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Corteva, Inc., et al. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘XML’

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 2/14/20  Corteva, Inc.                     10-K       12/31/19  199:36M
          Dupont E I De Nemours & Co

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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                - Basic (Details)                                                
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                Information (Details)                                            
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                Accounts and Notes Receivable, Net) (Details)                    
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                Financing (Details)                                              
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                Depreciation (Details)                                           
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                Available Credit Facilities Long Term Debt                       
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                Available Credit Facilities Available Committed                  
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                Available Credit Facilities Debt                                 
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                Available Credit Facilities Uncommitted Credit                   
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                Narrative (Details)                                              
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                - DuPont (Details)                                               
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                - Fayetteville (Details)                                         
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                Plans Weighted Average Assumptions used to                       
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                Plans Weighted Average Assumptions used to                       
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                Comprehensive Loss (Details)                                     
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