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Guarantees (Notes) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
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17. | GUARANTEES
The Company provides financial guarantees as required by creditors, insurance programs, and state and foreign governmental agencies. As of December 31, 2011, the following financial guarantees were outstanding:
Financial Commitments | Maximum Potential Payment |  | Carrying Amount of Liability
Standby letters of credit (a) | $ | 43,142 |  |  | $ | 38,110 |
Guarantees (b) | 2,555 |  |  | 43 |
Surety bonds (c) | 6,159 |  |  | 1,362 |
Total financial commitments | $ | 51,856 |  |  | $ | 39,515 |
(a) | Approximately $39 million of the standby letters of credit serve as credit support for industrial revenue bonds. The remaining letters of credit support various insurance related agreements, primarily workers’ compensation and pollution liability policy requirements. These letters of credit will expire at various dates during 2012 and will be renewed as required.
(b) | In conjunction with a timberland sale and note monetization in the first quarter of 2004, the Company issued a make-whole agreement pursuant to which it guaranteed $2.6 million of obligations of a special-purpose entity that was established to complete the monetization. At December 31, 2011, the Company has recorded a de minimus liability to reflect the fair market value of its obligation to perform under the make-whole agreement.
(c) | Rayonier issues surety bonds primarily to secure timber harvesting obligations in the State of Washington and to provide collateral for the Company’s workers’ compensation self-insurance program in that state. These surety bonds expire at various dates between 2012 and 2014 and are expected to be renewed as required.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for each guarantee obligation, or each group of similar guarantee obligations, including (a) the nature of the guarantee, including its term, how it arose, and the events or circumstances that would require the guarantor to perform under the guarantee; (b) the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee; (c) the current carrying amount of the liability, if any, for the guarantor's obligations under the guarantee; and (d) the nature of any recourse provisions under the guarantee, and any assets held either as collateral or by third parties, and any relevant related party disclosure. Excludes disclosures about product warranties. + References No definition available. + Details
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