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Segments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, Sales Table | The table below presents sales and operating profit information about reportable segments and Other for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.
| Quarter Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |  |
(Millions of dollars) | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  |  |  |
SALES(a) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas | $ | 2,641 |  |  | $ | 2,771 |  |  | $ | 7,735 |  |  | $ | 8,252 |  |  |  |  |
EMEA | 1,622 |  |  | 1,634 |  |  | 4,703 |  |  | 4,989 |  |  |  |  |
APAC | 1,484 |  |  | 1,461 |  |  | 4,115 |  |  | 4,376 |  |  |  |  |
Engineering | 678 |  |  | 641 |  |  | 2,096 |  |  | 2,029 |  |  |  |  |
Other | 430 |  |  | 486 |  |  | 1,322 |  |  | 1,440 |  |  |  |  |
Total segment sales | $ | 6,855 |  |  | $ | 6,993 |  |  | $ | 19,971 |  |  | $ | 21,086 |  |  |  |  |
Merger-related divestitures | — |  |  | 7 |  |  | — |  |  | 62 |  |  |  |  |
Total sales | $ | 6,855 |  |  | $ | 7,000 |  |  | $ | 19,971 |  |  | $ | 21,148 |  |  |  |  |
| Quarter Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Millions of dollars) | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
SEGMENT OPERATING PROFIT |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas | $ | 742 |  |  | $ | 671 |  |  | $ | 2,025 |  |  | $ | 1,901 |
EMEA | 370 |  |  | 335 |  |  | 1,028 |  |  | 1,014 |
APAC | 337 |  |  | 308 |  |  | 912 |  |  | 885 |
Engineering | 106 |  |  | 120 |  |  | 335 |  |  | 297 |
Other | (40) |  |  | (50) |  |  | (116) |  |  | (172) |
Segment operating profit | 1,515 |  |  | 1,384 |  |  | 4,184 |  |  | 3,925 |
Cost reduction programs and other charges (Note 2) | (48) |  |  | (125) |  |  | (428) |  |  | (355) |
Net gain on sale of businesses | — |  |  | 164 |  |  | — |  |  | 164
Merger-related divestitures | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | 15 |
Purchase accounting impacts - Linde AG | (498) |  |  | (425) |  |  | (1,463) |  |  | (1,471) |
Total operating profit | $ | 969 |  |  | $ | 1,000 |  |  | $ | 2,293 |  |  | $ | 2,278 |
(a)Sales reflect external sales only. Intersegment sales, primarily from Engineering to the industrial gases segments, were not material.

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