Business Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Reportable business segment information for the three months ended March 31was as follows:


	Metal Containers		Closures		Plastic Containers		Corporate		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Net sales	$	508,519	$	357,151	$	164,714	$	—	$	1,030,384
Depreciation and amortization⁽¹⁾	20,481		20,123		9,486		40		50,130
Rationalization charges	1,963		742		94		—		2,799
Segment income	47,479		45,229		22,047		(12,614)		102,141

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
Net sales	$	507,062	$	356,199	$	163,870	$	—	$	1,027,131
Depreciation and amortization⁽¹⁾	21,107		20,354		8,816		41		50,318
Rationalization charges	222		5,660		201		—		6,083
Segment income	38,897		40,256		12,066		(4,477)		86,742

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⁽¹⁾Depreciation and amortization excludes amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs of $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and debt issuance costs of $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019, respectively.

Total segment income is reconciled to income before income taxes as follows:



	2020		2019
	(Dollars in thousands)
Total segment income	$	102,141	$	86,742
Interest and other debt expense	24,970		27,103
Income before income taxes	$	77,171	$	59,639

Sales and segment income of our metal container business and part of our closures business are dependent, in part, upon fruit and vegetable harvests. The size and quality of these harvests varies from year to year, depending in large part upon the weather conditions in applicable regions. Because of the seasonality of the harvests, we have historically experienced higher unit sales volume in the third quarter of our fiscal year and generated a disproportionate amount of our annual segment income during that quarter.