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Property, Plant and Equipment
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Property, Plant and Equipment

Note 4.   Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

 

     As of March 31,      As of December 31,  
     2017      2016  
     (in millions)  

Land and land improvements

   $ 476      $ 471  

Buildings and building improvements

     2,885        2,801  

Machinery and equipment

     10,689        10,302  

Construction in progress

     1,025        1,113  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     15,075        14,687  

Accumulated depreciation

     (6,698      (6,458
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

   $                   8,377      $ 8,229  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2017, capital expenditures of $306 million exclude $186 million of accrued capital expenditures remaining unpaid at March 31, 2017 and include payment for a portion of the $343 million of capital expenditures that were accrued and unpaid at December 31, 2016. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, capital expenditures of $335 million exclude $211 million of accrued capital expenditures remaining unpaid at March 31, 2016 and include payment for $322 million of capital expenditures that were accrued and unpaid at December 31, 2015.

In connection with our restructuring program, we recorded non-cash asset write-downs (including accelerated depreciation and asset impairments) of $71 million in the three months ended March 31, 2017 and $52 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016 (see Note 6, 2014-2018 Restructuring Program). These charges were recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings within asset impairment and exit costs and in the segment results as follows:

 

     For the Three Months Ended  
     March 31,  
     2017        2016  
     (in millions)  

Latin America

   $ 6        $ 6  

AMEA

     12          9  

Europe

     37          21  

North America

     15          16  

Corporate

     1           
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total non-cash asset write-downs

   $                         71        $                         52