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Accrued Expenses And Other Payables | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Accrued Expenses And Other Payables [Abstract] |
Accrued Expenses And Other Payables | Note 8. Accrued Expenses and Other Payables The following table sets forth the items in accrued expenses and other payables:
|  | March 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  | (In millions)
Unrealized losses on derivative contracts |  | $ | 2,376 |  | $ | 2,591
Grain accounts and margin deposits |  |  | 5,005 |  |  | 4,620
Accrued expenses and other payables |  |  | 1,798 |  |  | 1,911
|  | $ | 9,179 |  | $ | 9,122

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