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Reporting Entity [Axis]

0001110783 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]	Period [Axis]
	2015-09-01 - 2016-08-31	2014-09-01 - 2015-08-31	2013-09-01 - 2014-08-31
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Effect Of LIFO Inventory Liquidation On Income		0
Components of Inventory (Details)
Finished Goods	1,404,000,000	1,603,000,000
Goods In Process	1,489,000,000	1,627,000,000
Raw Materials and Supplies	498,000,000	420,000,000
Inventory at FIFO Cost	3,391,000,000	3,650,000,000
Excess of FIFO over LIFO Cost	(150,000,000)	(154,000,000)
Total	3,241,000,000	3,496,000,000
Inventory Obsolescence [Abstract]
Inventory Obsolescence [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	434,000,000	415,000,000	408,000,000
Additions — charged to expense	410,000,000	390,000,000	331,000,000
Deductions and other	(376,000,000)1	(371,000,000)1	(324,000,000)1
Ending Balance	468,000,000	434,000,000	415,000,000