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Accrued Liabilities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2016
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued Liabilities | Accrued liabilities consist of (in millions):
|  | June 30, 2016 |  |  | December 31, 2015 |
Customer prepayments and billings |  | $ | 355 |  |  | $ | 426 |
Vendor costs |  |  | 278 |  |  |  | 449 |
Compensation |  |  | 232 |  |  |  | 241 |
Warranty |  |  | 208 |  |  |  | 244 |
Taxes (non-income) |  |  | 128 |  |  |  | 175 |
Fair value of derivative financial instruments |  |  | 104 |  |  |  | 261 |
Insurance |  |  | 97 |  |  |  | 113 |
Commissions |  |  | 60 |  |  |  | 73 |
Interest |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 8 |
Other |  |  | 304 |  |  |  | 294 |
Total |  | $ | 1,774 |  |  | $ | 2,284 |
Changes in Carrying Amount of Service and Product Warranties | The changes in the carrying amount of service and product warranties are as follows (in millions):
Balance at December 31, 2015 |  | $ | 244 |
Net provisions for warranties issued during the year |  |  | 31 |
Amounts incurred |  |  | (67 | )
Currency translation adjustments and other |  |  | — |
Balance at June 30, 2016 |  | $ | 208 |

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