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Description of Business Segments
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Business Segment Information Business Segment Information
We are organized into operating segments based on product groupings. These operating segments have been aggregated into three reportable global business segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue and K-C Professional. The reportable segments were determined in accordance with how our chief operating decision maker and our executive managers develop and execute global strategies to drive growth and profitability. These strategies include global plans for branding and product positioning, technology, research and development programs, cost reductions including supply chain management, and capacity and capital investments for each of these businesses. Segment management is evaluated on several factors, including operating profit. Segment operating profit excludes Other (income) and expense, net and income and expense not associated with ongoing operations of the business segments, including the costs of corporate decisions related to the 2018 Global Restructuring Program described in Note 2, acquisition-related costs associated with the acquisition of Softex Indonesia as described in Note 3, and business tax credits related to the resolution of certain Brazil tax matters as described in Note 1.
The principal sources of revenue in each global business segment are described below:
•Personal Care brands offer our consumers a trusted partner in caring for themselves and their families by delivering confidence, protection and discretion through a wide variety of innovative solutions and products such as disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, and other related products.  Products in this segment are sold under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, DryNites, Sweety, Kotex, U by Kotex, Intimus, Depend, Plenitud, Softex, Poise and other brand names.
•Consumer Tissue offers a wide variety of innovative solutions and trusted brands that responsibly improve everyday living for families around the world.  Products in this segment include facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins and related products, and are sold under the Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Andrex, Scottex, Neve and other brand names.
•K-C Professional partners with businesses to create Exceptional Workplaces, helping to make them healthier, safer and more productive through a range of solutions and supporting products such as wipers, tissue, towels, apparel, soaps and
sanitizers. Our brands, including Kleenex, Scott, WypAll, Kimtech and KleenGuard are well known for quality and trusted to help people around the world work better.
Net sales to Walmart Inc. as a percent of our consolidated net sales were approximately 14 percent in 2021, 15 percent in 2020 and 14 percent in 2019. Net sales to Walmart Inc. were primarily in the Personal Care and Consumer Tissue segments.
Information concerning consolidated operations by business segment is presented in the following tables:
Consolidated Operations by Business Segment
Year Ended December 31
202120202019
NET SALES(a)
Personal Care$10,267 $9,339 $9,108 
Consumer Tissue6,034 6,718 5,993 
K-C Professional3,072 3,019 3,292 
Corporate & Other67 64 57 
TOTAL NET SALES$19,440 $19,140 $18,450 
OPERATING PROFIT(b)
Personal Care$1,856 $1,933 $1,904 
Consumer Tissue888 1,448 1,007 
K-C Professional404 528 657 
Corporate & Other(c)
(559)(719)(787)
Other (income) and expense, net(d)
28 (54)(210)
TOTAL OPERATING PROFIT$2,561 $3,244 $2,991 
(a)Net sales in the U.S. to third parties totaled $9,285, $9,679 and $9,027 in 2021, 2020 and 2019, 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 $265, $392 and $515 related to the 2018 Global Restructuring Program in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Restructuring charges for the 2018 Global Restructuring Program related to the Personal Care, Consumer Tissue and K-C Professional business segments were $104, $118 and $40 for 2021, $156, $176 and $53 for 2020 and $252, $176 and $75 for 2019, respectively. Corporate & Other also includes acquisition-related costs of $32 associated with the acquisition of Softex Indonesia in 2020.
(d)    Other (income) and expense, net for 2020 includes business tax credits of $77 related to a favorable legal ruling that resolved certain matters related to prior years' business taxes in Brazil. For 2019, it 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 it includes income of $194 related to the 2018 Global Restructuring Program.
Personal
Care		Consumer
Tissue		K-C
Professional		Corporate
& Other
Total
Depreciation and Amortization
2021$355 $291 $116 $4 $766 
2020347 334 111 4 796 
2019430 372 111 4 917 
Capital Spending
2021536 303 157 11 1,007 
2020616 391 204 6 1,217 
2019518 489 195 7 1,209 
Assets
20218,890 5,083 2,650 1,214 17,837 
20208,486 5,227 2,551 1,259 17,523 
20196,630 4,954 2,442 1,257 15,283 
Sales of Principal Products
(Billions of dollars)202120202019
Baby and child care products$7.2 $6.4 $6.3 
Consumer tissue products6.0 6.7 6.0 
Away-from-home professional products3.1 3.0 3.3 
All other3.1 3.0 2.9 
Consolidated$19.4 $19.1 $18.5