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Business Segment and Geographic Data Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Segment Reporting Information

Information Concerning Consolidated Operations by Business Segment

Consolidated Operations by Business Segment

			Year Ended December 31
			2021						2020						2019
NET SALES(a)
Personal Care			$	10,267					$	9,339					$	9,108
Consumer Tissue			6,034						6,718						5,993
K-C Professional			3,072						3,019						3,292
Corporate & Other			67						64						57
TOTAL NET SALES			$	19,440					$	19,140					$	18,450
OPERATING PROFIT(b)
Personal Care			$	1,856					$	1,933					$	1,904
Consumer Tissue			888						1,448						1,007
K-C Professional			404						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
2020			347						334						111						4						796
2019			430						372						111						4						917
Capital Spending
2021			536						303						157						11						1,007
2020			616						391						204						6						1,217
2019			518						489						195						7						1,209
Assets
2021			8,890						5,083						2,650						1,214						17,837
2020			8,486						5,227						2,551						1,259						17,523
2019			6,630						4,954						2,442						1,257						15,283

Sales of Principal Products

Sales of Principal Products

(Billions of dollars)						2021						2020						2019
Baby and child care products						$	7.2					$	6.4					$	6.3
Consumer tissue products						6.0						6.7						6.0
Away-from-home professional products						3.1						3.0						3.3
All other						3.1						3.0						2.9
Consolidated						$	19.4					$	19.1					$	18.5

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