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Inventories

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

4.Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

December 31,		2019				2018
Inventory at FIFO
Finished goods		$	13,131			$	17,313
Materials and products in process			65,880				62,975
Gross inventories			79,011				80,288
Less: LIFO reserve			(47,137	)			(46,341	)
Less: excess and obsolescence reserve			(3,573	)			(2,527	)
Net Inventories		$	28,301			$	31,420

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In 2019 and 2018, inventory quantities were reduced. These reductions resulted in liquidations of LIFO inventory quantities carried at lower costs prevailing in prior years as compared with the current cost of purchases, the effect of which decreased 2019 and 2018 costs of products sold by approximately $0.2 million and $0.6 million, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. Includes, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 330
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2126998

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