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	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) subsidiary	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 BRL (R$)	Mar. 31, 2016 employee
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Non-income tax claims	$ 294	$ 356
Maximum Potential Future Payments	590
Brazil
Loss Contingencies and Guarantees
Number of employees under administrative proceedings \| employee					2
Argentina
Loss Contingencies and Guarantees
Payment of accrued export tax obligations			$ 112
Interest assessed on paid export tax obligations	285
Non-income tax claims
Loss Contingencies and Guarantees
Non-income tax claims	129	161
Labor claims
Loss Contingencies and Guarantees
Non-income tax claims	74	92
Civil and other claims
Loss Contingencies and Guarantees
Non-income tax claims	91	103
Value added tax claims (ICMS, IPI, PIS and COFINS) \| Brazil
Loss Contingencies and Guarantees
Income tax liability for ICMS incentives or benefits		0
Unconstitutional ICMS Tax Credits
Loss Contingencies and Guarantees
Portion of outstanding liabilities	100			R$ 400
ICMS tax liability \| Brazil \| Tax return examination 1990 - Present
Loss Contingencies and Guarantees
Total assessment	228	281
PIS COFINS liability \| Brazil \| Tax return examination 2004 - 2012
Loss Contingencies and Guarantees
Total assessment	187	$ 200
Unconsolidated affiliates financing
Loss Contingencies and Guarantees
Maximum Potential Future Payments	321
Potential liability	137
Obligation related to outstanding guarantees	19
Residual value guarantee
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Maximum Potential Future Payments	269
Obligation related to outstanding guarantees	1
Unconsolidated affiliates performance
Loss Contingencies and Guarantees
Potential liability	94
Obligation related to outstanding guarantees	0
Guarantee of indebtedness of subsidiaries
Loss Contingencies and Guarantees
Long-term debt including current portion, carrying value	$ 6,617
Guarantee of indebtedness of subsidiaries \| 100% owned subsidiaries \| Bunge Limited Finance Corp, Bunge Finance Europe, B.V and Bunge N.A. Finance L.P
Loss Contingencies and Guarantees
Number of finance subsidiaries issuing senior notes \| subsidiary	3
Percentage of ownership interest	100.00%			100.00%