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Note 6 - Inventories
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]

6.

Inventories

 

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value, and consisted of the following:

 

   

March 31,

   

December 31,

 
   

2021

   

2020

 

Inventories carried at LIFO:

               

Finished goods

  $ 42.4     $ 42.4  

Raw materials, production parts and work-in-process

    26.2       21.6  

Excess of FIFO over LIFO cost(a)

    (32.2 )     (31.4 )

Total LIFO inventories

  $ 36.4     $ 32.6  

Inventories carried at FIFO:

               

Finished goods

  $ 56.2     $ 55.0  

Raw materials, production parts and work-in-process

    44.9       40.1  

Total FIFO inventories

  $ 101.1     $ 95.1  

Total inventories

  $ 137.5     $ 127.7  

 

(a) Inventories of $36.4 million as of March 31, 2021, and $32.6 million as of December 31, 2020, were valued at LIFO. The difference between replacement cost and the stated LIFO inventory value is not materially different from the reserve for the LIFO valuation method.