GUARANTEES

The Company and certain of its foreign subsidiaries guarantee bank loans to suppliers to finance their crops. Under longer-term arrangements, the Company may also guarantee financing on suppliers’ construction of curing barns or other tobacco production assets. Guaranteed loans are generally repaid concurrent with the delivery of tobacco to the Company. The Company is obligated to repay any guaranteed loan should the supplier default. If default occurs, the Company has recourse against the supplier. The Company also guarantees bank loans of certain unconsolidated subsidiaries in Asia and Brazil.

The following table summarizes amounts guaranteed and the fair value of those guarantees:



	September 30, 2016		September 30, 2015		March 31, 2016
Amounts guaranteed (not to exceed)	$	206,923	$	236,045	$	210,703
Amounts outstanding under guarantee	89,822		133,897		107,615
Fair value of guarantees	4,467		4,865		7,350

Of the guarantees outstanding at September 30, 2016, all expire within one year. The fair value of guarantees is recorded in Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and included in crop costs except for the joint venture in Brazil which is included in Accounts Receivable, Related Parties.

In Brazil, certain suppliers obtain government subsidized rural credit financing from local banks that is guaranteed by the Company. The Company withholds amounts owed to suppliers related to the rural credit financing of the supplier upon delivery of tobacco to the Company. The Company remits payments to the local banks on behalf of the guaranteed suppliers. Terms of rural credit financing are such that repayment is due to local banks based on contractual due dates. As of March 31, 2016, the Company had a balance of $16,699 that was due to local banks on behalf of suppliers. As of September 30, 2016 and 2015, there are no amounts due. These amounts are included in Accounts Payable in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.