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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Text Block]

Note 11. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment includes:

	March 31,		December 31,
Dollars in Millions	2013		2012
Land	$	113	$	114
Buildings		5,028		4,963
Machinery, equipment and fixtures		3,806		3,695
Construction in progress		426		611
Gross property, plant and equipment		9,373		9,383
Less accumulated depreciation		(4,114)		(4,050)
Property, plant and equipment	$	5,259	$	5,333

Depreciation expense was $108 million and $85 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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