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SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA DATA
12 Months Ended
Nov. 03, 2019
SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA DATA  
SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA DATA

29. SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA DATA

The company’s operations are presently organized and reported in three major business segments described as follows:

The agriculture and turf segment primarily manufactures and distributes a full line of agriculture and turf equipment and related service parts, including large, medium, and utility tractors; tractor loaders; combines, cotton pickers, cotton strippers, and sugarcane harvesters; harvesting front-end equipment; sugarcane loaders and pull-behind scrapers; tillage, seeding, and application equipment, including sprayers, nutrient management, and soil preparation machinery; hay and forage equipment, including self-propelled forage harvesters and attachments, balers and mowers; turf and utility equipment, including riding lawn equipment and walk-behind mowers, golf course equipment, utility vehicles, and commercial mowing equipment, along with a broad line of associated implements; integrated agricultural management systems technology and solutions; and other outdoor power products.

The construction and forestry segment primarily manufactures and distributes a broad range of machines and service parts used in construction, earthmoving, road building, material handling, and timber harvesting, including backhoe loaders; crawler dozers and loaders; four-wheel-drive loaders; excavators; motor graders; articulated dump trucks; landscape loaders; skid-steer loaders; milling machines; recyclers; slipform pavers; surface miners; asphalt pavers; compactors; tandem and static rollers; mobile crushers and screens; mobile and stationary asphalt plants; log skidders; feller bunchers; log loaders; log forwarders; log harvesters; and related logging attachments.

The products and services produced by the segments above are marketed primarily through independent retail dealer networks and major retail outlets.

The financial services segment primarily finances sales and leases by John Deere dealers of new and used agriculture and turf equipment and construction and forestry equipment. In addition, the financial services segment provides wholesale financing to dealers of the foregoing equipment, finances retail revolving charge accounts, and offers extended equipment warranties.

Because of integrated manufacturing operations and common administrative and marketing support, a substantial number of

allocations must be made to determine operating segment and geographic area data. Intersegment sales and revenues represent sales of components and finance charges, which are generally based on market prices.

Information relating to operations by operating segment in millions of dollars follows for the years ended November 3, 2019, October 28, 2018, and October 29, 2017. In addition to the following unaffiliated sales and revenues by segment, intersegment sales and revenues in 2019, 2018, and 2017 were as follows: agriculture and turf net sales of $34 million, $47 million, and $39 million, construction and forestry net sales of $1 million, none, and $1 million, and financial services revenues of $348 million, $308 million, and $244 million, respectively.

OPERATING SEGMENTS

2019

  

2018

  

2017

 

Net sales and revenues

 

               

               

               

Unaffiliated customers:

Agriculture and turf net sales

$

23,666

$

23,191

$

20,167

Construction and forestry net sales

 

11,220

 

10,160

 

5,718

Total net sales

 

34,886

 

33,351

 

25,885

Financial services revenues

 

3,621

 

3,252

 

2,935

Other revenues*

 

751

 

755

 

918

Total

$

39,258

$

37,358

$

29,738

*    Other revenues are primarily the equipment operations’ revenues for finance and interest income, and other income as disclosed in Note 32, net of certain intercompany eliminations.

Operating profit

 

               

               

               

Agriculture and turf

$

2,506

$

2,816

$

2,513

Construction and forestry

 

1,215

 

868

 

346

Financial services*

 

694

 

792

 

715

Total operating profit*

 

4,415

 

4,476

 

3,574

Interest income

 

85

 

80

 

55

Interest expense

 

(256)

 

(298)

 

(264)

Foreign exchange gains (losses) from equipment operations’ financing activities

 

(22)

 

36

 

(12)

Pension and OPEB benefit (cost), excluding service cost component

67

(15)

(31)

Corporate expenses – net

 

(180)

 

(181)

 

(192)

Income taxes

 

(852)

 

(1,727)

 

(971)

Total

 

(1,158)

 

(2,105)

 

(1,415)

Net income

 

3,257

 

2,371

 

2,159

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

4

3

 

Net income attributable to
Deere & Company

$

3,253

$

2,368

$

2,159

*    Operating profit of the financial services business segment includes the effect of its interest expense and foreign exchange gains or losses.

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OPERATING SEGMENTS

  

2019

  

2018

  

2017

 

Interest income*

 

               

               

               

Agriculture and turf

$

22

$

14

$

16

Construction and forestry

 

11

 

33

 

1

Financial services

 

2,316

 

1,997

 

1,771

Corporate

 

85

 

80

 

55

Intercompany

 

(360)

 

(330)

 

(268)

Total

$

2,074

$

1,794

$

1,575

*    Does not include finance rental income for equipment on operating leases.

Interest expense

 

               

               

               

Agriculture and turf

$

245

$

229

$

182

Construction and forestry

 

91

 

71

 

52

Financial services

 

1,234

 

936

 

669

Corporate

 

256

 

298

 

264

Intercompany

 

(360)

 

(330)

 

(268)

Total

$

1,466

$

1,204

$

899

 

Depreciation* and amortization expense

 

               

               

               

Agriculture and turf

$

723

$

723

$

695

Construction and forestry

 

292

 

251

 

145

Financial services

 

1,004

 

953

 

876

Total

$

2,019

$

1,927

$

1,716

*    Includes depreciation for equipment on operating leases.

Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates

 

               

               

               

Agriculture and turf

$

6

$

6

$

2

Construction and forestry

 

14

19

 

(27)

Financial services

 

1

 

2

 

1

Total

$

21

$

27

$

(24)

Identifiable operating assets

 

               

               

               

Agriculture and turf

$

10,379

$

10,161

$

9,359

Construction and forestry

 

9,387

 

9,855

 

3,212

Financial services

 

48,483

 

45,720

 

42,596

Corporate*

 

4,762

 

4,372

 

10,619

Total

$

73,011

$

70,108

$

65,786

*    Corporate assets are primarily the equipment operations’ retirement benefits, deferred income tax assets, marketable securities, and cash and cash equivalents as disclosed in Note 32, net of certain intercompany eliminations.

Capital additions

 

               

               

               

 

Agriculture and turf

$

859

$

675

$

485

Construction and forestry

 

245

 

308

 

114

Financial services

 

3

 

2

 

3

Total

$

1,107

$

985

$

602

 

Investments in unconsolidated affiliates

 

               

               

               

Agriculture and turf

$

28

$

26

$

25

Construction and forestry

 

171

 

166

 

143

Financial services

 

16

 

15

 

14

Total

$

215

$

207

$

182

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The company views and has historically disclosed its operations as consisting of two geographic areas, the U.S. and Canada, and outside the U.S. and Canada, shown below in millions of dollars. No individual foreign country’s net sales and revenues were material for disclosure purposes.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS

2019

2018

2017

 

Net sales and revenues

 

               

               

               

Unaffiliated customers:

U.S. and Canada:

Equipment operations net sales and revenues*

$

20,647

$

18,847

$

15,031

Financial services revenues*

 

3,099

 

2,785

 

2,526

Total

 

23,746

 

21,632

 

17,557

Outside U.S. and Canada:

Equipment operations net sales and revenues

 

14,990

 

14,504

 

10,854

Financial services revenues

 

522

 

467

 

409

Total

 

15,512

 

14,971

 

11,263

Other revenues

 

 

755

 

918

Total

$

39,258

$

37,358

$

29,738

*    The 2018 and 2017 equipment operations amounts are only for net sales and approximate the proportion of each amount that relates to the U.S. only based on a three-year average. The equipment operations’ percentages for 2018 and 2017 were 88%. The financial services’ U.S. only percentages were 79% for both fiscal years. See Note 6 for additional 2019 geographic net sales and revenues information.

Operating profit

 

               

               

               

U.S. and Canada:

Equipment operations

$

2,335

$

2,356

$

1,754

Financial services

 

506

 

604

 

515

Total

 

2,841

 

2,960

 

2,269

Outside U.S. and Canada:

Equipment operations

 

1,386

 

1,328

 

1,105

Financial services

 

188

 

188

 

200

Total

 

1,574

 

1,516

 

1,305

Total

$

4,415

$

4,476

$

3,574

Property and equipment

 

               

               

               

U.S.

$

3,169

$

3,031

$

2,976

Germany

 

1,137

 

1,164

 

598

Other countries

 

1,667

 

1,673

 

1,494

Total

$

5,973

$

5,868

$

5,068