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Accrued Expenses And Other Payables (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued Expenses And Other Payables | The following table sets forth the items in accrued expenses and other payables:
| September 30, |  | December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012
| (In millions)
Unrealized losses on derivative contracts | $ | 2,762 |  |  | $ | 2,591 |
Grain accounts and margin deposits | 4,734 |  |  | 4,620 |
Accrued expenses and other payables | 1,795 |  |  | 1,911 |
| $ | 9,291 |  |  | $ | 9,122 |

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