INVENTORIES

The components of inventories at December 31 were as follows:



	2016			2015
	(Dollars in thousands)
Raw materials	$	179,451		$	215,018
Work-in-process	121,331			118,947
Finished goods	355,072			371,561
Other	15,528			13,938
	671,382			719,464
Adjustment to value inventory at cost on the LIFO method	(68,419		)	(91,326		)
	$	602,963		$	628,138

Inventories include $95.6 million and $90.6 million recorded on the FIFO method at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $127.9 million and $144.8 million recorded on the average cost method at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.