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Property, Plant and Equipment
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment

Note 4. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

 

                                     
     As of December 31,  
     2015      2014  
     (in millions)  

Land and land improvements

   $ 495       $ 574   

Buildings and building improvements

     2,753         3,117   

Machinery and equipment

     10,044         11,737   

Construction in progress

     1,262         1,484   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     14,554         16,912   

Accumulated depreciation

     (6,192      (7,085
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

   $ 8,362       $ 9,827   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

On July 2, 2015, we deconsolidated $751 million of net property, plant and equipment with the coffee business transactions. See Note 2, Divestitures and Acquisitions – Coffee Business Transactions, for additional information.

Capital expenditures of $1,514 million for the year ended December 31, 2015 exclude $322 million of accrued capital expenditures remaining unpaid at December 31, 2015 and include payment for $388 million of capital expenditures that were accrued and unpaid at December 31, 2014.

In connection with our restructuring programs, we recorded non-cash asset write-downs (including accelerated depreciation and asset impairments) of $264 million in 2015, $173 million in 2014 and $89 million in 2013 (see Note 6, Restructuring Programs). These charges were recorded in the consolidated statements of earnings within asset impairment and exit costs as follows:

 

                                                        
     For the Years Ended December 31,  
     2015      2014      2013  
     (in millions)  

Latin America

   $ 46       $ 14       $   

Asia Pacific

     80         23         2   

EEMEA

     9         16           

Europe

     64         37         27   

North America

     65         83         60   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-cash asset write-downs

   $ 264       $ 173       $ 89