Segment Reporting [Abstract] | Period [Axis] |
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2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31 |
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Segment Reporting [Abstract] | |
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information | Information about certain segment data for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, was as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (In millions) | Market Pulp (1) | Tissue (2) | Wood Products (3) | Newsprint | Specialty Papers | Segment Total | Corporate and Other | Total | Sales | 2016 | $ | 836 |
| | $ | 89 |
| | $ | 596 |
| | $ | 1,009 |
| | $ | 1,015 |
| | $ | 3,545 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 3,545 |
| | 2015 | | 889 |
| | | 11 |
| | | 536 |
| | | 1,105 |
| | | 1,104 |
| | | 3,645 |
| | | — |
| | | 3,645 |
| | 2014 | | 974 |
| | | — |
| | | 610 |
| | | 1,402 |
| | | 1,272 |
| | | 4,258 |
| | | — |
| | | 4,258 |
| | Depreciation and amortization (4) | 2016 | $ | 37 |
| | $ | 5 |
| | $ | 31 |
| | $ | 74 |
| | $ | 45 |
| | $ | 192 |
| | $ | 14 |
| | $ | 206 |
| | 2015 | | 53 |
| | | 1 |
| | | 37 |
| | | 64 |
| | | 71 |
| | | 226 |
| | | 11 |
| | | 237 |
| | 2014 | | 53 |
| | | — |
| | | 33 |
| | | 69 |
| | | 82 |
| | | 237 |
| | | 6 |
| | | 243 |
| | Operating income (loss) | 2016 | $ | 43 |
| | $ | (10 | ) | | $ | 69 |
| | $ | (15 | ) | | $ | 25 |
| | $ | 112 |
| | $ | (138 | ) | | $ | (26 | ) | | 2015 | | 76 |
| | | (1 | ) | | | 2 |
| | | (23 | ) | | | 29 |
| | | 83 |
| | | (302 | ) | | | (219 | ) | | 2014 | | 63 |
| | | — |
| | | 69 |
| | | 20 |
| | | (19 | ) | | | 133 |
| | | (307 | ) | | | (174 | ) | | Capital expenditures | 2016 | $ | 20 |
| | $ | 156 |
| | $ | 23 |
| | $ | 2 |
| | $ | 23 |
| | $ | 224 |
| | $ | 25 |
| | $ | 249 |
| | 2015 | | 60 |
| | | 41 |
| | | 43 |
| | | 10 |
| | | 13 |
| | | 167 |
| | | 18 |
| | | 185 |
| | 2014 | | 23 |
| | | — |
| | | 77 |
| | | 39 |
| | | 34 |
| | | 173 |
| | | 20 |
| | | 193 |
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| | (1) | Inter-segment sales of $33 million, $20 million and $19 million, which are transacted at cost, are excluded from market pulp sales for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. |
| | (2) | Tissue capital expenditures for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, consisted almost entirely of construction in progress expenditures for the tissue manufacturing and converting facility in Calhoun. |
| | (3) | Wood products sales to our joint ventures, which are transacted at arm’s length negotiated prices, were $17 million, $20 million and $24 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. |
| | (4) | As discussed in Note 1, “Organization and Basis of Presentation,” we changed our estimate of the useful lives of certain of our machinery and equipment to reflect a net increase of estimated periods during which these assets will remain in service. The effect of this change in estimate was to (decrease) increase “Depreciation and amortization” by reportable segment for the year ended December 31, 2016, as follows: |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (In millions) | Market Pulp | Tissue | Wood Products | Newsprint | Specialty Papers | Total | 2016 | $ | (18 | ) | | $ | — |
| | $ | (12 | ) | | $ | 23 |
| | $ | (5 | ) | | $ | (12 | ) | |
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Summary of Sales by Country | Sales by country for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, were as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (In millions) | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | United States | $ | 2,464 |
| | $ | 2,421 |
| | $ | 2,809 |
| | Foreign countries: | | | | | | | | | | Canada | | 428 |
| | | 476 |
| | | 540 |
| | Mexico | | 126 |
| | | 150 |
| | | 174 |
| | Brazil | | 34 |
| | | 70 |
| | | 107 |
| | Other countries | | 493 |
| | | 528 |
| | | 628 |
| | | | 1,081 |
| | | 1,224 |
| | | 1,449 |
| | | $ | 3,545 |
| | $ | 3,645 |
| | $ | 4,258 |
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Summary of Long-Lived Assets, Excluding Intangible Assets and Deferred Income Tax Assets, by Country | Certain long-lived assets by country (comprised of fixed assets, net, water rights, net, energy contracts, net and other assets) as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, were as follows: | | | | | | | | | | (In millions) | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | United States | $ | 795 |
| | $ | 677 |
| | Foreign countries: | | | | | | | Canada | | 1,259 |
| | | 1,323 |
| | South Korea | | 8 |
| | | 22 |
| | | | 1,267 |
| | | 1,345 |
| | | $ | 2,062 |
| | $ | 2,022 |
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