Notes payable and other borrowings (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Finance and Financial Products [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

	Weighted Average  Interest Rate		June 30,  2017		December 31,  2016
Finance and financial products:
Issued by Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”) due 2017-2043		2.7%	$	13,323	$	14,423
Issued by other subsidiaries due 2017-2036		4.7%		465		961
			$	13,788	$	15,384

Insurance and Other [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

Notes payable and other borrowings are summarized below (in millions). The weighted average interest rates and maturity date ranges shown in the following tables are based on borrowings as of June 30, 2017.

	Weighted Average   Interest Rate		June 30,  2017		December 31,   2016
Insurance and other:
Issued by Berkshire:
U.S. Dollar denominated borrowings due 2017-2047		2.8%		$10,615		$11,709
Euro denominated borrowings due 2020-2035		1.1%		7,766		5,994
Short-term subsidiary borrowings		3.0%		2,013		2,094
Other subsidiary borrowings due 2017-2045		3.9%		7,387		7,378
				$27,781		$27,175

Railroad, Utilities and Energy [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

	Weighted Average  Interest Rate		June 30, 2017		December 31,  2016
Railroad, utilities and energy:
Issued by Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company (“BHE”) and its subsidiaries:
BHE senior unsecured debt due 2018-2045		5.4%	$	7,420	$	7,818
Subsidiary and other debt due 2017-2064		4.6%		30,729		29,223
Issued by BNSF due 2017-2097		4.8%		22,552		22,044
			$	60,701	$	59,085