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Inventories | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Inventories |
3. | INVENTORIES
Inventories (at LIFO value) consist of the following as of December 31 (in thousands):
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Finished goods |  | $ | 29,686 |  |  | $ | 24,961 |
Raw materials |  |  | 20,231 |  |  |  | 21,384 |
Total FIFO (first-in, first out) inventories |  |  | 49,917 |  |  |  | 46,345 |
Reserve to adjust inventories to LIFO value |  |  | (21,371 | ) |  |  | (23,241 | )
Total LIFO inventories |  | $ | 28,546 |  |  | $ | 23,104 |
Inventory is stated at the lower of LIFO cost or net realizable value. The Company periodically reviews its inventory for slow moving or obsolete items and writes down the related products to estimated net realizable value. Under the LIFO method, reductions in inventory cause a portion of the Company’s cost of sales to be based on historical costs rather than current year costs. There was no inventory reduction during 2016. There was an inventory reduction in 2015. However, the impact on the Company’s cost of sales was not material due the fact that the historical costs expensed during 2015 closely approximated the current year costs.

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