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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Exchange Rates for Euros into U.S. Dollars Applicable for Translation of NXP's Financial Statements | The following table sets out the exchange rates for euros into U.S. dollars applicable for translation of NXP’s financial statements for the periods specified.
|  | $ per € 1 |
|  | period end |  |  | average 1) |  |  | high |  |  | low |
2012 |  |  | 1.3190 |  |  |  | 1.2887 |  |  |  | 1.2238 |  |  |  | 1.3347 |
2011 |  |  | 1.2938 |  |  |  | 1.3908 |  |  |  | 1.2938 |  |  |  | 1.4531 |
2010 |  |  | 1.3370 |  |  |  | 1.3326 |  |  |  | 1.2183 |  |  |  | 1.4402 |
(1) | The average rates are the average rates based on monthly quotations.

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