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| Segment Information              | Supplemental segment data and reconciliations to consolidated external reporting for the three months ended March 31 was as follows:(Millions of dollars) 2016External Revenues Profitbeforeincometaxes InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses Assets atMarch 31,2016 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$300 $82 $73 $109 $9 $14,973 $172Europe66 20 8 20 2 3,860 38Asia/Pacific61 21 20 6 (1) 3,918 10Latin America and CPF125 27 42 17 17 7,320 17Mining81 10 13 51 4 2,761 58Total Segments633 160 156 203 31 32,832 295Unallocated18 (32) 24 — — 2,820 1Timing(8) (4) — — (2) 147 1Methodology— 21 (25) — — (194) —Inter-segment Eliminations (1)— — — — — (265) —Total$643 $145 $155 $203 $29 $35,340 $297              2015External Revenues Profitbeforeincometaxes InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses Assets atDecember 31,2015 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$284 $97 $63 $101 $(4) $14,419 $176Europe75 30 8 20 — 3,758 20Asia/Pacific80 20 31 5 9 3,923 4Latin America and CPF140 29 38 28 19 7,376 24Mining102 30 15 58 (10) 2,947 69Total Segments681 206 155 212 14 32,423 293Unallocated16 (20) 15 — — 1,743 —Timing(8) (11) — — 4 164 1Methodology— 12 (19) — — (216) —Inter-segment Eliminations (1)— — — — — (247) —Total$689 $187 $151 $212 $18 $33,867 $294               (1) Elimination is primarily related to intercompany loans. |

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.
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