ASSETS HELD FOR SALE - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) |
12 Months Ended | |||
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Jan. 24, 2021 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
Dec. 31, 2019 |
Dec. 31, 2018 |
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| Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] | ||||
| Goodwill impairment charge | $ 494,000,000 | $ 0 | $ 0 | |
| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations | UPS Freight | ||||
| Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] | ||||
| Asset impairment charges | 686,000,000 | |||
| Goodwill impairment charge | 494,000,000 | |||
| Valuation allowance | $ 192,000,000 | |||
| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations | UPS Freight | Subsequent Event [Member] | ||||
| Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] | ||||
| Proceeds from divestiture of operations | $ 800,000,000 | |||
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- Definition Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount, before tax, of (gain) loss recognized for the (reversal of write-down) write-down to fair value, less cost to sell, of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. No definition available.
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- Definition The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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