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Inventories | 6 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2019
Inventory, Net [Abstract] |
Inventories | Inventories The components of inventories were:
|  | October 31, |  | April 30,
(in thousands) |  | 2019 |  | 2019
Raw materials |  | $ | 50,891 |  |  | $ | 46,054 |
Work-in-process |  | 46,151 |  |  | 43,794 |
Finished goods |  | 38,909 |  |  | 34,873 |
Total FIFO inventories |  | 135,951 |  |  | 124,721 |
Reserve to adjust inventories to LIFO value |  | (16,193 | ) |  | (16,193 | )
Total inventories |  | $ | 119,758 |  |  | $ | 108,528 |
Of the total inventory of $119.8 million at October 31, 2019, $69.5 million is carried under the FIFO method of accounting and $50.3 million is carried under the LIFO method. Of the total inventory of $108.5 million at April 30, 2019, $58.6 million is carried under the FIFO method and $49.9 million is carried under the LIFO method.

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