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Note 10: Current Receivables

Consolidated(a) GE
December 31 (In millions) 2007 2006 2007 2006

(a) Included GE industrial customer receivables factored through a GECS affiliate and reported as financing receivables by GECS.

Infrastructure $ 10,984 $ 8,567 $ 8,754 $ 6,524
Healthcare 4,531 4,441 2,343 2,897
NBC Universal 3,800 3,354 2,927 3,070
Industrial 2,937 3,545 910 1,391
Corporate items and eliminations 526 220 642 364
22,778 20,127 15,576 14,246
Less allowance for losses (519) (510) (483) (480)
Total $ 22,259 $ 19,617 $ 15,093 $ 13,766

GE receivables balances at December 31, 2007 and 2006, before allowance for losses, included $11,008 million and $8,845 million, respectively, from sales of goods and services to customers, and $381 million and $175 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, from transactions with associated companies.

GE current receivables of $252 million and $248 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, arose from sales, principally of Aviation goods and services on open account to various agencies of the U.S. government, our largest single customer. About 4% of our sales of goods and services were to the U.S. government in 2007, 2006 and 2005.