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Other (Income) Expense - Net
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]  
Other (Income) Expense - Net
Other (Income) Expense - Net

The following table sets forth the items in other (income) expense:
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
(In millions)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gains on sales of assets
$
(7
)
 
$
(33
)
 
$
(37
)
 
$
(45
)
Other – net
(11
)
 
8

 
(2
)
 
3

Other (Income) Expense - Net
$
(18
)
 
$
(25
)
 
$
(39
)
 
$
(42
)


Gains on sales of assets in the three months ended September 30, 2019 included gains on disposals of individually insignificant assets in the ordinary course of business. Gains on sales of assets in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 included gains on the sale of certain assets, step-up gains on equity investments, and gains on disposals of individually insignificant assets in the ordinary course of business. Gains on sales of assets in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 included gains on the sale of the Company’s oilseed operations in Bolivia and an equity investment, and disposals of individually insignificant assets in the ordinary course of business.
Other - net in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 included other income, partially offset by foreign exchange losses. Other-net also included the non-service components of net pension benefit income of $2 million and $10 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, compared to a net pension benefit expense of $1 million and an income of $4 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively.