Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Details)

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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2011
Mar. 31, 2011
Dec. 31, 2012
Consolidated VIE's
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Dec. 31, 2011
Consolidated VIE's
Dec. 31, 2012
Rubicon LLC, Pacific Iron Products, Arabian Amines and Sasol Huntsman GmbH and Co. KG
Dec. 31, 2011
Rubicon LLC, Pacific Iron Products, Arabian Amines and Sasol Huntsman GmbH and Co. KG
Dec. 31, 2012
Sasol Huntsman GmbH and Co. KG
Dec. 31, 2011
Sasol Huntsman GmbH and Co. KG
Dec. 31, 2010
Sasol Huntsman GmbH and Co. KG
Mar. 31, 2011
Sasol Huntsman GmbH and Co. KG
Apr. 30, 2011
Arabian Amines Company
Identification of variable interest entities through investments and transactions                        
Number of joint ventures       4                
Assets and liabilities of VIE                        
Current assets $ 4,192 $ 3,761       $ 163 $ 140       $ 61  
Property, plant and equipment, net 3,656 [1] 3,510 [1]   378 403 378 403       155  
Other noncurrent assets 366 [1] 482 [1]   28 21 61 61          
Deferred income taxes 229 163       45 45          
Intangible assets 70 [1] 93 [1]   19 23 19 23       16  
Goodwill 117 114       16 15       17  
Total assets 8,870 8,330       682 687       249  
Current liabilities 2,313 1,961       348 145       23  
Long-term debt 3,414 [1] 3,730 [1]   77 264 82 269       93  
Deferred income taxes 170 106       8 9       8  
Other noncurrent liabilities 1,157 [1] 1,003 [1]   101 111 102 110       7  
Total liabilities 7,653 7,239       540 533       131  
Amount receivable after settlement of a dispute                       11
Damages incurred due to the delayed initial acceptance of the plant                       8
Reimbursement of capital expenditures for work left unfinished by the third party contractors                       3
Total goodwill amount deductible for the tax purposes                 12      
Change in amount of goodwill due to a change in foreign currency exchange rate               1 2      
Average useful life of all other intangible assets               18 years        
Revenues                 116      
Earnings                 7      
Pro forma revenues                 11,259 9,337    
One time non cash gain                 12      
One-time noncash income tax expense recognized                 2      
Fair value of the noncontrolling interest     $ 61                  
Noncontrolling interest (as a percent) 100.00%                   50.00%  
Number of parents for which tax consequence adjustment is applicable 1                      
Huntsman share of joint venture (as a percent)               50.00%        
[1] At December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, $28 and $44 of cash and cash equivalents, $9 and $2 of restricted cash, $38 and $29 of accounts and notes receivable (net), $55 and $47 of inventories, nil and $1 of other current assets, $378 and $403 of property, plant and equipment (net), $19 and $23 of intangible assets (net), $28 and $21 of other noncurrent assets, $76 and $55 of accounts payable, $26 and $21 of accrued liabilities, $193 and $16 of current portion of debt, $77 and $264 of long-term debt, and $101 and $111 of other noncurrent liabilities from consolidated variable interest entities are included in the respective Balance Sheet captions above. See "Note 7. Variable Interest Entities."