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INVENTORIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
INVENTORIES
INVENTORIES
Inventories include raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods.
Inventories as of the End of Our Last Two Years
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS
  
DECEMBER 31,
2014

DECEMBER 31,
2013

LIFO inventories:
 
 
Logs and chips
$
9

$
15

Lumber, plywood and panels
55

46

Pulp and paperboard
122

97

Other products
11

11

FIFO or moving average cost inventories:
 
 
Logs and chips
38

33

Lumber, plywood, panels and engineered wood products
80

70

Pulp and paperboard
35

30

Other products
96

94

Materials and supplies
149

146

Total
$
595

$
542


If we used FIFO for all inventories, our stated inventories would have been $120 million and $112 million higher as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.
HOW WE ACCOUNT FOR OUR INVENTORIES
The Inventories section of Note 1: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies provides details about how we account for our inventories.