Huntsman Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Note 6 - Variable Interest Entities

Note 6 - Variable Interest Entities

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

Variable Interest Entity Disclosure [Text Block]

6. 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.

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Arabian Amines Company (“AAC”) is our 50%-owned joint venture with Zamil group that manufactures products for our Performance Products segment.

During the six months ended June 30, 2022, there were no changes in our variable interest entities.

Creditors of these entities have no recourse to our general credit. See “Note 8. Debt—Direct and Subsidiary Debt.” As the primary beneficiary of these variable interest entities at June 30, 2022, the joint ventures’ assets, liabilities and results of operations are included in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

The following table summarizes the carrying amounts of our variable interest entities’ assets and liabilities included in our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2022 and our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021 (dollars in millions):

	*June 30,*		*December 31,*
	*2022*		*2021*
Current assets	$	84	$	81
Property, plant and equipment, net		158		161
Operating lease right-of-use assets		33		26
Other noncurrent assets		142		148
Deferred income taxes		21		21
Total assets	$	438	$	437
Current liabilities	$	154	$	176
Long-term debt		31		35
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities		23		20
Other noncurrent liabilities		45		46
Total liabilities	$	253	$	277

The revenues, income from continuing operations before income taxes and net cash provided by operating activities for our variable interest entities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 are as follows (dollars in millions):

	*Three months*				*Six months*
	*ended*				*ended*
	*June 30,*				*June 30,*
	*2022*		*2021*		*2022*		*2021*
Revenues	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		8		7		13		7
Net cash provided by operating activities		27		4		35		8