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Note 13. NonConsolidated Partially-Owned Affiliates (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items] |
Equity Method Investment Summarized Financial Information Income Statement [Table Text Block] | Adient maintains total investments in partially-owned affiliates of $1.9 billion and $1.8 billion at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, respectively. Operating information for nonconsolidated partially-owned affiliates is as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016 (1)
Net sales |  | $ | 4,663 |  |  | $ | 4,324 |
Gross profit |  | $ | 566 |  |  | $ | 539 |
Operating income |  | $ | 279 |  |  | $ | 295 |
Net income |  | $ | 221 |  |  | $ | 280 |
Net income attributable to the entity |  | $ | 216 |  |  | $ | 259 |
(1) |  | Amounts presented have been revised from what was previously reported, as discussed in Note 1, "Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies". The engineering recovery revisions decreased operating income, net income and net income attributable to the entity by $14 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016.

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