11 – Noncurrent assets

Development of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment H1 (Million €)

 

 

Intangible assets

Property, plant and equipment

 


2019

2018

2019

2018

Cost

 

 

 

 

 

As of January 1

 

20,364

17,755

64,303

70,913

Additions

 

59

48

1,716

1,447

Disposals

 

(122)

(91)

(297)

(282)

Transfers

 

(1)

(124)

12

(392)

Currency effects

 

104

155

175

509

As of June 30

 

20,404

17,743

65,909

72,195

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

As of January 1

 

3,813

4,161

42,228

45,655

Additions

 

363

264

1,746

1,604

Disposals

 

(120)

(78)

(273)

(255)

Transfers

 

(68)

6

(184)

Currency effects

 

20

18

84

331

As of June 30

 

4,076

4,297

43,791

47,151

Net carrying amount as of June 30

 

16,328

13,446

22,118

25,044

Material investments in the first half of 2019 largely concerned the acetylene plant currently under construction and the expansion of the vitamin A plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Additions to property, plant and equipment also included investments at the following sites in particular: Ludwigshafen, Germany; Antwerp, Belgium; Shanghai, China; Geismar, Louisiana; Freeport, Texas; and Port Arthur, Texas.

As well as depreciation, the item additions to depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment included, in particular, impairment losses on discontinued investments in North America.

Currency effects largely arose from the appreciation of the U.S. dollar relative to the euro.

Development of investments accounted for using the equity method (Million €)

 

 

H1

 

 

2019

2018

As of January 1

 

2,203

4,715

Additions

 

15,040

55

Disposals

 

(897)

Transfers

 

(96)

(33)

Currency effects

 

19

27

Net carrying amount as of June 30

 

16,269

4,764

Additions in 2019 resulted from the merger of the oil and gas businesses of Wintershall and DEA, as well as the merger of the paper and water chemicals business with Solenis. In this connection, BASF received a 72.7% share in Wintershall Dea GmbH, Kassel, Germany (€14,440 million), and a 49% share in Solenis UK International Limited, London, England (€590 million).

Disposals in 2019 related to a capital decrease in the amount of €871 million at Wintershall Dea GmbH and the sale of Synvina C.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The difference between the net carrying amount at the end of June 2018 and the figure as of June 30, 2019, was mainly due to the transfer in 2018 of €2,552 million from investments accounted for using the equity method to assets of the disposal group for the oil and gas business.

Other financial assets (Million €)

 

 

June 30, 2019

Dec. 31, 2018

June 30, 2018

Other shareholdings

 

511

453

429

Long-term securities

 

127

117

120

Other financial assets

 

638

570

549