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



	Three Months Ended November 30, 2017
(in thousands)	Total			U.S.			Poland
Beginning balance	$	215,123		$	135,623		$	79,500
Transfers of accounts receivable	656,642			535,893			120,749
Collections	(578,389		)	(450,482		)	(127,907		)
Ending balance	$	293,376		$	221,034		$	72,342



	Three Months Ended November 30, 2016
(in thousands)	Total			U.S.*			Australia**			Poland
Beginning balance	$	289,748		$	212,762		$	26,662		$	50,324
Transfers of accounts receivable	556,964			470,145			16,914			69,905
Collections	(551,274		)	(467,190		)	(9,659		)	(74,425		)
Exit from programs	(33,917		)	—			(33,917		)	—
Ending balance	$	261,521		$	215,717		$	—		$	45,804

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* Includes the sale of trade accounts receivable activities related to the CMC Cometals discontinued operation. See Note 2, Changes in Business, for further discussion. For the three months ended November 30, 2016, there were transfers of trade accounts receivable of $33.9 million and collections were $39.5 million.

** Includes the sale of trade accounts receivable activities related to the Australian steel distribution business discontinued operation. For the three months ended November 30, 2016, 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.