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GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS PROGRAM (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of global competitiveness program | The table below sets forth, by segment, the types of costs recorded for the GCP during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017.
| Severance and Other |  | Disposal of Assets |  | Professional |  | Total
(US$ in millions) | Employee Benefit Costs | or Investments | Services | Charges
Agribusiness Segment | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 24 |
Edible Oils Segment | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 4 |
Milling Segment | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3 |
Sugar and Bioenergy Segment | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 2 |
Total | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 20 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 33 |

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