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SHORT-TERM DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
SHORT-TERM DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES |
SHORT-TERM DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES | 16. SHORT-TERM DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES Bunge's short-term borrowings are typically sourced from various banking institutions and the U.S. commercial paper market. Bunge also borrows from time to time in local currencies in various foreign jurisdictions. Interest expense includes facility commitment fees, amortization of deferred financing costs and charges on certain lending transactions, including certain intercompany loans and foreign currency conversions in Brazil. The weighted-average interest rate on short-term borrowings at December 31, 2015 and 2014 was 4.92% and 4.33%, respectively.
|  | December 31, |
(US$ in millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Lines of credit: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Secured, interest rates from 2.33% to 9.75% |  | $ | 25 |  | $ | 25 |
Unsecured, fixed interest rates from 13.38% to 18.50%(1) |  |  | 76 |  |  | 90 |
Unsecured, variable interest rates from 1.17% to 32.00%(1) |  |  | 547 |  |  | 479 |
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Total short-term debt |  | $ | 648 |  | $ | 594 |
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(1)Includes $130 million and $155 million of local currency borrowings in certain Central and Eastern European, South American and Asia-Pacific countries at a weighted-average interest rate of 16.06% and 11.95% as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Bunge's commercial paper program is supported by an identical amount of committed back up bank credit lines (the "Liquidity Facility") provided by banks that are rated at least A-1 by Standard & Poor's Financial Services and P-1 by Moody's Investors Service. On November 20, 2014, Bunge entered into an unsecured $600 million five-year Liquidity Facility with certain lenders party thereto. The Liquidity Facility replaced the then existing $600 million five-year liquidity facility, dated as of November 17, 2011. The cost of borrowing under the Liquidity Facility would typically be higher than the cost of issuing under Bunge's commercial paper program. At December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, there were no borrowings outstanding under the commercial paper program and no borrowings under the Liquidity Facility. In addition to the committed facilities discussed above, from time-to-time, Bunge Limited and/or its financing subsidiaries enter into uncommitted bilateral short-term credit lines as necessary based on its financing requirements. At December 31, 2015 and 2014, nil and $50 million were outstanding under these bilateral short-term credit lines, respectively. Loans under such credit lines are non-callable by the respective lenders. In addition, Bunge's operating companies had $626 million in short-term borrowings outstanding from local bank lines of credit at December 31, 2015 to support working capital requirements.

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