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Property, Plant and Equipment
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Property, Plant and Equipment
Note 4. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:
 
As of September 30,
2019
 
As of December 31,
2018
 
(in millions)
Land and land improvements
$
405

 
$
424

Buildings and building improvements
2,953

 
2,984

Machinery and equipment
10,822

 
10,943

Construction in progress
788

 
894

 
14,968

 
15,245

Accumulated depreciation
(6,652
)
 
(6,763
)
Property, plant and equipment, net
$
8,316

 
$
8,482



For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, capital expenditures of $686 million excluded $203 million of accrued capital expenditures remaining unpaid at September 30, 2019 and included payment for $331 million of capital expenditures that were accrued and unpaid at December 31, 2018. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, capital expenditures of $810 million excluded $249 million of accrued capital expenditures remaining unpaid at September 30, 2018 and included payment for $357 million of capital expenditures that were accrued and unpaid at December 31, 2017.

In connection with our restructuring program, we recorded non-cash property, plant and equipment write-downs (including accelerated depreciation and asset impairments) in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings within asset impairment and exit costs and within the segment results as follows (refer to Note 8, Restructuring Program).
 
For the Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
(in millions)
Latin America
$
1

 
$
4

 
$
1

 
$
18

AMEA
(5
)
 
(4
)
 
(7
)
 
4

Europe
42

 
9

 
45

 
15

North America
1

 
(4
)
 
5

 
5

Non-cash property, plant and equipment write-downs
$
39

 
$
5

 
$
44

 
$
42