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UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATED COMPANIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2014
UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATED COMPANIES |
Unconsolidated Affiliated Companies | Combined financial information of the unconsolidated affiliated companies in millions of dollars follows:
Operations |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Sales |  | $ | 3,082 |  | $ | 2,299 |  | $ | 2,722 |
Net income (loss) |  | 1 |  | 10 |  | (1 | )
Deere & Company’s equity in net income (loss) |  | (8 | ) |  |  | (3 | )
Financial Position |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Total assets |  | $ | 2,101 |  | $ | 1,566 |
Total external borrowings |  | 648 |  | 550 |
Total net assets |  | 842 |  | 547 |
Deere & Company’s share of the net assets |  | 303 |  | 221 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of equity method investments including, but not limited to, name of each investee or group of investments, percentage ownership, difference between recorded amount of an investment and the value of the underlying equity in the net assets, and summarized financial information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571 + Details
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