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SCHEDULE II-VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
SCHEDULE II-VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS [Abstract] |
SCHEDULE II-VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC. & SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES SCHEDULE II – VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (millions of dollars)
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  |  | Additions Charged to Costs, Provisions and Expenses |  |  | Deductions (a) |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
Year Ended December 31, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation and qualifying accounts deducted from assets to which they apply: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 3.2 |  |  |  | 6.3 |  |  |  | 3.4 |  |  | $ | 12.9 |
Year Ended December 31, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation and qualifying accounts deducted from assets to which they apply: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 4.2 |  |  |  | 3.2 |  |  |  | (4.2 | ) |  | $ | 3.2 |
Year Ended December 31, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation and qualifying accounts deducted from assets to which they apply: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 7.9 |  |  |  | 3.8 |  |  |  | (7.5 | ) |  | $ | 4.2 |
(a) | Includes impact of write-offs, translation of foreign currencies and reclassifications for presentation purposes.

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