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B5 Inventories (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Classes of current inventories, alternative [abstract] |
Summary of Inventories |
Inventories |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Raw materials, components, consumables and manufacturing work in progress |  |  | 11,584 |  |  |  | 9,510 |
Finished products |  |  | 11,207 |  |  |  | 8,709 |
Contract work in progress |  |  | 12,373 |  |  |  | 9,878 |
Inventories, net |  |  | 35,164 |  |  |  | 28,097 |
Movements in Obsolescence Allowances |
Movements in obsolescence allowances |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Opening balance |  |  | 3,627 |  |  |  | 3,386 |
Additions, net |  |  | 1,378 |  |  |  | 2,266 |
Utilization |  |  | (1,457) |  |  |  | (1,781) |
Translation differences |  |  | 128 |  |  |  | (244) |
Closing balance |  |  | 3,676 |  |  |  | 3,627 |

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