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Inventories
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventories

6.

INVENTORIES

The composition of inventories at March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, was as follows: 

 

(In thousands)

 

March 31, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

Finished goods

 

$

129,244

 

 

$

127,597

 

Raw materials

 

 

60,533

 

 

 

46,066

 

Total inventories

 

$

189,777

 

 

$

173,663

 

 

Inventories are priced primarily using the last-in, first-out inventory valuation method.  If the first-in, first-out inventory valuation method had been used for all inventories, inventory balances would have been approximately $28,835,000 and $25,872,000 higher than reported at March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, respectively.