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Segments (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, Sales Table
The table below presents sales and operating profit information about reportable segments and Other for the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.
  
Quarter Ended March 31,
(Millions of dollars)
2020
 
2019
SALES(a) 
 
 
 
Americas
$
2,677

 
$
2,702

EMEA
1,633

 
1,682

APAC
1,336

 
1,427

Engineering
608

 
636

Other
485

 
467

Total segment sales
$
6,739

 
$
6,914

Merger-related divestitures
—

 
30

Total sales
$
6,739

 
$
6,944



  
Quarter Ended March 31,
(Millions of dollars)
2020
 
2019
SEGMENT OPERATING PROFIT
 
 
 
Americas
$
661

 
$
584

EMEA
355

 
347

APAC
281

 
273

Engineering
91

 
78

Other
(36
)
 
(60
)
Segment operating profit
1,352

 
1,222

Cost reduction programs and other charges (Note 2)
(131
)
 
(89
)
Merger-related divestitures
—

 
7

Purchase accounting impacts - Linde AG
(488
)
 
(531
)
Total operating profit
$
733

 
$
609


 
(a)
Sales reflect external sales only. Intersegment sales, primarily from Engineering to the industrial gases segments, were not material.