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DISTRIBUTIONS DISTRIBUTIONS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
Distributions [Abstract] |
Disclosure of dividends [Table Text Block] | The following table outlines distributions made to each class of partnership units, including BIPC exchangeable shares and Exchange LP units that are exchangeable into limited partner units.
| For the three-month period ended June 30
| 2021 |  | 2020
US$ MILLIONS EXCEPT PER UNIT INFORMATION | Total |  | Per Unit |  | Total |  | Per Unit(2)
Limited Partners | $ | 151 |  |  | $ | 0.51 |  |  | $ | 143 |  |  | $ | 0.485 |
General Partner(1) | 50 |  |  |  |  | 47 |  |  |
Non-controlling interest attributable to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redeemable Partnership Units held by Brookfield | 62 |  |  | 0.51 |  |  | 58 |  |  | 0.485 |
BIPC exchangeable shares | 23 |  |  | 0.51 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 0.485 |
Exchange LP Units | 1 |  |  | 0.51 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 0.485 |
Preferred unitholders | 18 |  |  | 0.27 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 0.24 |
Total Distributions | $ | 305 |  |  |  |  | $ | 283 |  |  |
| For the six-month period ended June 30
| 2021 |  | 2020
US$ MILLIONS EXCEPT PER UNIT INFORMATION | Total |  | Per Unit |  | Total |  | Per Unit(2)
Limited Partners | $ | 302 |  |  | $ | 1.02 |  |  | $ | 301 |  |  | $ | 0.970 |
General Partner(1) | 100 |  |  |  |  | 93 |  |  |
Non-controlling interest attributable to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redeemable Partnership Units held by Brookfield | 124 |  |  | 1.02 |  |  | 123 |  |  | 0.970 |
BIPC exchangeable shares | 46 |  |  | 1.02 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 0.970 |
Exchange LP Units | 2 |  |  | 1.02 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 0.970 |
Preferred unitholders | 34 |  |  | 0.52 |  |  | 24 |  |  | 0.48 |
Total Distributions | $ | 608 |  |  |  |  | $ | 565 |  |  |
1.Distributions to the General Partner include $50 million and $100 million of incentive distributions for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2021, 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 BIPC exchangeable shares. The special distribution resulted in the issuance of approximately 46.3 million BIPC exchangeable shares. Per unit disclosures for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 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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