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OTHER CURRENT ASSETS | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
OTHER CURRENT ASSETS |
OTHER CURRENT ASSETS | 6. OTHER CURRENT ASSETS Other current assets consist of the following:
|  | March 31, |  | December 31, |
(US$ in millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Unrealized gains on derivative contracts, at fair value |  | $ | 1,907 |  | $ | 1,327 |
Prepaid commodity purchase contracts (1) |  | 252 |  | 273 |
Secured advances to suppliers, net (2) |  | 637 |  | 601 |
Recoverable taxes, net |  | 448 |  | 467 |
Margin deposits |  | 326 |  | 251 |
Marketable securities, at fair value and other short-term investments |  | 151 |  | 94 |
Deferred purchase price receivable, at fair value (3) |  | 95 |  | 87 |
Prepaid expenses |  | 156 |  | 148 |
Other |  | 475 |  | 397 |
Total |  | $ | 4,447 |  | $ | 3,645 |
| (1) |  | Prepaid commodity purchase contracts represent advance payments against contracts for future delivery of specified quantities of agricultural commodities.
| (2) |  | Bunge provides cash advances to suppliers, primarily Brazilian farmers of soybeans and sugarcane, to finance a portion of the suppliers’ production costs. Bunge does not bear any of the costs or operational risks associated with the related growing crops. The advances are largely collateralized by future crops and physical assets of the suppliers, carry a local market interest rate and settle when the farmer’s crop is harvested and sold. The secured advances to farmers are reported net of allowances of $10 million at March 31, 2017 and $1 million at December 31, 2016. There were no significant changes in the allowance at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.
Interest earned on secured advances to suppliers of $16 million and $11 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 is included in net sales in the condensed consolidated statements of income.
| (3) |  | Deferred purchase price receivable represents additional credit support for the investment conduits in Bunge’s accounts receivables sales program (see Note 12).
Marketable Securities and Other Short-Term Investments - The Company invests in foreign government securities, corporate debt securities, deposits, and other securities. The following is a summary of amounts recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheets for marketable securities and other short-term investments.
|  | March 31, |  | December 31, |
(US$ in millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Foreign government securities |  | $ | 84 |  | $ | 28 |
Corporate debt securities |  | 60 |  | 57 |
Certificate of deposits/time deposits |  | 5 |  | 7 |
Other |  | 2 |  | 2 |
Total marketable securities and other short-term investments |  | $ | 151 |  | $ | 94 |
As of March 31, 2017, total marketable securities and other short-term investments includes $21 million of assets classified as available for sale, $123 million as trading and $7 million as other short-term investments. As of December 31, 2016, total marketable securities and other short-term investments includes $22 million of assets classified as available for sale, $63 million as trading and $9 million as other short-term investments. Held-to-maturity foreign government and corporate debt securities and certificate of deposits/time deposits are expected to be converted to cash within a twelve month period and are therefore classified as current. Due to the short term nature of these investments, carrying value approximates fair value.

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