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INVENTORIES (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
INVENTORIES  
Inventories by segment

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

(US$ in millions)

 

2012

 

2011

 

Agribusiness (1)

 

$

5,902

 

$

4,080

 

Sugar and bioenergy (2)

 

422

 

465

 

Edible oil products (3)

 

618

 

489

 

Milling products (4)

 

151

 

130

 

Fertilizer (4)

 

837

 

569

 

Total

 

$

7,930

 

$

5,733

 

 

(1)    Includes readily marketable agricultural commodity inventories at fair value of $5,574 million and $3,724 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.  All other agribusiness segment inventories are carried at lower of cost or market.

 

(2)    Includes readily marketable sugar inventories of $85 million and $139 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.  Of these sugar inventories, $57 million and $83 million are carried at fair value at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, in Bunge’s trading and merchandising business.  Sugar and ethanol inventories in Bunge’s industrial production business are carried at lower of cost or market.

 

(3)    Edible oil products inventories are generally carried at lower of cost or market, with the exception of readily marketable inventories of bulk soybean oil which are carried at fair value in the aggregate amount of $217 million and $212 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

 

(4)    Milling products and fertilizer inventories are carried at lower of cost or market.