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Note 6 - Inventories
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
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,

 
 

2022

  

2021

 

Inventories carried at LIFO:

       

Finished goods(a)

$57.8  $54.0 

Raw materials and work-in-process

 51.7   42.4 

Excess of FIFO over LIFO cost(b)

 (44.1)   (43.0)

Total LIFO inventories

$65.4  $53.4 
        

Inventories carried at FIFO:

       

Finished goods(a)

$58.6  $53.8 

Raw materials and work-in-process

 60.4   53.4 

Total FIFO inventories

$119.0  $107.2 

Total inventories

$184.4  $160.6 

 

(a) Finished goods include machines, parts and consumables and component parts that are used in our products.

(b) The difference between replacement cost and the stated LIFO inventory value is not materially different from the reserve for the LIFO valuation method.