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Financial Instruments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Financial Instruments Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions |
Notional Amounts | Successor | Predecessor
(In millions) | September 30, 2017 | December 31, 2016
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: |  |
Commodity contracts | $ | — |  | $ | 422 |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |
Foreign currency contracts | 11,528 |  | 9,896 |
Commodity contracts | 8 |  | 7 |
The notional amounts of the company's commodity derivatives were as follows:
Commodity Gross Aggregate Notionals | Successor September 30, 2017 | Predecessor December 31, 2016 | Notional Volume Unit
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |
Corn | — |  | 55.2 |  | million bushels
Soybean | — |  | 22.1 |  | million bushels
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |
Soybean | 0.5 |  | 0.2 |  | million bushels
Soybean Oil | 3.3 |  | 7.3 |  | million pounds
Soybean Meal | 4.8 |  | 9.1 |  | kilotons
Schedule of Cash Flow Hedges Included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
| Successor | Predecessor
(In millions) | For the Period September 1 - September 30, 2017 | For the Period July 1 - August 31, 2017 | Three Months Ended September 30, 2016 | For the Period Jan. 1 - August 31, 2017 | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Beginning balance | $ | — |  | $ | (4 | ) | $ | 10 |  | $ | 7 |  | $ | (24 | )
Additions and revaluations of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges | — |  | 1 |  | (2 | ) | 3 |  | 21 |
Clearance of hedge results to earnings | — |  | — |  | — |  | (13 | ) | 11 |
Ending balance | $ | — |  | $ | (3 | ) | $ | 8 |  | $ | (3 | ) | $ | 8 |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value |
|  | Successor
|  | September 30, 2017
(In millions) | Balance Sheet Location | Gross | Counterparty and Cash Collateral Netting 1 | Net Amounts Included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
Asset derivatives: |  |  |  |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts | Other current assets | $ | 88 |  | $ | (75 | ) | $ | 13 |
Total asset derivatives |  | $ | 88 |  | $ | (75 | ) | $ | 13 |
Liability derivatives: |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts | Accrued and other current liabilities | $ | 107 |  | $ | (75 | ) | $ | 32 |
Total liability derivatives |  | $ | 107 |  | $ | (75 | ) | $ | 32 |
1. | Counterparty and cash collateral amounts represent the estimated net settlement amount when applying netting and set-off rights included in master netting arrangements between the company and its counterparties and the payable or receivable for cash collateral held or placed with the same counterparty. The company held cash collateral of $0 million as of September 30, 2017.
|  | Predecessor
(In millions) | Balance Sheet Location | December 31, 2016
Asset derivatives: |  |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |
Foreign currency contracts 1 | Accounts and notes receivable - net | $ | 182 |
Total asset derivatives 2 |  | $ | 182 |
Cash collateral 1 | Accrued and other current liabilities | $ | 52 |
Liability derivatives: |  |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts | Accrued and other current liabilities | $ | 121 |
Total liability derivatives 2 |  | $ | 121 |
1. | Cash collateral held as of December 31, 2016 is related to foreign currency derivatives not designated as hedging instruments.
2. | The company's derivative assets and liabilities subject to enforceable master netting arrangements totaled $114 million at December 31, 2016.
Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) in Statement of Financial Performance |
| Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCI 1 (Effective Portion)
| Successor | Predecessor
(In millions) | For the Period September 1 - September 30, 2017 | For the Period July 1 - August 31, 2017 | Three Months Ended September 30, 2016 | For the Period Jan. 1 - August 31, 2017 | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |
Cash flow hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commodity contracts | $ | — |  | $ | 1 |  | $ | (3 | ) | $ | 5 |  | $ | 34 |
Total derivatives | $ | — |  | $ | 1 |  | $ | (3 | ) | $ | 5 |  | $ | 34 |
1. | OCI is defined as other comprehensive income (loss).
| Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income 1
| Successor | Predecessor
(In millions) | For the Period September 1 - September 30, 2017 | For the Period July 1 - August 31, 2017 | Three Months Ended September 30, 2016 | For the Period Jan. 1 - August 31, 2017 | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |
Cash flow hedges: |  |  |  |  |
Commodity contracts 2 | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 21 |  | $ | (18 | )
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts 4 | 112 |  | (260 | ) | (82 | ) | (431 | ) | (397 | )
Foreign currency contracts 3 | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | (15 | )
Commodity contracts 2 | — |  | 2 |  | (1 | ) | 2 |  | (11 | )
Total derivatives | $ | 112 |  | $ | (258 | ) | $ | (83 | ) | $ | (408 | ) | $ | (441 | )
1. | For cash flow hedges, this represents the effective portion of the gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income during the period. There was no material ineffectiveness with regard to the company's cash flow hedges during the period.
2. | Recorded in cost of goods sold
3. | Recorded in net sales.
4. | Gain recognized in sundry income (expense) - net was partially offset by the related gain on the foreign currency-denominated monetary assets and liabilities of the company's operations, which were $65 million for the periods July 1 through August 31, 2017 and $6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016, and $37 million for the period January 1 through August 31, 2017 and $185 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. See Note 6 for additional information.

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