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Other (Income) Expense - Net
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]  
Other (Income) Expense - Net Other (Income) Expense – Net
The following table sets forth the items in other (income) expense: 
(In millions)Year Ended December 31
 202320222021
Gains on sale of assets$(38)$(78)$(100)
Pension settlement— — 83 
Other – net(138)(280)(77)
 $(176)$(358)$(94)

Individually significant items included in the table above are:

Gains on sale of assets for the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 consisted of gains on sales of certain assets and disposals of individually insignificant assets in the ordinary course of business. Gains on sale of assets for the year ended December 31, 2021 consisted of gains on the sale of the Company’s ethanol production complex in Peoria, Illinois of $22 million, the sale of certain other assets, and disposals of individually insignificant assets in the ordinary course of business.
Pension settlement for the year ended December 31, 2021 was related to the purchase of group annuity contracts that irrevocably transferred the future benefit obligations and annuity administration for certain salaried and hourly retirees and terminated vested participants under the Company’s ADM Retirement Plan and ADM Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees to independent third parties.
Other - net for the year ended December 31, 2023 included the non-service components of net pension benefit income of $18 million, net foreign exchange gains of $85 million, and net other income. Other - net for the year ended December 31, 2022 included a legal recovery related to the 2019 and 2020 closure of the Company’s export facility in Reserve, Louisiana of $110 million, net foreign exchange gains of $105 million, a $50 million one-time payment from the USDA Biofuel Producer Recovery Program, and the non-service components of net pension benefit income of $25 million, partially offset by net other expense. Other - net for the year ended December 31, 2021 included the non-service components of net pension benefit income of $16 million, net foreign exchange gains of $24 million, and net other income.