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EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010 Mandatory Convertible Preference Shares	Sep. 30, 2010 Mandatory Convertible Preference Shares	Sep. 30, 2011 Convertible perpetual preference shares	Sep. 30, 2011 Stock options and contingently issuable restricted stock units	Sep. 30, 2010 Stock options and contingently issuable restricted stock units	Sep. 30, 2011 Stock options and contingently issuable restricted stock units	Sep. 30, 2010 Stock options and contingently issuable restricted stock units
Earnings Per Share
Preference shares outstanding (in shares)	6,900,000		6,900,000		6,900,000		862,455
Preference shares, liquidation preference (in dollars per share)	$ 100		$ 100		$ 100		$ 1,000
Repurchased common shares used in conversion of mandatory convertible preference shares (in shares)						6,714,573
Convertible preference share, common shares issued upon conversion, at any time before mandatory conversion date								1.0938
Additional common shares issued in conversion of mandatory convertible preference shares (in shares)						1,702,642
Conversion price, convertible preference share (in dollars per share)								$ 91.4262
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)									2,800,000	3,500,000	2,800,000	3,500,000
Convertible preference share, weighted average common shares issued upon conversion									7,500,000	7,100,000	7,500,000	7,100,000
Computation of basic and diluted earnings per share
Net income (loss) attributable to Bunge	$ 140	$ 212	$ 688	$ 2,053
Convertible preference share dividends	(8)	(19)	(25)	(58)
Net income available to Bunge common shareholders	$ 132	$ 193	$ 663	$ 1,995
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	146,684,583	139,600,641	146,935,716	141,247,100
Effect of dilutive shares:
-Stock options and awards (in shares)	947,140	877,885	1,108,797	959,061
-Convertible preference shares (in shares)		7,514,790	7,547,220	14,622,799
Diluted (in shares)	147,631,723	147,993,316	155,591,733	156,828,960
Earnings per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.90	$ 1.38	$ 4.51	$ 14.12
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.89	$ 1.36	$ 4.42	$ 13.09

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