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EQUITY (TABLES) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
EQUITY |
Schedule of after-tax components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Bunge |
(US$ in millions) |  | Foreign Exchange Translation Adjustment(1) |  | Deferred Gains (Losses) on Hedging Activities |  | Pension and Other Postretirement Liability Adjustments |  | Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
Balance January 1, 2013 |  | $ | (1,265 | ) | $ | 3 |  | $ | (157 | ) | $ | 9 |  | $ | (1,410 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |  |  | (1,217 | ) |  | — |  |  | 68 |  |  | 5 |  |  | (1,144 | )
Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income |  |  | (4 | ) |  | (25 | ) |  | 20 |  |  | (9 | ) |  | (18 | )
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Net-current period other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | (1,221 | ) |  | (25 | ) |  | 88 |  |  | (4 | ) |  | (1,162 | )
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Balance, December 31, 2013 |  |  | (2,486 | ) | $ | (22 | ) |  | (69 | ) |  | 5 |  |  | (2,572 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |  |  | (1,411 | ) |  | 21 |  |  | (90 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (1,482 | )
Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | — |  |  | (9 | ) |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | (4 | )
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Net-current period other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | (1,411 | ) |  | 12 |  |  | (85 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (1,486 | )
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Balance, December 31, 2014 |  |  | (3,897 | ) | $ | (10 | ) |  | (154 | ) |  | 3 |  |  | (4,058 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |  |  | (2,546 | ) |  | 147 |  |  | 7 |  |  | — |  |  | (2,392 | )
Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | — |  |  | 77 |  |  | 13 |  |  | — |  |  | 90 |
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Net-current period other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | (2,546 | ) |  | 224 |  |  | 20 |  |  | — |  |  | (2,302 | )
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Balance, December 31, 2015 |  | $ | (6,443 | ) | $ | 214 |  | $ | (134 | ) | $ | 3 |  | $ | (6,360 | )
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(1) | Bunge has significant operating subsidiaries in Brazil, Argentina, North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The functional currency of Bunge's subsidiaries is the local currency. The assets and liabilities of these subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars from local currency at month-end exchange rates, and the resulting foreign exchange translation gains (losses) are recorded in the consolidated balance sheets as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

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