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TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION PROGRAM | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract] |
TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION PROGRAM | TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION PROGRAM Bunge and certain of its subsidiaries participate in a $700 million trade receivables securitization program (the “Program”) with a financial institution, as administrative agent, and certain commercial paper conduit purchasers and committed purchasers that provides for funding of up to $700 million against receivables sold into the Program. The table below summarizes the cash flows and discounts of Bunge’s trade receivables associated with the Program. Servicing fees under the Program were not significant in any period.
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
(US$ in millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Gross receivables sold |  | $ | 7,074 |  |  | $ | 6,624 |
Proceeds received in cash related to transfer of receivables |  | $ | 6,811 |  |  | $ | 6,439 |
Cash collections from customers on receivables previously sold |  | $ | 6,827 |  |  | $ | 6,461 |
Discounts related to gross receivables sold included in SG&A |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 4 |
(US$ in millions) |  | September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Receivables sold which were derecognized on Bunge balance sheet |  | $ | 738 |  |  | $ | 628 |
Deferred purchase price included in other current assets |  | $ | 123 |  |  | $ | 87 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for a transferor's continuing involvement in financial assets that it has transferred in a securitization or asset-backed financing arrangement, the nature of any restrictions on assets reported by an entity in its statement of financial position that relate to a transferred financial asset (including the carrying amounts of such assets), how servicing assets and servicing liabilities are reported, and (for securitization or asset-backed financing arrangements accounted for as sales) when a transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets and transfers of financial assets accounted for as secured borrowings, how the transfer of financial assets affects an entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2197590 + Details
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