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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2024
Revenue Disclosure [Abstract] |
Revenue from External Customers by Geographic Areas | Net sales by segment and region for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31 |  |
($ in millions) | 2024 |  | 2023 |  |  |  |
Performance Coatings |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States and Canada | $1,121 |  |  | $1,123 |  |  |  |  |
Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA") | 884 |  |  | 900 |  |  |  |  |
Asia Pacific | 241 |  |  | 256 |  |  |  |  |
Latin America | 368 |  |  | 349 |  |  |  |  |
Total | $2,614 |  |  | $2,628 |  |  |  |  |
Industrial Coatings |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States and Canada | $621 |  |  | $653 |  |  |  |  |
EMEA | 475 |  |  | 528 |  |  |  |  |
Asia Pacific | 415 |  |  | 391 |  |  |  |  |
Latin America | 186 |  |  | 180 |  |  |  |  |
Total | $1,697 |  |  | $1,752 |  |  |  |  |
Total Net Sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States and Canada | $1,742 |  |  | $1,776 |  |  |  |  |
EMEA | 1,359 |  |  | 1,428 |  |  |  |  |
Asia Pacific | 656 |  |  | 647 |  |  |  |  |
Latin America | 554 |  |  | 529 |  |  |  |  |
Total PPG | $4,311 |  |  | $4,380 |  |  |  |  |
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss | The following table summarizes the activity for the allowance for doubtful accounts for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:
| Trade Receivables Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
($ in millions) | 2024 |  | 2023
January 1 | $25 |  |  | $31 |
Bad debt expense | 2 |  |  | 3 |
Write-offs and recoveries of previously reserved trade receivables | (2) |  |  | (3) |
Other | (1) |  |  | (1) |
March 31 | $24 |  |  | $30 |

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