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Trade Accounts Receivable, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Summary of Trade Accounts Receivable | As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, consolidated trade accounts receivable consisted of:
|  |  |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Trade accounts receivable |  | $ |  |  |  |  | 1,654 |  |  |  | 1,637 |
Allowances for expected credit losses |  |  |  |  |  |  | (121 | ) |  |  | (116 | )
|  | $ |  |  |  |  | 1,533 |  |  |  | 1,521 |
Summary of Trade Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Expected Credit Loss | As of December 31, 2020, the balances of trade accounts receivable and the allowance for Expected Credit Losses (“ECL”) were as follows:
|  |  |  |  | Accounts receivable |  |  | ECL allowance |  |  | ECL average rate |
Mexico |  | $ |  |  |  |  | 284 |  |  |  | 38 |  |  |  | 13.7 | %
United States |  |  |  |  |  |  | 477 |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 1.7 | %
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia |  |  |  |  |  |  | 766 |  |  |  | 51 |  |  |  | 6.7 | %
South, Central America and the Caribbean |  |  |  |  |  |  | 94 |  |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | 21.3 | %
Others |  |  |  |  |  |  | 33 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 12.1 | %
|  | $ |  |  |  |  | 1,654 |  |  |  | 121 |  |  |  |  |
Summary of Allowance for Expected Credit Losses | Changes in the allowance for expected credit losses in 2020, 2019 and 2018, were as follows:
|  |  |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Allowances for expected credit losses at beginning of period |  | $ |  |  |  |  | 116 |  |  |  | 119 |  |  |  | 109 |
Adoption effects of ECL model as of January 1, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 29 |
Charged to selling expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  | 23 |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 8 |
Deductions |  |  |  |  |  |  | (19 | ) |  |  | (16 | ) |  |  | (20 | )
Foreign currency translation effects |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | (7 | )
Allowances for expected credit losses at end of period |  | $ |  |  |  |  | 121 |  |  |  | 116 |  |  |  | 119 |

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