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Business Segment and Geographic Data Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting Information |
Information Concerning Consolidated Operations by Business Segment | Information concerning consolidated operations by business segment is presented in the following tables: Consolidated Operations by Business Segment
| Year Ended December 31
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
NET SALES(a) |  |  |  |  |
Personal Care | $ | 9,078 |  |  | $ | 9,046 |  |  | $ | 9,204 |
Consumer Tissue | 5,932 |  |  | 5,967 |  |  | 6,121 |
K-C Professional | 3,208 |  |  | 3,150 |  |  | 3,219 |
Corporate & Other | 41 |  |  | 39 |  |  | 47 |
TOTAL NET SALES | $ | 18,259 |  |  | $ | 18,202 |  |  | $ | 18,591 |
OPERATING PROFIT(b) |
Personal Care | $ | 1,907 |  |  | $ | 1,857 |  |  | $ | 1,885 |
Consumer Tissue | 1,034 |  |  | 1,117 |  |  | 1,073 |
K-C Professional | 633 |  |  | 603 |  |  | 590 |
Corporate & Other(c) | (248 | ) |  | (252 | ) |  | (367 | )
Other (income) and expense, net(d) | 27 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 1,568 |
TOTAL OPERATING PROFIT | $ | 3,299 |  |  | $ | 3,317 |  |  | $ | 1,613 |
(a) | Net sales in the U.S. to third parties totaled $8,698, $8,874 and $8,819 in 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. No other individual country's net sales exceeds 10 percent of total net sales.
(b) | Segment operating profit excludes other (income) and expense, net and income and expenses not associated with the business segments.
(c) | Corporate & Other includes charges related to the 2014 Organization Restructuring of $38 and $63 in 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $5 related to the remeasurement of the Venezuelan balance sheet in 2015. Corporate & Other also includes charges of $23 for restructuring in Turkey in 2015.
(d) | Other (income) and expense, net for 2017 includes a charge of $24 for the early redemption of debt, 2016 and 2015 includes income of $11 and a charge of $108, respectively, related to the deconsolidation of our Venezuelan operations, and 2015 includes charges of $40 related to the remeasurement of the Venezuelan balance sheet. In addition, 2015 includes $1,358 for charges related to pension settlements.
| Personal Care |  | Consumer Tissue |  | K-C Professional |  | Corporate & Other |  | Total
Depreciation and Amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 | $ | 324 |  |  | $ | 283 |  |  | $ | 112 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 724 |
2016 | 305 |  |  | 280 |  |  | 116 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 705 |
2015 | 340 |  |  | 282 |  |  | 121 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 746 |
Capital Spending |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 | 405 |  |  | 281 |  |  | 92 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 785 |
2016 | 421 |  |  | 250 |  |  | 95 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 771 |
2015 | 590 |  |  | 344 |  |  | 116 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 1,056 |
Goodwill(a) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 | 617 |  |  | 559 |  |  | 400 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,576 |
2016 | 549 |  |  | 538 |  |  | 393 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,480 |
2015 | 533 |  |  | 524 |  |  | 389 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,446 |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 | 6,592 |  |  | 5,007 |  |  | 2,255 |  |  | 1,297 |  |  | 15,151 |
2016 | 6,141 |  |  | 4,761 |  |  | 2,151 |  |  | 1,549 |  |  | 14,602 |
2015 | 6,330 |  |  | 5,050 |  |  | 2,264 |  |  | 1,198 |  |  | 14,842 |
(a) | In 2017, we acquired the remaining 50 percent of our joint venture in India, which resulted in the recognition of $35 of personal care goodwill. All other changes in goodwill are related to currency.
Sales of Principal Products | Sales of Principal Products
(Billions of dollars) |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Consumer tissue products |  | $ | 5.9 |  |  | $ | 6.0 |  |  | $ | 6.1 |
Baby and child care products |  | 6.3 |  |  | 6.4 |  |  | 6.6 |
Away-from-home professional products |  | 3.2 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 3.2 |
All other |  | 2.9 |  |  | 2.7 |  |  | 2.7 |
Consolidated |  | $ | 18.3 |  |  | $ | 18.2 |  |  | $ | 18.6 |

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