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BUSINESS COMBINATIONS AND DISPOSITIONS (Details 2) (USD $)
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9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | ||||
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Sep. 30, 2011
Laffans Petrochemicals Limited
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Dec. 31, 2011
Laffans Petrochemicals Limited
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Dec. 31, 2010
Laffans Petrochemicals Limited
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Apr. 02, 2011
Laffans Petrochemicals Limited
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Dec. 31, 2011
Ciba's textile effects business
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Dec. 31, 2010
Ciba's textile effects business
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Dec. 31, 2009
Ciba's textile effects business
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| Acquisition cost | |||||||
| Cash payments made | $ 23 | ||||||
| Fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed: | |||||||
| Accounts receivable | 9 | ||||||
| Inventories | 2 | ||||||
| Other current assets | 2 | ||||||
| Property, plant and equipment | 12 | ||||||
| Accounts payable | (3) | ||||||
| Accrued liabilities | (1) | ||||||
| Other noncurrent liabilities | (1) | ||||||
| Total fair value of net assets acquired | 23 | ||||||
| Estimated pro forma revenues and net income (loss) attributable to business acquisition | |||||||
| Revenues | 8,603 | 11,235 | 9,301 | ||||
| Net income attributable to Huntsman International | 150 | 254 | 181 | ||||
| Additional extraordinary gain(loss) on the acquisition | $ 4 | $ (1) | $ 6 | ||||
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Amount of cash paid to acquire the entity. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to inventory, including finished goods, work-in-process, and raw materials. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to prepaid expenses and other current assets. Does not include amounts allocated to cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, receivables, inventory, and assets not to be used. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to receivables. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to accounts payable of the acquired entity. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to accrued expenses of the acquired entity. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to other noncurrent liabilities not separately disclosed. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to property, plant and equipment to be used in ongoing operations. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The pro forma income from continuing operations before changes in accounting and extraordinary items, net of tax effect, for the period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of a period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The pro forma revenue for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The net amount recognized as of the acquisition date for the aggregate identifiable assets acquired in excess of or less than the aggregate liabilities assumed. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of the excess of the fair value of acquired net assets over the cost of an acquired business after pro rata reduction of the amounts that otherwise would have been assigned to acquired assets except financial assets other than investments accounted for by the equity method, assets to be disposed of by sale, deferred tax assets, prepaid assets relating to pension and postretirement benefit plans, and other current assets. This amount is considered an extraordinary item and often referred to as negative goodwill. This element is gross of the related tax effect. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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