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Inventories
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Inventories

NOTE 5—Inventories:

Approximately 30% and 26% of our inventories are valued using the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The portion of our domestic inventories stated on the LIFO basis amounted to $126.6 million and $111.7 million at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, which are below replacement cost by approximately $51.4 million and $56.8 million, respectively.