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Trade Accounts Receivable (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
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Summary of Trade Accounts Receivable | As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, consolidated trade accounts receivable consisted of:
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Trade accounts receivable |  | $ | 1,622 |  |  |  | 1,654 |
Allowances for expected credit losses |  |  | (101 | ) |  |  | (121 | )
|  | $ | 1,521 |  |  |  | 1,533 |
Summary of Trade Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Expected Credit Loss | As of December 31, 2021, 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 |  | $ | 253 |  |  |  | 31 |  |  |  | 12.3 | %
United States |  |  | 503 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 1.2 | %
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia |  |  | 742 |  |  |  | 47 |  |  |  | 6.3 | %
South, Central America and the Caribbean |  |  | 82 |  |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | 15.9 | %
Others |  |  | 42 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 9.5 | %
|  | $ | 1,622 |  |  |  | 101 |  |  |  |  |
Summary of Allowance for Expected Credit Losses | Changes in the allowance for expected credit losses in 2021, 2020 and 2019, were as follows:
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Allowances for expected credit losses at beginning of period |  | $ | 121 |  |  |  | 116 |  |  |  | 119 |
Charged to selling expenses |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 23 |  |  |  | 12 |
Deductions |  |  | (16 | ) |  |  | (19 | ) |  |  | (16 | )
Reclassification to assets held for sale (note 5.2) |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Foreign currency translation effects |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |
Allowances for expected credit losses at end of period |  | $ | 101 |  |  |  | 121 |  |  |  | 116 |

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