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Inventories

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

Inventories

Inventories consisted of:

($ in millions)	March 31, 2018				December 31, 2017
Finished goods	$	1,530			$	1,334
Raw materials and work in process	4,764				4,703
Supplies	199				201
Total (approximates current cost)	6,493				6,238
Increase to LIFO costs	25				45
	$	6,518			$	6,283
Recognized as:
Inventories	$	5,382			$	5,096
Other assets	1,136				1,187

Amounts recognized as Other assets are comprised almost entirely of raw materials and work in process inventories. At March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, these amounts included $1.1 billion of inventories not expected to be sold within one year. In addition, these amounts included $18 million and $80 million at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively, of inventories produced in preparation for product launches.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. Includes, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 330
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2126998

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