Our sales are primarily to customers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America and Asia, and the majority of our assets are located in these same geographic areas. The following is a summary of sales and long-lived assets based on the geographic areas where the sales originated and where the assets are located:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (In millions) | | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2017 | Sales: | | | | | | | United States | | $ | 1,560.4 | | | $ | 1,543.1 | | | $ | 1,439.2 | | Europe | | 556.2 | | | 547.4 | | | 455.7 | | Canada | | 140.6 | | | 142.2 | | | 133.8 | | Asia | | 316.5 | | | 331.8 | | | 296.3 | | Mexico | | 261.2 | | | 296.5 | | | 246.2 | | South America | | 27.8 | | | 20.0 | | | 19.1 | | Total Sales | | $ | 2,862.7 | | | $ | 2,881.0 | | | $ | 2,590.3 | | | | | | | | | (In millions) | | 2019 | | 2018 | | | Total Assets: | | | | | | | Color, Additives and Inks | | $ | 1,215.8 | | | $ | 1,243.5 | | | | Specialty Engineered Materials | | 774.0 | | | 599.0 | | | | Distribution | | 235.6 | | | 249.0 | | | | Corporate and eliminations | | 1,047.9 | | | 377.6 | | | | Assets held for sale | | — | | | 254.2 | | | | Total | | $ | 3,273.3 | | | $ | 2,723.3 | | | | | | | | | | | (In millions) | | 2019 | | 2018 | | | Long lived assets: | | | | | | | United States | | $ | 220.0 | | | $ | 205.4 | | | | | Europe | | 98.1 | | | 113.5 | | | | | Canada | | 0.1 | | | 0.2 | | | | | Asia | | 77.3 | | | 57.5 | | | | | Mexico | | 5.5 | | | 6.2 | | | | | South America | | 6.4 | | | 1.7 | | | | | Total Long lived assets | | $ | 407.4 | | | $ | 384.5 | | | | |
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