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Segment Disclosures (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Summary of segment data for sales, cost of sales and gross margin | Segment data for sales, cost of sales and gross margin for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 are presented in the table below.
| Ammonia(1) |  | Granular Urea(2) |  | UAN(2) |  | AN(2) |  | Other(2) |  | Consolidated
| (in millions)
Three months ended March 31, 2022 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 640 |  |  | $ | 765 |  |  | $ | 1,015 |  |  | $ | 223 |  |  | $ | 225 |  |  | $ | 2,868 |
Cost of sales | 280 |  |  | 270 |  |  | 345 |  |  | 171 |  |  | 104 |  |  | 1,170 |
Gross margin | $ | 360 |  |  | $ | 495 |  |  | $ | 670 |  |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 121 |  |  | 1,698 |
Total other operating costs and expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 66 |
Equity in earnings of operating affiliate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 26 |
Operating earnings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,658 |
Three months ended March 31, 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 206 |  |  | $ | 399 |  |  | $ | 232 |  |  | $ | 105 |  |  | $ | 106 |  |  | $ | 1,048 |
Cost of sales | 80 |  |  | 264 |  |  | 230 |  |  | 95 |  |  | 90 |  |  | 759 |
Gross margin | $ | 126 |  |  | $ | 135 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | 289 |
Total other operating costs and expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 53 |
Equity in earnings of operating affiliate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11 |
Operating earnings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 247 |
_______________________________________________________________________________ (1)Cost of sales and gross margin for the Ammonia segment for the three months ended March 31, 2021 include a $112 million gain on the net settlement of certain natural gas contracts with our suppliers. See Note 13—Derivative Financial Instruments for additional information. (2)The cost of the products that are upgraded into other products is transferred at cost into the upgraded product results.

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