ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE FACTORING AND SECURITIZATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Accounts Receivable Factoring And Securitization [Abstract]

Schedule of Accounts Receivable Factoring and Securitization

The company has a U.S. accounts receivable securitization facility with PNC Bank and participates in various accounts receivable factoring programs, primarily with Nordea Bank for trade receivables from AB Volvo as follows (in millions):



	Current Expiration	Total Facility Size as of 9/30/19				Utilized as of 9/30/19				Utilized as of 9/30/18
		EUR		USD		EUR		USD		EUR		USD
On-balance sheet arrangement:
Committed U.S. accounts receivable securitization ⁽¹⁾	December 2022	N/A		$	115	N/A		$	13	N/A		$	57
Total on-balance sheet arrangement:⁽¹⁾		N/A		$	115	N/A		$	13	N/A		$	57
Off-balance sheet arrangements:
Committed Swedish factoring facility ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	March 2020	€	155	$	169	€	109	$	119	€	136	$	158
Committed U.S. factoring facility ⁽²⁾	February 2023	N/A		75		N/A		58		45		53
Uncommitted U.K. factoring facility	February 2022	25		27		6		6		8		9
Uncommitted Italy factoring facility	June 2022	30		33		21		23		24		28
Other uncommitted factoring facilities ⁽⁴⁾	None	N/A		N/A		18		20		11		12
Total off-balance sheet arrangements		€	210	€	304	€	154	$	226	€	224	$	260

⁽¹⁾Availability subject to adequate eligible accounts receivable available for sale. The utilized amount includes $4 million and $11 million of letters of credit as of September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively.

⁽²⁾Actual amounts may exceed the bank's commitment at the bank's discretion.

⁽³⁾ The facility is backed by a 364-day liquidity commitment from Nordea Bank which extends through January 10, 2020.

⁽⁴⁾ There is no explicit facility size under the factoring agreement, but the counterparty approves the purchase of receivable tranches at its discretion.