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Property, Plant and Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Property, Plant and Equipment | Note 4. Property, Plant and Equipment Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
|  | (in millions) |
Land and land improvements |  | $ | 458 |  |  | $ | 471 |
Buildings and building improvements |  |  | 2,979 |  |  |  | 2,801 |
Machinery and equipment |  |  | 11,195 |  |  |  | 10,302 |
Construction in progress |  |  | 1,048 |  |  |  | 1,113 |
|  |  | 15,680 |  |  |  | 14,687 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (7,003 | ) |  |  | (6,458 | )
Property, plant and equipment, net |  | $ | 8,677 |  |  | $ | 8,229 |
Capital expenditures as presented on the statement of cash flow were $1.0 billion, $1.2 billion and $1.5 billion for the years ending December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 and excluded $357 million, $343 million and $322 million for accrued capital expenditures not yet paid. In connection with our restructuring program, we recorded non-cash property, plant and equipment write-downs (including accelerated depreciation and asset impairments) of $206 million in 2017, $301 million in 2016 and $264 million in 2015 (see Note 6, 2014-2018 Restructuring Program). These charges related to property, plant and equipment were recorded in the consolidated statements of earnings within asset impairment and exit costs and in the segment results as follows:
|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | (in millions) |
Latin America |  | $ | 36 |  |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 46 |
AMEA |  |  | 81 |  |  |  | 44 |  |  |  | 88 |
Europe |  |  | 58 |  |  |  | 122 |  |  |  | 65 |
North America |  |  | 30 |  |  |  | 111 |  |  |  | 65 |
Corporate |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | – |
Non-cash property, plant and equipment write-downs |  | $ | 206 |  |  | $ | 301 |  |  | $ | 264 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823 + Details
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