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Business Segment and Geographic Data Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Segment Reporting Information |
Information Concerning Consolidated Operations by Business Segment | Consolidated Operations by Business Segment
| Year Ended December 31
| 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
NET SALES(a) |  |  |  |  |
Personal Care | $ | 10,622 |  |  | $ | 10,267 |  |  | $ | 9,339 |
Consumer Tissue | 6,243 |  |  | 6,034 |  |  | 6,718 |
K-C Professional | 3,256 |  |  | 3,072 |  |  | 3,019 |
Corporate & Other | 54 |  |  | 67 |  |  | 64 |
TOTAL NET SALES | $ | 20,175 |  |  | $ | 19,440 |  |  | $ | 19,140 |
OPERATING PROFIT(b) |
Personal Care | $ | 1,787 |  |  | $ | 1,856 |  |  | $ | 1,933 |
Consumer Tissue | 806 |  |  | 888 |  |  | 1,448 |
K-C Professional | 457 |  |  | 404 |  |  | 528 |
Corporate & Other(c) | (412) |  |  | (559) |  |  | (719) |
Other (income) and expense, net(d) | (43) |  |  | 28 |  |  | (54) |
TOTAL OPERATING PROFIT | $ | 2,681 |  |  | $ | 2,561 |  |  | $ | 3,244 |
(a)Net sales in the U.S. to third parties totaled $9,848, $9,285 and $9,679 in 2022, 2021 and 2020, 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 transaction and integration costs of $21 related to the acquisition of a controlling interest in Thinx in 2022 and charges of $265 and $392 related to the 2018 Global Restructuring Program in 2021 and 2020, 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 and $156, $176 and $53 for 2020, 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 2022 includes the non-cash, non-recurring gain of $85 related to the acquisition of a controlling interest in Thinx. For 2020, it includes business tax credits of $77 related to a favorable legal ruling that resolved certain matters related to prior years' business taxes in Brazil.
| Personal Care |  | Consumer Tissue |  | K-C Professional |  | Corporate & Other |  | Total
Depreciation and Amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2022 | $ | 375 |  |  | $ | 251 |  |  | $ | 125 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 754 |
2021 | 355 |  |  | 291 |  |  | 116 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 766 |
2020 | 347 |  |  | 334 |  |  | 111 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 796 |
Capital Spending |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2022 | 442 |  |  | 280 |  |  | 142 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 876 |
2021 | 536 |  |  | 303 |  |  | 157 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 1,007 |
2020 | 616 |  |  | 391 |  |  | 204 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 1,217 |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2022 | 9,086 |  |  | 5,048 |  |  | 2,675 |  |  | 1,161 |  |  | 17,970 |
2021 | 8,890 |  |  | 5,083 |  |  | 2,650 |  |  | 1,214 |  |  | 17,837 |
2020 | 8,486 |  |  | 5,227 |  |  | 2,551 |  |  | 1,259 |  |  | 17,523 |
Sales of Principal Products | Sales of Principal Products
(Billions of dollars) |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Baby and child care products |  | $ | 7.2 |  |  | $ | 7.2 |  |  | $ | 6.4 |
Consumer tissue products |  | 6.2 |  |  | 6.0 |  |  | 6.7 |
Away-from-home professional products |  | 3.3 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 3.0 |
All other |  | 3.5 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 3.0 |
Consolidated |  | $ | 20.2 |  |  | $ | 19.4 |  |  | $ | 19.1 |

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