Notes payable and other borrowings (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Principal payments disclosure

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

	2018		2019		2020		2021		2022
Insurance and other	$	4,741	$	844	$	1,800	$	2,527	$	850
Railroad, utilities and energy		8,659		2,939		2,245		1,804		3,395
Finance and financial products		4,661		4,016		931		750		775
	$	18,061	$	7,799	$	4,976	$	5,081	$	5,020

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, 2017.

	Weighted Average Interest Rate		December 31,
			2017		2016
Insurance and other:
Issued by Berkshire:
U.S. Dollar denominated borrowings due 2018-2047		2.8%	$	10,603	$	11,709
Euro denominated borrowings due 2020-2035		1.1%		8,164		5,994
Short-term subsidiary borrowings		3.4%		1,832		2,094
Other subsidiary borrowings due 2018-2045		3.6%		6,725		7,378
			$	27,324	$	27,175

Finance and Financial Products [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

	Weighted Average Interest Rate		December 31,
			2017		2016
Finance and financial products:
Issued by Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”) due 2018-2043		2.8%	$	12,926	$	14,423
Issued by other subsidiaries due 2018-2036		4.5%		159		961
			$	13,085	$	15,384

Railroad, Utilities and Energy [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

	Weighted Average Interest Rate		December 31,
			2017		2016
Railroad, utilities and energy:
Issued by Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company (“BHE”) and its subsidiaries:
BHE senior unsecured debt due 2018-2045		5.1%	$	6,452	$	7,818
Subsidiary and other debt due 2018-2064		4.8%		28,739		27,354
Short-term debt		2.0%		4,488		1,869
Issued by BNSF due 2018-2097		4.8%		22,499		22,044
			$	62,178	$	59,085