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INVENTORIES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Oct. 28, 2018
INVENTORIES  
Major Classification of Inventories

If all inventories had been valued on a FIFO basis, estimated inventories by major classification at October 28, 2018 and October 29, 2017 in millions of dollars would have been as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

2018

    

2017

 

Raw materials and supplies

 

$

2,233

 

$

1,688

 

Work-in-process

 

 

776

 

 

495

 

Finished goods and parts

 

 

4,777

 

 

3,182

 

Total FIFO value

 

 

7,786

 

 

5,365

 

Less adjustment to LIFO value

 

 

1,637

 

 

1,461

 

Inventories

 

$

6,149

 

$

3,904