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TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION PROGRAM (Details) - Bunge Securitization B.V. - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Accounts Receivable Securitization Facilities Disclosures
Maximum funding under trade receivables securitization program	$ 700
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
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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The aggregate amount of accounts receivable that were sold to the securitization facility.

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The amount of funding committed by third parties utilized to facilitate a transfer of financial assets in which the transferor continues to have involvement.

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Amount of transferred financial assets in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the assets underlying the transaction that have been derecognized. Continuing involvement includes, but is not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in transferred financial assets.

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The transferor's maximum amount of exposure to loss as a result of its continuing involvement in transferred financial assets.

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Reflects, by transferred financial asset type, the amount of sales proceeds in excess of or deficient from the sum of the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets plus transaction costs, including those transactions in which the seller/transferor has continuing involvement with the financial assets that have been transferred.

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