DHL 2012 Annual Report Download - page 175

 Property, plant and equipment
. Overview
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Land
and buildings
Technical
equipment
and machinery
Other
equipment,
operating
and oce
equipment Aircraft
Vehicle fleet
and transport
equipment
Advance
payments and
assets under
development Total
Cost
Balance at  January  4,445 4,164 2,386 1,674 1,961 232 14,862
Additions from business combinations 24 18 9 0 6 0 57
Additions 60 238 182 36 277 637 1,430
Reclassifications 26 128 43 120 63 – 414 –34
Disposals –87 –268 –140 –120 –269 –18 –902
Currency translation differences 21 11 –1 –3 2 7 37
Balance at  December  /  January  4,489 4,291 2,479 1,707 2,040 444 15,450
Additions from business combinations 2 2 3 0 0 0 7
Additions 88 138 160 116 278 613 1,393
Reclassifications 88 201 52 402 33 –782 –6
Disposals –124 – 616 –168 –162 –238 –13 –1,321
Currency translation differences –3 –6 –6 –6 1 1 –19
Balance at  December  4,540 4,010 2,520 2,057 2,114 263 15,504
Depreciation and impairment losses
Balance at  January  1,918 3,097 1,800 813 1,101 3 8,732
Additions from business combinations 18 10 5 0 1 0 34
Depreciation 167 226 209 141 205 0 948
Impairment losses 8 7 2 1 2 0 20
Reclassifications –6 –11 0 0 11 0 –6
Reversals of impairment losses –4 –1 0 0 0 0 –5
Disposals –73 –254 –129 –111 –226 –2 –795
Currency translation differences 15 11 1 –1 3 0 29
Balance at  December  /  January  2,043 3,085 1,888 843 1,097 1 8,957
Additions from business combinations 1 1 2 0 0 0 4
Depreciation 172 241 214 184 206 0 1,017
Impairment losses 8 1 0 18 0 0 27
Reclassifications 9 0 3 0 0 0 12
Reversals of impairment losses 0–1 0–9 0 0 –10
Disposals –51 –592 –157 –147 –206 0 –1,153
Currency translation differences –6 –3 –3 –2 1 0 –13
Balance at  December  2,176 2,732 1,947 887 1,098 1 8,841
Carrying amount at  December  2,364 1,278 573 1,170 1,016 262 6,663
Carrying amount at  December  2,446 1,206 591 864 943 443 6,493
e accumulated cost and depreciation were each adjusted
by  million based on the results of an asset inventory. is had
no eect on the balance sheet or income statement. e prior-year
gures were adjusted accordingly.
Advance payments relate only to advance payments on items
of property, plant and equipment for which the Group has paid
advances in connection with uncompleted transactions. Assets
under development relate to items of property, plant and equip-
ment in progress at the balance sheet date for whose production
internal or third-party costs have already been incurred.
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Consolidated Financial Statements
Notes
Balance sheet disclosures
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