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Restructuring and Other
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
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The Company recorded restructuring and other items as follows:
202120202019
Other (income) / costs$(42)$$(41)
Asset sales and impairments(20)(7)
Restructuring29 19 18 
Asbestos— — 
$(28)$30 $(30)

2021 Activity

Other (income) / costs included gains of $30 arising from a favorable court ruling in a lawsuit brought by certain of the Company's Brazilian subsidiaries asserting they were overcharged by local tax authorities for indirect taxes paid in prior years.

Asset sales and impairments included gains on various asset sales.

Restructuring primarily includes charges related to relocation of the Transit Packaging headquarters and headcount reductions across segments. The Company continues to identify cost reduction initiatives in its businesses and it is possible that the Company may record additional restructuring charges in the future.

See Note O for more information on the Company's provision for asbestos.

2020 Activity

Restructuring costs included charges of $19 related to an internal reorganization and headcount reductions within the Transit Packaging segment.

2019 Activity

Other costs / (income) of $41 included gains of $50 arising from favorable court rulings related to the recovery of indirect taxes paid in prior years by certain of the Company's Brazilian subsidiaries and a charge of $7 related to the settlement of a litigation matter related to Transit Packaging that arose prior to its acquisition by the Company in 2018.

Restructuring costs included charges of $14 for termination benefits related to headcount reductions across the Company, including $10 related to headcount reductions in the Company's European Beverage and Transit Packaging segments.

Asset sales and impairments included gains of $13 related to asset sales partially offset by a charge of $6 related to a fire at a production facility in Asia.

Restructuring charges by segment were as follows:
 202120202019
Americas Beverage$— $— $
European Beverage— — 
Asia Pacific
Transit Packaging19 19 
Other(1)
Corporate— 
$29 $19 $18 

Restructuring charges by type were as follows:
 202120202019
Termination benefits$10 $$14 
Other exit costs19 11 
$29 $19 $18