Receivables, Net

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Receivables, Net

Receivables, Net

8.     Receivables, Net

	September 30,		December 31,
($ in millions)	2021		2020
Trade accounts receivable	$	1,282	$	825
Unbilled receivables		702		528
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts		(8)		(9)
Net trade accounts receivable		1,976		1,344
Other receivables		513		394
	$	2,489	$	1,738

The company has entered into several regional committed and uncommitted accounts receivable factoring programs with various financial institutions for certain of its receivables. The programs are accounted for as true sales of the receivables, without recourse to Ball, and had combined limits of approximately $1.7 billion at September 30, 2021, and $1.6 billion at December 31, 2020. A total of $430 million and $232 million were available for sale under these programs as of September 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, respectively.

Other receivables include income and sales tax receivables and other miscellaneous receivables.