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22. Discontinued Operations On October 26, 2010, the Venezuelan government, through Presidential Decree No. 7.751, expropriated the assets of Owens-Illinois de Venezuela and Fabrica de Vidrios Los Andes, C.A., two of the Company's subsidiaries in that country, which in effect constituted a taking of the going concerns of those companies. Shortly after the issuance of the decree, the Venezuelan government installed temporary administrative boards to control the expropriated assets. Since the issuance of the decree, the Company has cooperated with the Venezuelan government, as it is compelled to do under Venezuelan law, to provide for an orderly transition while ensuring the safety and well-being of the employees and the integrity of the production facilities. The Company has been engaged in negotiations with the Venezuelan government in relation to certain aspects of the expropriation, including the compensation payable by the government as a result of its expropriation. On September 26, 2011, the Company, having been unable to reach an agreement with the Venezuelan government regarding fair compensation, commenced an arbitration against Venezuela through the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. The Company is unable at this stage to predict the amount, or timing of receipt, of compensation it will ultimately receive. The Company considered the disposal of these assets to be complete as of December 31, 2010. As a result, and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, the Company has presented the results of operations for its Venezuelan subsidiaries in the Consolidated Results of Operations for all years presented as discontinued operations. The following summarizes the revenues and expenses of the Venezuelan operations reported as discontinued operations in the Consolidated Results of Operations for the periods indicated:
|  | Years ended December 31, |
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|  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
Net sales |  | $ | 129 |  | $ | 415 |
Manufacturing, shipping, and delivery |  |  | (86 | ) |  | (266 | )
Gross profit |  |  | 43 |  |  | 149 |
Selling and administrative expense |  |  | (5 | ) |  | (13 | )
Research, development, and engineering expense |  |  |  |  |  | (1 | )
Interest income |  |  |  |  |  | 11 |
Other expense |  |  | 3 |  |  | (36 | )
Earnings from discontinued operations before income taxes |  |  | 41 |  |  | 110 |
Provision for income taxes |  |  | (10 | ) |  | (44 | )
Earnings from discontinued operations |  |  | 31 |  |  | 66 |
Loss on disposal of discontinued operations |  |  | (331 | ) |  |  |
Net earnings (loss) from discontinued operations |  |  | (300 | ) |  | 66 |
Net earnings from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  | (5 | ) |  | (14 | )
Net earnings (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to the Company |  | $ | (305 | ) | $ | 52 |
The loss on disposal of discontinued operations of $331 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 included charges totaling $77 million and $260 million to write-off the net assets and cumulative currency translation losses, respectively, of the Company's Venezuelan operations, net of a tax benefit of $6 million. The net assets were written-off as a result of the deconsolidation of the subsidiaries due to the loss of control. The type or amount of compensation the Company may receive from the Venezuelan government is uncertain and thus, will be recorded as a gain from discontinued operations when received. The cumulative currency translation losses relate to the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar in prior years and were written-off because the expropriation was a substantially complete liquidation of the Company's operations in Venezuela.

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