v2.4.0.6

OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS

Schedule of other non-current assets

		March 31,			December 31,
(US$ in millions)		2012			2011
Recoverable taxes, net		$	528		$	386
Long-term receivables from farmers in Brazil, net		253			284
Judicial deposits		173			167
Income taxes receivable		476			565
Affiliate loans receivable		73			63
Long-term investments		398			37
Other		211			204
Total		$	2,112		$	1,706

Long-term receivables from Brazilian farmers

		March 31,			December 31,
(US$ in millions)		2012			2011
Legal collection process (1)		$	325		$	358
Renegotiated amounts:
Current on repayment terms		143			125
Total		$	468		$	483

(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

		March 31, 2012						December 31, 2011
		Recorded						Recorded
(US$ in millions)		Investment			Allowance			Investments			Allowance
For which an allowance has been provided:
Renegotiated amounts		$	87		$	71		$	64		$	52
Legal collection process		161			144			162			147
For which no allowance has been provided:
Renegotiated amounts		56			—			61			—
Legal collection process		164			—			196			—
Total		$	468		$	215		$	483		$	199

Summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts related to long-term receivables

		March 31,
(US$ in millions)		2012			2011
Beginning Balance		$	199		$	201
Bad debt provisions		15			1
Recoveries		(4		)	(1		)
Write-offs		—			—
Transfers		—			—
Foreign exchange translation		5			4
Ending balance		$	215		$	205

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