Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2017

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 ship charter agreements for the transport of our fresh produce to markets worldwide using seven chartered refrigerated ships. The remaining terms for ship charter agreements range between one to five years. The aggregate minimum payments under all operating leases and ship charter agreements with initial terms of one year or more at December 29, 2017 are as follows (U.S. dollars in millions):



2018	$	44.1
2019	38.0
2020	16.8
2021	10.2
2022	8.7
Thereafter	27.8
	$	145.6

Total expense for all operating leases and ship charter agreements, including leases with initial terms of less than one year, amounted to $92.1 million for 2017, $96.4 million for 2016 and $103.9 million for 2015.

We also have agreements to purchase the entire or partial production of certain products of our independent growers primarily in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Philippines, Ecuador, Chile, and Colombia that meet our quality standards. Total purchases under these agreements amounted to $815.0 million for 2017, $816.0 million for 2016 and $887.2 million for 2015.

16. Commitments and Contingencies (continued)

In addition, on December 22, 2017, we entered into a definitive agreement for the building of two new refrigerated container ships for $58.0 million to be delivered in 2020. The agreement requires payments of approximately $11.4 million in 2018, $5.7 million in 2019 and $40.9 million in 2020 for these two ships. As part of this ship building agreement, we have two options for two additional ships on each option.