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INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES  
INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES

11. INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES

        Bunge participates in various unconsolidated joint ventures and other investments accounted for using the equity method. Certain equity method investments at December 31, 2015 are described below. Bunge allocates equity in earnings of affiliates to its reporting segments.

Agribusiness

        G3 Global Grain Group Limited—Bunge has a 51% ownership interest in G3 Global Grain Group Limited, a joint venture with Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company ("SALIC") that operates grain facilities in Canada (see Note 2).

        PT Bumiraya Investindo—Bunge has a 35% ownership interest in PT Bumiraya Investindo, an Indonesian palm plantation company.

        Bunge-SCF Grain, LLC—Bunge has a 50% interest in Bunge-SCF Grain, LLC, a joint venture with SCF Agri/Fuels LLC that operates grain facilities along the Mississippi River.

        Caiasa—Paraguay Complejo Agroindustrial Angostura S.A—Bunge has a 33.33% ownership interest in an oilseed processing facility joint venture with Louis Dreyfus Commodities and Aceitera General Deheza S.A. ("AGD"), in Paraguay.

        Terminal 6 S.A. and Terminal 6 Industrial S.A—Bunge has a joint venture in Argentina with AGD for the operation of the Terminal 6 port facility located in the Santa Fe province of Argentina. Bunge is also a party to a second joint venture with AGD that operates a crushing facility located adjacent to the Terminal 6 port facility. Bunge owns 40% and 50%, respectively, of these joint ventures.

Sugar and Bioenergy

        Solazyme Bunge Produtos Renovaveis Ltda. ("SB Oils")—In April 2012, Bunge entered into a joint venture with Solazyme Inc. for the production of renewable oils in Brazil, using sugar supplied by one of Bunge's mills. Bunge has a 49.9% interest in this entity.

        ProMaiz—Bunge has a joint venture in Argentina with AGD for the construction and operation of a corn wet milling facility. Bunge is a 50% owner in this joint venture.

        Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC ("SIRE")—Bunge is a 25% owner of SIRE. The other owners are primarily agricultural producers located in Southwest Iowa. SIRE operates an ethanol plant near Bunge's oilseed processing facility in Council Bluffs, Iowa.