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Business Segment and Geographic Data Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
NET SALES(a) |  |  |  |  |
Personal Care | $ | 9,108 |  |  | $ | 9,037 |  |  | $ | 9,078 |
Consumer Tissue | 5,993 |  |  | 6,015 |  |  | 5,932 |
K-C Professional | 3,292 |  |  | 3,382 |  |  | 3,297 |
Corporate & Other | 57 |  |  | 52 |  |  | 41 |
TOTAL NET SALES | $ | 18,450 |  |  | $ | 18,486 |  |  | $ | 18,348 |
OPERATING PROFIT(b) |
Personal Care | $ | 1,904 |  |  | $ | 1,833 |  |  | $ | 1,933 |
Consumer Tissue | 1,007 |  |  | 875 |  |  | 1,052 |
K-C Professional | 657 |  |  | 634 |  |  | 645 |
Corporate & Other(c) | (787 | ) |  | (1,112 | ) |  | (245 | )
Other (income) and expense, net(d) | (210 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | 27 |
TOTAL OPERATING PROFIT | $ | 2,991 |  |  | $ | 2,229 |  |  | $ | 3,358 |
(a) | Net sales in the U.S. to third parties totaled $9,027, $8,803 and $8,741 in 2019, 2018 and 2017, 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 of $515 and $921 related to the 2018 Global Restructuring Program in 2019 and 2018, respectively. Restructuring charges for the 2018 Global Restructuring Program related to the personal care, consumer tissue and K-C Professional business segments were $252, $176 and $75 for 2019 and $528, $229 and $125 for 2018, respectively.
(d) | Other (income) and expense, net for 2019 includes income of $31 from a gain on the sale of property associated with a former manufacturing facility that was closed in 2012 as part of a past restructuring, and for 2019 and 2018 includes income of $194 and $12 related to the 2018 Global Restructuring Program. 2017 includes a charge of $24 for the early redemption of debt.
| Personal Care |  | Consumer Tissue |  | K-C Professional |  | Corporate & Other |  | Total
Depreciation and Amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2019 | $ | 430 |  |  | $ | 372 |  |  | $ | 111 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 917 |
2018 | 426 |  |  | 331 |  |  | 121 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 882 |
2017 | 324 |  |  | 283 |  |  | 112 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 724 |
Capital Spending |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2019 | 518 |  |  | 489 |  |  | 195 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 1,209 |
2018 | 415 |  |  | 299 |  |  | 157 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 877 |
2017 | 405 |  |  | 281 |  |  | 92 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 785 |
Goodwill(a) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2019 | 557 |  |  | 522 |  |  | 388 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,467 |
2018 | 564 |  |  | 522 |  |  | 388 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,474 |
2017 | 617 |  |  | 559 |  |  | 400 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,576 |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2019 | 6,630 |  |  | 4,954 |  |  | 2,442 |  |  | 1,257 |  |  | 15,283 |
2018 | 6,208 |  |  | 4,738 |  |  | 2,285 |  |  | 1,287 |  |  | 14,518 |
2017 | 6,592 |  |  | 5,007 |  |  | 2,255 |  |  | 1,297 |  |  | 15,151 |
(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) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Baby and child care products |  | $ | 6.3 |  |  | $ | 6.3 |  |  | $ | 6.3 |
Consumer tissue products |  | 6.0 |  |  | 6.0 |  |  | 5.9 |
Away-from-home professional products |  | 3.3 |  |  | 3.4 |  |  | 3.3 |
All other |  | 2.9 |  |  | 2.8 |  |  | 2.8 |
Consolidated |  | $ | 18.5 |  |  | $ | 18.5 |  |  | $ | 18.3 |

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