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Trade and other receivables | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Trade and other receivables | 16. Trade and other receivables
|  | 2018 $m |  |  | 2017 $m |
Current |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  |  | 474 |  |  |  | 452 |
Other receivables |  |  | 27 |  |  |  | 23 |
Prepayments |  |  | 111 |  |  |  | 74 |
Loans to and receivables from associates |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 2 |
|  |  | 613 |  |  |  | 551 |
Trade and other receivables are held at amortised cost. Trade receivables are non-interest-bearing and are generally on payment terms of up to 30 days. The fair value of trade and other receivables approximates their carrying value. The maximum exposure to credit risk for trade and other receivables, excluding prepayments, at the end of the reporting period by geographic region is:
|  | 2018 $m |  |  | 2017 $m |
Americas |  |  | 325 |  |  |  | 305 |
EMEAA |  |  | 125 |  |  |  | 122 |
Greater China |  |  | 52 |  |  |  | 50 |
|  |  | 502 |  |  |  | 477 |
The ageing of trade and other receivables, excluding prepayments, at the end of the reporting period is:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | Gross $m |  |  | Credit loss allowance $m |  |  | Net $m |  |  | Gross $m |  |  | Credit loss allowance $m |  |  | Net $m |
Not past due |  |  | 356 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 355 |  |  |  | 333 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 332 |
Past due 1 to 30 days |  |  | 71 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 70 |  |  |  | 68 |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | 66 |
Past due 31 to 180 days |  |  | 86 |  |  |  | (9 | ) |  |  | 77 |  |  |  | 82 |  |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | 75 |
Past due more than 180 days |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 71 |  |  |  | (67 | ) |  |  | 4 |
|  |  | 513 |  |  |  | (11 | ) |  |  | 502 |  |  |  | 554 |  |  |  | (77 | ) |  |  | 477 |
Trade and other receivables over 180 days past due are written off, but continue to be actively pursued. The credit risk relating to balances not past due is not deemed to be significant. The movement in the allowance for expected lifetime credit losses of trade and other receivables during the year is as follows:
|  | 2018 $m |  |  | 2017 $m |  |  | 2016 $m |
At 1 January |  |  | (77 | ) |  |  | (69 | ) |  |  | (56 | )
Adjustment arising on adoption of IFRS 9 |  |  | 67 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Provided |  |  | (28 | ) |  |  | (15 | ) |  |  | (25 | )
Amounts written back |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 5 |
Amounts written off |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 5 |
Exchange adjustments |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 2 |
At 31 December |  |  | (11 | ) |  |  | (77 | ) |  |  | (69 | )

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- Definition The disclosure of trade and other receivables. [Refer: Trade and other receivables] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 10 -Subparagraph e -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=1&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_10_e&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2018-03-16 + Details
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