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INVENTORIES (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
INVENTORIES  
Inventories by segment

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

(US$ in millions) 

 

2011

 

2010

 

Agribusiness (1)

 

$

4,983

 

$

5,137

 

Sugar and Bioenergy (2)

 

454

 

359

 

Edible oil products (3)

 

534

 

460

 

Milling products (3)

 

164

 

163

 

Fertilizer (4)

 

839

 

516

 

Total

 

$

6,974

 

$

6,635

 

 

 

(1)             Includes readily marketable agricultural commodity inventories at fair value of $4,566 million and $4,540 million at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.  All other agribusiness segment inventories are carried at lower of cost or market.

 

(2)             Includes readily marketable sugar inventories of $100 million and $86 million at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.  Of these sugar inventories, $62 million and $66 million are carried at fair value at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, in Bunge’s trading and merchandising business.  Sugar and ethanol inventories in Bunge’s industrial production business are carried at lower of cost or market.

 

(3)             Edible oil products and milling products inventories are generally carried at lower of cost or market, with the exception of readily marketable inventories of bulk soybean oil and corn, which are carried at fair value in the aggregate amount of $234 million and $225 million at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

 

(4)             Fertilizer inventories are carried at lower of cost or market.