Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Note 5 - Inventories

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Note 5 - Inventories
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements  
Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]

5. INVENTORIES

We state our inventories at the lower of cost or market, with cost determined using last-in first-out (“LIFO”), first-in first-out and average cost methods for different components of inventory. Inventories consisted of the following (dollars in millions):

   

March 31,

   

December 31,

 
   

2022

   

2021

 

Raw materials and supplies

  $ 332     $ 282  

Work in progress

    66       52  

Finished goods

    1,029       909  

Total

    1,427       1,243  

LIFO reserves

    (45 )     (42 )

Net inventories

  $ 1,382     $ 1,201  

As of both  March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, approximately 7% of inventories were recorded using the LIFO cost method.

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