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Other (Charges) Gains, Net
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Other (Charges) Gains, Net
Other (Charges) Gains, Net
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
(In $ millions)
Restructuring

 
(2
)
Plant/office closures

 
(53
)
Total

 
(55
)

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded $2 million of employee termination benefits primarily related to the Company's ongoing efforts to align its businesses around its core value drivers.
During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company provided notice of termination of a contract with a key raw materials supplier at its ethanol production unit in Nanjing, China. As a result, the Company recorded an estimated $53 million of plant/office closure costs primarily consisting of a $27 million contract termination charge and an $18 million reduction to its non-income tax receivable. The Nanjing, China ethanol production unit is included in the Company's Acetyl Intermediates segment.
The changes in the restructuring reserves by business segment are as follows:
 
Engineered
Materials
 
Acetate Tow
 
Industrial
Specialties
 
Acetyl
Intermediates
 
Other
 
Total
 
(In $ millions)
Employee Termination Benefits
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2017
1

 

 

 
1

 
1

 
3

Additions

 

 

 

 

 

Cash payments
(1
)
 

 

 

 

 
(1
)
Other changes

 

 

 

 

 

Exchange rate changes

 

 

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2018

 

 

 
1

 
1

 
2

Other Plant/Office Closures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2017

 

 

 
2

 

 
2

Additions

 

 

 

 

 

Cash payments

 

 

 

 

 

Other changes

 

 

 

 

 

Exchange rate changes

 

 

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2018

 

 

 
2

 

 
2

Total

 

 

 
3

 
1

 
4