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INTANGIBLE ASSETS | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Intangible Assets [Abstract] |
INTANGIBLE ASSETS | INTANGIBLE ASSETS
| As of
US$ MILLIONS | June 30, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
Cost | $ | 9,555 |  |  | $ | 10,470 |
Accumulated amortization | (687 | ) |  | (576 | )
Total | $ | 8,868 |  |  | $ | 9,894 |
Intangible assets are allocated to the following cash generating units:
| As of
US$ MILLIONS | June 30, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
Brazilian regulated gas transmission operation | $ | 4,314 |  |  | $ | 5,134 |
Australian regulated terminal | 1,852 |  |  | 1,957 |
Peruvian toll roads | 1,137 |  |  | 1,144 |
Chilean toll roads | 1,010 |  |  | 1,100 |
U.K. port operation | 283 |  |  | 289 |
Indian toll roads | 114 |  |  | 130 |
Other(1) | 158 |  |  | 140 |
Total | $ | 8,868 |  |  | $ | 9,894 |
1. | Other intangibles are comprised of customer contracts at our Australian ports operations and contracted order book at our U.K. regulated distribution operation.
The following table presents the change in the cost balance of intangible assets:
| For the six-month period ended June 30
US$ MILLIONS | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Cost at beginning of the period | $ | 10,470 |  |  | $ | 4,732 |
Additions through business combinations | 17 |  |  | 5,539 |
Additions, net of disposals | 32 |  |  | 46 |
Foreign currency translation | (964 | ) |  | (25 | )
Ending Balance | $ | 9,555 |  |  | $ | 10,292 |
The following table presents the accumulated amortization for Brookfield Infrastructure’s intangible assets:
| For the six-month period ended June 30
US$ MILLIONS | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Accumulated amortization at beginning of the period | $ | (576 | ) |  | $ | (267 | )
Disposals | — |  |  | 1 |
Amortization | (173 | ) |  | (143 | )
Foreign currency translation | 62 |  |  | (9 | )
Ending Balance | $ | (687 | ) |  | $ | (418 | )

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