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	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2016	Jan. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015 BRL	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2015 CAD	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) item	Nov. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2015
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Payments to acquire business, net of cash acquired												$ 347	$ 39	$ 355
Proceeds from the sale of Canadian grain assets														750
Gain on divestiture pre-tax												47
Purchase price allocation
Goodwill	$ 418											418	349	392
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Proceeds from the sale of Canadian grain assets							$ 54
Certain working capital disposed							34
Grain business in Canada
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Proceeds from the sale of Canadian grain assets							88
Forecast
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Ownership percentage in equity method investee		25.00%
Ownership percentage to be sold		10.00%
G3
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Ownership percentage in equity method investee		35.00%
G3 \| Forecast
Cost of acquired entity
Ownership percentage in equity method investee			25.00%
Ownership percentage to be sold			10.00%
Agribusiness
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Goodwill	$ 121											$ 121	$ 153	$ 174
Agribusiness \| G3
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Ownership percentage in equity method investee	51.00%											51.00%
Heartland Harvest, Inc.
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Number of manufacturing facilities \| item									1
Moinho Pacifico \| Bunge Alimentos S .A.
Cost of acquired entity
Interest acquired (as a percent)					100.00%
Purchase price				BRL 1,087	$ 282
Payments to acquire business, net of cash acquired					265
Consideration paid through agreed upon purchase price adjustment					17
Purchase price allocation
Property, plant and equipment					41
Goodwill					132
Inventories					10
Finite-lived intangible assets					89
Other net assets					10
WHF
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Purchase price					27
Purchase price paid in cash					25
Consideration transferred through working capital adjustment					2
Purchase price allocation
Property, plant and equipment					4
Goodwill					6
Inventories					2
Finite-lived intangible assets					$ 15
Spain biodiesel entity
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Interest acquired (as a percent)								80.00%
Purchase price								$ 7
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Non-settlement of loan and other receivables								3
Property, plant and equipment								7
Goodwill								$ 2
Spain biodiesel entity \| Agribusiness
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Ownership percentage in equity method investee								20.00%
G3
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Ownership percentage in equity method investee															51.00%
Contributed capital							130
G3 \| SALIC
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Contributed capital							126
Consideration in the form of convertible debt							$ 115
CWB \| G3
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Interest acquired (as a percent)						61.00%	61.00%
Purchase price	$ 266					CAD 368
Heartland Harvest, Inc.
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Purchase price paid in cash									40
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Property, plant and equipment									18
Goodwill									9
Inventories									2
Finite-lived intangible assets									$ 18
Puerto General San Martin
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Purchase price allocated to assets										$ 24
Puerto General San Martin \| Terminal de Fertilizantes Argentinos SA
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Purchase price paid in cash										$ 24
Terminal de Fertilizantes Argentinos SA
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Interest acquired (as a percent)										75.00%
Corn Flour Producers LLC (CFP)
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Purchase price paid in cash											$ 12
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Property, plant and equipment											$ 12