Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

We lease agricultural land and certain property, plant and equipment, including office facilities and refrigerated containers, under operating leases. We also enter into vessel charter agreements for the transport of our fresh produce to markets worldwide using 6 chartered refrigerated vessels. Terms for vessel charter agreements range between two to 10 years. The aggregate minimum payments under all operating leases and vessel charter agreements with initial terms of one year or more at January 1, 2016 are as follows (U.S. dollars in millions):



2016	54.6
2017	40.4
2018	40.0
2019	36.5
2020	13.8
Thereafter	23.6
	$	208.9

Total expense for all operating leases and vessel charter agreements, including leases with initial terms of less than one year, amounted to $103.9 million for 2015, $106.2 million for 2014 and $114.6 million for 2013.

We also have agreements to purchase the entire or partial production of certain products of our independent growers primarily in Guatemala, Ecuador, Philippines, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, and Cameroon that meet our quality standards. Total purchases under these agreements amounted to $887.2 million for 2015, $811.3 million for 2014 and $744.3 million for 2013.