Other Current Assets and Liabilities (note)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2021

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Other Current Assets and Liabilities

    Other current assets and liabilities as of February 28, 2021, and August 31, 2020, are as follows:

	February 28, 2021		August 31, 2020
Other current assets	(Dollars in thousands)
Derivative assets (Note 11)	$	999,072	$	371,195
Margin and related deposits	328,849		194,097
Supplier advance payments	515,663		198,699
Other	306,666		253,497
Total other current assets	$	2,150,250	$	1,017,488
Other current liabilities
Customer margin deposits and credit balances	$	218,217	$	149,539
Customer advance payments	1,084,039		300,100
Derivative liabilities (Note 11)	576,543		416,204
Dividends and equity payable	69,982		63,000
Total other current liabilities	$	1,948,781	$	928,843