Huntsman Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 8 - Variable Interest Entities

Note 8 - Variable Interest Entities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Variable Interest Entity Disclosure [Text Block]

8. VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

We evaluate our investments and transactions to identify variable interest entities for which we are the primary beneficiary. We hold a variable interest in the following joint ventures for which we are the primary beneficiary:

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Rubicon LLC is our 50%-owned joint venture with Lanxess that manufactures products for our Polyurethanes and Performance Products segments. The structure of the joint venture is such that the total equity investment at risk is not sufficient to permit the joint venture to finance its activities without additional financial support. By virtue of the operating agreement with this joint venture, we purchase a majority of the output, absorb a majority of the operating costs and provide a majority of the additional funding.

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AAC is our 50%-owned joint venture with Zamil group that manufactures products for our Performance Products segment. As required in the operating agreement governing this joint venture, we purchase all of AAC’s production and sell it to our customers. Substantially all of the joint venture’s activities are conducted on our behalf.

Sasol-Huntsman was our 50%-owned joint venture with Sasol that owned and operated a maleic anhydride facility in Moers, Germany. On September 30, 2019, we acquired the 50% noncontrolling interest that we did not own in the Sasol-Huntsman. As such, as of September 30, 2019, Sasol-Huntsman became our wholly-owned subsidiary and was no longer accounted for as a variable interest entity.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, there were no changes in our variable interest entities.

Creditors of our variable interest entities have no recourse to our general credit. See “Note 15. Debt—Direct and Subsidiary Debt.” As the primary beneficiary of these variable interest entities at December 31, 2020, the joint ventures’ assets, liabilities and results of operations are included in our consolidated financial statements.

The following table summarizes the carrying amount of our variable interest entities’ assets and liabilities included in our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in millions):

	*December 31,*
	*2020*		*2019*
Current assets	$	49	$	50
Property, plant and equipment, net		167		180
Operating lease right-of-use assets		22		16
Other noncurrent assets		138		132
Deferred income taxes		30		30
Total assets	$	406	$	408
Current liabilities	$	183	$	151
Long-term debt		3		29
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities		17		11
Other noncurrent liabilities		82		87
Deferred income taxes		1		—
Total liabilities	$	286	$	278

The revenues, income from continuing operations before income taxes and net cash provided by operating activities for our variable interest entities are as follows (dollars in millions):

	*Year ended December 31,*
	*2020*		2019⁽¹⁾		*2018*
Revenues	$	—	$	95	$	154
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		4		17		40
Net cash provided by operating activities		10		81		65

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As of September 30, 2019, Sasol-Huntsman was no longer accounted for as a variable interest entity. Therefore, this financial data only includes information for Sasol-Huntsman applicable to the period from January 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019.