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Notes Payable, Long-term Debt, Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions |  |  |  |  | 3 Months Ended |  |  |
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Jul. 02, 2015 item | Apr. 29, 2015 item | Oct. 17, 2014 item | Sep. 18, 2014 item | Apr. 02, 2016 USD ($) item | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Sep. 19, 2012 item
Debt Instrument |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total long-term debt at face value |  |  |  |  | $ 515 |  | $ 523 |
Current maturities of long-term debt and unamortized discount |  |  |  |  | (9) |  | (5) |
Long-term debt, less current maturities and unamortized discount |  |  |  |  | 506 |  | 518 |
Decrease in debt balance due to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations |  |  |  |  | $ 8 |  |  |
Contingencies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of foreign companies, where records requested by court | item |  | 37 |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of individuals, where records requested by court | item |  | 5 | 1 | 1 |  |  |  |
Number of entities, where records requested by court | item |  |  | 8 | 9 |  |  |  |
Number of subpoenas | item | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of search warrants executed authorizing the seizure of certain records from Seaboard's offices in Merriam, Kansas and at the Seaboard Foods employment office and the human resources department in Guymon, Oklahoma. | item |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Number of civil or criminal proceedings or charges filed | item |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |
Pork Processing Plant In Sioux City Iowa |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commitments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Agreed contribution |  |  |  |  | $ 150 |  | $ 207 |
Due in 2017 |  |  |  |  | $ 73 |  |  |
Pork Processing Plant In Sioux City Iowa | Forecast |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commitments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Remainder of 2016 |  |  |  |  |  | $ 36 |  |
Seaboard Triumph Foods | Pork |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commitments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of ownership |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50.00% |
Notes payable to bank |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average interest rate (as a percent) |  |  |  |  | 13.17% |  | 11.74% |
Uncommitted bank lines |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum capacity |  |  |  |  | $ 371 |  |  |
Letters of credit outstanding |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |
Term loan due 2022 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total long-term debt at face value |  |  |  |  | $ 500 |  | $ 500 |
Effective interest rate (as a percent) |  |  |  |  | 2.06% |  | 1.90% |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage |  |  |  |  | 2.06% |  | 1.90% |
Foreign subsidiary obligations due 2020 through 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total long-term debt at face value |  |  |  |  | $ 15 |  | $ 23 |
Effective interest rate (as a percent) |  |  |  |  | 30.25% |  | 30.23% |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage |  |  |  |  | 30.25% |  | 30.23% |
Foreign subsidiaries | Uncommitted bank lines |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Notes payable to banks |  |  |  |  | $ 146 |  |  |
Maximum capacity |  |  |  |  | 321 |  |  |
Foreign subsidiaries | South African Rand |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Notes payable to banks |  |  |  |  | 66 |  |  |
Foreign subsidiaries | Argentine pesos |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Notes payable to banks |  |  |  |  | 32 |  |  |
Foreign subsidiaries | Zambian kwacha |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Notes payable to banks |  |  |  |  | $ 20 |  |  |

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