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The Road to Six Billion and Beyond
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Consolidated Statements of Income
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Consolidated Statements of Changes
  in Shareholders' Equity
Consolidated Statements of Cash
  Flows
Notes to Consolidated Financial   Statements
 1. Nature of Operations
 2. Summary of Significant
Accounting Policies
 3. Comprehensive Income
 4. Initial Public Offering
 5. Inventories
 6. Property and Equipment, Net
 7. Notes Receivable and
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 8. Joint Ventures and Dealer
Transitions
 9. Other Assets
10. Short-Term Borrowings and
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11. Employee Benefit Plan
Obligations
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14. Other Income, Net
15. Income Taxes
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and Off-Balance-Sheet Risk
17. Commitments
and Contingencies
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20. Unaudited Quarterly Results
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ST E E L C A S E  I N C.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 5

INVENTORIES

Inventories consist of:

(in millions)

Feb 25, 2000
Feb 26, 1999

Finished goods
$ 71.6)
$ 40.9)

Work in process

45.6)
32.3)

Raw materials
93.4)
70.8)

210.6)
144.0)

LIFO reserve

(44.1)
(47.5)

$ 166.5)
$ 96.5)

Inventories determined by the LIFO method aggregated $121.3 million and $112.4 million at February 25, 2000 and February 26, 1999, respectively. The effect of LIFO liquidations is not material.