39us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationsNoncurrent 38us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationsNoncurrent
Employee benefit accrual 26hun_AccruedEmployeeBenefitsNoncurrent 28hun_AccruedEmployeeBenefitsNoncurrent
Legal reserve 11hun_LegalReserveNoncurrent 11hun_LegalReserveNoncurrent
Other 170us-gaap_OtherSundryLiabilitiesNoncurrent 144us-gaap_OtherSundryLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Other noncurrent liabilities 1,447us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent [1] 948us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent [1]
Huntsman International    
Other noncurrent liabilities    
Pension liabilities 965us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPensionPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember 		546us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPensionPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember
Other postretirement benefits 134us-gaap_OtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember 		101us-gaap_OtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember
Environmental accruals 53us-gaap_AccruedEnvironmentalLossContingenciesNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember 		22us-gaap_AccruedEnvironmentalLossContingenciesNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember
Restructuring and plant closing costs 49us-gaap_RestructuringReserveNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember 		58us-gaap_RestructuringReserveNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember
Asset retirement obligations 39us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationsNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember 		38us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationsNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember
Employee benefit accrual 26hun_AccruedEmployeeBenefitsNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember 		28hun_AccruedEmployeeBenefitsNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember
Legal reserve 11hun_LegalReserveNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember 		11hun_LegalReserveNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember
Other 166us-gaap_OtherSundryLiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember 		134us-gaap_OtherSundryLiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember
Other noncurrent liabilities $ 1,443us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember 		[1] $ 938us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyMember 		[1]
[1] At December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, $46 and $39 of cash and cash equivalents, $10 and $9 of restricted cash, $41 each of accounts and notes receivable (net), $68 and $54 of inventories, $6 and $3 of other current assets, $339 and $369 of property, plant and equipment (net), $40 and $17 of intangible assets (net), $27 and $28 of other noncurrent assets, $92 and $73 of accounts payable, $37 and $32 of accrued liabilities, $172 and $183 of current portion of debt, $36 and $64 of longterm debt, and $97 and $45 of other noncurrent liabilities from consolidated variable interest entities are included in the respective Balance Sheet captions above. See “Note 7. Variable Interest Entities.”