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| Segment Information              | Supplemental segment data and reconciliations to consolidated external reporting for the three months ended June 30 was as follows:(Millions of dollars) 2013Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atJune 30,2013 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$236 $74 $66 $71 $(2) $11,994 $207Europe and CPF120 30 26 20 17 8,003 69Asia/Pacific103 45 33 6 2 5,721 13Latin America105 32 37 22 1 4,846 60Mining117 24 21 64 3 3,485 101Total Segments681 205 183 183 21 34,049 450Unallocated20 (20) 15 — (1) 1,449 —Timing(7) (39) — — 11 — 1Methodology— 12 (11) — — (112) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (347) —Total$694 $158 $187 $183 $31 $35,039 $451              2012Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atDecember 31,2012 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$236 $67 $68 $69 $5 $11,305 $119Europe and CPF114 26 35 20 9 7,785 52Asia/Pacific96 28 37 5 8 6,151 12Latin America94 30 34 15 4 4,973 28Mining116 20 22 62 3 3,212 245Total Segments656 171 196 171 29 33,426 456Unallocated18 (24) 14 1 — 1,529 —Timing(6) (5) — — 5 17 1Methodology— 2 (12) — — (61) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (169) —Total$668 $144 $198 $172 $34 $34,742 $457               Supplemental segment data and reconciliations to consolidated external reporting for the six months ended June 30 was as follows:(Millions of dollars) 2013Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atJune 30,2013 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$461 $138 $131 $141 $(3) $11,994 $315Europe and CPF242 67 54 39 26 8,003 100Asia/Pacific209 91 68 13 4 5,721 24Latin America211 60 73 42 9 4,846 124Mining227 38 41 122 14 3,485 206Total Segments1,350 394 367 357 50 34,049 769Unallocated37 (36) 30 1 (2) 1,449 1Timing(13) (30) — — (1) — 1Methodology— 17 (19) — — (112) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (347) —Total$1,374 $345 $378 $358 $47 $35,039 $771              2012Revenues SegmentProfit InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses SegmentAssets atDecember 31,2012 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$472 $139 $139 $135 $1 $11,305 $184Europe and CPF234 57 73 39 17 7,785 143Asia/Pacific188 60 72 10 12 6,151 70Latin America189 60 70 29 7 4,973 49Mining228 37 46 127 5 3,212 353Total Segments1,311 353 400 340 42 33,426 799Unallocated36 (43) 30 1 1 1,529 —Timing(11) (12) — — 10 17 1Methodology— 16 (28) — — (61) —Inter-segment Eliminations— — — — — (169) —Total$1,336 $314 $402 $341 $53 $34,742 $800               |

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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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