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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

STMICROELECTRONICS N.V.

VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

Valuation and qualifying accounts deducted from the related asset accounts		Balance at beginning of period				Translation adjustment				Charged to costs and expenses				Additions/ (Deductions)				Balance at end of period
		(Currency — millions of U.S. dollars)
2017
Accounts Receivable			12				—				—				3				15
Deferred Tax Assets			1,578				24				3				(103	)			1,502
2016
Accounts Receivable			7				—				3				2				12
Deferred Tax Assets			1,585				(4	)			13				(16	)			1,578
2015
Accounts Receivable			8				—				2				(3	)			7
Deferred Tax Assets			1,607				(28	)			24				(18	)			1,585

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- Definition

The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369

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