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Financing Receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Receivables [Abstract] |
Financing Receivables Table | The following table sets forth the breakdown of financing receivables by country as of December 31, 2013 and 2012:
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  | (in millions)
Argentina(1) |  | $ | 164 |  |  | $ | 196 |
Dominican Republic |  | 2 |  |  | 35 |
Brazil |  | 18 |  |  | 8 |
Total long-term financing receivables |  | $ | 184 |  |  | $ | 239 |
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(1) | Excludes noncurrent receivables of $122 million and $120 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, which have not been converted into financing receivables and do not have contractual maturities of greater than one year. Also, excludes the foreign currency-related embedded derivative assets associated with the financing receivables which had a fair value of $97 million and $69 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2013 and 2012.

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