Inventories

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

6.  Inventories

The composition of inventories was as follows:

	December 31
(In thousands)	2019		2018 As Adjusted
Finished products	$	139,785	$	163,617
Raw materials		63,862		67,911
Total inventories	$	203,647	$	231,528

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company elected to change its method of accounting for U.S. inventories from the LIFO basis to the FIFO basis. Non-U.S. inventories have historically been maintained on the FIFO basis. Prior period financial statements have been adjusted to reflect what results would have been had the Company always used the FIFO method of inventory valuation for U.S. inventories.  See Note 2 for additional details.