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Business Segment Information (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Business Segment Information |
Summary of business by segment |
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
($ in millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Net sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Beverage packaging, North and Central America |  | $ | 1,151 |  | $ | 844 |  | $ | 2,100 |  | $ | 1,577
Beverage packaging, South America |  |  | 349 |  |  | 133 |  |  | 720 |  |  | 258
Beverage packaging, Europe |  |  | 665 |  |  | 479 |  |  | 1,173 |  |  | 835
Food and aerosol packaging |  |  | 274 |  |  | 298 |  |  | 546 |  |  | 583
Aerospace |  |  | 257 |  |  | 193 |  |  | 493 |  |  | 373
Reportable segment sales |  |  | 2,696 |  |  | 1,947 |  |  | 5,032 |  |  | 3,626
Other |  |  | 159 |  |  | 83 |  |  | 296 |  |  | 159
Net sales |  | $ | 2,855 |  | $ | 2,030 |  | $ | 5,328 |  | $ | 3,785
Comparable operating earnings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Beverage packaging, North and Central America (b) |  | $ | 156 |  | $ | 118 |  | $ | 279 |  | $ | 211
Beverage packaging, South America (b) |  |  | 69 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 127 |  |  | 39
Beverage packaging, Europe (b) |  |  | 63 |  |  | 74 |  |  | 110 |  |  | 113
Food and aerosol packaging |  |  | 25 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 46 |  |  | 53
Aerospace |  |  | 26 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 47 |  |  | 37
Reportable segment comparable operating earnings |  |  | 339 |  |  | 266 |  |  | 609 |  |  | 453
Reconciling items |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other (a) (b) |  |  | (21) |  |  | (15) |  |  | (52) |  |  | (46)
Business consolidation and other activities |  |  | (41) |  |  | 28 |  |  | (96) |  |  | (239)
Amortization of acquired Rexam intangibles |  |  | (51) |  |  | — |  |  | (83) |  |  | —
Catch-up depreciation and amortization for 2016 from finalization of Rexam valuation |  |  | (39) |  |  | — |  |  | (39) |  |  | —
Earnings before interest and taxes |  |  | 187 |  |  | 279 |  |  | 339 |  |  | 168
Interest expense |  |  | (74) |  |  | (41) |  |  | (142) |  |  | (79)
Debt refinancing and other costs |  |  | (1) |  |  | (46) |  |  | (1) |  |  | (106)
Total interest expense |  |  | (75) |  |  | (87) |  |  | (143) |  |  | (185)
Earnings (loss) before taxes |  |  | 112 |  |  | 192 |  |  | 196 |  |  | (17)
Tax (provision) benefit |  |  | (22) |  |  | 114 |  |  | (44) |  |  | 197
Equity in results of affiliates, net of tax |  |  | 10 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 18 |  |  | —
Net earnings |  |  | 100 |  |  | 307 |  |  | 170 |  |  | 180
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  | (1) |  |  | — |  |  | (3) |  |  | —
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation |  | $ | 99 |  | $ | 307 |  | $ | 167 |  | $ | 180
| (a) |  | Includes undistributed corporate expenses, net, of $32 million and $12 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $77 million and $35 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
| (b) |  | The three months ended June 30, 2017, includes catch-up depreciation for the three months ended March 31, 2017, from the finalization of fair values and useful lives for the Rexam acquisition associated with the following segments: $8 million for beverage packaging, Europe; $1 million for beverage packaging, North and Central America; $1 million for beverage packaging, South America; and $1 million for other.

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