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LEASES (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract] |
Components of lease expense | The components of lease expense were as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
(US$ in millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Operating lease cost |  | $ | 64 |  |  | $ | 80 |
Short-term lease cost |  | 149 |  |  | 152 |
Variable lease cost |  | 4 |  |  | 3 |
Sublease income |  | (14 | ) |  | (30 | )
Total lease cost |  | $ | 203 |  |  | $ | 205 |
Supplemental cash flow information related to leases | Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
(US$ in millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: |  |  |  |
Operating lease liability principal payments |  | $ | 65 |  |  | $ | 79 |
Supplemental non-cash information: |  |  |  |
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease obligations |  | $ | 29 |  |  | $ | 70 |
Maturities of lease liabilities | Maturities of lease liabilities for operating leases as of March 31, 2020, are as follows:
(US$ in millions) |
Remaining in 2020 |  | $ | 183 |
2021 |  | 203 |
2022 |  | 152 |
2023 |  | 110 |
2024 |  | 55 |
Thereafter |  | 99 |
Total lease payments (1) |  | 802 |
Less imputed interest |  | 91 |
Present value of lease liabilities, as separately presented on the condensed consolidated balance sheet |  | $ | 711 |
(1) | Minimum lease payments have not been reduced by minimum sublease income receipts of $24 million due in future periods under non-cancelable subleases. Non-cancelable subleases primarily relate to agreements with third parties for the use of portions of certain facilities with remaining sublease terms of approximately 5 years, as well as an agreement in which the Company subleases rail cars with remaining sublease terms of approximately three to four
years. Additionally, the Company may enter into re-let agreements to sell the right to use ocean freight vessels under time charter agreements when excess capacity is available.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of lessee's lease cost. Includes, but is not limited to, interest expense for finance lease, amortization of right-of-use asset for finance lease, operating lease cost, short-term lease cost, variable lease cost and sublease income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918686-209980 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of undiscounted cash flows of lessee's operating lease liability. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liability recognized in statement of financial position. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918701-209980 + Details
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