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Network
1078 - Disclosure - Inventories (Detail)
(http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/taxonomy/role/DisclosureInventories)
Table(Implied)
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0001067983 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-12-31
2015-12-31
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
 
 
Raw materials
2,789,000,000  
1,852,000,000  
Work in process and other
2,506,000,000  
778,000,000  
Finished manufactured goods
4,033,000,000  
3,369,000,000  
Goods acquired for resale
6,399,000,000  
5,917,000,000  
Total inventory
15,727,000,000  
 
11,916,000,000