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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
Revenue Disclosure [Abstract] |
Revenue from External Customers by Geographic Areas | Net sales by segment and region for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30 |  | Nine Months Ended September 30
($ in millions) | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Performance Coatings |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States and Canada | $1,177 |  |  | $958 |  |  | $3,374 |  |  | $2,825 |
Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA") | 965 |  |  | 789 |  |  | 2,746 |  |  | 2,140 |
Asia Pacific | 325 |  |  | 274 |  |  | 913 |  |  | 728 |
Latin America | 291 |  |  | 230 |  |  | 793 |  |  | 635 |
Total | $2,758 |  |  | $2,251 |  |  | $7,826 |  |  | $6,328 |
Industrial Coatings |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States and Canada | $579 |  |  | $526 |  |  | $1,714 |  |  | $1,444 |
EMEA | 453 |  |  | 382 |  |  | 1,380 |  |  | 1,018 |
Asia Pacific | 433 |  |  | 398 |  |  | 1,257 |  |  | 969 |
Latin America | 149 |  |  | 128 |  |  | 435 |  |  | 318 |
Total | $1,614 |  |  | $1,434 |  |  | $4,786 |  |  | $3,749 |
Total Net Sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States and Canada | $1,756 |  |  | $1,484 |  |  | $5,088 |  |  | $4,269 |
EMEA | 1,418 |  |  | 1,171 |  |  | 4,126 |  |  | 3,158 |
Asia Pacific | 758 |  |  | 672 |  |  | 2,170 |  |  | 1,697 |
Latin America | 440 |  |  | 358 |  |  | 1,228 |  |  | 953 |
Total PPG | $4,372 |  |  | $3,685 |  |  | $12,612 |  |  | $10,077 |
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss | The following table summarizes the activity for the allowance for credit losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020:
| Trade Receivables Allowance for Credit Losses
($ in millions) | 2021 |  | 2020
January 1 | $44 |  |  | $22 |
Current-period provision for credit losses | 4 |  |  | 41 |
Trade receivables written off as uncollectible, net of recoveries | (12) |  |  | (15) |
Foreign currency impact | — |  |  | (1) |
September 30 | $36 |  |  | $47 |

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