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Trade Payables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Summary of Trade Payables and Other Liabilities |
Trade payables and other liabilities |  | € million 2020 |  |  | € million 2019 |
Current: due within one year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade payables (a) |  |  | 8,375 |  |  |  | 9,190 |
Accruals |  |  | 4,266 |  |  |  | 4,153 |
Social security and sundry taxes |  |  | 401 |  |  |  | 507 |
Deferred consideration |  |  | 43 |  |  |  | 39 |
Others |  |  | 1,047 |  |  |  | 879 |
|  |  | 14,132 |  |  |  | 14,768 |
Non-current: due after more than one year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accruals |  |  | 81 |  |  |  | 117 |
Deferred consideration |  |  | 121 |  |  |  | 169 |
Others |  |  | 33 |  |  |  | 53 |
|  |  | 235 |  |  |  | 339 |
Total trade payables and other liabilities |  |  | 14,367 |  |  |  | 15,107 |
(a) | 2020 includes €5 million (2019: €359 million) due to KKR as a result of an arrangement following the sale of the global spreads business (excluding Southern Africa). Unilever provided services to KKR for two years from completion of the disposal and paid KKR for amounts collected on its behalf. See also trade receivables on page 141.

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