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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) 2016External Revenues Profitbeforeincometaxes InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses Assets atJune 30,2016 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$317 $94 $73 $118 $4 $15,094 $480Europe68 22 9 21 — 3,827 38Asia/Pacific64 15 21 7 6 3,801 59Latin America and CPF120 18 40 15 25 7,142 7Mining78 11 11 49 2 2,749 28Total Segments647 160 154 210 37 32,613 612Unallocated21 (32) 25 — 1 2,896 2Timing(9) (2) — 1 — 26 (2)Methodology— 22 (27) — — (190) —Inter-segment Eliminations (1)— — — — — (290) —Total$659 $148 $152 $211 $38 $35,055 $612              2015External Revenues Profitbeforeincometaxes InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses Assets atDecember 31,2015 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$290 $93 $64 $100 $6 $14,419 $278Europe72 27 9 19 — 3,758 32Asia/Pacific77 15 27 5 11 3,923 13Latin America and CPF133 19 38 28 21 7,376 19Mining102 12 14 58 12 2,947 —Total Segments674 166 152 210 50 32,423 342Unallocated16 (28) 16 — — 1,743 —Timing(7) (3) — — (1) 164 —Methodology— 15 (18) — — (216) —Inter-segment Eliminations (1)— — — — — (247) —Total$683 $150 $150 $210 $49 $33,867 $342               (1) Elimination is primarily related to intercompany loans.Supplemental segment data and reconciliations to consolidated external reporting for the six months ended June 30 was as follows:(Millions of dollars) 2016External Revenues Profitbeforeincometaxes InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses Assets atJune 30,2016 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$617 $176 $146 $227 $13 $15,094 $652Europe134 42 17 41 2 3,827 76Asia/Pacific125 36 41 13 5 3,801 69Latin America and CPF245 45 82 32 42 7,142 24Mining159 21 24 100 6 2,749 86Total Segments1,280 320 310 413 68 32,613 907Unallocated39 (64) 49 — 1 2,896 3Timing(17) (6) — 1 (2) 26 (1)Methodology— 43 (52) — — (190) —Inter-segment Eliminations (1)— — — — — (290) —Total$1,302 $293 $307 $414 $67 $35,055 $909              2015External Revenues Profitbeforeincometaxes InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses Assets atDecember 31,2015 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$574 $190 $127 $201 $2 $14,419 $454Europe147 57 17 39 — 3,758 52Asia/Pacific157 35 58 10 20 3,923 17Latin America and CPF273 48 76 56 40 7,376 43Mining204 42 29 116 2 2,947 69Total Segments1,355 372 307 422 64 32,423 635Unallocated32 (48) 31 — — 1,743 —Timing(15) (14) — — 3 164 1Methodology— 27 (37) — — (216) —Inter-segment Eliminations (1)— — — — — (247) —Total$1,372 $337 $301 $422 $67 $33,867 $636              (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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