Non-cancelable

Other

Workforce

Demolition and

lease and contract

restructuring

reductions(1)

decommissioning

termination costs

costs

Total(2)

Accrued liabilities as of January 1, 2015

$

28

$

 —

$

47

$

 3

$

78

2015 charges for 2014 and prior initiatives

 8

24

15

 9

56

2015 charges for 2015 initiatives

30

 —

 —

 3

33

Reversal of reserves no longer required

(7)

 —

(6)

 —

(13)

2015 payments for 2014 and prior initiatives

(23)

(8)

(17)

(7)

(55)

2015 payments for 2015 initiatives

(16)

 —

 —

(3)

(19)

Foreign currency effect on liability balance

(1)

 —

(2)

 —

(3)

Accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2015

19

16

37

 5

77

2016 charges for 2015 and prior initiatives

 1

24

 9

13

47

2016 charges for 2016 initiatives

 1

 —

 —

 5

 6

Reversal of reserves no longer required

(2)

 —

 —

 —

(2)

Distribution of prefunded restructuring costs

(5)

(5)

 —

(1)

(11)

2016 payments for 2015 and prior initiatives

(8)

(15)

(4)

(13)

(40)

2016 payments for 2016 initiatives

(1)

 —

 —

(4)

(5)

Foreign currency effect on liability balance

(1)

(1)

(2)

 —

(4)

Accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2016

 4

19

40

 5

68

2017 (credits) charges for 2016 and prior initiatives

(1)

 3

 2

 2

 6

2017 charges for 2017 initiatives

10

 —

 —

 2

12

2017 payments for 2016 and prior initiatives

(1)

(21)

(2)

(2)

(26)

2017 payments for 2017 initiatives

(8)

 —

 —

(2)

(10)

Foreign currency effect on liability balance

 1

 1

 1

 —

 3

Accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2017

$

 5

$

 2

$

41

$

 5

$

53

(1)

The total workforce reduction reserves of $5 million relate to the termination of 130 positions, of which 82 positions had not been terminated as of December 31, 2017.

(2)

In December 2015, we prepaid $9 million of severance and other restructuring costs related to restructuring programs in our Textile Effects and Performance Products segments. Certain of the severance costs were prepaid to a third party who distributed the severance payments to affected employees when they were terminated in 2016.

(3)

Accrued liabilities remaining at December 31, 2017 and 2016 by year of initiatives were as follows (dollars in millions):

December 31, 

2017

2016

2015 initiatives

$

50

$

67

2016 initiatives

 1

 1

2017 initiatives

 2

 —

Total

$

53

$

68

Performance

Advanced

Textile

Corporate

Polyurethanes

Products

Materials

Effects

and other

Total

Accrued liabilities as of January 1, 2015

$

 6

$

 9

$

 5

$

54

$

 4

$

78

2015 charges for 2014 and prior initiatives

 2

 3

 1

42

 8

56

2015 charges for 2015 initiatives

17

 8

 5

 2

 1

33

Reversal of reserves no longer required

(4)

(1)

 —

(7)

(1)

(13)

2015 payments for 2014 and prior initiatives

(4)

(8)

(2)

(34)

(7)

(55)

2015 payments for 2015 initiatives

(11)

(1)

(5)

(1)

(1)

(19)

Foreign currency effect on liability balance

(1)

(1)

 —

(1)

 —

(3)

Accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2015

 5

 9

 4

55

 4

77

2016 charges for 2015 and prior initiatives

 —

16

 —

28

 3

47

2016 charges for 2016 initiatives

 4

 —

 —

 1

 1

 6

Reversal of reserves no longer required

(1)

 —

 —

 —

(1)

(2)

Distribution of prefunded restructuring costs

 —

(6)

 —

(5)

 —

(11)

2016 payments for 2015 and prior initiatives

(3)

(19)

 —

(14)

(4)

(40)

2016 payments for 2016 initiatives

(3)

 —

 —

(1)

(1)

(5)

Foreign currency effect on liability balance

 —

 —

(1)

(3)

 —

(4)

Accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2016

 2

 —

 3

61

 2

68

2017 charges for 2016 and prior initiatives

 —

 —

 —

 6

 —

 6

2017 charges for 2017 initiatives

 —

 1

 —

 7

 4

12

2017 payments for 2016 and prior initiatives

(1)

 —

 —

(25)

 —

(26)

2017 payments for 2017 initiatives

 —

 —

 —

(5)

(5)

(10)

Foreign currency effect on liability balance

 —

 —

 —

 3

 —

 3

Accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2017

$

 1

$

 1

$

 3

47

$

 1

$

53

Current portion of restructuring reserves

$

 1

$

 1

$

 3

$

 9

$

 1

$

15

Long-term portion of restructuring reserves

 —

 —

 —

38

 —

38