Other Operating Credits and Charges, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Other Operating Credits And Charges, Net [Abstract]

Other Operating Credits And Charges Net [Text Block}

OTHER OPERATING AND NON-OPERATING INCOME (EXPENSE)

Other operating credits and charges, net

The major components of Other operating credits and charges, net in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022 are reflected in the table below and described in the paragraphs following the table (dollars in millions):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2024		2023		2022
Insurance recoveries	$	—	$	—	$	15
Legal settlement	3		(16)		—
Reorganization charges	(2)		(8)		(7)
Product liability settlement	—		—		8
Gain (loss) on asset sales	(2)		6		(1)
Other	(3)		(1)		—
	$	(4)	$	(19)	$	16

During 2024, we received $3 million related to legal settlements, incurred severance and other charges of $2 million related to certain reorganizations, and recognized a $2 million loss on the sale of assets.

During 2023, we agreed to pay $16 million to resolve certain patent-related claims and to obtain certain patent rights. We incurred severance and other charges of $8 million related to certain reorganizations and recognized a $6 million gain on the sale of assets.

During 2022, we received $15 million in insurance recoveries related to business interruption claims for weather-related downtime sustained in the prior year. We incurred severance and other charges of $7 million related to certain reorganizations and we recognized a charge of $2 million related to additional estimated environmental costs associated with a non-operating site.

Non-operating income (expense)

Non-operating income (expense) is comprised of the following components (dollars in millions):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2024		2023		2022
Interest expense	$	(14)	$	(17)	$	(14)
Amortization of debt charges	(1)		(1)		(1)
Capitalized interest	1		4		5
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest	$	(14)	$	(14)	$	(11)
Interest income	$	22	$	18	$	14
Investment income	$	22	$	18	$	14
Net periodic pension cost, excluding service cost	$	—	$	—	$	(6)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net	9		(40)		(11)
Pension settlement charges	—		(4)		(82)
Other	—		1		2
Other non-operating items	$	9	$	(43)	$	(97)

During 2024, we recognized $9 million of foreign currency gains primarily driven by $4 million and $5 million of transactional gains on Canadian and South American exchange rates, respectively.

During 2023, we completed the termination of our U.S. and Canadian defined benefit pension plans resulting in the recognition of non-cash, pre-tax charges of $4 million. Additionally, we recognized $40 million of foreign currency losses primarily driven by $32 million of transactional losses on the Argentine peso.

During 2022, we recognized $82 million of pension settlement expense related to a portion of the unrecognized actuarial loss that was included in accumulated comprehensive loss.