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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Note 27: Operating Segments

Sort by: 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | Total revenues | Intersegment revenues | External revenues

REVENUES
  Intersegment revenues  
(In millions) 2004   2003   2002  
Advanced Materials $ 45   $ 31   $ 25  
Commercial Finance   279     195     128  
Consumer Finance   33     23     12  
Consumer & Industrial   476     290     347  
Energy   191     213     287  
Equipment & Other Services   (354 )   (241 )   (142 )
Healthcare       2     2  
Infrastructure   95     85     84  
Insurance   42     23     2  
NBC Universal            
Transportation   692     772     1,044  
Corporate items and eliminations   (1,499 )   (1,393 )   (1,789 )
Total $   $   $  
Revenues of GE businesses include income from sales of goods and services to customers and other income.
Sales from one component to another generally are priced at equivalent commercial selling prices.

Revenues originating from operations based in the United States were $95,970 million, $85,249 million and $90,970 million in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Revenues originating from operations based outside the United States were $56,896 million, $49,392 million and $41,256 million in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

Sort by: 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | Assets | Property, plant and equipment additions | Depreciation and amortization

  Property, plant and equipment additions(a)  
  For the years ended December 31  
(In millions) 2004   2003   2002  
Advanced Materials $ 638   $ 797   $ 703  
Commercial Finance   7,582     7,405     8,999  
Consumer Finance   217     191     221  
Consumer & Industrial   267     318     449  
Energy   402     514     734  
Equipment & Other Services   3,215     1,148     2,417  
Healthcare   1,590     289     170  
Infrastructure   127     177     388  
Insurance   23     35     71  
NBC Universal   1,189     121     252  
Transportation   436     595     348  
Corporate items and eliminations   152     179     121  
Total $ 15,838   $ 11,769   $ 14,873  
(a) Additions to property, plant and equipment include amounts relating to principal businesses purchased.

Property, plant and equipment associated with operations based in the United States were $25,452 million, $20,828 million and $19,808 million at year-end 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Property, plant and equipment associated with operations based outside the United States were $37,882 million, $32,560 million and $29,265 million at year-end 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

Basis for presentation
Our operating businesses are organized based on the nature of products and services provided. Segment accounting policies are the same as described in note 1.

A description of our operating segments can be found on pages 122-123 and details of segment profit by operating segment can be found on page 60 of this report.

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