SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of Segment Results

Following is a summary of segment results (in thousands of dollars):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
	United States			Canada			Other Businesses			Total
Total net sales	$	1,953,444		$	186,141		$	497,407		$	2,636,992
Intersegment net sales	(95,073		)	(12		)	(778		)	(95,863		)
Net sales to external customers	$	1,858,371		$	186,129		$	496,629		$	2,541,129
Segment operating earnings	$	312,470		$	(16,729	)	$	31,507		$	327,248

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
	United States			Canada			Other Businesses			Total
Total net sales	$	1,966,267		$	178,771		$	445,333		$	2,590,371
Intersegment net sales	(82,499		)	(36		)	(1,298		)	(83,833		)
Net sales to external customers	$	1,883,768		$	178,735		$	444,035		$	2,506,538
Segment operating earnings	$	331,857		$	(12,347	)	$	21,783		$	341,293

	United States		Canada		Other Businesses		Total
Segment assets:
March 31, 2017	$	2,311,281	$	287,552	$	535,343	$	3,134,176
December 31, 2016	$	2,275,009	$	286,035	$	494,067	$	3,055,111

Schedule of Reconciliation of Operating Earnings from Segment to Consolidated

Following are reconciliations of segment information with the consolidated totals per the financial statements (in thousands of dollars):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017			2016
Operating earnings:
Total operating earnings for operating segments	$	327,248		$	341,293
Unallocated expenses and eliminations	(31,760		)	(24,201		)
Total consolidated operating earnings	$	295,488		$	317,092

Schedule of Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated

	March 31, 2017		Dec 31, 2016
Assets:
Total assets for operating segments	$	3,134,176	$	3,055,111
Other current and non-current assets	2,484,117		2,464,656
Unallocated assets	164,256		174,540
Total consolidated assets	$	5,782,549	$	5,694,307