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War in Ukraine:
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Unusual or Infrequent Items, or Both [Abstract]  
War in Ukraine:
War in Ukraine:

Since the onset of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, PMI's main priority has been the safety and security of its employees and their families in the country.

Ukraine

PMI temporarily suspended its commercial and manufacturing operations in Ukraine, including the closing of its factory in Kharkiv at the end of February 2022, in order to preserve the safety of its employees. PMI subsequently resumed some retail activities where safety allowed, in order to provide product availability and service to adult consumers, and began to supply the market from production centers outside Ukraine, as well as through a contract manufacturing arrangement. Production at the factory in Kharkiv remains suspended. PMI is not aware of any major damage to its production facilities, inventories or other assets in Ukraine. On June 20, 2023, PMI announced the investment of $30 million in a new production facility in the Lviv region, in Western Ukraine. In the fourth quarter of 2023, as a result of the completion of certain preparatory work for this new production facility, PMI recorded impairment of certain long-lived assets. As of December 31, 2023, PMI’s Ukrainian operations had approximately $446 million in total assets, excluding intercompany balances. These total assets included $82 million and $304 million in receivables and inventories, respectively.

Russia

PMI has suspended its planned investments in the Russian Federation including all new product launches and commercial, innovation, and manufacturing investments. PMI has also taken steps to scale down its manufacturing operations in Russia amid ongoing supply chain disruptions and the evolving regulatory environment. PMI is continuously assessing the evolving situation in Russia, including recent regulatory constraints in the market that entail very complex terms and conditions that must be met for any divestment transaction to be granted approval by the authorities, and restrictions resulting from international regulations. As a result of PMI continuing operations within Russia as of December 31, 2023, it has not recorded an impairment of long-lived and other assets. However, PMI recorded specific asset write downs in 2022 as referred to in the table below. PMI’s Russian operations as of December 31, 2023 had approximately $2.7 billion in total assets, excluding intercompany balances. These total assets included $773
million, $494 million, $948 million, $261 million and $167 million in cash (primarily held in local currency), receivables, inventories, property, plant and equipment and goodwill, respectively. In addition, there was approximately $1,182 million of cumulative foreign currency translation losses reflected in accumulated other comprehensive losses in the consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity as of December 31, 2023.

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, PMI recorded in its consolidated statements of earnings pre-tax charges related to circumstances driven by the war as follows:

(in millions)20232022
Cost of salesMarketing, administration and research costsTotalCost of salesMarketing, administration and research costsTotal
Ukraine 1
$15 $38 $53 $42 $36 $78 
Russia 2
— — — 20 53 73 
Total$15 $38 $53 $62 $89 $151 
1 The 2023 pre-tax charges were primarily due to the cost of PMI’s humanitarian efforts, which includes salary continuation for its employees, severance payments, as well as an impairment of certain long-lived assets in the fourth quarter of 2023. The 2022 pre-tax charges were primarily due to an inventory write-down, additional allowance for receivables and the cost of PMI’s humanitarian efforts, which includes salary continuation for its employees.
2 The 2022 pre-tax charges were primarily due to machinery and inventory write downs related to the commercial decisions noted above.

PMI will continue to monitor the situation as it evolves and will determine if further charges are needed.