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Revenue (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]  
Disaggregation of Revenue

Ashland disaggregates its revenue from contracts with customers by segment, geographical region and product category, as Ashland believes these categories best depict how management reviews the financial performance of its operations. See the following tables for details:

 

Sales by geography for the three months ended December 31

 

(In millions)

 

Specialty Ingredients

 

 

Intermediates and Solvents

 

Geography

 

2019

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

North America

 

$

198

 

 

$

219

 

 

$

15

 

 

$

11

 

Europe

 

 

161

 

 

 

170

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

5

 

Asia Pacific

 

 

103

 

 

 

116

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

6

 

Latin America & other

 

 

43

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

$

505

 

 

$

553

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

23

 

 

Sales by product category for the three months ended December 31

 

(In millions)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Specialty Ingredients

 

Cellulosics

 

$

178

 

 

$

189

 

Poly-vinyl pyrrolidones

 

 

93

 

 

 

95

 

Adhesives

 

 

74

 

 

 

82

 

Actives

 

 

37

 

 

 

37

 

Vinyl ethers

 

 

20

 

 

 

24

 

Pharmachem

 

 

40

 

 

 

59

 

Other (a)

 

 

63

 

 

 

67

 

 

 

$

505

 

 

$

553

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intermediates and Solvents

 

Derivatives

 

$

23

 

 

$

20

 

Butanediol

 

 

5

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

Other includes no product category in excess of 10% of sales.