Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES (Details)

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INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
1 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2012
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates      
Total equity method investments   $ 338 $ 341
Total investments   347 350
Cumulative capital contributions, net of license fees from joint venture   85  
International Diol Company      
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates      
Investment in cost method unconsolidated affiliates   $ 5 5
Ownership percentage in cost method unconsolidated affiliates   4.00%  
White Mountain Titanium Corporation      
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates      
Investment in cost method unconsolidated affiliates   $ 3 3
Ownership percentage in cost method unconsolidated affiliates   3.00%  
Louisiana Pigment Company, L.P.      
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates      
Total equity method investments   $ 84 91
Ownership interest (as a percent)   50.00%  
BASF Huntsman Shanghai Isocyanate Investment BV      
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates      
Total equity method investments   $ 116 100
Ownership interest (as a percent)   50.00%  
BASF Huntsman Shanghai Isocyanate Investment BV | SLIC      
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates      
Ownership interest held by equity method investee that creates an indirect ownership interest by the reporting entity (as a percent)   70.00%  
Indirect ownership interest in an unaffiliated entity (as a percent)   35.00%  
Nanjing Jinling Huntsman New Material Co., Ltd.      
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates      
Total equity method investments   $ 120 122
Ownership interest (as a percent)   49.00%  
Jurong Ningwu New Materials Development Co Ltd.      
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates      
Total equity method investments   $ 18 16
Ownership interest (as a percent)   30.00%  
Nippon Aqua Co., Ltd.      
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates      
Total equity method investments     $ 12
Ownership interest (as a percent)     15.00%
Others      
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates      
Investment in cost method unconsolidated affiliates   $ 1 $ 1
Sinopec (Nanjing Jingling)      
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates      
Total equity method investments   $ 85  
Other information      
Huntsman share of joint venture (as a percent) 49.00%    
Joint venture partner share of joint venture (as a percent) 51.00%