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Receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Receivables [Abstract] |
Schedule of Receivables |
| 2017 |  | 2016
Accounts receivable | $ | 894 |  |  | $ | 769 |
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts | (71 | ) |  | (76 | )
Net trade receivables | 823 |  |  | 693 |
Miscellaneous receivables | 218 |  |  | 172 |
| $ | 1,041 |  |  | $ | 865 |
Schedule of Amounts Securitized or Factored | At December 31, amounts securitized or factored were as follows:
| 2017 |  | 2016
Accounted for as secured borrowings | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 9 |
Accounted for as sales | 964 |  |  | 816 |

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