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OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS |
Schedule of other non-current assets |
|  | September 30, |  | December 31, |
(US$ in millions) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Recoverable taxes, net |  | $ | 464 |  | $ | 386 |
Long-term receivables from farmers in Brazil, net |  | 220 |  | 284 |
Judicial deposits |  | 166 |  | 167 |
Income taxes receivable |  | 439 |  | 565 |
Affiliate loans receivable, net |  | 54 |  | 63 |
Long-term investments |  | 432 |  | 37 |
Other |  | 184 |  | 204 |
Total |  | $ | 1,959 |  | $ | 1,706 |
Long-term receivables from Brazilian farmers |
|  | September 30, |  | December 31, |
(US$ in millions) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Legal collection process (1) |  | $ | 274 |  | $ | 358 |
Renegotiated amounts: |  |  |  |  |
Current on repayment terms |  | 137 |  | 125 |
Total |  | $ | 411 |  | $ | 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 from Brazilian farmers |
|  | September 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011 |
|  | Recorded |  |  |  | Recorded |  |  |
(US$ in millions) |  | Investment |  | Allowance |  | Investment |  | Allowance |
For which an allowance has been provided: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal collection process |  | $ | 154 |  | $ | 140 |  | $ | 162 |  | $ | 147 |
Renegotiated amounts |  | 71 |  | 51 |  | 64 |  | 52 |
For which no allowance has been provided: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal collection process |  | 120 |  | — |  | 196 |  | — |
Renegotiated amounts |  | 66 |  | — |  | 61 |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 411 |  | $ | 191 |  | $ | 483 |  | $ | 199 |
Summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts related to long-term receivables from Brazilian farmers |
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 30, |  | September 30, |
(US$ in millions) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Beginning balance |  | $ | 198 |  | $ | 215 |  | $ | 199 |  | $ | 201 |
Bad debt provisions |  | 8 |  | 10 |  | 34 |  | 14 |
Recoveries |  | (7 | ) | (5 | ) | (16 | ) | (10 | )
Write-offs |  | (8 | ) | — |  | (9 | ) | — |
Transfers (1) |  | — |  | (2 | ) | — |  | — |
Foreign exchange translation |  | — |  | (34 | ) | (17 | ) | (21 | )
Ending balance |  | $ | 191 |  | $ | 184 |  | $ | 191 |  | $ | 184 |
(1) Represents reclassifications from allowance for doubtful accounts — current for secured advances to suppliers.

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