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TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION PROGRAM (Details) (USD $)
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3 Months Ended | 4 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
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Sep. 30, 2012
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Sep. 30, 2011
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Sep. 30, 2011
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Sep. 30, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2011
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| Accounts Receivable Securitization Facilities Disclosures | |||||
| Extension period for each committed purchaser's commitment (in days) | 364 | ||||
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Bunge Securitization B.V.
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| Receivables sold under securitization facility derecognized during the period | $ 804 | $ 804 | $ 716 | ||
| Proceeds received in cash from transfers of receivables to purchasers | 3,755 | 9,727 | |||
| Cash collections from customers on receivables previously sold | 3,014 | 9,886 | |||
| Sale of accounts receivable to securitization facility | 2,915 | 9,921 | |||
| Discount from sale of receivables | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Risk of loss related to sale of receivables | 125 | 125 | 192 | ||
| Payment term for receivables (in days) | 30 | ||||
| Changes in the fair value of the deferred purchase price | $ 5 | $ 1 | $ 1 | $ 5 | |
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The aggregate amount of accounts receivable that were sold to the securitization facility since inception of the facility. No definition available.
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Represents the additional extension period for each committed purchasers commitment. No definition available.
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Represents the cash collections from customers on receivables previously sold. No definition available.
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Represents the amount of changes in the fair value of the deferred purchase price. No definition available.
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Represents the payment term for receivables. No definition available.
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- Definition
Cash Flows between a transferor and a transferee attributable to newly transferred assets related to either a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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This includes only the derecognized portion of the total principal amount of financial assets which have been either securitized, used in an asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfers which are accounted for as sales and in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in transferred financial assets). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The transferor's maximum amount of exposure to loss as a result of its continuing involvement in transferred financial assets. No definition available.
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Reflects, by transferred financial asset type, the amount of sales proceeds in excess of or deficient from the sum of the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets plus transaction costs, including those transactions in which the seller/transferor has continuing involvement with the financial assets that have been transferred. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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