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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES [Abstract] |
Changes in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | The changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts, included on the consolidated balance sheets as an offset to “Accounts and notes receivable,” for the three years ended December 31, 2011 were as follows (in millions):
| Balance at Beginning of year | Expense | Write-offs and Other | Balance at End of Year
2011 | $8 | $-- | $(1) | $7
2010 | $10 | -- | $(2) | $8
2009 | $8 | $3 | $(1) | $10
Inventories | Inventories at December 31, 2011 and 2010 were as follows (in millions):
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |
Sugar inventories |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |
Materials and supplies inventories |  |  | 24 |  |  |  | 19 |  |
Total |  | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | 35 |  |
Estimated Useful Lives of Property | Estimated useful lives of property are as follows:
Classification | Range of Life (in years)
Vessels | 10 to 40
Buildings | 10 to 40
Water, power and sewer systems | 5 to 50
Machinery and equipment | 2 to 35
Other property improvements | 3 to 35
Carrying Amount of Goodwill | The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 were as follows (in millions):
|  | Goodwill |
Balance, December 31, 2009 |  | $ | 27 |
Additions |  |  | -- |
Balance, December 31, 2010 |  |  | 27 |
Additions |  |  | -- |
Balance, December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 27 |
Intangible Assets | Intangible assets for the years ended December 31 included the following (in millions):
|  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  | Gross |  |  |  | Gross |  |
|  | Carrying |  | Accumulated |  | Carrying |  | Accumulated
|  | Amount |  | Amortization |  | Amount |  | Amortization
Amortized intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer lists |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  |  |  | $ | (6 | ) |  |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  |  |  | $ | (5 | ) |
In-place leases |  |  |  | 15 |  |  |  |  |  | (9 | ) |  |  |  |  | 15 |  |  |  |  |  | (7 | ) |
Other |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  |  |  | (8 | ) |  |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  |  |  | (5 | ) |
Total assets |  |  | $ | 38 |  |  |  |  | $ | (23 | ) |  |  |  | $ | 38 |  |  |  |  | $ | (17 | ) |
Estimated Amortization Expenses Related to Intangibles Over the Next Five Years | Estimated amortization expenses related to intangibles over the next five years are as follows (in millions):
| Estimated Amortization
2012 | $ | 3
2013 |  | 3
2014 |  | 2
2015 |  | 2
2016 |  | 1
Denominator Used to Compute Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share | The denominator used to compute basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows (in millions):
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
Denominator for basic EPS: weighted average shares outstanding |  | 41.6 |  | 41.2 |  | 41.0 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding stock options and non-vested stock units |  | 0.4 |  | 0.3 |  | 0.1 |
Denominator for diluted EPS: weighted average shares outstanding |  | 42.0 |  | 41.5 |  | 41.1 |
Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Net of Taxes | The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes, were as follows for the years ended December 31 (in millions):
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Unrealized components of benefit plans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension plans |  | $ | (90 | ) |  | $ | (73 | ) |  | $ | (73 | )
Postretirement plans |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | -- |
Non-qualified benefit plans |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | (6 | )
SSAT pension plan and other |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (2 | )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | $ | (92 | ) |  | $ | (82 | ) |  | $ | (81 | )

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