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Financing Receivables (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Receivables [Abstract] |
Financing Receivables Table | The following table sets forth the breakdown of financing receivables by country as of the periods indicated:
|  | March 31, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
|  | (in millions)
Argentina(1) |  | $ | 139 |  |  | $ | 164 |
Dominican Republic |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |
Brazil |  | 15 |  |  | 18 |
Total long-term financing receivables |  | $ | 156 |  |  | $ | 184 |
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(1) | Excludes noncurrent receivables of $101 million and $122 million, respectively, as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, 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 $104 million and $97 million, respectively, as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

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