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Trade and Other Current Receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Summary of Trade and Other Current Receivables |
Trade and other current receivables |  | € million 2020 |  |  | € million 2019 |
Due within one year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables (a) |  |  | 3,433 |  |  |  | 4,916 |
Prepayments and accrued income |  |  | 423 |  |  |  | 579 |
Other receivables |  |  | 1,083 |  |  |  | 1,200 |
|  |  | 4,939 |  |  |  | 6,695 |
(a) | 2020 includes €61 million (2019: €698 million) due from KKR as a result of an arrangement following the sale of the global spreads business (excluding Southern Africa) where Unilever provided services to KKR for two years from completion of the disposal. See also trade payables on page 142.
Summary of Ageing of Trade Receivables |
Ageing of trade receivables |  | € million 2020 |  |  | € million 2019 |
Not overdue |  |  | 2,849 |  |  |  | 3,856 |
Past due less than three months |  |  | 481 |  |  |  | 827 |
Past due more than three months but less than six months |  |  | 99 |  |  |  | 186 |
Past due more than six months but less than one year |  |  | 73 |  |  |  | 94 |
Past due more than one year |  |  | 124 |  |  |  | 164 |
Total trade receivables |  |  | 3,626 |  |  |  | 5,127 |
Impairment provision for trade receivables |  |  | (193 | ) |  |  | (211 | )
|  |  | 3,433 |  |  |  | 4,916 |
Summary of Impairment Provision for Trade and Other Receivables |
Impairment provision for total trade and other receivables |  | € million 2020 |  |  | € million 2019 |
1 January |  |  | 321 |  |  |  | 214 |
Charge to income statement |  |  | 66 |  |  |  | 79 |
Reduction/releases |  |  | (68 | ) |  |  | (54 | )
Reclassifications (a) |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 86 |
Currency translations |  |  | (44 | ) |  |  | (4 | )
31 December |  |  | 276 |  |  |  | 321 |
(a) | 2019 includes an amount transferred from provisions relating to Brazil indirect taxes.

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