28 – Leases Leased assetsProperty, plant and equipment include assets that are considered to be economically owned through a finance lease. They primarily concern the following items: (XLS:) Download Leased assets (Million €) December 31, 2018 December 31, 2017 Acquisition cost Net carrying amount Acquisition cost Net carrying amount Land, land rights and buildings 91 74 22 9 Machinery and technical equipment 127 50 118 43 Miscellaneous equipment and fixtures 111 46 113 44 Total 329 170 253 96 The increase in leased assets is due primarily from the additions related to the acquisition of significant parts of Bayer’s seed and non-selective herbicide businesses and its vegetable seed business. (XLS:) Download Liabilities from finance leases (Million €) December 31, 2018 December 31, 2017 Minimum lease payments Interest portion Leasing liability Minimum lease payments Interest portion Leasing liability Following year 1 47 4 43 32 5 27 Following year 2 28 3 25 37 5 32 Following year 3 24 3 21 22 4 18 Following year 4 17 2 15 19 3 16 Following year 5 8 1 7 12 2 10 More than 5 years 28 5 23 26 5 21 Total 152 18 134 148 24 124 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 2018 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 resulting lease commitments totaled €1,482 million in 2018 (2017: €1,410 million) and will become due in the following years: (XLS:) Download Future minimum payments from operating lease contracts (Million €) Nominal value of future minimum lease payments Dec. 31, 2018 Dec. 31, 2017 Less than 1 year 403 362 1–5 years 720 728 More than 5 years 359 320 Total 1,482 1,410 Future minimum payments from operating lease contracts included €144 million for companies in the oil and gas disposal group as of December 31, 2018. Future minimum lease payments from subleasing contracts based on existing agreements amounted to €10 million in 2018 (2017: €10 million). In 2018, minimum lease payments of €494 million (2017: €407 million) were included in income from operations. In 2018, conditional lease payments of €1 million (2017: €1 million) were also included in income from operations. Furthermore, sublease payments of €4 million (2017: €3 million) were included in income from operations in 2018. BASF as lessorBASF acts as a lessor for finance leases to a minor extent only. Receivables on finance leases were €25 million in 2018 (2017: €29 million). In 2018, claims arising from operating leases amounted to €166 million (2017: €93 million). (XLS:) Download Future minimum lease payments to BASF from operating lease contracts (Million €) Nominal value of future minimum lease payments Dec. 31, 2018 Dec. 31, 2017 Less than 1 year 30 19 1–5 years 75 50 More than 5 years 61 24 Total 166 93 back next