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DISTRIBUTIONS DISTRIBUTIONS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
Distributions [Abstract] |
Disclosure of dividends [Table Text Block] | The following table outlines distributions made to each class of partnership units, including class A shares of BIPC and Exchange LP units that are exchangeable into limited partner units.
| For the three-month period ended June 30
| 2020 |  | 2019
US$ MILLIONS EXCEPT PER UNIT INFORMATION | Total |  | Per Unit(2) |  | Total |  | Per Unit(2)
Limited Partners | $ | 143 |  |  | $ | 0.485 |  |  | $ | 141 |  |  | $ | 0.452 |
General Partner(1) | 47 |  |  |  |  | 38 |  |  |
Non-controlling interest attributable to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redeemable Partnership Units held by Brookfield | 58 |  |  | 0.485 |  |  | 58 |  |  | 0.452 |
Class A shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation | 22 |  |  | 0.485 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.452 |
Exchange LP Units | 1 |  |  | 0.485 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 0.452 |
Preferred unitholders | 12 |  |  | 0.24 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 0.26 |
Total Distributions | $ | 283 |  |  |  |  | $ | 251 |  |  |
| For the six-month period ended June 30
| 2020 |  | 2019
US$ MILLIONS EXCEPT PER UNIT INFORMATION | Total |  | Per Unit(2) |  | Total |  | Per Unit(2)
Limited Partners | $ | 301 |  |  | $ | 0.970 |  |  | $ | 281 |  |  | $ | 0.904 |
General Partner(1) | 93 |  |  |  |  | 76 |  |  |
Non-controlling interest attributable to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redeemable Partnership Units held by Brookfield | 123 |  |  | 0.970 |  |  | 117 |  |  | 0.904 |
Class A shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation | 22 |  |  | 0.970 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.904 |
Exchange LP Units | 2 |  |  | 0.970 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 0.904 |
Preferred unitholders | 24 |  |  | 0.48 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 0.50 |
Total Distributions | $ | 565 |  |  |  |  | $ | 501 |  |  |
1. | Distributions to the General Partner include $46 million and $92 million of incentive distributions for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2020, respectively.
2. Our partnership paid a distribution of $0.5375 per unit in March 2020. On March 31, 2020, our partnership completed the previously announced creation of BIPC with a special distribution of class A shares of BIPC. The special distribution resulted in the issuance of approximately 46.3 million class A shares of BIPC. Current and historical per unit disclosures have been retroactively adjusted for the impact of the special distribution. Refer to Note 2, Summary of Accounting Policies for further details.

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