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Segment Information (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Segment Information |
Three Months Ended March 31, | Agriculture 1 | Electronics & Communications | Industrial Biosciences | Nutrition & Health | Performance Materials | Protection Solutions | Other | Total
2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 3,928 |  | $ | 510 |  | $ | 368 |  | $ | 789 |  | $ | 1,368 |  | $ | 747 |  | $ | 33 |  | $ | 7,743 |
Operating earnings | 1,236 |  | 89 |  | 75 |  | 121 |  | 355 |  | 177 |  | (62 | ) | 1,991 |
2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 3,786 |  | $ | 452 |  | $ | 352 |  | $ | 801 |  | $ | 1,249 |  | $ | 729 |  | $ | 36 |  | $ | 7,405 |
Operating earnings | 1,101 |  | 59 |  | 63 |  | 104 |  | 273 |  | 176 |  | (59 | ) | 1,717 |
1. | As of March 31, 2017, Agriculture net assets were $9,131, an increase of $2,789 from $6,342 at December 31, 2016. The increase was primarily due to higher trade receivables related to normal seasonality in the sales and cash collections cycle.
Reconciliation to Consolidated Income Statements |
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2017 | 2016
Total segment operating earnings | $ | 1,991 |  | $ | 1,717 |
Significant pre-tax benefits (charges) not included in segment operating earnings | 14 |  | (68 | )
Non-operating pension and other post employment benefit costs | (104 | ) | (74 | )
Exchange losses | (59 | ) | (121 | )
Corporate (expenses) income 1,2,3,4,5 | (196 | ) | 273 |
Interest expense | (84 | ) | (92 | )
Income from continuing operations before income taxes | $ | 1,562 |  | $ | 1,635 |
1. | Includes transaction costs associated with the planned merger with Dow and related activities of $(170) and $(24) in the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, which were recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses in the company's interim Consolidated Income Statements. See Note 2 for additional information.
2. | Includes a $(4) charge recorded in employee separation / asset related charges, net in the company's interim Consolidated Income Statement for the three months ended March 31, 2017 associated with the 2017 restructuring program. See Note 4 for additional information.
3. | Includes a $47 benefit on accrued interest reversals recorded in other income, net, in the company's interim Consolidated Income Statement for the three months ended March 31, 2017, related to a reduction in the company’s unrecognized tax benefits due to the closure of various tax statutes of limitations. See Note 6 for additional information.
4. | Includes a gain of $369 associated with the sale of DuPont (Shenzhen) Manufacturing Limited entity, which held certain buildings and other assets. The gain was recorded in other income, net, in the company's interim Consolidated Income Statement for the three months ended March 31, 2016. See Note 3 for additional information.
5. | Includes a $14 net benefit recorded in employee separation / asset related charges, net in the company's interim Consolidated Income Statement for the three months ended March 31, 2016 associated with the 2016 global cost savings and restructuring plan. See Note 4 for additional information.
Schedule Of Additional Segment Details | Significant Pre-tax Benefits (Charges) Not Included in Segment Operating Earnings The three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, included the following significant pre-tax benefits (charges) which are excluded from segment operating earnings:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2017 | 2016
Agriculture 1,4,5 | $ | — |  | $ | (73 | )
Electronics & Communications 2,4 | (5 | ) | 7 |
Industrial Biosciences 2,4 | (6 | ) | 1 |
Nutrition & Health 2,3,4 | 160 |  | 1 |
Performance Materials 2,4 | (11 | ) | (4 | )
Protection Solutions 2,4 | (124 | ) | 3 |
Other 4 | — |  | (3 | )
| $ | 14 |  | $ | (68 | )
1. | Includes $23 for reduction in accrual recorded in other operating charges in the company's interim Consolidated Income Statement for the three months ended March 31, 2016, for customer claims related to the use of the Imprelis® herbicide.
2. | Includes a $(148) restructuring charge in employee separation / asset related charges, net in the company's interim Consolidated Income Statement for the three months ended March 31, 2017, associated with the 2017 restructuring program. See Note 4 for additional information.
3. | Includes a $162 gain recorded in other income, net, in the company's interim Consolidated Income Statement for the three months ended March 31, 2017, associated with the sale of the company's global food safety diagnostic business. See Note 3 for additional information.
4. | Includes a $(16) net restructuring charge in employee separation / asset related charges, net in the company's interim Consolidated Income Statement for the three months ended March 31, 2016, associated with the 2016 global cost savings and restructuring program. See Note 4 for additional information.
5. | Includes a $(75) restructuring charge recorded in employee separation / asset related charges, net in the company's interim Consolidated Income Statement for the three months ended March 31, 2016, related to the decision not to re-start the insecticide manufacturing facility at the La Porte site located in La Porte, Texas. See Note 4 for additional information.

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