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PENSION PLANS AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
PENSION PLANS AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS
A summary of the Company's pension and other postretirement benefit plans can be found in Note 21 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the combined Dow Inc. and TDCC Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. The following table provides the components of the Company's net periodic benefit cost for all significant plans:

Net Periodic Benefit Cost for All Significant Plans Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
In millionsJun 30,
2020
Jun 30,
2019
Jun 30,
2020
Jun 30,
2019
Defined Benefit Pension Plans:
Service cost$99  $95  $198  $207  
Interest cost 191  227  383  468  
Expected return on plan assets (412) (421) (826) (838) 
Amortization of prior service credit(5) (5) (10) (11) 
Amortization of net loss192  147  384  279  
Curtailment/special termination benefits 1
—  (27) —  (27) 
Net periodic benefit cost$65  $16  $129  $78  
Less: Discontinued operations—  —  —  21  
Net periodic benefit cost - continuing operations$65  $16  $129  $57  
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans:
Service cost $ $ $ $ 
Interest cost 10  12  19  26  
Amortization of net gain(3) (5) (5) (11) 
Curtailment/special termination benefits 1
—  (3) —  (3) 
Net periodic benefit cost$ $ $18  $16  
1.The 2019 impact relates to plan curtailments and associated special termination benefits resulting from the reduction in plan participation by employees transferred to DowDuPont.

Net periodic benefit cost, other than the service cost component, is included in "Sundry income (expense) - net" in the consolidated statements of income.

The Company's funding policy is to contribute to defined benefit pension plans in the United States and a number of other countries when pension laws and/or economics either require or encourage funding. The Company expects to contribute approximately $290 million to its pension plans in 2020, of which $112 million has been contributed through June 30, 2020.