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Geographic and Product Line Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Geographical Reporting [Abstract] |
Geographic and Principal Product Group Information [Text Block] | GEOGRAPHIC AND PRODUCT LINE INFORMATION Sales are attributed to geographic areas based on customer location; long-lived assets are attributed to geographic areas based on asset location.
| Net Sales
| Successor | Predecessor
(In millions) | Sept 1 - Dec 31, 2017 | Jan 1 - Aug 31, 2017 | Year Ended Dec 31, 2016 | Year Ended Dec 31, 2015
United States | $ | 2,086 |  | $ | 7,535 |  | $ | 9,500 |  | $ | 9,812 |
Canada | 139 |  | 583 |  | 669 |  | 692 |
EMEA 1 | 1,689 |  | 3,927 |  | 5,251 |  | 5,483 |
Asia Pacific 2 | 2,047 |  | 3,844 |  | 5,407 |  | 5,292 |
Latin America | 1,092 |  | 1,392 |  | 2,382 |  | 2,378 |
Total | $ | 7,053 |  | $ | 17,281 |  | $ | 23,209 |  | $ | 23,657 |
1. | Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).
2. | Net sales for China in the Successor period were $818 million. Net sales for China were less than 10 percent of consolidated net sales in all Predecessor periods.
| Net Property
| Successor | Predecessor
(In millions) | 2017 | 2016 | 2015
United States | $ | 7,708 |  | $ | 5,951 |  | $ | 6,458 |
Canada | 170 |  | 124 |  | 128 |
EMEA 1 | 2,867 |  | 1,550 |  | 1,582 |
Asia Pacific | 1,120 |  | 797 |  | 854 |
Latin America | 570 |  | 429 |  | 392 |
Total | $ | 12,435 |  | $ | 8,851 |  | $ | 9,414 |
1. | Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).
Net Sales by Principal Product Line Effective with the Merger, DuPont’s business activities are components of its parent company’s business operations. DuPont’s business activities, including the assessment of performance and allocation of resources, are reviewed and managed by DowDuPont. Information used by the chief operating decision maker of DuPont relates to the company in its entirety. Accordingly, there are no separate reportable business segments for DuPont under ASC Topic 280 “Segment Reporting” and DuPont's business results are reported in this Form 10-K as a single operating segment. Prior year's segment information has been made to conform to the current presentation. The company has one reportable segment with the following principal product lines: agriculture, packaging and specialty plastics, electronics and imaging, nutrition and health, industrial biosciences, transportation and advanced polymers and safety and construction. Net sales by principal product line are included below:
Net Sales | Successor | Predecessor
(In millions) | For the Period September 1 through December 31, 2017 | For the Period January 1 through August 31, 2017 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2016 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
Agriculture | $ | 1,596 |  | $ | 6,894 |  | $ | 8,131 |  | $ | 8,327 |
Packaging and Specialty Plastics | 544 |  | 1,072 |  | 1,651 |  | 1,715 |
Electronics and Imaging | 743 |  | 1,422 |  | 1,960 |  | 2,070 |
Nutrition and Health | 1,165 |  | 2,129 |  | 3,268 |  | 3,256 |
Industrial Biosciences | 573 |  | 1,022 |  | 1,500 |  | 1,478 |
Transportation and Advanced Polymers | 1,355 |  | 2,608 |  | 3,599 |  | 3,591 |
Safety and Construction | 1,074 |  | 2,134 |  | 3,099 |  | 3,220 |
Other | 3 |  | — |  | 1 |  | — |
Total | $ | 7,053 |  | $ | 17,281 |  | $ | 23,209 |  | $ | 23,657 |

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