Notes payable and other borrowings (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Principal payments disclosure

Principal repayments expected during each of the next five years are as follows (in millions).

	2016		2017		2018		2019		2020
Insurance and other	$	3,083	$	1,436	$	1,116	$	1,366	$	72
Railroad, utilities and energy		2,511		1,719		4,258		2,905		2,159
Finance and financial products		1,223		3,348		2,961		104		612
	$	6,817	$	6,503	$	8,835	$	4,375	$	2,843

Insurance and Other [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

Notes payable and other borrowings are summarized below (in millions). The weighted average interest rates and maturity date ranges shown in the following tables are based on borrowings as of December 31, 2015.

	Weighted Average Interest Rate			December 31,
				2015		2014
Insurance and other:
Issued by Berkshire due 2016-2047		2.2	%	$	9,799	$	8,314
Short-term subsidiary borrowings		2.2	%		1,989		839
Other subsidiary borrowings due 2016-2044		6.0	%		2,811		2,701
				$	14,599	$	11,854

Railroad, Utilities and Energy [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

	Weighted Average Interest Rate			December 31,
				2015		2014
Railroad, utilities and energy:
Issued by Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company (“BHE”) and its subsidiaries:
BHE senior unsecured debt due 2017-2045		5.1	%	$	7,814	$	7,810
Subsidiary and other debt due 2016-2064		4.9	%		28,188		28,292
Issued by BNSF due 2016-2097		4.9	%		21,737		19,204
				$	57,739	$	55,306

Finance and Financial Products [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

	Weighted Average Interest Rate			December 31,
				2015		2014
Finance and financial products:
Issued by Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”) due 2016-2043		2.7	%	$	10,679	$	11,172
Issued by other subsidiaries due 2016-2036		5.0	%		1,272		1,558
				$	11,951	$	12,730