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OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS |
Schedule of other non-current assets |
|  | September 30, |  | December 31, |
(US$ in millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Recoverable taxes, net |  | $ | 279 |  | $ | 309 |
Long-term receivables from farmers in Brazil, net |  | 134 |  | 164 |
Judicial deposits |  | 166 |  | 169 |
Other long-term receivables |  | 43 |  | 60 |
Income taxes receivable |  | 315 |  | 431 |
Long-term investments |  | 389 |  | 414 |
Affiliate loans receivable, net |  | 41 |  | 59 |
Other |  | 201 |  | 140 |
Total |  | $ | 1,568 |  | $ | 1,746 |
Long-term receivables from Brazilian farmers |
|  | September 30, |  | December 31, |
(US$ in millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Legal collection process (1) |  | $ | 247 |  | $ | 269 |
Renegotiated amounts (2) |  | 97 |  | 119 |
Total |  | $ | 344 |  | $ | 388 |
(1) All amounts in legal process are considered past due upon initiation of legal action. (2) All renegotiated amounts are current on repayment terms.
Summary of recorded investment in long-term receivables and the related allowance amounts from Brazilian farmers |
|  | September 30, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012 |
|  | Recorded |  |  |  | Recorded |  |  |
(US$ in millions) |  | Investment |  | Allowance |  | Investment |  | Allowance |
For which an allowance has been provided: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal collection process |  | $ | 160 |  | $ | 151 |  | $ | 178 |  | $ | 165 |
Renegotiated amounts |  | 61 |  | 59 |  | 67 |  | 59 |
For which no allowance has been provided: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal collection process |  | 87 |  | — |  | 91 |  | — |
Renegotiated amounts |  | 36 |  | — |  | 52 |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 344 |  | $ | 210 |  | $ | 388 |  | $ | 224
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) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Beginning balance |  | $ | 209 |  | $ | 198 |  | $ | 224 |  | $ | 199 |
Bad debt provisions |  | 3 |  | 8 |  | 16 |  | 34 |
Recoveries |  | (3 | ) | (7 | ) | (14 | ) | (16 | )
Write-offs |  | (1 | ) | (8 | ) | (2 | ) | (9 | )
Transfers (1) |  | 3 |  | — |  | 5 |  | — |
Foreign exchange translation |  | (1 | ) | — |  | (19 | ) | (17 | )
Ending balance |  | $ | 210 |  | $ | 191 |  | $ | 210 |  | $ | 191 |
(1) Represents reclassifications from allowance for doubtful accounts-current for secured advances to suppliers.

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