Finance debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023


						$ million
			2023			2022
	Current	Non-current	Total	Current	Non-current	Total
Borrowings	3,284	48,670	51,954	3,198	43,746	46,944

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 $2,688 million (2022 $2,297 million) and issued commercial paper of $456 million (2022 $725 million). Finance debt does not include accrued interest of $495 million (2022 $409 million), which is reported within other payables. As part of actively managing its debt portfolio, during the year the group bought back $1.7 billion equivalent of finance debt consisting entirely of euro bonds (2022 $7.4 billion US dollar bonds). Derivatives associated with non-US dollar debt bought back were also terminated. These transactions have no significant impact on net debt or 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
						2023
US dollar	4	13	33,511	8	18,134	51,645
Other currencies	6	7	205	10	104	309
			33,716		18,238	51,954

						2022
US dollar	3	14	28,651	6	18,105	46,756
Other currencies	6	8	188	—	—	188
			28,839		18,105	46,944

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 2023, 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
		2023		2022
	Fair value	Carrying amount	Fair value	Carrying amount
Short-term borrowings	596	596	901	901
Long-term borrowings	48,199	51,358	41,689	46,043
Total finance debt	48,795	51,954	42,590	46,944