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Other Accounts Receivable | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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11) | OTHER ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, consolidated other accounts receivable consisted of:
|  |  |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Advances of income taxes and other refundable taxes |  | $ |  |  |  |  | 304 |  |  |  | 147 |
Non-trade accounts receivable 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 117 |  |  |  | 113 |
Interest and notes receivable |  |  |  |  |  |  | 39 |  |  |  | 50 |
Current portion of valuation of derivative financial instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 1 |
Loans to employees and others |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 14 |
|  | $ |  |  |  |  | 477 |  |  |  | 325 |
1 | Non-trade accounts receivable are mainly attributable to the sale of assets.

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