Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES (Details 2)

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ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES (Details 2) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 26, 2014
Total Bottling Operations Held for Sale        
Divestitures        
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments     $ 30ko_CashCashEquivalentsAndShortTermInvestmentsHeldForSale
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Trade Accounts Receivable, less allowances     100us-gaap_TradeReceivablesHeldForSaleNet
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Inventories     54us-gaap_InventoriesPropertyHeldForSaleCurrent
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Prepaid expenses and other assets     7ko_PrepaidExpensesAndOtherCurrentAssetsHeldForSale
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Equity Method Investments     141ko_EquityMethodInvestmentsHeldforSale
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Other Assets     3us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherAssets
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Property, plant and equipment - net     303us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
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Bottlers' franchise rights with indefinite lives     410ko_BottlersFranchiseRightsHeldForSale
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Trademarks     43ko_TrademarksHeldforSale
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Goodwill     46ko_GoodwillHeldForSale
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Other intangible assets     36ko_OtherIntangibleAssetsHeldForSale
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Allowance for reduction of assets held for sale     (494)ko_AllowanceForReductionOfAssetsHeldForSale
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Total Assets     679us-gaap_AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperation
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses     48ko_AccountsPayableAndAccruedExpensesHeldForSale
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Other liabilities     6ko_OtherLiabilitiesHeldForSale
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Deferred income taxes     4ko_DeferredIncomeTaxesHeldForSale
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Total liabilities     58us-gaap_LiabilitiesOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperation
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Brazilian Bottling Operations        
Divestitures        
Deconsolidation, Gain (Loss), Amount 615us-gaap_DeconsolidationGainOrLossAmount
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Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage     34.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
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44.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
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Philippines Bottling Operations        
Divestitures        
Loss on disposal group held for sale   107ko_Disposallossgainofabusinessnetoftransactioncost
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Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage     49.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
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Corporate        
Divestitures        
Deconsolidation, Gain (Loss), Amount $ 615us-gaap_DeconsolidationGainOrLossAmount
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