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Segment Information - Geographical Area (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
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Summary of Operating Results by Geographical Areas |
First Half |  | Asia / AMET / RUB |  |  | The Americas |  |  | Europe |  |  | Total |
Turnover (€ million) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 |  |  | 11,735 |  |  |  | 8,083 |  |  |  | 6,534 |  |  |  | 26,352 |
2019 |  |  | 12,195 |  |  |  | 8,141 |  |  |  | 5,790 |  |  |  | 26,126 |
Change (%) |  |  | 3.9 |  |  |  | 0.7 |  |  |  | (11.4 | ) |  |  | (0.9 | )
Impact of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exchange rates(a) (%) |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 3.1 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 1.1 |
Acquisitions (%) |  |  | – |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 1.3 |  |  |  | 0.5 |
Disposals (%) |  |  | (2.3 | ) |  |  | (5.0 | ) |  |  | (12.0 | ) |  |  | (5.5 | )
Underlying sales growth (%) |  |  | 6.2 |  |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | (0.6 | ) |  |  | 3.3 |
Price(a) (%) |  |  | 3.2 |  |  |  | 2.2 |  |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | 2.1 |
Volume (%) |  |  | 2.9 |  |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | 1.2 |
Operating profit (€ million) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018(b) |  |  | 2,274 |  |  |  | 1,172 |  |  |  | 1,083 |  |  |  | 4,529 |
2019 |  |  | 2,339 |  |  |  | 1,270 |  |  |  | 980 |  |  |  | 4,589 |
Underlying operating profit (€ million) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018(b) |  |  | 2,345 |  |  |  | 1,349 |  |  |  | 1,273 |  |  |  | 4,967 |
2019 |  |  | 2,526 |  |  |  | 1,425 |  |  |  | 1,103 |  |  |  | 5,054 |
Operating margin (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018(b) |  |  | 19.4 |  |  |  | 14.5 |  |  |  | 16.6 |  |  |  | 17.2 |
2019 |  |  | 19.2 |  |  |  | 15.6 |  |  |  | 16.9 |  |  |  | 17.6 |
Underlying operating margin (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018(b) |  |  | 20.0 |  |  |  | 16.7 |  |  |  | 19.5 |  |  |  | 18.8 |
2019 |  |  | 20.7 |  |  |  | 17.5 |  |  |  | 19.1 |  |  |  | 19.3 |
(a) | Underlying price growth in Venezuela and Argentina has been excluded when calculating the price growth in the tables above, and an equal and opposite adjustment made in the calculation of exchange rate impact. See page 6 for further details. See page 6 for further details.
(b) | Restated following adoption of IFRS 16. Refer note 1 and note 9.

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