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GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS PROGRAM (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of global competitiveness program | The table below sets forth, by segment, the types of costs recorded for the Global Competitiveness Program during the nine months ended September 30, 2018.
(US$ in millions) | Severance and Other Employee Benefit Costs |  | Other Program Costs |  | Total Program Costs
Agribusiness Segment | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 30 |
Edible Oils Segment | 2 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 6 |
Milling Segment | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |
Sugar and Bioenergy Segment | 2 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 6 |
Fertilizer Segment | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3 |
Total | $ | 20 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 47 |
Schedule of restructuring reserve | The following table sets forth the activity affecting the liability for severance and other employee benefit costs related to the Global Competitiveness Program and other associated initiatives, which is recorded in "Other current liabilities" on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.
(US$ in millions) |  | Severance and Other Employee Benefit Costs
Balance at January 1, 2018 |  | $ | 45 |
Charges incurred |  | 20 |
Cash payments |  | (53 | )
Balance at September 30, 2018 |  | $ | 12 |

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