| Group | ||
| 2010 | 2009 | |
| Restructuring and impairment | ||
| Appliances plant in L'Assomption, Canada | –426 | — |
| Reduced workforce in Major Appliances, Europe | –356 | — |
| Appliances plant in Revin, France | –71 | — |
| Appliances plant in Forli, Italy | –136 | — |
| Appliances plant in Motala, Sweden | –95 | — |
| Appliances plant in Alcalá, Spain | — | –440 |
| Appliances plants in Webster City and Jefferson, USA | — | –560 |
| Office consolidation in USA | — | –218 |
| Appliances plant in Changsha, China | — | –162 |
| Appliances plant in Porcia, Italy | — | –132 |
| Appliances plant in St. Petersburg, Russia | — | –105 |
| Reversal of unused restructuring provisions | 20 | 56 |
| Total | –1,064 | –1,561 |
| Classification by function in the income statement | ||
| Group | ||
| 2010 | 2009 | |
| Cost of goods sold | –1,062 | –1,356 |
| Selling expenses | — | –40 |
| Administrative expenses | –2 | –165 |
| Other operating income and expenses | — | — |
| Total | –1,064 | –1,561 |
Items affecting comparability in 2010 relates to restructuring costs for the phase out of the cooker production factory in Motala, Sweden, and downsizing in several other production units within Major Appliances Europe. Included in the 2010 charge is also the closure of the cooker production facility in L’Assomption, Canada, announced in December 2010.
Items affecting comparability in 2009 covers the restructuring costs for the closures of the Changsha refrigerator plant in China and the laundry-products factories in St. Petersburg in Russia, Alcalá in Spain, and in Webster City in USA. In connection with the closing of the Webster City factory, also production at the Jefferson satellite plant will be discontinued. Under this heading, also the restructuring costs related to the downsizing of the washingmachine production in Porcia, Italy, and the consolidation of the US corporate-office operations to a single head office are included.