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INVENTORIES
12 Months Ended
Nov. 03, 2019
INVENTORIES  
INVENTORIES

16. INVENTORIES

A majority of inventory owned by Deere & Company and its U.S. equipment subsidiaries are valued at cost, on the “last-in, first-out” (LIFO) basis. Remaining inventories are generally valued at the lower of cost, on the “first-in, first-out” (FIFO) basis, or net realizable value. The value of gross inventories on the LIFO basis at November 3, 2019 and October 28, 2018 represented 55 percent and 54 percent, respectively, of worldwide gross inventories at FIFO value. The pretax favorable income effect from the liquidation of LIFO inventory during 2019 was $3 million. If all inventories had been valued on a FIFO basis, estimated inventories by major classification at November 3, 2019 and October 28, 2018 in millions of dollars would have been as follows:

    

2019

    

2018

 

Raw materials and supplies

 

$

2,285

 

$

2,233

 

Work-in-process

 

747

 

776

Finished goods and parts

 

4,613

 

4,777

Total FIFO value

 

7,645

 

7,786

Less adjustment to LIFO value

 

1,670

 

1,637

Inventories

 

$

5,975

 

$

6,149