Geographic Areas

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Geographic Areas

Geographic Areas

NOTE 18.  Geographic Areas

Geographic area information is used by the Company as a secondary performance measure to manage its businesses. Export sales and certain income and expense items are generally reported within the geographic area where the final sales to 3M customers are made.

	Net Sales							Operating Income								Property, Plant and Equipment - net
(Millions)	2010			2009		2008		2010			2009		2008			2010		2009
United States	$	9,210		$	8,509	$	9,179	$	1,636		$	1,640	$	1,578		$	3,888	$	3,809
Asia Pacific	8,259			6,120		6,423		2,400			1,528		1,662			1,605		1,366
Europe, Middle East and Africa	6,259			5,972		6,941		1,112			1,003		1,294			1,239		1,318
Latin America and Canada	2,950			2,516		2,723		797			631		693			547		507
Other Unallocated	(16		)	6		3		(27		)	12		(9		)	—		—
Total Company	$	26,662		$	23,123	$	25,269	$	5,918		$	4,814	$	5,218		$	7,279	$	7,000

Restructuring and exit activities significantly impacted results by geographic area in 2009 and 2008. Refer to Note 4 for discussion of restructuring and exit activities.

Asia Pacific includes Japan net sales to customers of $2.464 billion in 2010, $1.979 billion in 2009 and $2.180 billion in 2008. Asia Pacific includes Japan net property, plant and equipment of $420 million in 2010 and $364 million in 2009.