The following table summarizes the activity of the deferred purchase price receivables for the U.S. and international sale of trade accounts receivable programs.



(in thousands)	Total			U.S.*			Poland			Australia**
Balance at September 1, 2015	$	339,547		$	269,778		$	51,731		$	18,038
Transfers of trade accounts receivable	2,389,297			1,933,477			280,227			175,593
Collections	(2,439,096		)	(1,990,493		)	(281,634		)	(166,969		)
Balance at August 31, 2016	$	289,748		$	212,762		$	50,324		$	26,662
Transfers of trade accounts receivable	2,646,513			2,251,118			378,481			16,914
Collections	(2,596,836		)	(2,237,872		)	(349,305		)	(9,659		)
Exit from Programs	(124,302		)	(90,385		)	—			(33,917		)
Balance at August 31, 2017	$	215,123		$	135,623		$	79,500		$	—
Transfers of trade accounts receivable	2,932,379			2,396,780			535,599			—
Collections	(2,779,981		)	(2,260,321		)	(519,660		)	—
Balance at August 31, 2018	$	367,521		$	272,082		$	95,439		$	—

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* Includes the sale of trade accounts receivable activities related to discontinued operations. See Note 3, Changes in Business, for further discussion. For the years ended August 31, 2017 and 2016, transfers of trade accounts receivable were $354.5 million and $369.1 million, respectively, and collections were $325.7 million and $396.8 million, respectively. Redemptions of trade accounts receivable associated with the exit from the program were $83.7 million for the year ended August 31, 2017.

**Includes the sale of trade accounts receivable activities related to the Company's former Australian steel distribution business. See Note 3, Changes in Business, for further discussion. For the year ended August 31, 2017, there were no transfers of trade accounts receivable, collections were $3.7 million and redemptions of trade accounts receivable associated with the exit from the program were $1.6 million. For the year ended August 31, 2016, transfers of accounts receivable were $45.8 million, and collections were $61.7 million.