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COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS).

Comprehensive income (loss)

		Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended  June 30,
(US$ in millions)		2011			2010			2011			2010
Net income		$	312		$	1,787		$	547		$	1,867
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign exchange translation adjustment, net of tax expense of $0		361			(277		)	658			(391		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on commodity futures and foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges, net of tax (expense) benefit of $0 and $(2) in 2011, $1 and $0 in 2010		(1		)	(2		)	3			1
Unrealized gains on investments, net of tax expense of $0 in 2010		—			(1		)	—			(1		)
Reclassification of realized net losses (gains) to net income, net of tax expense of $1 in 2010		—			(1		)	—			—
Pension adjustment, net of taxes		—			—			(2		)	—
Other postretirement healthcare subsidy tax deduction adjustment		—			—			—			2
Total comprehensive income		672			1,506			1,206			1,478
Less: Comprehensive loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest		(6		)	18			(17		)	19
Total comprehensive income attributable to Bunge		$	666		$	1,524		$	1,189		$	1,497

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Disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss) including, but not limited to: (a) foreign currency translation adjustments; (b) gains and losses on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (c) gains and losses on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (d) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (e) unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (f) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (g) the net gain or loss and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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