Huntsman Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Cover
- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- GENERAL (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details)

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013 Accepted and tendered cases USD ($) lawsuit	Mar. 31, 2012 Accepted and tendered cases lawsuit	Mar. 31, 2013 Accepted cases not subject to indemnification USD ($) lawsuit	Mar. 31, 2012 Accepted cases not subject to indemnification USD ($) lawsuit	Mar. 31, 2013 Antitrust matters - Purported Class Action Civil Cases lawsuit	Mar. 31, 2013 Product Delivery Claim USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 Product Delivery Claim EUR (€)	Jul. 03, 2012 Indemnification Matter
LEGAL MATTERS
Experience with tendering cases	19 years
Information about the cases
Unresolved at beginning of period (number of cases)	1,080	1,080	50	36
Tendered during period	2	1
Filed during period				3
Resolved during period	1			1
Unresolved at end of period (number of cases)	1,081	1,081	50	38
Payment of gross settlement costs				$ 82,000
Accrued liability relating to the cases	10,000,000					0
Receivable relating to indemnity protection of the cases	10,000,000
Accruals with respect to unasserted asbestos exposure claims	0		0
Number of purported class action cases filed					2
Amount of claims of customer						202,000,000	153,000,000
Amount of insurance available for claims in excess of specified amount						10,000,000
Aggregate amount of current claims						144,000,000	113,000,000
Minimum range of possible loss							0
Maximum range of possible loss							€ 113,000,000
Common stock loss due to Banks' misrepresentations (in shares)								19

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