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Note 4 - Inventories | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2024
Notes to Financial Statements |
Inventory Disclosure [Text Block] | 4. Inventories The Company uses the LIFO method of valuing inventory as it believes this method allows for better matching of current production cost to current revenue. As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) based inventory costs exceeded LIFO based inventory costs, resulting in a LIFO reserve of $324.8 million and $302.4 million, respectively. In order to state inventories at LIFO, the Company recorded an increase to cost of products sold of $22.3 million and $131.6 million for fiscal years 2024 and 2023, respectively. The inventories by category and the impact of using the LIFO method are shown in the following table (in thousands):
|  | As of: |
|  | March 31, |  |  | March 31, |
|  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Finished products |  | $ | 795,993 |  |  | $ | 613,622 |
In process |  |  | 125,027 |  |  |  | 75,123 |
Raw materials and supplies |  |  | 276,454 |  |  |  | 284,593 |
|  |  | 1,197,474 |  |  |  | 973,338 |
Less excess of FIFO cost over LIFO cost |  |  | 324,782 |  |  |  | 302,440 |
Total inventories |  | $ | 872,692 |  |  | $ | 670,898 |

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