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TERMINATION OF TNT TRANSACTION - Additional Information (Detail)
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3 Months Ended | ||
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Mar. 31, 2013
USD ($)
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Mar. 31, 2013
TNT Express [Member]
USD ($)
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Mar. 31, 2013
TNT Express [Member]
EUR (€)
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| Termination of TNT Transaction [Line Items] | |||
| deconsolidation gain or loss amount after tax | $ 213ups_Deconsolidationgainorlossamountaftertax | ||
| Deconsolidation, Gain (Loss), Amount | 245us-gaap_DeconsolidationGainOrLossAmount | ||
| Total Termination Fee (pretax) | 284ups_TotalTerminationFeepretax | ||
| Total Termination Fee (aftertax) | 177ups_TotalTerminationFeeaftertax | ||
| Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs | 16us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts | ||
| Termination of Business Acquisition, Termination Fee |
$ 268ups_TerminationOfBusinessAcquisitionTerminationFee / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ups_TntExpressMember |
€ 200ups_TerminationOfBusinessAcquisitionTerminationFee / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ups_TntExpressMember |
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deconsolidation gain after tax No definition available.
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Termination of Business Acquisition, Termination Fee No definition available.
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Total Termination Fee (aftertax) No definition available.
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Total Termination Fee (pretax) No definition available.
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- Definition
This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition
The amount of the gain (loss) recognized by the parent and included in its attributable portion of net income for the period due to deconsolidation of a subsidiary or derecognition of a group of assets. The gain (loss) recognized and included in the net income attributable to the parent for the period is generally computed as the difference between: (a) the aggregate of: (1) the fair value of any consideration received; (2) the fair value of any retained noncontrolling investment in the former subsidiary at the date the subsidiary was deconsolidated; and (3) the carrying amount of any noncontrolling interest in the former subsidiary (including any accumulated other comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interest) at the date the subsidiary was deconsolidated and (b) the carrying amount of the former subsidiary's assets and liabilities. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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