28 – Leases

Leased assets

Property, plant and equipment include assets which are considered to be economically owned through a finance lease. They primarily concern the following items:

Leased assets (million €)

 

 

December 31, 2017

December 31, 2016

 

 

Acquisition cost

Net book value

Acquisition cost

Net book value

Land, land rights and buildings

 

22

9

46

26

Machinery and technical equipment

 

118

43

136

43

Miscellaneous equipment and fixtures

 

113

44

59

25

Total

 

253

96

241

94

Liabilities from finance leases (million €)

 

 

December 31, 2017

December 31, 2016

 

 

Minimum lease payments

Interest portion

Leasing liability

Minimum lease payments

Interest portion

Leasing liability

Following year 1

 

32

5

27

28

5

23

Following year 2

 

37

5

32

30

4

26

Following year 3

 

22

4

18

19

4

15

Following year 4

 

19

3

16

17

3

14

Following year 5

 

12

2

10

12

3

9

More than 5 years

 

26

5

21

35

14

21

Total

 

148

24

124

141

33

108

In the current business year and in the previous year, no additional lease payments exceeding minimum lease payments were recognized in the income statement due to contractual conditions for finance leases. In 2017 and in the previous year, leasing liabilities were not offset by any future minimum lease payments from subleases.

In addition, BASF is a lessee under operating lease contracts. The lease commitments totaling €1,410 million in 2017 (2016: €1,513 million) are due in the following years:

Commitments from operating lease contracts (million €)

 

 

Nominal value of the future minimum lease payments

 

 

Dec. 31, 2017

Dec. 31, 2016

Less than 1 year

 

362

360

1-5 years

 

728

757

More than 5 years

 

320

396

Total

 

1,410

1,513

Future minimum lease payments from subleasing contracts based on existing agreements amounted to €10 million in 2017 (2016: €12 million).

In 2017, minimum lease payments of €448 million (2016: €446 million) were included in income from operations. In 2017, conditional lease payments of €1 million (2016: €1 million) were also included in income from operations. Furthermore, sublease payments of €3 million were included in income from operations in 2017 (2016: €4 million).

BASF as lessor

BASF acts as a lessor for finance leases to a minor extent only. Receivables on finance leases were €29 million in 2017 (2016: €33 million).

In 2017, claims arising from operating leases amounted to €93 million (2016: €89 million).

Future minimum lease payments to BASF from operating lease contracts (million €)

 

 

Nominal value of the future minimum lease payments

 

 

Dec. 31, 2017

Dec. 31, 2016

Less than 1 year

 

19

17

1-5 years

 

50

49

More than 5 years

 

24

23

Total

 

93

89