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Noncontrolling interests
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]  
Noncontrolling Interests
Noncontrolling interests

Changes in noncontrolling interests that do not result in a change of control, and where there is a difference between fair value and carrying value, are required to be accounted for as equity transactions. The effect on net income attributable to the Company had the purchases of noncontrolling interests been recorded through net income follows: 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings
$
496

 
$
393

 
$
390

Transfers to noncontrolling interests – decrease in paid-in-capital for purchase of noncontrolling interests

 
(3
)
 
(54
)
Net income attributable to Crown Holdings after transfers to noncontrolling interests
$
496

 
$
390

 
$
336



In 2014, the Company paid an aggregate of $93 to purchase the ownership interests of its partner in certain non-wholly owned subsidiaries in the Middle East.