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Long-Term Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Long-Term Debt.

Long-term obligations

		December 31,
(US$ in millions)		2010			2009
Term loans due 2011—LIBOR (1) plus 1.25% to 1.75%		$	475		$	475
Term loan due 2011—fixed interest rate of 4.33%			—			250
Term loan due 2013—fixed interest rate of 3.32%			300			—
Japanese Yen term loan due 2011—Yen LIBOR (2) plus 1.40%			123			108
7.44% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series C, due 2012			—			351
7.80% Senior Notes due 2012			—			200
5.875% Senior Notes due 2013			300			300
5.35% Senior Notes due 2014			500			500
5.10% Senior Notes due 2015			382			382
5.90% Senior Notes due 2017			250			250
8.50% Senior Notes due 2019			600			600
BNDES (3) loans, variable interest rate indexed to TJLP (4) plus 3.20% to 4.50% payable through 2016			118			106
Other			115			127
			3,163			3,649
Less: Current portion of long-term debt			(612	)		(31	)
Total long-term debt		$	2,551		$	3,618

(1)

One-, three- and six-month LIBOR at December 31, 2010 were 0.26%, 0.30% and 0.46% per annum, respectively, and at December 31, 2009 were 0.23%, 0.25% and 0.43% per annum, respectively.

(2)

Three-month Yen LIBOR at December 31, 2010 and 2009 was 0.19% and 0.28%, respectively.

(3)

BNDES loans are Brazilian government industrial development loans.

(4)

TJLP is a long-term interest rate published by the Brazilian government on a quarterly basis. The annualized rate for 2010 and 2009 was 6.00% and 6.13%, respectively.

Schedule of redemptions and repayments of long-term debt

(US$ in millions)		Aggregate Principal Amount			Aggregate Repayment Amount
7.44% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series C, due 2012 (1)		$	351		$	406
7.80% Senior Notes, due 2012 (2)			198			230
Term Loan, fixed interest rate of 4.33%, due 2011 (3)			250			260
Other (4)			28			35
Total		$	827		$	931

(1)

The aggregate repayment amount includes a $48 million make-whole payment and $7 million of accrued and unpaid interest. Also, in connection with this debt redemption, Bunge recognized a loss of $4 million related to the non-cash write-off of unamortized losses on treasury rate lock contracts and unamortized debt issuance costs.

(2)

The aggregate repayment amount includes a $28 million make-whole payment and $4 million of accrued and unpaid interest. Also in connection with this debt redemption, Bunge recognized a loss of $2 million related to the non-cash write-off of unamortized losses on treasury rate lock contracts, and unamortized original issue discount and issuance costs.

(3)

The aggregate repayment amount paid to the participant banks of the syndicated term loan includes a $6 million make-whole payment and $4 million of accrued and unpaid interest.

(4)

The aggregate repayment amount includes a $7 million make-whole payment.

Principal maturities of long term debt

(US$ in millions)
2011		$	612
2012			34
2013			638
2014			581
2015			408
Thereafter			890
Total		$	3,163

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