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Other Non-Current Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Other Non-Current Assets |
Schedule of other non-current assets |
|  | December 31, |
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(US$ in millions) |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Recoverable taxes, net |  | $ | 386 |  | $ | 964 |
Long-term receivables from farmers in Brazil, net |  |  | 284 |  |  | 377 |
Judicial deposits |  |  | 167 |  |  | 172 |
Other long-term receivables |  |  | 10 |  |  | 129 |
Income taxes receivable |  |  | 565 |  |  | — |
Affiliate loan receivable |  |  | 63 |  |  | 65 |
Other |  |  | 231 |  |  | 238 |
Total |  | $ | 1,706 |  | $ | 1,945 |
Long-term receivables from Brazilian farmers |
|  | December 31, |
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(US$ in millions) |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Legal collection process (1) |  | $ | 358 |  | $ | 441 |
Renegotiated amounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current on repayment terms |  |  | 125 |  |  | 137 |
Total |  | $ | 483 |  | $ | 578 |
(1) All amounts in legal process are considered past due upon initiation of legal action.
Summary of recorded investment in long-term receivables and the related allowance amounts |
|  | December 31, 2011 |  | December 31, 2010 |
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(US$ in millions) |  | Recorded Investment |  | Allowance |  | Recorded Investment |  | Allowance |
For which an allowance has been provided: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Renegotiated amounts |  | $ | 64 |  | $ | 52 |  | $ | 66 |  | $ | 39 |
Legal collection process |  |  | 162 |  |  | 147 |  |  | 180 |  |  | 162 |
For which no allowance has been provided: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Renegotiated amounts |  |  | 61 |  |  | — |  |  | 71 |  |  | — |
Legal collection process |  |  | 196 |  |  | — |  |  | 261 |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 483 |  | $ | 199 |  | $ | 578 |  | $ | 201 |
Summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts related to long-term receivables |
|  | December 31, |
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(US$ in millions) |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Beginning balance |  | $ | 201 |  | $ | 232 |
Bad debt provision |  |  | 32 |  |  | 31 |
Recoveries |  |  | (17 | ) |  | (15 | )
Write-offs |  |  | — |  |  | (57 | )
Transfers (1) |  |  | 6 |  |  | 4 |
Foreign exchange translation |  |  | (23 | ) |  | 6 |
Ending balance |  | $ | 199 |  | $ | 201 |
(1) Represents reclassifications from allowance for doubtful accounts-current for secured advances to suppliers

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