CEMEX’s pre-tax discount rates and long-term growth rates used to determine the discounted cash flows in the group of CGUs with the main goodwill balances were as follows:
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| Groups of CGUs | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||
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United States |
8.8% | 8.6% | 8.6% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.5% | ||||||
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Spain |
9.5% | 9.5% | 9.9% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.9% | ||||||
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Mexico |
10.2% | 9.8% | 9.6% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 3.5% | ||||||
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Colombia |
10.5% | 10.0% | 9.8% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 4.0% | ||||||
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France |
9.0% | 9.1% | 9.0% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.6% | ||||||
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United Arab Emirates |
10.4% | 10.2% | 10.2% | 3.1% | 3.4% | 3.6% | ||||||
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United Kingdom |
9.0% | 8.8% | 8.8% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.3% | ||||||
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Egypt |
11.8% | 11.4% | 12.5% | 6.0% | 6.0% | 4.6% | ||||||
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Range of rates in other countries |
9.1% - 11.7% | 9.1% - 12.8% | 9.0% - 13.8% | 2.3% - 6.8% | 2.2% - 7.0% | 2.4% - 4.3% | ||||||
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