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Trade and other payables
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract]  
Trade and other payables
Trade and other payables
 
 
 
 
 
$ million

 
 
 
2019

 
2018

 
 
Current

Non-current

Current

Non-current

Financial liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
Trade payables
 
30,538


26,252


Amounts payable to joint ventures and associates
 
1,866


2,369


Payables for capital expenditure and acquisitionsa
 
3,868

1,196

7,325

1,345

Payables related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
 
1,617

10,863

2,279

11,922

Other payables
 
5,810

133

4,980

318

 
 
43,699

12,192

43,205

13,585

Non-financial liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
Sales taxes, customs duties, production taxes and social security
 
2,381

33

2,272

35

Other payables
 
749

401

788

210

 
 
3,130

434

3,060

245

 
 
46,829

12,626

46,265

13,830

a 
2018 includes $3,514 million deferred consideration relating to the acquisition of Petrohawk Energy Corporation from BHP Billiton Petroleum (North America) Inc. See Note 3 for further information.

Materially all of BP's trade payables have payment terms in the range of 30 to 60 days and give rise to operating cash flows.
Trade and other payables, other than those relating to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, are predominantly interest free. See Note 29 (c) for further information.
Payables related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill include amounts payable under the 2016 consent decree and settlement agreement with the United States and five Gulf coast states, including amounts payable for natural resource damages, state claims and Clean Water Act penalties. On a discounted basis the amounts included in other payables for these elements of the agreements are $5,166 million payable over 13 years, $2,742 million payable over 14 years and $3,782 million payable over 13 years respectively at 31 December 2019. Reported within net cash provided by operating activities in the group cash flow statement is a net cash outflow of $2,694 million (2018 outflow of $3,531 million, 2017 outflow of $5,336 million) related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which includes payments made in relation to these agreements. For 2018 and 2017 payments under the 2012 agreement with the US government to resolve all federal criminal claims arising from the incident are also included. For full details of these agreements, see BP Annual Report and Form 20-F 2015.
Payables related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill at 31 December 2019 also include amounts payable for settled economic loss and property damage claims which are payable over a period of up to eight years.