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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) (Brazilian sugar mill joint venture, Acquisition, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2011	Jul. 18, 2011
Brazilian sugar mill joint venture | Acquisition
Subsequent events
Percentage of ownership acquired in subsidiary (as a percent)		40.00%
Percentage of controlling interest (as a percent)	100.00%
Total purchase price of acquired entity, net of cash acquired		$ 31
Consideration paid at closing		6
Consideration to paid within twelve month		13
Consideration paid to settle the minority negative equity in the investment of acquired entity		$ 12

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Represents the portion of consideration paid at closing to acquire the entity.

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Represents the portion of consideration paid to settle the minority negative equity in the investment of acquired entity.

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Represents the portion of consideration to be paid within twelve months to acquire the entity.

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The total cost of the acquired entity including the cash paid to shareholders of acquired entities, fair value of debt and equity securities issued to shareholders of acquired entities, the fair value of the liabilities assumed, and direct costs of the acquisition.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 141
-Paragraph 51
-Subparagraph d

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired in the business combination.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 141R
-Paragraph 68
-Subparagraph c

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity method investee's stock owned by parent immediately after all stock transactions.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)
-Number Topic 5
-Section H

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