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Note 12 - Employee Benefit Plans

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Note 12 - Employee Benefit Plans
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Retirement Benefits [Text Block]

12. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

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Components of the net periodic benefit costs from continuing operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (dollars in millions):

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Huntsman Corporation

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Other Postretirement

 
   

Defined Benefit Plans

   

Benefit Plans

 
   

Three months

   

Three months

 
   

ended

   

ended

 
   

September 30,

   

September 30,

 
   

2021

   

2020

   

2021

   

2020

 

Service cost

  $ 13     $ 13     $ 1     $ —  

Interest cost

    13       15       —       1  

Expected return on assets

    (42 )     (44 )     —       —  

Amortization of prior service benefit

    (2 )     (2 )     (1 )     (2 )

Amortization of actuarial loss

    23       21       —       1  

Net periodic benefit cost

  $ 5     $ 3     $ —     $ —  

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Other Postretirement

 
   

Defined Benefit Plans

   

Benefit Plans

 
   

Nine months

   

Nine months

 
   

ended

   

ended

 
   

September 30,

   

September 30,

 
   

2021

   

2020

   

2021

   

2020

 

Service cost

  $ 41     $ 39     $ 1     $ 1  

Interest cost

    37       46       1       2  

Expected return on assets

    (126 )     (129 )     —       —  

Amortization of prior service benefit

    (5 )     (5 )     (3 )     (4 )

Amortization of actuarial loss

    69       60       1       1  

Settlement loss

    3       —       —       —  

Net periodic benefit cost

  $ 19     $ 11     $ —     $ —  

 

Huntsman International

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Other Postretirement

 
   

Defined Benefit Plans

   

Benefit Plans

 
   

Three months

   

Three months

 
   

ended

   

ended

 
   

September 30,

   

September 30,

 
   

2021

   

2020

   

2021

   

2020

 

Service cost

  $ 13     $ 13     $ 1     $ —  

Interest cost

    13       15       —       1  

Expected return on assets

    (42 )     (44 )     —       —  

Amortization of prior service benefit

    (2 )     (2 )     (1 )     (2 )

Amortization of actuarial loss

    24       21       —       1  

Net periodic benefit cost

  $ 6     $ 3     $ —     $ —  

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Other Postretirement

 
   

Defined Benefit Plans

   

Benefit Plans

 
   

Nine months

   

Nine months

 
   

ended

   

ended

 
   

September 30,

   

September 30,

 
   

2021

   

2020

   

2021

   

2020

 

Service cost

  $ 41     $ 39     $ 1     $ 1  

Interest cost

    37       46       1       2  

Expected return on assets

    (126 )     (129 )     —       —  

Amortization of prior service benefit

    (5 )     (5 )     (3 )     (4 )

Amortization of actuarial loss

    71       62       1       1  

Settlement loss

    3       —       —       —  

Net periodic benefit cost

  $ 21     $ 13     $ —     $ —  

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, we made contributions to our pension and other postretirement benefit plans of $45 million and $73 million, respectively. During the remainder of 2021, we expect to contribute an additional amount of approximately $9 million to these plans.

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