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DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Aggregate Minimum Lease Payments , Annual Principal Payments and Amounts Expected to be Spent for Purchase Commitments (Detail)

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DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Aggregate Minimum Lease Payments , Annual Principal Payments and Amounts Expected to be Spent for Purchase Commitments (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Capital Leases  
2015 $ 75us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent
2016 74us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears
2017 67us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears
2018 62us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears
2019 59us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears
After 2019 435us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter
Total 772us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue
Less: imputed interest (267)us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsInterestIncludedInPayments
Present value of minimum capitalized lease payments 505us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsPresentValueOfNetMinimumPayments
Less: current portion (47)us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent
Long-term capitalized lease obligations 458us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsNoncurrent
Operating Leases  
2015 323us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent
2016 257us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears
2017 210us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears
2018 150us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears
2019 90us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears
After 2019 274ups_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYearsAndThereafter
Total 1,304us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue
Debt Principal  
2015 876us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths
2016 8us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo
2017 377us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearThree
2018 752us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour
2019 1,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFive
After 2019 7,068us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalAfterYearFive
Total 10,081us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Purchase Commitments  
2015 269ups_ContractualCommitmentsFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent
2016 195ups_ContractualCommitmentsFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears
2017 71ups_ContractualCommitmentsFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears
2018 19ups_ContractualCommitmentsFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears
2019 8ups_ContractualCommitmentsFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears
After 2019 26ups_ContractualCommitmentsFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter
Total $ 588ups_ContractualCommitmentsFutureMinimumPaymentsDue