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Shareholders' Equity (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified |
0 Months Ended | 11 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 11 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | |||||
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Jun. 08, 2010
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Nov. 30, 2010
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Dec. 31, 2010
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Dec. 31, 2009
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Dec. 31, 2010
Common Shares
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Aug. 31, 2009
Common Shares
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Nov. 30, 2010
Mandatory convertible preference shares
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Dec. 31, 2010
Mandatory convertible preference shares
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Dec. 02, 2010
Mandatory convertible preference shares
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Dec. 31, 2009
Mandatory convertible preference shares
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Dec. 31, 2010
Convertible perpetual preference shares
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Dec. 31, 2009
Convertible perpetual preference shares
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| Shareholders' Equity | ||||||||||||
| Repurchase of Bunge's issued and outstanding common shares approved by the Board of Directors | $ 700 | |||||||||||
| Repurchase of common shares (in shares) | 6,714,573 | |||||||||||
| Repurchase of common shares | 354 | 354 | ||||||||||
| Issuance of common shares: | ||||||||||||
| Reissue of common shares (in shares) | 6,714,573 | |||||||||||
| Issue of additional shares for conversion (in shares) | 1,702,642 | |||||||||||
| Conversion of mandatory convertible preference shares (in shares) | 8,417,215 | |||||||||||
| Public equity offering (in shares) | 12,000,000 | |||||||||||
| Public equity offering | 761 | 761 | ||||||||||
| Preference shares outstanding (in shares) | 862,455 | 0 | 862,455 | 6,900,000 | 6,900,000 | |||||||
| Convertible preference share, maximum number of Bunge Limited common shares issued upon conversion, on the mandatory conversion date | 9.7596 | |||||||||||
| Preference shares, par value (in dollars per share) | $ 0.01 | $ 0.01 | $ 0.01 | $ 0.01 | $ 0.01 | |||||||
| Preference shares liquidation preference (in dollars per share) | $ 1,000 | $ 1,000 | $ 1,000 | $ 100 | $ 100 | |||||||
| Convertible preference share, common shares issued upon conversion, at any time before mandatory conversion date | 8.2416 | 1.0938 | ||||||||||
| Convertible preference shares accrued dividends (as a percent) | 5.125% | 4.875% | ||||||||||
| Dividends on preference shares | $ (67) | $ (78) | ||||||||||
| Accumulated unpaid dividends up to a maximum additional (in dollars per share) | $ 25 | |||||||||||
| Conversion price, convertible preference share (in dollars per share) | $ 91.4262 | |||||||||||
| Convertible preference shares, aggregate common shares issued if converted at current conversion rate (in shares) | 7,108,009 | 7,547,220 | ||||||||||
| Conversion price of the convertible preference shares | At any time on or after December 1, 2011, if the closing market price of Bunge's common shares equals or exceeds 130% of the conversion price of the convertible preference shares, for 20 trading days within any period of 30 consecutive trading days (including the last trading day of such period), Bunge may elect to cause all outstanding convertible preference shares to be automatically converted into the number of common shares that are issuable at the conversion price. | |||||||||||