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Amount, before accumulated depreciation, amortization and impairment, of property, plant, and equipment and finance lease right-of-use asset.

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The amount of expense recognized in the current period that reflects the allocation of the cost of tangible assets over the assets' useful lives. Includes production and non-production related depreciation.

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Amount of accumulated depreciation and amortization from plant, property, and equipment and right-of-use asset from finance lease.

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Amount, after accumulated depreciation and amortization, of property, plant, and equipment and finance lease right-of-use asset.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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