Deutsche Post Annual Report 2008 - 27 Property, plant and equipment

27 Property, plant and equipment

27.1 Overview


€m
	Land and buildings	Technical equipment and machinery	Other equipment, operating and office equipment	Aircraft	Vehicle fleet and transport equipment	Advance payments, assets under development	Total
Cost
Balance at 1 January 2007	7,579	3,901	3,306	1,282	2,006	182	18,256
Additions to consolidated group	42	31	38	56	9	2	178
Additions	358	346	412	117	277	349	1,859
Reclassifications	–75	60	34	–7	14	–137	–111
Disposals	–521	–170	–291	–55	–219	–84	–1,340
Currency translation differences	–115	–92	–68	–26	–41	–7	–349
Balance at 31 December 2007/ 1 January 2008	7,268	4,076	3,431	1,367	2,046	305	18,493
Additions to consolidated group	46	15	21	0	25	2	109
Additions	141	231	285	94	255	447	1,453
Reclassifications	80	169	42	44	31	–390	–24
Disposals	–2,597	–219	–1,328	–73	–873	–55	–5,145
Currency translation differences	–89	–91	–53	4	–88	–13	–330
Balance at 31 December 2008	4,849	4,181	2,398	1,436	1,396	296	14,556
Depreciation and impairment losses
Balance 1 January 2007	2,356	2,592	2,478	384	1,066	–8	8,868
Additions to consolidated group	19	22	26	15	4	0	86
Depreciation	255	309	362	126	201	0	1,253
Impairment losses	253	190	47	0	19	6	515
Reversal of impairment losses	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reclassifications	–57	33	–5	–7	–2	–1	–39
Disposals	–206	–126	–254	–25	–167	0	–778
Currency translation differences	–37	–47	–50	–10	–22	0	–166
Balance at 31 December 2007/ 1 January 2008	2,583	2,973	2,604	483	1,099	–3	9,739
Additions to consolidated group	24	12	15	0	11	0	62
Depreciation	208	278	293	164	198	0	1,141
Impairment losses	9	60	21	38	3	3	134
Reversal of impairment losses	–1	0	0	0	0	0	–1
Reclassifications	10	1	–4	2	–3	–5	1
Disposals	–881	–127	–1,152	–65	–827	–1	–3,053
Currency translation differences	–19	–40	–38	1	–45	–2	–143
Balance at 31 December 2008	1,933	3,157	1,739	623	436	–8	7,880
Carrying amount at 31 December 2008	2,916	1,024	659	813	960	304	6,676
Carrying amount at 31 December 2007	4,685	1,103	827	884	947	308	8,754

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