Finance debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021


						$ million
			2021			2020
	Current	Non-current	Total	Current	Non-current	Total
Borrowings	5,557	55,619	61,176	9,359	63,305	72,664

The main elements of current borrowings are the current portion of long-term borrowings that is due to be repaid in the next 12 months of $3,366 million (2020 $8,122 million) and issued commercial paper of $2,163 million (2020 $1,004 million). Finance debt does not include accrued interest of $484 million (2020 $678 million), which is reported within other payables. As part of actively managing its debt portfolio, during the year the group bought back $11.0 billion (2020 $4.0 billion) equivalent of finance debt primarily consisting of US dollar, euro and sterling bonds. Derivatives associated with non-US dollar debt bought back were also terminated. These transactions have no significant impact on net debt and gearing.

The following table shows the weighted-average interest rates achieved through a combination of borrowings and derivative financial instruments entered into to manage interest rate and currency exposures.


		Fixed rate debt		Floating rate debt		Total
	Weighted average interest rate %	Weighted average time for which rate is fixed Years	Amount $ million	Weighted average interest rate %	Amount $ million	Amount $ million
						2021
US dollar	3	12	35,891	2	25,074	60,965
Other currencies	6	9	188	1	23	211
			36,079		25,097	61,176

						2020
US dollar	3	8	39,452	2	32,891	72,343
Other currencies	6	9	178	5	143	321
			39,630		33,034	72,664

Fair values

The estimated fair value of finance debt is shown in the table below together with the carrying amount as reflected in the balance sheet.

Long-term borrowings in the table below include the portion of debt that matures in the 12 months from 31 December 2021, whereas in the group balance sheet the amount is reported within current finance debt.

The carrying amount of the group’s short-term borrowings, comprising mainly of commercial paper, approximates their fair value. The fair values of the significant majority of the group’s long-term borrowings are determined using quoted prices in active markets, and so fall within level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Where quoted prices are not available, quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets are used and such measurements are therefore categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.


				$ million
		2021		2020
	Fair value	Carrying amount	Fair value	Carrying amount
Short-term borrowings	2,191	2,191	1,237	1,237
Long-term borrowings	60,755	58,985	74,855	71,427
Total finance debt	62,946	61,176	76,092	72,664