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Segment Disclosures (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
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 2023, 2022 and 2021 are presented in the table below.
| Ammonia(1) |  | Granular Urea(2) |  | UAN(2) |  | AN(2) |  | Other(2) |  | Consolidated
| (in millions)
Year ended December 31, 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 1,679 |  |  | $ | 1,823 |  |  | $ | 2,068 |  |  | $ | 497 |  |  | $ | 564 |  |  | $ | 6,631 |
Cost of sales | 1,138 |  |  | 1,010 |  |  | 1,251 |  |  | 359 |  |  | 328 |  |  | 4,086 |
Gross margin | $ | 541 |  |  | $ | 813 |  |  | $ | 817 |  |  | $ | 138 |  |  | $ | 236 |  |  | 2,545 |
Total other operating costs and expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 307 |
Equity in loss of operating affiliate(3) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (8) |
Operating earnings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,230 |
Year ended December 31, 2022 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 3,090 |  |  | $ | 2,892 |  |  | $ | 3,572 |  |  | $ | 845 |  |  | $ | 787 |  |  | $ | 11,186 |
Cost of sales | 1,491 |  |  | 1,328 |  |  | 1,489 |  |  | 597 |  |  | 420 |  |  | 5,325 |
Gross margin | $ | 1,599 |  |  | $ | 1,564 |  |  | $ | 2,083 |  |  | $ | 248 |  |  | $ | 367 |  |  | 5,861 |
Total other operating costs and expenses(4) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 558 |
Equity in earnings of operating affiliate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 94 |
Operating earnings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 5,397 |
Year ended December 31, 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 1,787 |  |  | $ | 1,880 |  |  | $ | 1,788 |  |  | $ | 510 |  |  | $ | 573 |  |  | $ | 6,538 |
Cost of sales | 1,162 |  |  | 992 |  |  | 1,119 |  |  | 475 |  |  | 403 |  |  | 4,151 |
Gross margin | $ | 625 |  |  | $ | 888 |  |  | $ | 669 |  |  | $ | 35 |  |  | $ | 170 |  |  | 2,387 |
Total other operating costs and expenses(4) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 705 |
Equity in earnings of operating affiliate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 47 |
Operating earnings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,729 |
_______________________________________________________________________________ (1)Cost of sales and gross margin for the Ammonia segment for the year ended December 31, 2021 include a $112 million gain on the net settlement of certain natural gas contracts with our suppliers. See Note 17—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. (3)Equity in loss of operating affiliate for the year ended December 31, 2023 includes an impairment of our equity method investment in PLNL of $43 million. See Note 10—Equity Method Investment for additional information. (4)Total other operating costs and expenses for the year ended December 31, 2022 include $258 million of asset impairment and restructuring charges related to our U.K. operations. Total other operating costs and expenses for the year ended December 31, 2021 include $521 million of asset impairment charges related to our U.K. operations. See Note 7—United Kingdom Operations Restructuring and Impairment Charges for additional information.
Schedule of segment depreciation, depletion and amortization |
| Ammonia |  | Granular Urea |  | UAN |  | AN |  | Other |  |  |  | Corporate |  | Consolidated
| (in millions)
Depreciation and amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2023 | $ | 171 |  |  | $ | 285 |  |  | $ | 288 |  |  | $ | 48 |  |  | $ | 64 |  |  |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 869 |
Year ended December 31, 2022 | 166 |  |  | 272 |  |  | 269 |  |  | 61 |  |  | 67 |  |  |  |  | 15 |  |  | 850 |
Year ended December 31, 2021 | 209 |  |  | 235 |  |  | 259 |  |  | 77 |  |  | 87 |  |  |  |  | 21 |  |  | 888 |
Schedule of enterprise-wide data by geographic region | Enterprise-wide data by geographic region is as follows:
| Year ended December 31,
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
| (in millions)
Sales by geographic region (based on destination of shipments): |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 4,856 |  |  | $ | 8,212 |  |  | $ | 5,086 |
Foreign: |  |  |  |  |
Canada | 607 |  |  | 849 |  |  | 568 |
North America, excluding U.S. and Canada | 75 |  |  | 149 |  |  | 79 |
United Kingdom | 346 |  |  | 642 |  |  | 464 |
Other foreign | 747 |  |  | 1,334 |  |  | 341 |
Total foreign | 1,775 |  |  | 2,974 |  |  | 1,452 |
Consolidated | $ | 6,631 |  |  | $ | 11,186 |  |  | $ | 6,538 |
| December 31,
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
| (in millions)
Property, plant and equipment—net by geographic region: |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 6,538 |  |  | $ | 5,812 |  |  | $ | 6,211 |
Foreign: |  |  |  |  |
Canada | 466 |  |  | 506 |  |  | 485 |
United Kingdom | 137 |  |  | 119 |  |  | 385 |
Total foreign | 603 |  |  | 625 |  |  | 870 |
Consolidated | $ | 7,141 |  |  | $ | 6,437 |  |  | $ | 7,081 |

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