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Segment Information - Divisions | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
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Segment Information - Divisions | 3 SEGMENT INFORMATION - DIVISIONS
First Half |  | Beauty & Personal Care |  |  | Home Care |  |  | Foods & Refreshment |  |  | Total |
Turnover (€ million) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 |  |  | 10,481 |  |  |  | 5,398 |  |  |  | 11,846 |  |  |  | 27,725 |
2018 |  |  | 10,084 |  |  |  | 5,048 |  |  |  | 11,220 |  |  |  | 26,352 |
Change (%) |  |  | (3.8 | ) |  |  | (6.5 | ) |  |  | (5.3 | ) |  |  | (5.0 | )
Impact of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exchange rates (%)* |  |  | (10.2 | ) |  |  | (10.0 | ) |  |  | (7.3 | ) |  |  | (8.9 | )
Acquisitions (%) |  |  | 4.3 |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 0.9 |  |  |  | 2.1 |
Disposals (%) |  |  | – |  |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | (0.2 | )
Underlying sales growth (%) |  |  | 2.7 |  |  |  | 3.5 |  |  |  | 1.8 |  |  |  | 2.5 |
Price (%)* |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 0.2 |
Volume (%) |  |  | 2.9 |  |  |  | 3.2 |  |  |  | 1.2 |  |  |  | 2.2 |
Operating profit (€ million) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 |  |  | 2,068 |  |  |  | 573 |  |  |  | 2,206 |  |  |  | 4,847 |
2018 |  |  | 2,037 |  |  |  | 638 |  |  |  | 1,799 |  |  |  | 4,474 |
Underlying operating profit (€ million) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 |  |  | 2,207 |  |  |  | 643 |  |  |  | 2,076 |  |  |  | 4,926 |
2018 |  |  | 2,201 |  |  |  | 633 |  |  |  | 2,078 |  |  |  | 4,912 |
Operating margin (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 |  |  | 19.7 |  |  |  | 10.6 |  |  |  | 18.6 |  |  |  | 17.5 |
2018 |  |  | 20.2 |  |  |  | 12.6 |  |  |  | 16.0 |  |  |  | 17.0 |
Underlying operating margin (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 |  |  | 21.1 |  |  |  | 11.9 |  |  |  | 17.5 |  |  |  | 17.8 |
2018 |  |  | 21.8 |  |  |  | 12.5 |  |  |  | 18.5 |  |  |  | 18.6 |
* | 2018 underlying price growth in Venezuela has been excluded from the Price rows in the tables above, and an equal and opposite adjustment made in the Exchange rate rows.
The adjustment made at Total Group level in these tables in respect of 2018 price growth in Venezuela was 1.3% for the first half. Prior to this adjustment being made, first half price growth at Total Group level would have been 1.5% and exchange rate impact would have been (10.1)%. The corresponding adjustments for Foods & Refreshment was 3.1% for the first half. There is no adjustment in the other divisions. Turnover growth is made up of distinct individual growth components namely underlying sales, currency impact, acquisitions and disposals. Turnover growth is arrived at by multiplying these individual components on a compounded basis as there is a currency impact on each of the other components. Accordingly, turnover growth is more than just the sum of the individual components. Underlying operating profit represents our measure of segment profit or loss as it is the primary measure used for the purpose of making decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance of segments. Underlying operating margin is calculated as underlying operating profit divided by turnover.

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