the adjusted non-gaap results are identified using the term base ,  for example , base earnings. the company 's base financial performance measures are not in accordance with , nor an alternative for , measures conforming to generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-gaap measures used by other companies . in addition , these non-gaap measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles . sonoco continues to provide all information required by gaap , but it believes that evaluating its ongoing operating results may not be as useful if an investor or other user is limited to reviewing only gaap financial measures . the company uses the non-gaap base performance measures presented herein for internal planning and forecasting purposes , to evaluate its ongoing operations , and to evaluate the ultimate performance of management and each business unit against plan/forecast all the way up through the evaluation of the chief executive officer 's performance by the board of directors . in addition , these same non-gaap measures are used in determining incentive compensation for the entire management team and in providing earnings guidance to the investing community . sonoco management does not , nor does it suggest that investors should , consider these non-gaap financial measures in isolation from , or as a substitute for , financial information prepared in accordance with gaap . sonoco presents these non-gaap financial measures to provide users information to evaluate sonoco 's operating results in a manner similar to how management evaluates business performance . material limitations associated with the use of such measures are that they do not reflect all period costs included in operating expenses and may not reflect financial results that are comparable to financial results of other companies that present similar costs differently . furthermore , the calculations of these non-gaap measures are based on subjective determinations of management regarding the nature and classification of events and circumstances that the investor may find material and view differently . to compensate for these limitations , management believes that it is useful in understanding and analyzing the results of the business to review both gaap information which includes all of the items impacting financial results and the non-gaap measures that exclude certain elements , as described above . restructuring and restructuring-related asset impairment charges are a recurring item as sonoco 's restructuring programs usually require several years to fully implement and the company is continually seeking to take actions that could enhance its efficiency . although recurring , these charges are subject to significant fluctuations from period to period due to the varying levels of restructuring activity and the inherent imprecision in the estimates used to recognize the impairment of assets and the wide variety of costs and taxes associated with severance and termination benefits in the countries in which the restructuring actions occur . reconciliations of gaap to base results are presented on page 22 in conjunction with management 's discussion and analysis of the company 's results of operations . whenever reviewing a non-gaap financial measure , readers are encouraged to review the related reconciliation to fully understand how it differs from the related gaap measure . reconciliations are not provided for non-gaap measures related to future years due to the likely occurrence of one or more of the following , the timing and magnitude of which management is unable to reliably forecast : possible gains or losses on the sale of businesses or other assets , restructuring costs and restructuring-related impairment charges , acquisition-related form 10-k 18 sonoco 2016 annual report costs , and the tax effect of these items and or other income tax-related events . these items could have a significant impact on the company 's future gaap financial results . 2016 overview and 2017 outlook despite low growth rates in many of the company 's served markets and headwinds stemming from the continued strength of the u.s. dollar , sonoco reported solid results in 2016 , posting year-over-year improvements in all of our segments . operating profit in the consumer packaging segment improved $ 9.3 million , or 4 percent , year-over-year . although the operating profit improvement was lower in dollar terms , our protective solutions and display and packaging segments both posted double digit percentage growth in operating profits year over year . on a company-wide basis , gains from a positive overall price/cost relationship ( the relationship of the change in sales prices to the change in costs of materials , energy and freight ) , manufacturing productivity improvements and the benefit of lower pension expense were only somewhat offset by volume/mix , higher labor , maintenance and other operating costs , and the impact of foreign currency translation . as a result , consolidated gross profit margin for 2016 improved to 19.6 % compared to 18.7 % in 2015. current year net income attributable to sonoco ( gaap earnings ) improved $ 36.3 million year over year , or 14.5 % , and includes a $ 104.3 million net gain , $ 49.3 million after tax , related to the sale of the company 's rigid plastics blow molding operations . base earnings for the current year , which excludes this gain as well as certain other items of income and expense , as more fully described within this item under use of non-gaap financial measures and reconciled within this item under reconciliations of gaap to non-gaap financial measures ,  improved $ 20.6 million , or 8.0 % , year over year . key expectations for 2016 were that overall volumes would increase by around 2 % , price/cost would be relatively flat , productivity would be strong enough to more than offset the expected inflation in labor and other costs , and there would be a benefit from lower pension and post-retirement expense . story_separator_special_tag replace_table_token_6_th ( 2 ) consists of the following : gain from the release of reserves related to the partial settlement of the fox river environmental claims totaling $ 32,543 ( $ 19,928 after tax ) ; income tax gains from the release of valuation allowances against net deferred tax assets in spain , canada , the netherlands , and the united kingdom totaling $ 9,563 ; legal and financial professional expenses associated with the company 's investigation of financial misstatements in mexico totaling $ 7,099 ( $ 4,380 after tax ) ; additional expenses related to executive life insurance policies totaling $ 2,188 ( $ 1,344 after tax ) ; and other charges totaling $ 976 ( $ 741 after tax ) . replace_table_token_7_th ( 3 ) consists of excess property insurance settlement gains on a facility in thailand damaged by a flood in 2011 totaling $ 2,568 ( $ 2,006 after tax ) and other non-base income tax benefits totaling $ 1,349. form 10-k 22 sonoco 2016 annual report results of operations  2016 versus 2015 for 2016 , net income attributable to sonoco ( gaap earnings ) was $ 286.4 million ( $ 2.81 per diluted share ) , compared with $ 250.1 million ( $ 2.44 per diluted share ) for 2015. current-year earnings reflect a net after-tax benefit of $ 9.2 million , consisting of the gain from the disposal of the company 's rigid plastics blow molding operations , partially offset by restructuring costs , asset impairment charges , acquisition-related expenses , and foreign income tax losses related to rate adjustments . net income in 2015 was negatively impacted by net after-tax charge of $ 6.5 million consisting of restructuring costs , asset impairment charges , legal and professional fees associated with the company 's investigation of financial misstatements in mexico , acquisition-related expenses , and excess executive life insurance expenses , partially offset by gains related to the final settlement of certain of the fox river environmental claims and income tax gains from the release of valuation allowances against certain net deferred tax assets . base earnings in 2016 were $ 277.2 million ( $ 2.72 per diluted share ) , compared with $ 256.7 million ( $ 2.51 per diluted share ) in 2015. both gaap and base earnings benefitted from a positive price/cost relationship , total productivity improvements and lower pension expense . these favorable factors were partially offset by volume declines , particularly in rigid paper north america , higher overhead , management incentive and other operating costs , and unfavorable changes in foreign currency translation . the effective tax rate on gaap earnings was 37.3 % , compared with 26.8 % in 2015 , and the effective tax rate on base earnings was 30.6 % , compared with 31.0 % in 2015. the main drivers of the unfavorable change in the rate on gaap earnings include taxes on the gain related to the current-year disposal of the rigid plastics blow molding operations and prior year income tax benefits related to the release of valuation allowances against deferred tax assets in certain international jurisdictions . the effective tax rate on base earnings was essentially flat year over year . consolidated net sales for 2016 were $ 4.8 billion , a $ 181 million , or 3.7 % , decrease from 2015. the components of the sales change were : ( $ in millions ) volume/mix $ 6 selling price ( 25 ) acquisitions and divestitures , net ( 25 ) foreign currency translation and other , net ( 137 ) total sales decrease $ ( 181 ) in order to enhance the meaningfulness of reported changes in volume/mix , a $ 63.7 million reduction in packaging center sales resulting from changes in the level of activity , primarily from the previously reported loss of contract packaging business in irapuato , mexico , is classified above as other due to the low/inconsistent correlation that typically exists between changes in revenue and changes in operating profit in our packaging center operations . sales volume/mix was essentially flat as organic volume growth and a favorable change in product mix in a number of our businesses offset volume declines in rigid paper containers . for the most part , price changes for the company 's products were driven by changes in the underlying raw materials costs . in 2016 , many of the company 's primary raw materials saw decreases in their market prices ; however , old corrugated containers ( occ ) saw a moderate increase year over year . this increase most directly affected the paper and industrial converted products segment while the decrease in other raw materials , mainly resins , most directly affected the consumer packaging segment . while the company 's 2016 and 2015 acquisitions added more than $ 20 million to comparable year-over-year sales , the impact was more than offset by comparable sales decreases related to dispositions , the most significant of which was the 2016 sale of the company 's rigid plastics blow molding operations . finally , foreign exchange rate changes decreased sales year-over-year as almost all of the foreign currencies in which the company conducts business weakened in relation to the u.s. dollar . total domestic sales were $ 3.1 billion , down 3.1 % from 2015 levels . international sales were $ 1.7 billion , down 4.6 % from 2015 with most of the decrease driven by the impact of foreign currency translation . additionally , sales in mexico were lower due to the loss of contract packaging business in irapuato , mexico . costs and expenses/margins cost of sales was down $ 189.5 million in 2016 , or 4.7 % , from the prior year primarily as a result of foreign currency translation , certain raw material price declines , disposed businesses , lower pension expense and productivity improvements , somewhat offset by the impact of acquisitions . partially offsetting these benefits were

cash flow operating activities cash flow from operations totaled $ 398.7 million in 2016 and $ 452.9 million in 2015 , a year-over-year decrease of $ 54.3 million . although current net income increased year over year by $ 37.3 million , it includes a pre-tax gain of $ 108.7 million from the november 2016 sale of the company 's rigid plastics blow molding operations , the proceeds of which are reported as investing cash flows . current year net income also reflects lower pension and postretirement expenses , which together with higher pension and postretirement cash contributions resulted in a combined year-over-year decrease in operating cash flow of $ 22.7 million . more cash was consumed by working capital changes in 2016 compared with the prior year . the change in trade accounts receivable consumed $ 29.3 million more cash year over year . while the seasonal slowdown at the end of 2016 was greater than in 2015 , ending trade accounts receivable increased more in 2016 than in 2015 , due largely to current-year payment term extensions and isolated payment collection timing issues at the end of 2016. changes in inventory used $ 11.5 million of cash in 2016 versus $ 2.6 million in 2015 , a higher year-over-year use of cash of $ 8.9 million , primarily attributable to certain businesses engaging in raw material pre-buying at the end of 2016 in anticipation of upcoming price increases . the change in accounts payable provided $ 5.6 million of cash in 2016 compared with $ 12.3 million in 2015 , a lower year-over- sonoco 2016 annual report 25 form 10-k year provision of $ 6.8 million .


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     ```cash flow operating activities cash flow from operations totaled $ 398.7 million in 2016 and $ 452.9 million in 2015 , a year-over-year decrease of $ 54.3 million . although current net income increased year over year by $ 37.3 million , it includes a pre-tax gain of $ 108.7 million from the november 2016 sale of the company 's rigid plastics blow molding operations , the proceeds of which are reported as investing cash flows . current year net income also reflects lower pension and postretirement expenses , which together with higher pension and postretirement cash contributions resulted in a combined year-over-year decrease in operating cash flow of $ 22.7 million . more cash was consumed by working capital changes in 2016 compared with the prior year . the change in trade accounts receivable consumed $ 29.3 million more cash year over year . while the seasonal slowdown at the end of 2016 was greater than in 2015 , ending trade accounts receivable increased more in 2016 than in 2015 , due largely to current-year payment term extensions and isolated payment collection timing issues at the end of 2016. changes in inventory used $ 11.5 million of cash in 2016 versus $ 2.6 million in 2015 , a higher year-over-year use of cash of $ 8.9 million , primarily attributable to certain businesses engaging in raw material pre-buying at the end of 2016 in anticipation of upcoming price increases . the change in accounts payable provided $ 5.6 million of cash in 2016 compared with $ 12.3 million in 2015 , a lower year-over- sonoco 2016 annual report 25 form 10-k year provision of $ 6.8 million .
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 Suspicious Activity Report : the adjusted non-gaap results are identified using the term base ,  for example , base earnings. the company 's base financial performance measures are not in accordance with , nor an alternative for , measures conforming to generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-gaap measures used by other companies . in addition , these non-gaap measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles . sonoco continues to provide all information required by gaap , but it believes that evaluating its ongoing operating results may not be as useful if an investor or other user is limited to reviewing only gaap financial measures . the company uses the non-gaap base performance measures presented herein for internal planning and forecasting purposes , to evaluate its ongoing operations , and to evaluate the ultimate performance of management and each business unit against plan/forecast all the way up through the evaluation of the chief executive officer 's performance by the board of directors . in addition , these same non-gaap measures are used in determining incentive compensation for the entire management team and in providing earnings guidance to the investing community . sonoco management does not , nor does it suggest that investors should , consider these non-gaap financial measures in isolation from , or as a substitute for , financial information prepared in accordance with gaap . sonoco presents these non-gaap financial measures to provide users information to evaluate sonoco 's operating results in a manner similar to how management evaluates business performance . material limitations associated with the use of such measures are that they do not reflect all period costs included in operating expenses and may not reflect financial results that are comparable to financial results of other companies that present similar costs differently . furthermore , the calculations of these non-gaap measures are based on subjective determinations of management regarding the nature and classification of events and circumstances that the investor may find material and view differently . to compensate for these limitations , management believes that it is useful in understanding and analyzing the results of the business to review both gaap information which includes all of the items impacting financial results and the non-gaap measures that exclude certain elements , as described above . restructuring and restructuring-related asset impairment charges are a recurring item as sonoco 's restructuring programs usually require several years to fully implement and the company is continually seeking to take actions that could enhance its efficiency . although recurring , these charges are subject to significant fluctuations from period to period due to the varying levels of restructuring activity and the inherent imprecision in the estimates used to recognize the impairment of assets and the wide variety of costs and taxes associated with severance and termination benefits in the countries in which the restructuring actions occur . reconciliations of gaap to base results are presented on page 22 in conjunction with management 's discussion and analysis of the company 's results of operations . whenever reviewing a non-gaap financial measure , readers are encouraged to review the related reconciliation to fully understand how it differs from the related gaap measure . reconciliations are not provided for non-gaap measures related to future years due to the likely occurrence of one or more of the following , the timing and magnitude of which management is unable to reliably forecast : possible gains or losses on the sale of businesses or other assets , restructuring costs and restructuring-related impairment charges , acquisition-related form 10-k 18 sonoco 2016 annual report costs , and the tax effect of these items and or other income tax-related events . these items could have a significant impact on the company 's future gaap financial results . 2016 overview and 2017 outlook despite low growth rates in many of the company 's served markets and headwinds stemming from the continued strength of the u.s. dollar , sonoco reported solid results in 2016 , posting year-over-year improvements in all of our segments . operating profit in the consumer packaging segment improved $ 9.3 million , or 4 percent , year-over-year . although the operating profit improvement was lower in dollar terms , our protective solutions and display and packaging segments both posted double digit percentage growth in operating profits year over year . on a company-wide basis , gains from a positive overall price/cost relationship ( the relationship of the change in sales prices to the change in costs of materials , energy and freight ) , manufacturing productivity improvements and the benefit of lower pension expense were only somewhat offset by volume/mix , higher labor , maintenance and other operating costs , and the impact of foreign currency translation . as a result , consolidated gross profit margin for 2016 improved to 19.6 % compared to 18.7 % in 2015. current year net income attributable to sonoco ( gaap earnings ) improved $ 36.3 million year over year , or 14.5 % , and includes a $ 104.3 million net gain , $ 49.3 million after tax , related to the sale of the company 's rigid plastics blow molding operations . base earnings for the current year , which excludes this gain as well as certain other items of income and expense , as more fully described within this item under use of non-gaap financial measures and reconciled within this item under reconciliations of gaap to non-gaap financial measures ,  improved $ 20.6 million , or 8.0 % , year over year . key expectations for 2016 were that overall volumes would increase by around 2 % , price/cost would be relatively flat , productivity would be strong enough to more than offset the expected inflation in labor and other costs , and there would be a benefit from lower pension and post-retirement expense . story_separator_special_tag replace_table_token_6_th ( 2 ) consists of the following : gain from the release of reserves related to the partial settlement of the fox river environmental claims totaling $ 32,543 ( $ 19,928 after tax ) ; income tax gains from the release of valuation allowances against net deferred tax assets in spain , canada , the netherlands , and the united kingdom totaling $ 9,563 ; legal and financial professional expenses associated with the company 's investigation of financial misstatements in mexico totaling $ 7,099 ( $ 4,380 after tax ) ; additional expenses related to executive life insurance policies totaling $ 2,188 ( $ 1,344 after tax ) ; and other charges totaling $ 976 ( $ 741 after tax ) . replace_table_token_7_th ( 3 ) consists of excess property insurance settlement gains on a facility in thailand damaged by a flood in 2011 totaling $ 2,568 ( $ 2,006 after tax ) and other non-base income tax benefits totaling $ 1,349. form 10-k 22 sonoco 2016 annual report results of operations  2016 versus 2015 for 2016 , net income attributable to sonoco ( gaap earnings ) was $ 286.4 million ( $ 2.81 per diluted share ) , compared with $ 250.1 million ( $ 2.44 per diluted share ) for 2015. current-year earnings reflect a net after-tax benefit of $ 9.2 million , consisting of the gain from the disposal of the company 's rigid plastics blow molding operations , partially offset by restructuring costs , asset impairment charges , acquisition-related expenses , and foreign income tax losses related to rate adjustments . net income in 2015 was negatively impacted by net after-tax charge of $ 6.5 million consisting of restructuring costs , asset impairment charges , legal and professional fees associated with the company 's investigation of financial misstatements in mexico , acquisition-related expenses , and excess executive life insurance expenses , partially offset by gains related to the final settlement of certain of the fox river environmental claims and income tax gains from the release of valuation allowances against certain net deferred tax assets . base earnings in 2016 were $ 277.2 million ( $ 2.72 per diluted share ) , compared with $ 256.7 million ( $ 2.51 per diluted share ) in 2015. both gaap and base earnings benefitted from a positive price/cost relationship , total productivity improvements and lower pension expense . these favorable factors were partially offset by volume declines , particularly in rigid paper north america , higher overhead , management incentive and other operating costs , and unfavorable changes in foreign currency translation . the effective tax rate on gaap earnings was 37.3 % , compared with 26.8 % in 2015 , and the effective tax rate on base earnings was 30.6 % , compared with 31.0 % in 2015. the main drivers of the unfavorable change in the rate on gaap earnings include taxes on the gain related to the current-year disposal of the rigid plastics blow molding operations and prior year income tax benefits related to the release of valuation allowances against deferred tax assets in certain international jurisdictions . the effective tax rate on base earnings was essentially flat year over year . consolidated net sales for 2016 were $ 4.8 billion , a $ 181 million , or 3.7 % , decrease from 2015. the components of the sales change were : ( $ in millions ) volume/mix $ 6 selling price ( 25 ) acquisitions and divestitures , net ( 25 ) foreign currency translation and other , net ( 137 ) total sales decrease $ ( 181 ) in order to enhance the meaningfulness of reported changes in volume/mix , a $ 63.7 million reduction in packaging center sales resulting from changes in the level of activity , primarily from the previously reported loss of contract packaging business in irapuato , mexico , is classified above as other due to the low/inconsistent correlation that typically exists between changes in revenue and changes in operating profit in our packaging center operations . sales volume/mix was essentially flat as organic volume growth and a favorable change in product mix in a number of our businesses offset volume declines in rigid paper containers . for the most part , price changes for the company 's products were driven by changes in the underlying raw materials costs . in 2016 , many of the company 's primary raw materials saw decreases in their market prices ; however , old corrugated containers ( occ ) saw a moderate increase year over year . this increase most directly affected the paper and industrial converted products segment while the decrease in other raw materials , mainly resins , most directly affected the consumer packaging segment . while the company 's 2016 and 2015 acquisitions added more than $ 20 million to comparable year-over-year sales , the impact was more than offset by comparable sales decreases related to dispositions , the most significant of which was the 2016 sale of the company 's rigid plastics blow molding operations . finally , foreign exchange rate changes decreased sales year-over-year as almost all of the foreign currencies in which the company conducts business weakened in relation to the u.s. dollar . total domestic sales were $ 3.1 billion , down 3.1 % from 2015 levels . international sales were $ 1.7 billion , down 4.6 % from 2015 with most of the decrease driven by the impact of foreign currency translation . additionally , sales in mexico were lower due to the loss of contract packaging business in irapuato , mexico . costs and expenses/margins cost of sales was down $ 189.5 million in 2016 , or 4.7 % , from the prior year primarily as a result of foreign currency translation , certain raw material price declines , disposed businesses , lower pension expense and productivity improvements , somewhat offset by the impact of acquisitions . partially offsetting these benefits were

