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INVENTORIES | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Inventories [Abstract] |
INVENTORIES | INVENTORIES
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Work in progress |  | $ | 226.2 |  |  | $ | 270.0 |
Raw materials, supplies and manufactured products |  | 149.1 |  |  | 146.3 |
|  | $ | 375.3 |  |  | $ | 416.3 |
The amount of inventories recognized as cost of sales is as follows:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Work in progress |  | $ | 204.2 |  |  | $ | 141.6 |
Raw materials, supplies and manufactured products |  | 106.9 |  |  | 131.7 |
|  | $ | 311.1 |  |  | $ | 273.3 |

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