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TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION PROGRAM (Details) - Bunge Securitization B.V. - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Accounts Receivable Securitization Facilities Disclosures
Trade receivables securitization program	$ 700		$ 700
Receivables sold under securitization facility derecognized during the period	560		560		$ 599
Proceeds received in cash from transfers of receivables to purchasers			7,431	$ 8,837
Cash collections from customers on receivables previously sold			7,540	9,038
Sale of accounts receivable to securitization facility			7,609	8,966
Discount from sale of receivables	2	$ 2	4	$ 6
Risk of loss related to sale of receivables	$ 84		$ 84		$ 78
Payment term for receivables			30 days

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The amount of funding committed by third parties utilized to facilitate a transfer of financial assets in which the transferor continues to have involvement.

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Amount of transferred financial assets in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the assets underlying the transaction that have been derecognized. Continuing involvement includes, but is not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in transferred financial assets.

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The transferor's maximum amount of exposure to loss as a result of its continuing involvement in transferred financial assets.

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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.

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