SEGMENT INFORMATION

Our reportable segments are based upon geographical region and are defined as North America, EMEA, Latin America and Asia. These regions also represent our operating segments. Each segment manufactures home appliances and related components, but serves strategically different markets. The chief operating decision maker evaluates performance based on each segment's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), which we define as operating profit less interest and sundry (income) expense and excluding restructuring costs and asset impairment charges, if any. Total assets by segment are those assets directly associated with the respective operating activities. The "Other/Eliminations" column primarily includes corporate expenses, assets and eliminations, as well as restructuring costs and asset impairment charges, if any. Intersegment sales are eliminated within each region except compressor sales out of Latin America, which are included in Other/Eliminations.

Effective January 1, 2018, we realigned the composition of certain segments to align with our new leadership reporting structure. We now report our Mexico business as a part of our Latin America segment, and shifted certain adjacent business from the North America segment to the Asia segment. The determination of the Company's reportable segments was not affected by these changes. Prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with current year presentation.

The tables below summarize performance by operating segment for the periods presented:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	OPERATING SEGMENTS
Millions of dollars	North America		EMEA			Latin America		Asia		Other/ Eliminations				Total Whirlpool
Net sales
2018	$	2,516	$	1,068		$	898	$	448	$	(19	)		$	4,911
2017	2,446		1,033			921		435		(49		)		4,786
Intersegment sales
2018	$	67	$	38		$	286	$	75	$	(466	)		$	—
2017	74		19			310		61		(464		)		—
Depreciation and amortization
2018	$	49	$	57		$	38	$	18	$	15			$	177
2017	53		48			31		17		14				163
EBIT
2018	$	288	$	(27	)	$	57	$	19	$	(186	)		$	151
2017	275		(23		)	66		24		(103		)		239
Total assets
March 31, 2018	$	7,249	$	8,624		$	4,827	$	2,805	$	(3,166	)	(a)	$	20,339
December 31, 2017	6,956		8,781			4,847		2,751		(3,297		)	(a)	20,038
Capital expenditures
2018	$	23	$	6		$	13	$	11	$	13			$	66
2017	35		13			23		9		8				88

^{(a) Includes eliminations of intersegment transactions occurring in the ordinary course of business.}

A reconciliation of our segment information to the corresponding amounts in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive Income is shown in the table below:



	Three Months Ended
in millions	March 31, 2018		March 31, 2017
Total EBIT	$	151	239
Less: Interest expense	42		41
Less: Income taxes	15		40
Net earnings	$	94	158