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RECEIVABLES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Accounts Receivable, Net [Abstract]  
Receivables [Text Block]
RECEIVABLES
Dollars in Millions
September 30,
2016
 
December 31,
2015
Trade receivables
$
3,963

 
$
3,070

Less allowances
(150
)
 
(122
)
Net trade receivables
3,813

 
2,948

Alliance receivables
1,085

 
958

Prepaid and refundable income taxes
444

 
182

Other
255

 
211

Receivables
$
5,597

 
$
4,299



Non-U.S. receivables sold on a nonrecourse basis were $470 million and $327 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Receivables from our three largest pharmaceutical wholesalers in the U.S. represented 63% and 53% of total trade receivables at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.