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Note 5 - Inventories

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Note 5 - Inventories
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]

5. INVENTORIES

We state our inventories at the lower of cost or market, with cost determined using last-in first-out (“LIFO”), first-in first-out and average cost methods for different components of inventory. Inventories consisted of the following (dollars in millions):

   

September 30,

   

December 31,

 
   

2021

   

2020

 

Raw materials and supplies

  $ 284     $ 180  

Work in progress

    54       44  

Finished goods

    876       651  

Total

    1,214       875  

LIFO reserves

    (40 )     (27 )

Net inventories

  $ 1,174     $ 848  

For both  September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, approximately 7% of inventories were recorded using the LIFO cost method.

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