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REVENUE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2020
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Disaggregation of Revenue | The following table presents the company’s total revenue and segment revenue disaggregated by geographical region:
| Life Sciences and Applied Markets |  | Agilent CrossLab |  | Diagnostics and Genomics |  | Total
| (in millions)
Year Ended October 31, 2020: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas | $ | 784 |  |  | $ | 667 |  |  | $ | 517 |  |  | $ | 1,968 |
Europe | 540 |  |  | 532 |  |  | 371 |  |  | 1,443 |
Asia Pacific | 1,068 |  |  | 701 |  |  | 159 |  |  | 1,928 |
Total | $ | 2,392 |  |  | $ | 1,900 |  |  | $ | 1,047 |  |  | $ | 5,339 |
Year Ended October 31, 2019: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas | $ | 692 |  |  | $ | 664 |  |  | $ | 505 |  |  | $ | 1,861 |
Europe | 551 |  |  | 522 |  |  | 368 |  |  | 1,441 |
Asia Pacific | 1,059 |  |  | 654 |  |  | 148 |  |  | 1,861 |
Total | $ | 2,302 |  |  | $ | 1,840 |  |  | $ | 1,021 |  |  | $ | 5,163 |
The following table presents the company’s total revenue disaggregated by end markets and by revenue type:
|  | Years Ended October 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
| (in millions)
Revenue by End Markets |  |  |  |
Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical |  | $ | 1,754 |  |  | 1,604 |
Chemical and Energy |  | 1,154 |  |  | 1,199 |
Diagnostics and Clinical |  | 787 |  |  | 785 |
Food |  | 517 |  |  | 486 |
Academia and Government |  | 526 |  |  | 474 |
Environmental and Forensics |  | 601 |  |  | 615 |
Total |  | $ | 5,339 |  |  | 5,163 |
Revenue by Type |  |  |  |
Instrumentation |  | $ | 2,249 |  |  | 2,150 |
Non-instrumentation and other |  | 3,090 |  |  | 3,013 |
Total |  | $ | 5,339 |  |  | 5,163 |
Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability | The following table provides information about contract liabilities (deferred revenue) and the significant changes in the balances during the years ended October 31, 2019 and 2020:
|  | Contract Liabilities
|  | (in millions)
Ending balance as of October 31, 2018 |  | $ | 367 |
Impact of adoption of new revenue recognition guidance |  | (11) |
Net revenue deferred in the period |  | 303 |
Revenue recognized that was included in the contract liability balance at the beginning of the period |  | (287) |
Change in deferrals from customer cash advances, net of revenue recognized |  | 5 |
Contract liabilities acquired in business combinations |  | 9 |
Currency translation and other adjustments |  | — |
Ending balance as of October 31, 2019 |  | $ | 386 |
Net revenue deferred in the period |  | 347 |
Revenue recognized that was included in the contract liability balance at the beginning of the period |  | (300) |
Change in deferrals from customer cash advances, net of revenue recognized |  | 9 |
Currency translation and other adjustments |  | 4 |
Ending balance as of October 31,2020 |  | $ | 446 |

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