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INVENTORIES | 5.INVENTORIES Inventories by segment are presented below. Readily marketable inventories (“RMI”) are agricultural commodity inventories carried at fair value, which are non-perishable with a high shelf life and exceptionally liquid due to their homogenous nature and widely available markets with international pricing mechanisms. All other inventories are carried at lower of cost or market.
|  | March 31, |  | December 31, |
(US$ in millions) |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Agribusiness (1) |  | $ | 3,914 |  | $ | 3,533 |
Edible Oil Products (2) |  | 347 |  | 356 |
Milling Products |  | 177 |  | 164 |
Sugar and Bioenergy (3) |  | 305 |  | 350 |
Fertilizer |  | 64 |  | 63 |
Total |  | $ | 4,807 |  | $ | 4,466 |
| (1) |  | Includes RMI of $3,769 million and $3,393 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. Of these amounts $2,877 million and $2,513 million can be attributable to merchandising activities at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.
| (2) |  | Includes RMI of bulk soybean and canola oil in the aggregate amount of $108 million and $110 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.
| (3) |  | Includes sugar RMI, which can be attributable to Bunge’s trading and merchandising business of $80 million and $163 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.6) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6361739&loc=d3e7789-107766 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 6 -Subparagraph a, b, c -Article 5 + Details
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