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INVENTORIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Summarization of Inventories | The inventories are comprised as follows as of October 31 for each year (Dollars in millions):
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Finished goods |  | $ | 96.9 |  |  | $ | 105.4 |
Raw materials and work-in process |  |  | 277.4 |  |  |  | 323.6 |
|  | $ | 374.3 |  |  | $ | 429.0 |

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