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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Notes receivable - Bunge holds a note receivable from Navegações Unidas Tapajós S.A., a 50% equity method investment in Brazil, having a carrying value of $24 million at September 30, 2017, which matures in June 2019, with interest based on 80% of CDI, the average one‑day interbank deposit rate in Brazil. Bunge holds a note receivable from Solazyme Bunge Renewable Oils Cooperatief U.A., a 49.9% equity method investment in Brazil, having a carrying value of $9 million at September 30, 2017, which matures in January 2018, with an interest rate based on 100% of CDI, the average one-day interbank deposit rate in Brazil. In addition, Bunge held notes receivables from other related parties totaling $3 million at September 30, 2017. Notes payable - Bunge holds a note payable with its affiliate Bunge SCF Grain LLC, a 50% equity method investment, with a carrying value of $9 million at September 30, 2017. This note matures on March 31, 2019 with an interest rate based on LIBOR and is included in other long‑term liabilities in Bunge’s condensed consolidated balance sheet. Other - Bunge purchased soybeans and other commodity products and received port services from certain of its unconsolidated investees, totaling $182 million and $255 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $682 million and $724 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Bunge also sold soybeans and other commodity products and provided port services to certain of its unconsolidated investees, totaling $76 million and $89 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, re s pectively, and $387 million and $218 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, re s pectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745 + Details
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