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Note 4 - Inventories
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements  
Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]

4. INVENTORIES

We state our inventories at the lower of cost or market, with cost determined using average cost, last-in first-out (“LIFO”) and first-in first-out methods for different components of inventory. Inventories consisted of the following (dollars in millions):

  September 30,  December 31, 
  

2023

  

2022

 

Raw materials and supplies

 $221  $241 

Work in progress

  42   40 

Finished goods

  716   758 

Total

  979   1,039 

LIFO reserves

  (38)  (44)

Net inventories

 $941  $995 

For both  September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, approximately 8% of inventories were recorded using the LIFO cost method.

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