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Reclassifications of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Reclassiciations of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract] |
Reclassifications of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Table Text Block] | The table below provides details about the reclassifications from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income and the affected line items in the condensed consolidated statements of income for each of the periods presented.
Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components |  | Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (1) |  | Affected Line Item in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
|  | Three Months Ended March 31 |  |
(in Millions) |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  |
Foreign currency translation adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |
Divestiture of FMC Peroxygens (3) |  | $ | (49.6 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
Derivative instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts |  | $ | (0.9 | ) |  | $ | (0.1 | ) |  | Costs of sales and services
Energy contracts |  | 1.0 |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  | Costs of sales and services
Foreign currency contracts |  | (1.6 | ) |  | 1.5 |  |  | Selling, general and administrative expenses
Total before tax |  | $ | (1.5 | ) |  | $ | 1.1 |  |  |
|  | 0.4 |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  | Provision for income taxes
Amount included in net income |  | $ | (1.1 | ) |  | $ | 0.7 |  |  |
Pension and other postretirement benefits (2): |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of prior service costs |  | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | (0.5 | ) |  | Selling, general and administrative expenses
Amortization of unrecognized net actuarial and other gains (losses) |  | (7.2 | ) |  | (16.7 | ) |  | Selling, general and administrative expenses
Recognized loss due to settlement |  | $ | (1.6 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | Selling, general and administrative expenses
Total before tax |  | $ | (9.2 | ) |  | $ | (17.2 | ) |  |
|  | 3.2 |  |  | 6.4 |  |  | Provision for income taxes
Amount included in net income |  | $ | (6.0 | ) |  | $ | (10.8 | ) |  |
Total reclassifications for the period |  | $ | (56.7 | ) |  | $ | (10.1 | ) |  | Amount included in net income
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(1) | Amounts in parentheses indicate charges to the condensed consolidated statements of income.
(2) | Pension and other postretirement benefits amounts include the impact from both continuing and discontinued operations. For detail on the continuing operations components of pension and other postretirement benefits, see Note 15.
(3) | The reclassification of historical cumulative translation adjustments was the result of the divestiture of our FMC Peroxygens business during the quarter ended March 31, 2014. The loss recognized from this reclassification is considered permanent for tax purposes and therefore no tax has been provided. See Note 10 for more information. In accordance with accounting guidance, this amount was previously factored into the lower of cost or fair value test associated with the 2013 Peroxygens' asset held for sale write-down charges.

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